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1 only

only ['əʊnlɪ]

seul ⇒ 1 unique ⇒ 1 seulement ⇒ 2 (a), 2 (b), 3 (b) ne… que ⇒ 2 (b), 2 (c) mais ⇒ 3 (a), 3 (b)

1 adjective

seul, unique;

∎ he's/she's an only child il est fils/elle est fille unique;

∎ she was the only woman there c'était la seule femme;

∎ the only coat I possess le seul manteau que je possède;

∎ he's the only one who believes me il est le seul à me croire;

∎ we are the only people who know it nous sommes les seuls à le savoir;

∎ I'm fed up! - you're not the only one! j'en ai assez! - tu n'es pas le seul!;

∎ her only answer was to shrug her shoulders pour toute réponse, elle a haussé les épaules;

∎ it's our only chance c'est notre seule chance;

∎ the only thing is, I won't be there le seul problème, c'est que je ne serai pas là;

∎ the only way I'll go is if it's free je n'irai que si c'est gratuit;

∎ her one and only friend son seul et unique ami;

∎ the one and only Billy Shears! le seul, l'unique Billy Shears!;

∎ Edinburgh is the only place to live Édimbourg est la ville idéale pour vivre

2 adverb

(a) (exclusively) seulement;

∎ only if you agree seulement si tu es d'accord;

∎ she has only one brother elle n'a qu'un (seul) frère;

∎ there are only two people I trust il n'y a que deux personnes en qui j'aie confiance;

∎ only an expert could advise us seul un expert pourrait nous conseiller;

∎ you'll only get him to come if you offer him a lift tu ne le feras venir que si tu lui proposes de l'amener;

∎ staff only (sign) réservé au personnel

(b) (just, merely)

∎ he's only a child! ce n'est qu'un enfant!;

∎ it's only a scratch c'est seulement une égratignure, ce n'est (rien) qu'une égratignure;

∎ after all, it's only money après tout, ce n'est que de l'argent;

∎ it's only me! c'est moi!;

∎ I only touched it je n'ai fait que le toucher;

∎ you've only ruined my best silk shirt(, that's all)! tu n'as fait qu'abîmer ma plus belle chemise en soie(, c'est tout)!;

∎ go on, ask him, he can only say no vas-y, demande-lui, ce qui peut t'arriver de pire c'est qu'il refuse;

∎ I was only trying to help je cherchais seulement à être utile;

∎ it will only make him sad ça ne fera que l'attrister;

∎ it's only natural she should want to see him c'est tout naturel qu'elle veuille le voir;

∎ I shall be only too pleased to come je ne serai que trop heureux de venir;

∎ I only hope we're not too late j'espère seulement que nous n'arrivons pas trop tard;

∎ if only they knew!, if they only knew! si (seulement) ils savaient!;

∎ he has only to ask for it il n'a qu'à le demander;

∎ you only have to look at him to see he's guilty il suffit de le regarder pour voir qu'il est coupable;

∎ I will only say that I disagree je me bornerai à dire que je ne suis pas de cet avis;

∎ only think what pleasure it gave me imaginez un peu le plaisir que cela m'a fait;

∎ be quiet, you stupid dog, it's only the postman! tais-toi donc, le chien, ce n'est que le facteur!;

∎ you're only young once il faut profiter de sa jeunesse

(c) (to emphasize smallness of amount, number etc) ne… que;

∎ it only cost me £5 ça ne m'a coûté que 5 livres;

∎ it only took me half an hour je n'ai mis qu'une demi-heure

(d) (to emphasize recentness of event)

∎ it seems like only yesterday c'est comme si c'était hier;

∎ I saw her/used it only yesterday je l'ai vue/m'en suis servi pas plus tard qu'hier;

∎ I only found out this morning je n'ai appris ça que ce matin;

∎ only last week he appeared to be quite happy la semaine dernière encore, il semblait parfaitement heureux

(e) (with infinitive)

∎ I awoke only to find he was gone à mon réveil, il était parti

3 conjunction familiar

(a) (but, except) mais^□ ;

∎ it's like Spain, only cheaper c'est comme l'Espagne, mais en moins cher;

∎ go on then, only hurry! vas-y alors, mais dépêche-toi!

(b) (were it not for the fact that) mais, seulement;

∎ I'd do it, only I don't have the time je le ferais bien, seulement je n'ai pas le temps

4 not only conjunction

∎ she's not only bright, she's funny too elle est non seulement intelligente, mais en plus elle est drôle;

∎ not only… but also non seulement… mais aussi

5 only if, only… if conjunction

seulement si;

∎ I'll do it, but only if you say sorry first je le ferai, mais seulement si vous vous excusez d'abord;

∎ he'll only agree if the money's good enough il n'acceptera que si on lui propose assez d'argent

6 only just adverb

(a) (not long before)

∎ I've only just woken up je viens (tout) juste de me réveiller

(b) (barely) tout juste;

∎ I only just finished in time je n'ai fini qu'au dernier moment;

∎ did she win? - yes, but only just a-t-elle gagné? - oui, mais de justesse;

∎ I've only just got enough j'en ai tout juste assez

7 only too adverb

∎ I was only too aware of my own shortcomings je n'étais que trop conscient de mes propres imperfections;

∎ I'd be only too delighted to come je ne serai que trop heureux de venir;

∎ I remember her only too well je ne risque pas de l'oublier

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > only
2 remember

transitive verb

1) (keep in memory) denken an (+ Akk.); (bring to mind) sich erinnern an (+ Akk.)

don't you remember me? — erinnern Sie sich nicht an mich?

remember who/where you are! — vergiss nicht, wer/wo du bist

I can't remember the word I want — das Wort, das ich brauche, fällt mir gerade nicht ein

I remembered to bring the book — ich habe daran gedacht, das Buch mitzubringen

I can never remember her name — ich kann mir ihren Namen einfach nicht merken

if I remember correctly — (abs.) wenn ich mich recht erinnere

an evening to remember — ein unvergesslicher Abend

2) (convey greetings from) grüßen

remember me to them — grüße sie von mir

she asked to be remembered to you — sie lässt dich grüßen

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[ri'membə]
verb

1) (to keep in the mind, or to bring back into the mind after forgetting for a time: I remember you - we met three years ago; I remember watching the first men landing on the moon; Remember to telephone me tonight; I don't remember where I hid it.) sich erinnern an

2) (to reward or make a present to: He remembered her in his will.) bedenken

3) (to pass (a person's) good wishes (to someone): Remember me to your parents.) grüßen

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- academic.ru/61403/remembrance">remembrance

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re·mem·ber

[rɪˈmembəʳ, AM -ɚ]

I. vt

1. (recall)

▪ to \remember sb/sth sich akk an jdn/etw erinnern; (memorize)

▪ to \remember sth sich dat etw merken

I find it easy to \remember people's faces ich kann mir Gesichter von Leuten gut merken

I never \remember her birthday ich denke nie an ihren Geburtstag

▪ to be \remembered for sth für etw akk bekannt sein

she will be \remembered for her courage ihr Mut wird für immer im Gedächtnis bleiben

he was \remembered as being a very outgoing and helpful person man erinnerte sich an ihn als an einen sehr offenen und hilfsbereiten Menschen

▪ to \remember doing sth sich akk daran erinnern, etw getan zu haben

▪ to \remember sb/sth doing sth sich akk daran erinnern, dass jd/etw etw getan hat

▪ to \remember oneself sich akk benehmen [o fam zusammenreißen

2. (commemorate)

▪ to \remember sb/sth einer Person/einer S. gen gedenken

3. (give a present)

▪ to \remember sb jdn beschenken

▪ to \remember sb with sth jdm etw hinterlassen [o vermachen

4. ( form: greetings)

▪ to \remember sb to sb jdn von jdm grüßen

please \remember me to your parents bitte grüß deine Eltern von mir!

▪ to be \remembered to sb ( esp form) jdn grüßen lassen, jdm Grüße bestellen

II. vi

1. (recall) sich akk erinnern

I can't \remember ich kann mich nicht erinnern

it was a night to \remember es war eine Nacht, die man nicht vergisst

it's on the tip of my tongue — I'll \remember in a minute es liegt mir auf der Zunge — es fällt mir gleich wieder ein

▪ to \remember [that]... sich akk daran erinnern, [dass]...

▪ to \remember what/who/why... sich akk daran erinnern, was/wer/warum...

can you \remember what her telephone number is? weißt du ihre Telefonnummer noch?

please [or will you] \remember that... denk bitte daran, dass...

please [or will you] \remember to do sth denk bitte daran, etw zu tun

2. ( fam: indicating prior knowledge)

we had tea in the little cafe — you \remember the one next to the bookshop wir tranken Tee in dem kleinen Cafe — du weißt schon, das neben der Buchhandlung

Henry the Eighth, you will \remember, executed three of his wives Heinrich der Achte hat, wie Sie wissen, drei seiner Frauen hinrichten lassen

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[rɪ'membə(r)]
1. vt

1) (= recall) sich erinnern an (+acc); (= bear in mind) denken an (+acc); (= learn) formula, facts, vocabulary sich (dat) merken

I remember that he was very tall — ich erinnere mich (daran), dass er sehr groß war

I remember her as a beautiful girl — ich habe sie als schönes Mädchen in Erinnerung

I remember her as a young girl or when she was young — ich erinnere mich noch, wie sie als kleines Mädchen war

we must remember that he's only a child — wir sollten bedenken or daran denken, dass er noch ein Kind ist

to remember to do sth — daran denken, etw zu tun

I remember doing it — ich erinnere mich daran, dass ich es getan habe

I can't remember the word at the moment —

I've just remembered his name don't you remember me? — mir ist gerade sein Name wieder eingefallen erinnern Sie sich nicht an mich?

here's something to remember me by — da hast du etwas, das dich (immer) an mich erinnern wird

do you remember when...? (reminiscing) — weißt du noch, als...?; (asking facts) weißt du (noch), wann...?

I don't remember a thing about it — ich kann mich überhaupt nicht daran erinnern; (about lecture, book) ich weiß nichts mehr davon

I can never remember phone numbers — ich kann mir Telefonnummern einfach nicht merken

we can't always remember everything — wir können nicht immer an alles denken

remember where/who you are! — denken Sie daran or bedenken Sie, wo/wer Sie sind!

to remember sb in one's prayers — jdn in sein Gebet einschließen

to remember sb in one's will — jdn in seinem Testament bedenken

a night to remember — ein unvergesslicher Abend

an occasion to remember — ein denkwürdiger Anlass

to get oneself remembered —

remember my password ( Comput: command ) — Kennwort speichern

2) (= commemorate) the fallen, a battle gedenken (+gen)

3) (Brit

= give good wishes to) remember me to your mother — grüßen Sie Ihre Mutter von mir

he asks to be remembered to you — er lässt Sie grüßen

2. vi
sich erinnern
I can't remember — ich weiß das nicht mehr, ich habs vergessen

not as far as I remember —

if I remember right(ly) — wenn ich mich recht erinnere or entsinne

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remember [rıˈmembə(r)]

A v/t

1. sich entsinnen (gen), sich besinnen auf (akk), sich erinnern an (akk):

remember doing sth sich daran erinnern, etwas getan zu haben;

I remember him as a young boy ich habe ihn als kleinen Jungen in Erinnerung;

do you remember me?, umg remember me? kennst du mich noch?;

it was an event to remember es war ein denkwürdiges Ereignis;

a sight to remember ein unvergesslicher Anblick;

get o.s. remembered sich in Erinnerung bringen

2. sich etwas merken, nicht vergessen, eingedenk sein (gen), denken an (akk), beherzigen:

I must remember this das muss ich mir merken;

remember what I tell you denke daran oder vergiss nicht, was ich dir sage;

please remember to post my letter bitte vergiss nicht, meinen Brief aufzugeben;

remember sth against sb jemandem etwas nachtragen

3. (auswendig) können oder wissen

4. denken an jemanden (weil man ihm etwas schenken will etc)

5. remember sb in one’s will jemanden in seinem Testament bedenken

6. remember sb in one’s prayers jemanden in sein Gebet einschließen

7. jemanden empfehlen, grüßen von:

please remember me kindly to your wife grüßen Sie bitte Ihre Gattin (von mir)

B v/i sich (daran) erinnern oder entsinnen:

if I remember rightly wenn ich mich recht entsinne;

not that I remember nicht, dass ich wüsste

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transitive verb

1) (keep in memory) denken an (+ Akk.); (bring to mind) sich erinnern an (+ Akk.)

don't you remember me? — erinnern Sie sich nicht an mich?

remember who/where you are! — vergiss nicht, wer/wo du bist

I can't remember the word I want — das Wort, das ich brauche, fällt mir gerade nicht ein

I remembered to bring the book — ich habe daran gedacht, das Buch mitzubringen

I can never remember her name — ich kann mir ihren Namen einfach nicht merken

if I remember correctly — (abs.) wenn ich mich recht erinnere

an evening to remember — ein unvergesslicher Abend

2) (convey greetings from) grüßen

remember me to them — grüße sie von mir

she asked to be remembered to you — sie lässt dich grüßen

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v.

daran denken ausdr.

erinnern v.

sich erinnern v.

English-german dictionary > remember
3 remember

remember [rɪ'membə(r)]

1 transitive verb

(a) (recollect → face, past event) se souvenir de, se rappeler; (→ person) se souvenir de;

∎ don't you remember me? (in memory) vous ne vous souvenez pas de moi?; (recognize) vous ne me reconnaissez pas?;

∎ I remember him as a child je me souviens de lui enfant;

∎ I remember her as a very elegant woman je me souviens d'elle comme de quelqu'un de très élégant;

∎ I remember locking the door je me rappelle avoir ou je me souviens d'avoir fermé la porte à clé;

∎ I don't remember ever going or having gone there je ne me rappelle pas y être jamais allé;

∎ do you remember me knocking on your door? vous souvenez-vous que j'ai frappé à votre porte?;

∎ I can't remember anything else c'est tout ce dont je me souviens;

∎ I remember when there was no such thing as a paid holiday je me souviens de l'époque où les congés payés n'existaient pas;

∎ I can't remember her name son nom m'échappe, je ne me souviens pas de son nom;

∎ I can never remember names je n'ai aucune mémoire des noms;

∎ I'll remember his name in a minute son nom me reviendra dans une minute;

∎ we have nothing to remember him by nous n'avons aucun souvenir de lui;

∎ she will always be remembered as a great poet on se souviendra toujours d'elle comme d'un grand poète;

∎ as you will remember, the door is always locked vous savez sans doute que la porte est toujours fermée à clef;

∎ nobody could remember such a thing happening before personne n'avait jamais vu une chose pareille se produire

(b) (not forget) penser à, songer à;

∎ remember my advice n'oubliez pas mes conseils;

∎ remember to close the door n'oubliez pas de ou pensez à fermer la porte;

∎ a night/holiday to remember une nuit mémorable/des vacances mémorables;

∎ you must remember (that) he's only ten years old n'oubliez pas qu'il n'a que dix ans;

∎ we can't be expected to remember everything nous ne pouvons quand même pas penser à tout;

∎ you must remember that smoking is forbidden n'oubliez pas qu'il est interdit de fumer;

∎ that's a date worth remembering voilà une date qu'il faudrait ne pas oublier;

∎ she will remember you in her prayers elle ne vous oubliera pas ou elle pensera à vous dans ses prières;

∎ remember where you are! un peu de tenue, voyons!;

∎ remember who you're talking to! à qui croyez-vous parler?;

∎ he remembered himself just in time il s'est repris juste à temps;

∎ let us remember them in our prayers prions pour eux

(c) (give regards to)

∎ remember me to your parents rappelez-moi au bon souvenir de vos parents;

∎ she asked to be remembered to you elle vous envoie son meilleur souvenir

(d) (give tip or present to)

∎ please remember the driver n'oubliez pas le chauffeur;

∎ she always remembers me on my birthday elle n'oublie jamais le jour de mon anniversaire;

∎ he remembered me in his will il a pensé à moi dans son testament

(e) (commemorate → war) commémorer; (→ victims) se souvenir de

2 intransitive verb

se souvenir;

∎ I remember now maintenant, je m'en souviens;

∎ as far as I can remember autant qu'il m'en souvienne;

∎ not that I remember pas que je m'en souvienne;

∎ if I remember rightly si je me ou si je m'en souviens bien, si j'ai bonne mémoire

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

remember

A vtr

1 ( recall) se souvenir de, se rappeler [fact, name, place, event] ; se souvenir de [person] ; to remember that se rappeler que, se souvenir que ; it must be remembered that il faut bien se rappeler que ; remember that he was only 20 at the time n'oublie pas or rappelle-toi qu'il n'avait que 20 ans à l'époque ; to remember doing se rappeler avoir fait, se souvenir d'avoir fait ; I remember him as a very dynamic man je me souviens de lui comme d'un homme très dynamique ; I remember a time when je me souviens de l'époque où ; I don't remember anything about it je n'en ai aucun souvenir ; I can never remember names je ne retiens jamais les noms ; I can't remember her name for the moment je n'arrive pas à me rappeler son nom pour l'instant, son nom m'échappe pour l'instant ; I wish I had something to remember him by j'aurais aimé avoir un souvenir de lui ; I've been working here for longer than I care to remember cela fait une éternité que je travaille ici ; that's longer ago than I care to remember il y a de cela une éternité ; that's worth remembering c'est bon à savoir ; a night to remember une soirée mémorable ;

2 ( not forget) to remember to do penser à faire, ne pas oublier de faire ; did you remember to get a newspaper/feed the cat? tu as pensé à acheter un journal/donner à manger au chat? ; remember that it's fragile n'oublie pas que c'est fragile ; remember where you are! un peu de tenue! ; to remember sb in one's prayers ne pas oublier qn dans ses prières ;

3 ( give money to) euph he always remembers me on my birthday il n'oublie jamais mon anniversaire ; she remembered me in her will elle ne m'a pas oublié dans son testament ;

4 ( commemorate) commémorer [battle, war dead] ;

5 ( convey greetings from) to remember sb to sb rappeler qn au bon souvenir de qn ; she asks to be remembered to you elle m'a prié de vous transmettre son bon souvenir.

B vi se souvenir ; if I remember correctly ou rightly si je me souviens bien ; not as far as I remember pas que je sache ; as far as I can remember pour autant que je me souvienne, autant qu'il m'en souvienne.

C v refl to remember oneself se reprendre.

Big English-French dictionary > remember
5 memoria

f.

1 memory.

refrescar la memoria a alguien to refresh somebody's memory

traer a la memoria to call to mind

si la memoria no me engaña o falla if I remember correctly

venir a la memoria to come to mind

tener buena/mala memoria, tener mucha/poca memoria to have a good/bad memory

de memoria by heart

hacer memoria to try to remember

2 remembrance, remembering (recuerdo).

ser de feliz/ingrata memoria to be a happy/an unhappy memory

un monumento en memoria del héroe nacional a memorial to the national hero

memorias memoirs (en literatura)

3 (academic) paper.

4 list, record (lista).

5 memory (computing).

memoria de acceso aleatorio/de sólo lectura random-access/read only memory

memoria expandida/extendida/programable expanded/extended/programmable memory

memoria RAM/ROM RAM/ROM

6 memoir, report, written report of events based on personal observation of the writer.

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memoria

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) memory

■ me falla la memoria my memory is playing tricks on me

2 (informe) report

3 (inventario) inventory

► nombre femenino plural memorias

1 (biografía) memoirs

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a la memoria de in memory of

de memoria (off) by heart, by memory

hacer memoria to try to remember

si no me falla la memoria... if my memory serves me well/right...

tener buena/mala memoria to have a good/bad memory

traer a la memoria to call to mind

memoria de acceso aleatorio random access memory

memoria de elefante a memory like an elephant

memoria RAM RAM memory

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noun f.

1) memory

2) report

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- memorias

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SF

1) (=facultad) memory

lo había olvidado ¡qué memoria la mía! — I'd forgotten, what a terrible memory I have!

el accidente se le había borrado o ido de la memoria — he had forgotten about the accident, he had erased the accident from his memory

• de memoria — [aprender, saber] by heart; [hablar, recitar, tocar] from memory

• si no me falla la memoria — if my memory serves me right, if I remember right(ly) o correctly

• falta de memoria — [permanente] poor memory, forgetfulness; [repentina] lapse of memory

• hacer memoria — to try to remember

hacer memoria de algo — to recall sth

• perder la memoria — to lose one's memory

• pérdida de memoria — loss of memory

• refrescar la memoria a algn — to refresh sb's memory, jog sb's memory

• tener buena/mala/poca memoria — to have a good/bad/poor memory

• traer algo a la memoria — to bring sth back

una canción que trae momentos pasados a la memoria — a song that brings back the past o reminds you of the past

• venir a la memoria, ¡en este sitio me vienen tantos recuerdos a la memoria! — this place brings back so many memories!

no me viene su número a la memoria — her number's slipped my mind, I can't remember her number

- tener una memoria de elefante

memoria asociativa — associative memory

memoria fotográfica — photographic memory

2) (=recuerdo) memory

ha sido fiel a la memoria de su esposa — he has been faithful to his wife's memory

fue un discurso digno de memoria — it was a speech worth remembering o a highly memorable speech

• a la o en memoria de algn — [acto, monumento] in memory of sb

un homenaje a la memoria de las víctimas de la guerra — a tribute to the memory of o in memory of war victims

hemos guardado un minuto de silencio en su memoria — we observed a minute's silence in his memory

• haber o quedar memoria de algo, la peor tormenta de la que hay memoria — the worst storm in living memory

el único suceso del que me queda memoria — the only event I remember o of which I have any memory

memoria colectiva — collective memory

memoria histórica — historical memory

3) (=informe) [gen] report; (Educ) paper

tenemos que presentar una memoria de todas nuestras actividades — we have to present a report on all our activities

memoria anual — annual report

memoria de licenciatura — dissertation

4) (=relación) record

una memoria de todos los libros adquiridos — a record of all the books acquired

5) (Inform) memory

memoria auxiliar — backing storage

memoria burbuja — bubble memory

memoria central — main memory

memoria de acceso aleatorio — random access memory, RAM

memoria del teclado — keyboard memory

memoria de núcleos — core memory

memoria de solo lectura — read-only memory, ROM

memoria externa — external storage

memoria intermedia — buffer

memoria interna — internal storage, main memory

memoria muerta — read-only memory, ROM

memoria principal — main memory

memoria programable — programmable read-only memory

memoria RAM — RAM

memoria ROM — ROM

memoria virtual — virtual memory

6) pl memorias

a) (Literat) (=autobiografía) memoirs, records

b) †

• dar memorias a algn — to send o give one's regards to sb

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femenino

1) ( facultad) memory

tener mucha or buena/poca or mala memoria (para algo) — to have a good/poor o bad memory (for something)

si la memoria no me falla or engaña — if my memory serves me right

se me ha quedado grabado en la memoria — it has remained etched on my memory

desde que tengo memoria — for as long as I can remember

qué memoria la mía! — what a memory I have!

aprender/saber algo de memoria — to learn/know something by heart

estoy citando de memoria — I'm quoting from memory

se me había borrado totalmente de la memoria — I'd completely forgotten about it

la canción me trajo aquel episodio a la memoria — the song brought back that whole affair

al oír su nombre cuántos recuerdos me vienen a la memoria! — hearing her name brings back so many memories!

su nombre no me viene a la memoria — I can't remember his name

hacer memoria: trata de hacer memoria try to remember; seguro que te acuerdas, haz memoria of course you can remember, think hard; refrescarle la memoria a alguien to refresh o jog somebody's memory; tener una memoria de elefante — to have an incredible memory

2) ( recuerdo) memory

un incidente de triste memoria — a lamentable incident

respetar/profanar la memoria de alguien — to respect/blacken the memory of somebody

a la or en memoria de alguien — in memory of somebody

el día más caluroso de que haya memoria — the hottest day in living memory

un monumento a la or en memoria de los caídos — a memorial to those killed

3) memorias femenino plural (Lit) memoirs (pl)

4) (Inf) memory

- memoria RAM/ROM

- memoria virtual

5)

a) (Adm, Com) report

memoria anual — annual report

b) (Educ) written paper

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femenino

1) ( facultad) memory

tener mucha or buena/poca or mala memoria (para algo) — to have a good/poor o bad memory (for something)

si la memoria no me falla or engaña — if my memory serves me right

se me ha quedado grabado en la memoria — it has remained etched on my memory

desde que tengo memoria — for as long as I can remember

qué memoria la mía! — what a memory I have!

aprender/saber algo de memoria — to learn/know something by heart

estoy citando de memoria — I'm quoting from memory

se me había borrado totalmente de la memoria — I'd completely forgotten about it

la canción me trajo aquel episodio a la memoria — the song brought back that whole affair

al oír su nombre cuántos recuerdos me vienen a la memoria! — hearing her name brings back so many memories!

su nombre no me viene a la memoria — I can't remember his name

hacer memoria: trata de hacer memoria try to remember; seguro que te acuerdas, haz memoria of course you can remember, think hard; refrescarle la memoria a alguien to refresh o jog somebody's memory; tener una memoria de elefante — to have an incredible memory

2) ( recuerdo) memory

un incidente de triste memoria — a lamentable incident

respetar/profanar la memoria de alguien — to respect/blacken the memory of somebody

a la or en memoria de alguien — in memory of somebody

el día más caluroso de que haya memoria — the hottest day in living memory

un monumento a la or en memoria de los caídos — a memorial to those killed

3) memorias femenino plural (Lit) memoirs (pl)

4) (Inf) memory

- memoria RAM/ROM

- memoria virtual

5)

a) (Adm, Com) report

memoria anual — annual report

b) (Educ) written paper

* * *

memoria¹

¹ = memory [memories, -pl.].

Ex: Libraries are the repositories of the records produced and they have been aptly described as standing in the same relationship to society as does the memory to the individual.

* aprender de memoria = memorise [memorize, -USA], learn + Nombre + off pat.

* aprenderse de memoria = commit to + memory.

* aprendido de memoria = rote-learned.

* ayuda memoria = aide-mémoire.

* ayuda para la memoria = memory aid.

* conocer de memoria = know + Nombre + off pat.

* conocido de memoria = rote-familiar.

* contador con memoria = memory counter.

* de memoria = from memory.

* en memoria de = in memoriam.

* estar grabado en la memoria = imprint on + consciousness.

* honrar la memoria de = honour + the memory of.

* lápiz de memoria = USB hard drive, memory stick, pen drive, flash drive, USB stick, USB memory stick.

* lapsus de memoria = lapse of memory.

* memoria caché = cache.

* memoria central = central memory.

* memoria colectiva = collective memoir, collective memory.

* memoria corporativa = corporate memory.

* memoria de acceso aleatorio (RAM) = random access memory (RAM).

* memoria de almacenamiento = backing store.

* memoria de almacenamiento óptico = optical memory.

* memoria de burbujas = bubble memory.

* memoria de burbujas magnéticas = magnetic bubble memory.

* memoria de sólo lectura (ROM) = ROM (read-only memory).

* memoria de trabajo = working memory.

* memoria en disco = disc memory.

* memoria flash = pen drive, USB hard drive, memory stick, USB stick, USB memory stick.

* memoria intermedia = buffer.

* memoria intermedia de datos = data buffer.

* memoria intermedia del teclado = type-ahead buffer.

* memoria magnética = magnetic memory.

* memoria portátil = pen drive.

* memorias = memoirs.

* memoria selectiva = selective memory.

* memoria social = social memory.

* memoria USB = USB hard drive, memory stick, USB stick, USB memory stick.

* pastilla de memoria = flash drive, USB hard drive, pen drive, memory stick, USB stick, USB memory stick.

* que ayuda a refrescar la memoria = memory-jogging.

* rebuscar en la memoria = comb + Posesivo + memory.

* refrescar la memoria = jog + Posesivo + memory, refresh + memory.

* repasar la memoria = comb + Posesivo + memory.

* ser un homenaje a la memoria de = recall + the memory of.

* si no + Pronombre + fallar la memoria = to the best of + Posesivo + recollection.

* tamaño de la memoria intermedia = buffer size.

* traer a la memoria = conjure up.

memoria²

² = report.

Nota: Documento que presenta el resultado de las actividades de un individuo o una organización.

Ex: The report introduced a range of ideas which have influenced subsequent code construction.

* memoria anual = annual report.

* memoria de actividad realizada = interim report.

* memoria de un proyecto = project report.

* memoria económica = economic report.

* memorias = transactions.

* * *

memoria

feminine

A (facultad) memory

tener mucha or buena/poca or mala memoria to have a good/poor o bad memory

tiene muy mala memoria para los números she has a terrible memory for numbers

tiene una memoria fotográfica/prodigiosa he has a photographic/prodigious memory

si la memoria no me falla if my memory serves me right o correctly o well, if I remember rightly ( colloq)

esa escena se me ha quedado grabada en la memoria that scene has remained etched on my memory, I'll never forget that scene

desde que tengo memoria se han llevado mal they've got on badly for as long as I can remember

pérdida progresiva de la memoria gradual loss of memory

¡qué memoria la mía! what a memory I have!

se sabe todo el poema de memoria she knows the whole poem off by heart

tenemos que aprenderlo de memoria para mañana we have to learn it by heart for tomorrow

quizás me equivoque, estoy citando de memoria I may have it wrong, I'm quoting from memory

se me había borrado totalmente de la memoria I'd completely forgotten about it, it had been completely erased from my memory ( liter)

ya puedes ir refrescando la memoria: te presté $50 allow me to refresh o jog your memory: I lent you $50

dos cosas saltan de inmediato a la memoria two things immediately come o spring to mind

la canción me trajo aquel episodio a la memoria the song brought back that whole affair

al oír su nombre ¡cuántos recuerdos me vienen a la memoria! hearing her name brings back so many memories!

su nombre no me viene a la memoria I can't remember his name

hacer memoria: trata de hacer memoria try to remember o ( frml) recall

seguro que te acuerdas, haz memoria of course you can remember, think hard

tener una memoria de elefante to have an incredible memory

Compuestos:

● memoria colectiva

collective memory

● memoria operativa or operacional

( Psic) working memory

B (recuerdo) memory

un incidente de triste memoria a lamentable incident

respetar/profanar la memoria de algn to respect/blacken the memory of sb

una novela digna de memoria a novel worth remembering

a la or en memoria de algn in memory of sb

se guardó un minuto de silencio/se celebró una misa en su memoria there was a minute's silence/a service was held in his memory

un monumento a la or en memoria de los caídos a memorial to those killed o to the fallen ( liter)

C memorias fpl ( Lit) memoirs (pl)

D ( Inf) memory

Compuestos:

● memoria auxiliar or secundaria

backing store

● memoria externa/interna

external/internal memory

● memoria flash

flash drive

● memoria RAM/ROM

RAM/ROM

● memoria temporal

working storage

● memoria virtual

virtual memory

E

1 ( Adm, Com) report

memoria anual annual report

2 ( Educ) written paper

F ( ant)

(saludo): darle or mandarle memorias a algn to give o send sb one's regards

* * *

memoria sustantivo femenino
1 ( en general) memory;
◊ tener buena/mala memoria to have a good/poor memory;

si la memoria no me falla or engaña if my memory serves me right;
desde que tengo memoria for as long as I can remember;
aprender/saber algo de memoria to learn/know sth by heart;
respetar la memoria de algn to respect the memory of sb;
a la or en memoria de algn in memory of sb
2
◊ memorias sustantivo femenino plural (Lit) memoirs (pl)

3
a) (Adm, Com) report;

◊ memoria anual annual report

b) (Educ) written paper

memoria sustantivo femenino
1 memory: le falla la memoria, his memory fails him
2 (recuerdo) memory
3 (informe) report, statement: me han encargado que prepare la memoria del último ejercicio, I was asked to write the annual report for the last fiscal year 4 memorias, (biografía) memoirs
♦ Locuciones: de memoria, by heart
' memoria' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
confín
- conservar
- estampar
- fallar
- flaca
- flaco
- flojear
- fotográfica
- fotográfico
- laguna
- nublarse
- olvidar
- oxidada
- oxidado
- prodigiosa
- prodigioso
- quedarse
- refrescar
- retener
- revivir
- tener
- vivir
- aprender
- cultivar
- de
- ejercitar
- grabar
- manchar
- privilegiado
- recordar
English:
blank out
- bring back
- buffer
- cache memory
- call
- cast back
- concentration
- core memory
- dim
- faint
- go
- good
- heart
- indistinct
- jog
- lapse
- learn
- linger
- live on
- memorize
- memory
- monument
- nudge
- phrase
- poem
- ram
- recall
- recede
- refresh
- report
- ROM
- rote
- serve
- temporary
- wipe away
- fix
- long
- remember
- remembrance
- think
- trot

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memoria nf

1. [capacidad de recordar] memory;

tener buena/mala memoria, tener mucha/poca memoria to have a good/bad memory;

tengo mala memoria o [m5] no tengo buena memoria para las caras I'm not very good at remembering faces;

borrar algo de la memoria to erase sth from one's memory;

de memoria by heart;

recita poemas de memoria she recites poems from memory;

falta de memoria forgetfulness;

ser flaco de memoria to be forgetful;

hacer memoria to try to remember;

se me fue de la memoria it slipped my mind;

perdió la memoria she lost her memory;

su nombre se me quedó grabado en la memoria his name remained etched on my memory;

refrescar la memoria a alguien to refresh sb's memory;

si la memoria no me engaña o [m5] falla if I remember correctly;

tener (una) memoria fotográfica to have a photographic memory;

me trae a la memoria los tiempos de antes de la guerra it calls to mind the years before the war;

esto me trae a la memoria el colegio this reminds me of when I was at school;

venir a la memoria to come to mind;

ahora no me viene a la memoria I can't think of it right now;

Comp

tener (una) memoria de elefante to have an excellent memory

2. Informát memory

Comp
memoria de acceso aleatorio random access memory;
memoria alta high memory;

memoria de burbuja bubble memory;

memoria caché cache memory;

memoria convencional conventional memory;

memoria expandida expanded memory;

memoria extendida extended memory;

memoria intermedia buffer;

memoria principal main memory;

memoria programable programmable memory;

memoria RAM RAM;

memoria ROM ROM;

memoria de sólo lectura read-only memory;

memoria virtual virtual memory

3. [recuerdo] remembrance, remembering;

conservar la memoria de algo/alguien to remember sth/sb;

ser de feliz/ingrata memoria to be a happy/an unhappy memory;

un día de triste memoria a sad day (to remember);

digno de memoria memorable;

en memoria de in memory of;

un monumento en memoria del héroe nacional a memorial to the national hero

4. [disertación] (academic) paper ( sobre on)

5. [informe]
memoria (anual) (annual) report

6. [lista] list, record

7.
memorias [en literatura] memoirs;

ha escrito unas o [m5] sus memorias she has written her memoirs

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memoria

f

1 tb
INFOR memory;
si no me falla la memoria if my memory serves me well;

traer a la memoria remind;

venir a la memoria come to mind;

hacer memoria remember;

de memoria by heart

2 ( informe) report;

memorias pl ( biografía) memoirs

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memoria nf

1) : memory

de memoria: by heart

hacer memoria: to try to remember

traer a la memoria: to call to mind

2) recuerdo: remembrance, memory

su memoria perdurará para siempre: his memory will live forever

3) : report

memoria annual: annual report

4) memorias nfpl

: memoirs

* * *

memoria n memory [pl. memories]

refrescarle la memoria a alguien to refresh somebody's memory

saber algo de memoria to know something off by heart [pt. knew; pp. known]

Spanish-English dictionary > memoria
6 recordar

v.

1 to remember (acordarse de).

ese pintor recuerda a Picasso that painter is reminiscent of Picasso

si mal no recuerdo as far as I can remember

María recuerda su niñez Mary remembers her childhood.

María recuerda y llora Mary remembers and cries.

2 to remind (traer a la memoria).

me recuerda a un amigo mío he reminds me of a friend of mine

recuérdame que cierre el gas remind me to turn the gas off

tienes que ir al dentista esta tarde — ¡no me lo recuerdes! you have to go to the dentist this afternoon — don't remind me!

Le recordaré a María I will remind Mary.

3 to remind to.

María le recuerda a Ricardo recogerla Mary reminds Richard to pick her up.

4 to remember of.

Esta foto me recordó a mi papá This photo remembered me of my father.

* * *

recordar

Conjugation model [ CONTAR], like link=contar contar

► verbo transitivo

1 (rememorar) to remember

■ no recuerdo nada I can't remember anything

■ ¿recuerdas? do you remember?

2 (traer a la memoria) to remind (a, of)

■ me recuerda a mi hermano he reminds me of my brother

■ recuérdale que escriba remind her to write

3 (conmemorar) to commemorate

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

que yo recuerde as far as I can remember

si mal no recuerdo if I remember rightly, if my memory serves me right

* * *

verb

1) to remember, recall

2) remind

* * *

1. VT

1) (=acordarse de) to remember

prefieren no recordar aquellos tiempos — they prefer not to remember those times

1999 será recordado como un año estupendo para todos — 1999 will be remembered as a great year for everybody

recuerdo que un día se me acercó y me dijo... — I remember that one day she came over to me and said...

no lo recuerdo — I can't remember, I don't remember

• creo recordar que... — I seem to remember o recall that...

• recordar haber hecho algo — to remember doing o having done sth

recuerda haberlo dicho — he remembers saying o having said it

no recuerdo haberte dado permiso para salir — I don't remember o recall giving o having given you permission to go out

• recordar que — to remember that

recuerdo que no llegó hasta por la noche — I remember that he didn't arrive until nighttime

2) (=traer a la memoria) to remind

estas botas me recuerdan a las que llevábamos de pequeños — these boots remind me of the ones we used to wear as children

¿a qué te recuerda esa foto? — what does that photo remind you of?

el poema recuerda a García Lorca — the poem is reminiscent of García Lorca

• recordar algo a algn — to remind sb of sth

recuérdale que me debe 50 dólares — remind him that he owes me 50 dollars

te recuerdo que son las tres — let me remind you that it's three o'clock

me permito recordarle que aún no hemos recibido el pago — I would remind you o may I remind you that we have not yet received payment

• recordar a algn que haga algo — to remind sb to do sth

recuérdame que ponga la lavadora — remind me to put the washing (machine) on

3) Méx * (=despertar) to wake up

2.

VI to remember

no recuerdo — I can't o don't remember

si mal no recuerdo — if my memory serves me right o correctly, if I remember rightly o correctly

que yo recuerde — as far as I can remember, as I recall frm

3.

See:

recordarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <nombre/fecha> to remember, recall

soy muy malo para recordar fechas — I'm very bad at remembering dates

recuerdo que lo puse ahí — I remember o recall putting it there

b) ( rememorar) to remember

recordar viejos tiempos — to remember old times

recuerdo esa época con cariño — I have fond memories of that time

2)

a) ( traer a la memoria)

recordarle A alguien/algo que + subj — to remind somebody about something/to + inf

recuérdale lo de la cena/que los llame — remind him about the supper/to call them about the supper

les recuerdo que... — I would like to remind you that...

b) (por asociación, parecido) to remind

su forma recuerda la de una calabaza — its shape reminds one of a pumpkin

estos versos recuerdan a Neruda — these verses are reminiscent of Neruda; (+ me/te/le etc)

esto me recuerda que... — this reminds me that...

me recuerdas a tu hermano — you remind me of your brother
2.
recordar vi ( acordarse) to remember

que yo recuerde... — as far as I remember...

si mal no recuerdo — if I remember right
3.
recordarse v pron (Chi) ( acordarse) to remember

recordarse DE algo/alguien — to remember something/somebody

* * *

= cast + mind back to, recall, recollect, remember, remind, hark(en) back to, come back, reminisce, evoke, be reminiscent of, bring to + mind, recur to, hearken back to.

Nota: También escrito harken o hark.

Ex. First cast your mind back to our examination of the Colon Classification.

Ex. As will be recalled from the foregoing discussion of Panizzi's ideology, his main entry was designed to represent a book not as a individual entity but as an edition of a particular work by a particular author.

Ex. There was a heavy and prolonged silence as Datto scrambled through his mind, trying to recollect the details of the event that had apparently trigerred this violent reaction.

Ex. A summary at the end of a document is intended to complete the orientation of the reader, and to identify the significant ideas for the reader to remember.

Ex. The insert mode indicator (the arrow pointing upwards) appears on the screen to remind you that the keyboard is in insert mode.

Ex. The third point is one that harks back to the chapter on peer influences.

Ex. At the sight of the park, something came back to Slake.

Ex. A general session featured Isaac Asimov who reminisced about libraries in his youth and predicted the continuing need for libraries.

Ex. If my comments yesterday managed to evoke the landscape of the State of Ohio, I offer no apologies.

Ex. In this sense this book is reminiscent of the cunningly drawn pictures of our youth.

Ex. These commands bring to mind word frequency-based automatic indexing algorithms of the past 3 decades.

Ex. The kitchen was full of glancing sunlight and clean color; and as she sat there her mind recurred to her attempts to get her assistant to stay.

Ex. The term 'first cold press' hearkens back to the traditional method, where the best oil came from the first pressing; subsequent pressings release more oil, but of inferior quality.

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* ayuda para recordar = memory aid.

* digno de ser recordado = memorable.

* facilidad de recordar = memorability.

* facultad de recordar = power of recall.

* hacer recordar = jog + Posesivo + memory, bring to + mind.

* que ayuda a recordar = memory-jogging.

* que + Pronombre + recordar = to the best of + Posesivo + recollection.

* que se recuerde = in living memory.

* recordar a = reek of.

* recordar a uno Algo = bring + Nombre + back to.

* recordar de un modo rápido = sweep back to.

* recordar el pasado = take + a trip down memory lane, stroll down + memory lane, take + a stroll down memory lane.

* recordar fácilmente = produce + on call.

* recordar mal = misremember.

* recordar + Posesivo + palabras = mark + Posesivo + words.

* recordarse = go down as.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <nombre/fecha> to remember, recall

soy muy malo para recordar fechas — I'm very bad at remembering dates

recuerdo que lo puse ahí — I remember o recall putting it there

b) ( rememorar) to remember

recordar viejos tiempos — to remember old times

recuerdo esa época con cariño — I have fond memories of that time

2)

a) ( traer a la memoria)

recordarle A alguien/algo que + subj — to remind somebody about something/to + inf

recuérdale lo de la cena/que los llame — remind him about the supper/to call them about the supper

les recuerdo que... — I would like to remind you that...

b) (por asociación, parecido) to remind

su forma recuerda la de una calabaza — its shape reminds one of a pumpkin

estos versos recuerdan a Neruda — these verses are reminiscent of Neruda; (+ me/te/le etc)

esto me recuerda que... — this reminds me that...

me recuerdas a tu hermano — you remind me of your brother
2.
recordar vi ( acordarse) to remember

que yo recuerde... — as far as I remember...

si mal no recuerdo — if I remember right
3.
recordarse v pron (Chi) ( acordarse) to remember

recordarse DE algo/alguien — to remember something/somebody

* * *

= cast + mind back to, recall, recollect, remember, remind, hark(en) back to, come back, reminisce, evoke, be reminiscent of, bring to + mind, recur to, hearken back to.

Nota: También escrito harken o hark.

Ex: First cast your mind back to our examination of the Colon Classification.

Ex: As will be recalled from the foregoing discussion of Panizzi's ideology, his main entry was designed to represent a book not as a individual entity but as an edition of a particular work by a particular author.

Ex: There was a heavy and prolonged silence as Datto scrambled through his mind, trying to recollect the details of the event that had apparently trigerred this violent reaction.

Ex: A summary at the end of a document is intended to complete the orientation of the reader, and to identify the significant ideas for the reader to remember.

Ex: The insert mode indicator (the arrow pointing upwards) appears on the screen to remind you that the keyboard is in insert mode.

Ex: The third point is one that harks back to the chapter on peer influences.

Ex: At the sight of the park, something came back to Slake.

Ex: A general session featured Isaac Asimov who reminisced about libraries in his youth and predicted the continuing need for libraries.

Ex: If my comments yesterday managed to evoke the landscape of the State of Ohio, I offer no apologies.

Ex: In this sense this book is reminiscent of the cunningly drawn pictures of our youth.

Ex: These commands bring to mind word frequency-based automatic indexing algorithms of the past 3 decades.

Ex: The kitchen was full of glancing sunlight and clean color; and as she sat there her mind recurred to her attempts to get her assistant to stay.

Ex: The term 'first cold press' hearkens back to the traditional method, where the best oil came from the first pressing; subsequent pressings release more oil, but of inferior quality.

* ayuda para recordar = memory aid.

* digno de ser recordado = memorable.

* facilidad de recordar = memorability.

* facultad de recordar = power of recall.

* hacer recordar = jog + Posesivo + memory, bring to + mind.

* que ayuda a recordar = memory-jogging.

* que + Pronombre + recordar = to the best of + Posesivo + recollection.

* que se recuerde = in living memory.

* recordar a = reek of.

* recordar a uno Algo = bring + Nombre + back to.

* recordar de un modo rápido = sweep back to.

* recordar el pasado = take + a trip down memory lane, stroll down + memory lane, take + a stroll down memory lane.

* recordar fácilmente = produce + on call.

* recordar mal = misremember.

* recordar + Posesivo + palabras = mark + Posesivo + words.

* recordarse = go down as.

* * *

recordar [ A10 ]

vt

A

1 ‹nombre/fecha› to remember, recall

¿recuerdas dónde lo encontraste? do you remember o recall where you found it?

soy muy malo para recordar fechas I'm very bad at remembering dates

recuerdo que lo puse sobre la mesa I remember o recall putting it on the table

no recordaba exactamente qué había pasado she couldn't recall o recollect o remember exactly what had happened

2 (rememorar) to remember

recordar viejos tiempos to remember the old days, to reminisce about the old days

recuerdo esa época con mucho cariño I have fond memories of that time

B

1 (traer a la memoria) recordarle algo A algn:

recuérdale que los llame remind him to call them

les recuerdo que mañana es el último día remember that o I would like to remind you that tomorrow is the last day

me recordó lo del sábado pasado he reminded me about what happened last Saturday

2 (por asociación, parecido) to remind

su forma recuerda la de una calabaza its shape reminds one of a pumpkin, its shape is reminiscent of a pumpkin

estos versos recuerdan a Jorge Manrique these verses are reminiscent of Jorge Manrique

(+ me/te/le etc): esto me recuerda aquella vez que … this reminds me of the time that …

me recuerdas a tu hermano you remind me of your brother

estas calles me recuerdan mucho Bogotá these streets remind me a lot of Bogotá

■ recordar

vi

A (acordarse) to remember

que yo recuerde sólo estaba él as I remember (it) o as I recall o as far as I remember he was the only one there

si mal no recuerdo if I remember right, if my memory serves me well o correctly

B ( Méx fam) (despertarse) to wake up

■ recordarse

v pron

A ( Méx fam) (despertarse) to wake up

B ( Chi) (acordarse) to remember recordarse DE algo/algn to remember sth/sb

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Multiple Entries:
recordar
recordar algo
recordar ( conjugate recordar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹nombre/fecha› to remember, recall;

◊ recuerdo que lo puse ahí I remember o recall putting it there

b) ( rememorar) ‹niñez/pasado› to remember

2
a) ( traer a la memoria) recordarle A algnalgo/ que haga algo to remind sb about sth/to do sth;

◊ les recuerdo que … I would like to remind you that …

b) (por asociación, parecido) to remind;

◊ me recuerdas a tu hermano you remind me of your brother

verbo intransitivo ( acordarse) to remember;
◊ si mal no recuerdo if I remember right

recordar
I verbo transitivo
1 (acordarse) to remember, recall: no recuerdo su nombre, I can't remember his name
2 (hacer recordar) to remind: recuérdame que compre el pan, remind me to buy some bread
me recuerda a su madre, she reminds me of her mother
II verbo intransitivo to remember: si mal no recuerdo, if I remember rightly ➣ Ver nota en remember y remind
To remember significa recordar algo ocurrido en el pasado: Recuerdo mi último cumpleaños. I remember my last birthday. To remind significa recordar a alguien que tiene que hacer algo: Recuérdame que mañana tengo que ir al banco. Remind me to go to the bank tomorrow.

' recordar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desempolvar
- evocar
- hablarse
- pasada
- pasado
- recuerdo
- vista
- acordar
- creer
- retener
English:
eventful
- look back
- recall
- recollect
- remember
- remind
- reminiscent
- seem
- think back
- bring
- mind
- must
- reminder
- think

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recordar

♦ vt

1. [acordarse de] to remember;

no recuerdo dónde he dejado las llaves I can't remember where I left the keys;

recuerdo que me lo dijo I remember him telling me;

no recordaba yo un invierno tan frío I don't remember a winter as cold as this

2. [traer a la memoria] to remind;

recuérdame que cierre el gas remind me to turn the gas off;

te recuerdo que el plazo termina mañana don't forget that the deadline is tomorrow;

tienes que ir al dentista esta tarde – ¡no me lo recuerdes! you have to go to the dentist this afternoon – don't remind me!

3. [por asociación] to remind;

me recuerda a un amigo mío he reminds me of a friend of mine;

me recuerda aquella vez que nos quedamos sin luz it reminds me of that time when the electricity got cut off

♦ vi

1. [acordarse] to remember;

si mal no recuerdo as far as I can remember

2. [traer a la memoria]
ese pintor recuerda a Picasso that painter is reminiscent of Picasso

3. Méx [despertar] to wake up

♦ See also the pronominal verb recordarse

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recordar

I v/t remember, recall;

recordar algo a alguien remind s.o. of sth

II v/i

1

:

si mal no recuerdo if my memory serves me right

2 Méx

wake up

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recordar {19} vt

1) : to recall, to remember

2) : to remind

recordar vi

1) acordarse: to remember

2) despertar: to wake up

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recordar vb

1. (acordarse) to remember

recuerdo el día en que lo conocí I remember the day I met him

2. (hacer pensar) to remind

recuérdame que llame a Maite remind me to phone Maite

su voz me recuerda a la de mi primo his voice reminds me of my cousin's

Spanish-English dictionary > recordar
7 thing

[θɪŋ] 1.
nome

1) (object) cosa f., oggetto m.

there isn't a thing to eat in the house! — non c'è niente da mangiare in questa casa!

the one thing he wants is... — l'unica cosa che vuole è...

it was a big box thing — era una specie di grossa scatola

2) (action, task, event) cosa f.

she'll do great things in life — farà grandi cose nella vita

that was a silly thing to do — è stato stupido farlo

there wasn't a thing I could do — non c'era niente che potessi fare

it's a good thing you came — è un bene che tu sia venuto

the thing to do is... — la cosa da fare è...

the heat does funny things to people — il calore ha strani effetti sulla gente

3) (matter, fact) cosa f.

the thing to remember is... — quello che bisogna ricordare è...

I couldn't hear a thing (that) he said — non riuscivo a sentire una parola di quello che diceva

the whole thing is crazy! — tutto questo è folle!

the thing is (that)... — il fatto è che...

the only thing is,... — l'unica cosa è...

the good thing (about it) is... — di buono c'è...

the thing about him is that he's very honest — bisogna riconoscere che è una persona molto onesta

the thing about him is that he can't be trusted — il problema è che non ci si può fidare di lui

4) (person, animal)

she's a pretty little thing — è carina

you lucky thing! — colloq. fortunello!

you stupid thing! — colloq. scemo!

(the) stupid thing! — colloq. (of object) stupido coso!
2.
nome plurale things

1) (personal belongings, equipment) cose f., robe f.

things to be washed — roba da lavare

2) (situation, matters) cose f.

to see things as they really are — vedere le cose come stanno

how are things with you? how are things going? come va? come ti vanno le cose? to worry about things farsi dei problemi; as things are o stand nello stato attuale delle cose; as things turned out in fin dei conti; all things considered — tutto sommato

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it's not the done thing (to do) — non è cosa da farsi (fare)

it's the in thing — colloq. è alla moda

the latest thing in hats — un cappello all'ultima moda

that's just the thing o the very thing! è proprio quello che ci vuole! it's become quite the thing (to do) è diventato alla moda (fare); it was a close o near thing per un pelo; he's on to a good thing ha trovato l'America; he likes to do his own thing colloq. fa quello che gli pare e piace; for one thing... (and) for another thing... primo... (e) secondo..., in primo luogo... (e) in secondo luogo...; to have a thing about colloq. (like) andare matto per [ blondes]; essere fissato con [ old cars]; (hate) non potere vedere [ dogs]; he's got a thing about flying colloq. ha paura di volare; to make a big thing (out) of it colloq. farne una questione di stato; to know a thing or two about sth. colloq. saperla lunga in fatto di qcs.; I could tell you a thing or two about him! colloq. potrei raccontarti un paio di cosette sul suo conto! and then, of all things, she... e allora, chissà perché, lei...; I must be seeing things! devo avere le allucinazioni! I must be hearing things! credo di sentire le voci! it's (just) one of those things sono cose che capitano; it's one (damned) thing after another! colloq. è una seccatura dopo l'altra! one thing led to another and... una cosa tira l'altra e...; taking one thing with another tutto sommato; what with one thing and another,... tra una cosa e l'altra,...; (to try) to be all things to all men — (cercare di) fare contenti tutti

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[θɪŋ] 1.
nome

1) (object) cosa f., oggetto m.

there isn't a thing to eat in the house! — non c'è niente da mangiare in questa casa!

the one thing he wants is... — l'unica cosa che vuole è...

it was a big box thing — era una specie di grossa scatola

2) (action, task, event) cosa f.

she'll do great things in life — farà grandi cose nella vita

that was a silly thing to do — è stato stupido farlo

there wasn't a thing I could do — non c'era niente che potessi fare

it's a good thing you came — è un bene che tu sia venuto

the thing to do is... — la cosa da fare è...

the heat does funny things to people — il calore ha strani effetti sulla gente

3) (matter, fact) cosa f.

the thing to remember is... — quello che bisogna ricordare è...

I couldn't hear a thing (that) he said — non riuscivo a sentire una parola di quello che diceva

the whole thing is crazy! — tutto questo è folle!

the thing is (that)... — il fatto è che...

the only thing is,... — l'unica cosa è...

the good thing (about it) is... — di buono c'è...

the thing about him is that he's very honest — bisogna riconoscere che è una persona molto onesta

the thing about him is that he can't be trusted — il problema è che non ci si può fidare di lui

4) (person, animal)

she's a pretty little thing — è carina

you lucky thing! — colloq. fortunello!

you stupid thing! — colloq. scemo!

(the) stupid thing! — colloq. (of object) stupido coso!
2.
nome plurale things

1) (personal belongings, equipment) cose f., robe f.

things to be washed — roba da lavare

2) (situation, matters) cose f.

to see things as they really are — vedere le cose come stanno

how are things with you? how are things going? come va? come ti vanno le cose? to worry about things farsi dei problemi; as things are o stand nello stato attuale delle cose; as things turned out in fin dei conti; all things considered — tutto sommato

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it's not the done thing (to do) — non è cosa da farsi (fare)

it's the in thing — colloq. è alla moda

the latest thing in hats — un cappello all'ultima moda

that's just the thing o the very thing! è proprio quello che ci vuole! it's become quite the thing (to do) è diventato alla moda (fare); it was a close o near thing per un pelo; he's on to a good thing ha trovato l'America; he likes to do his own thing colloq. fa quello che gli pare e piace; for one thing... (and) for another thing... primo... (e) secondo..., in primo luogo... (e) in secondo luogo...; to have a thing about colloq. (like) andare matto per [ blondes]; essere fissato con [ old cars]; (hate) non potere vedere [ dogs]; he's got a thing about flying colloq. ha paura di volare; to make a big thing (out) of it colloq. farne una questione di stato; to know a thing or two about sth. colloq. saperla lunga in fatto di qcs.; I could tell you a thing or two about him! colloq. potrei raccontarti un paio di cosette sul suo conto! and then, of all things, she... e allora, chissà perché, lei...; I must be seeing things! devo avere le allucinazioni! I must be hearing things! credo di sentire le voci! it's (just) one of those things sono cose che capitano; it's one (damned) thing after another! colloq. è una seccatura dopo l'altra! one thing led to another and... una cosa tira l'altra e...; taking one thing with another tutto sommato; what with one thing and another,... tra una cosa e l'altra,...; (to try) to be all things to all men — (cercare di) fare contenti tutti

English-Italian dictionary > thing
8 do

I 1. [duː] ( полная форма); [du], [də], [d] ( редуцированные формы) гл.; прош. вр. did; прич. прош. вр. done
1) делать, выполнять

to do one's lessons — готовить уроки

Has she agreed to do the work? — Она согласилась выполнить эту работу?

What are you doing? — Что вы делаете?

No sooner said than done. — Сказано - сделано.

No sooner thought upon than done. — Задумано - сделано.

Syn:

perform, execute, carry out

2) выполнять, осуществлять, исполнять

to do one's duty — выполнять свой долг

to do one's worst — из кожи вон лезть

Have you done what I told you? — Ты сделал то, что я тебе сказал?

She did her best to win the race. — Она приложила все свои силы, чтобы выиграть гонки.

I shall do my utmost to serve her. — Я сделаю всё, что в моих силах, чтобы быть ей полезным.

3) поступать, делать

to do right — поступать правильно

You have but to say, and they will do. — Вы должны только сказать, а они сделают.

All human talent is a talent to do. ( Carlyle) — Самый большой талант человека - это способность трудиться.

That does / did it. разг. — Это (было) уже слишком.

Do as you would be done by. — Поступай с другими так, как ты хотел бы, чтобы поступали с тобой.

Syn:

administer, practise

4) уст. совершать (грех, преступление)

crimes done deliberately — умышленно совершённые преступления

Syn:

commit, perpetrate

5) создавать, творить

Syn:

produce, bring into existence

6) разг. обманывать, надувать

to do in the eye — нагло обманывать

I think you've been done. — Мне кажется, тебя обманули.

They did him out of his inheritance. — Они обманом отобрали у него наследство.

Syn:

dupe, hoax

7) убирать, чистить, приводить в порядок

They do the kitchen and bathrooms every day. — Они убирают кухню и ванные комнаты каждый день.

He helped her do the dishes. — Он помог ей помыть посуду.

8) ( do for) убираться в доме и готовить еду (для кого-л.), вести хозяйство (в чьём-л. доме)

She used to come twice a week to do for us. — Она приходила два раза в неделю, чтобы приготовить для нас еду и убраться в доме.

Syn:

repair, prepare, clean

9) готовить, жарить, тушить

I like my meat very well done. — Я люблю, чтобы мясо было хорошо прожарено.

The potatoes will be done in 10 minutes. — Картошка будет готова через 10 минут.

10) устраивать, приготовлять, организовывать

11) приводить в порядок (лицо, волосы), украшать

to do one's hair — причёсываться

She wanted to do her face before the party. — Она хотела накраситься и напудриться, прежде чем идти на вечеринку.

She has done the flowers at innumerable society dinners. — Она украшала цветами бесчисленное количество банкетов.

Syn:

set, arrange, organize, decorate, furnish

12) заниматься (какой-л. деятельностью или делом)

A class of boys is doing arithmetic while another is doing Euclid. — Один класс мальчиков занимается арифметикой, другой - геометрией.

13) решать ( задачи)

I cannot do this problem. — Я не могу решить эту задачу.

Show me how to do this sum. — Покажи мне, как решить эту арифметическую задачу.

14) играть, исполнять ( роль)

to do Hamlet — исполнять роль Гамлета

15) разг. изображать (кого-л.); подражать (кому-л.); пародировать (кого-л.)

to do a Houdini — подражать Гудини

16) истощать, изнурять

done to the wide / the world — побеждённый; потерпевший полную неудачу

At the end of the race they were pretty well done. — К концу гонки они были почти полностью измотаны.

Syn:

exhaust

17) избивать; убивать; уничтожать

to do for smb. — погубить кого-л.; убить кого-л.

He is done for. — С ним покончено.

It was the drink that did for him. — Его погубила выпивка.

I'll do you even if it's my last act in life. — Я разделаюсь с тобой, даже если это будет стоить мне жизни.

I told him I'd do him if I ever saw his face again. — Я сказал ему, что если я снова увижу его физиономию, я поколочу его.

Syn:

undo, ruin, beat, kill

18) проходить, проезжать ( определённое расстояние); достигать (какого-л. места)

I did the four miles in less than twenty minutes. — Я преодолел четыре мили меньше чем за двадцать минут.

"That's a Rolls-Royce, isn't it?' 'Yes. It's practically new. Only done about a thousand." — "Это ведь Роллс-Ройс, правда?" - "Да. И практически новый. Прошёл всего тысячу".

Syn:

cover

19) разг. осматривать ( достопримечательности); посещать (в качестве туристов)

to do the sights — осматривать достопримечательности

During siesta the only activity comes from tourists "doing" St. Peter's, the Colosseum, and the Trevi Fountain. — Во время сиесты никто ничего не делает, кроме туристов, осматривающих собор Св. Петра, Колизей и фонтан Треви.

Last summer we did ten countries in three weeks. — Прошлым летом мы объехали десять стран за три недели.

Syn:

visit, stop in

20) разг. отбывать ( тюремное наказание)

He's done two terms in prison. — Он дважды сидел в тюрьме.

21) разг. обвинять, осуждать

He did not say that Kelly would only be "done" for robbery and not murder. — Он не сказал, что Келли обвинят только в ограблении, а не в ограблении и убийстве.

22) разг. хорошо принимать, угощать, обслуживать

to do oneself well — ни в чём себе не отказывать

23) австрал.; новозел.; разг. полностью истратить, просадить

Right now I've done my money. — Я только что просадил все деньги.

24) преим. амер.; нарк. принимать ( наркотики), курить ( марихуану)

25) ( do into) переводить ( на другой язык)

26) обходиться, довольствоваться

to do without sugar — обходиться без сахара

He does with very little sleep. — Он может обходиться почти без сна.

"Is that a good living wage?" he asked her; and she answered that they could just do on it. — "Этого жалованья достаточно, чтобы прожить?" - спросил он её. И она ответила, что его едва хватает на то, чтобы сводить концы с концами.

I could have done with a cuppa. — Я бы не отказался от чашки чая.

Syn:

contrive, manage

27) эвф. иметь половые сношения

Some service-man did your mother in Cyprus and then made an honest woman of her. (V. Canning) — Один вояка переспал с твоей матерью на Кипре, а потом на ней женился.

28) процветать, преуспевать

She's doing as well as can be expected. — Она живёт очень хорошо.

The farmers were doing badly. — У фермеров дела шли неважно.

Flowers will not do in this soil. — Цветы не будут расти на этой почве.

29) подходить, годиться; удовлетворять требованиям; быть достаточным

He will do for us. — Он нам подходит.

This sort of work won't do for him. — Эта работа ему не подойдёт.

It won't do to play all day. — Нельзя целый день играть.

This place would do me all right. — Это место меня полностью удовлетворяет.

This hat will do. — Эта шляпа подойдёт.

$ 20 will do. Thank you. — Двадцати долларов хватит. Спасибо.

Syn:

suffice, serve, be satisfactory, be enough

30) причинять (ущерб, вред и т. п.)

to do smb. harm — причинять кому-л. вред, вредить кому-л.

Sure he'll do the dear boy no harm. — Конечно, он не причинит милому мальчику никакого вреда.

31) приносить (пользу и т. п.)

to do smb. good — приносить кому-л. пользу

A swim will do me good. — Мне будет полезно немного поплавать.

32) воздавать (должное, справедливость)

to do smb. justice — воздавать должное, воздавать по заслугам

The book does him great credit. — Он может гордиться тем, что написал эту книгу.

33) оказывать ( услугу)

I did a gipsy a good turn once. ( Marryat)— Однажды я оказал одному цыгану хорошую услугу.

34) (be / have done) заканчивать

Have / Be done! — Хватит! Довольно!

Nobody interrupted me till I was done. — Никто меня не перебивал до тех пор, пока я не закончил свой рассказ.

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- do away
- do down
- do in
- do off
- do out
- do over
- do up
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to do the business for smb. разг. — погубить кого-л.

to do one's business разг. — делать свои дела ( испражняться)

to do a disappearing act разг. — исчезнуть

to do it разг. — трахаться, совокупляться

what's to do? — в чём дело?

done!, done with you! — ладно, по рукам!

well done! — отлично! молодец!

What is done cannot be undone. посл. — Что сделано, то сделано.

to do to death разг. — убить

it is not done, it isn't done разг. — это запрещено обычаями, нормами морали; это недопустимо

to have done it уст. — поступить чрезвычайно глупо; напутать, напортить

- nothing doing
- and have done with it 2. [duː] (полная форма); [du], [də], [d] (редуцированные формы) сущ.
1) разг. вечеринка; мероприятие

to have a bit of a do — устроить небольшую вечеринку

Christmas "dos" are especially important. — Рождественские представления особенно важны.

Her family has a "do" every year on the anniversary of the day her mother's father died. — Её семья каждый год устраивает вечер в день смерти её деда по матери.

Syn:

party, social event

2) преим. брит.; разг.

а) мошенничество, обман, жульничество

Syn:

cheat, fraud, swindle, imposture

б) бой

Syn:

battle

3) разг.; эвф. фекалии, экскременты

4) австрал.; новозел.; разг. успех

to make a do of it — добиться успеха

5) = hairdo

6) диал. суета, суматоха

Syn:

ado, fuss

7) уст. долг; дело

Syn:

duty, deed

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do's and don'ts — нормы, правила (то, что можно делать и то, что нельзя)
II [duː] ( полная форма); [du], [də], [d] ( редуцированные формы) гл.; прош. вр. did
1) вспомогательный глагол; образует отрицательные и вопросительные формы настоящего неопределённого и прошедшего неопределённого времени, а также отрицательные формы повелительного наклонения

I do not speak French. — Я не говорю по-французски.

Do you smoke? — Вы курите?

He did not see me. — Он меня не видел.

Did you not see me? — Разве вы меня не видели?

Do not (don't) open the window. — Не открывай окно.

2) употребляется для усиления значения действия

Do stop talking. — Замолчи же.

I did say so and I do say so now. — Я действительно так сказал и ещё раз это повторяю.

Well do I remember it. — Это я очень хорошо помню.

3) употребляется вместо другого глагола в настоящем и прошедшем неопределённом времени во избежание повторения этого глагола

He works as much as you do. — Он работает столько же, сколько и вы.

He likes bathing and so do I. — Он любит купаться, и я тоже.

He speaks as well as you do. — Он говорит так же хорошо, как и ты.
III [dəu] = doh IV [duː] сокр. от ditto
то же самое

Англо-русский современный словарь > do
9 find

1. I
abs

seek, and уе shall find bibl. ищите и обрящите
2. III
1) find smth., smb. find a misplaced letter (one's gloves, her hat, one's lost dog, the lost child, etc.) находить /отыскивать/ затерявшееся письме и т. д.', I ran to find a doctor я побежал за врачом; I don't know where to find time не знаю, где взять время; find a new method (a new island, America, etc.) открывать новый метод и т.д; find the means (ways, data, a market, etc.) изыскивать /находить/ средства и т. д.; where shall I find the money? где мне (раздобыть деньги?, где я возьму деньги?; put the book back where you found it положите книгу обратно на место; leave the windows (the papers, her things, etc.) as one finds them оставить окна и т. д. как есть; we must leave everything as we find it мы ничего не должны трогать; take us as you find us принимайте нас такими, какие мы есть; the book found very few readers книга не была популярна у читателей, на книгу почти не было спроса; the anchor found bottom якорь коснулся дна; the bullet found its mark пуля попала в цель

2) find smth. find the sum (the actual figures, the result, etc.) находить /определять, вычислять/ сумму и т. д.; find the sum of several numbers (the cube root of 71, the value of the unknown quantity, etc.) определить /вычислить/ сумму нескольких чисел и т. д.', what did you find the total? какой у вас получился итог?
3. IV
find smth., smb., in some manner find smth., smb. easily (promptly, suddenly, unexpectedly, by chance, intuitively, etc.) легко и т. д. находить что-л., кого-л.; find smth., smb. somewhere find one's way home (in, there, etc.) находить дорогу домой и т. д.', find smb. in (out) (не) заставать кого-л. дома; I can't find my keys anywhere [я] нигде не могу отыскать свой ключи; find smth., smb. at some time at last he found his way наконец он выбрался на [правильную] дорогу; at last he finds a wife for himself наконец он нашел себе жену
4. V
1) find smb. smth. find her a taxi (him his hat, them a boat, me a good book, etc.) найти ей такой и т. д.; I found him a job я подыскал ему работу

2) find smb., smth. smb., smth. find him a trustworthy man (her a clever girl, it an offence, it a shame, etc.) считать /находить/ его надежным человеком и т. д.', I found him an agreeable person он показался мне приятным человеком, у меня сложилось о нем мнение как о приятном человеке; I find it my duty я считаю это своим долгом
5. VI
1) find smb. in some state find smb. gloomy (fretful, despondent, etc.) застать кого-л. в мрачном и т. д. настроении; I came and found her ill я пришел и увидел, что она больна; find smb. dead обнаружить, что кто-л. умер /мертв/, найти кого-л. мертвым, не застать кого-л. в живых

2) find smb., smth. possessing some quality find smb. funny (ridiculous, foolish, very clever, pleasant, dishonest, etc.) находить /считать/ кого-л. смешным и т. д.; I find him strange today он мне кажется странным сегодня; find smb. guilty (innocent, insane. etc.) признавать кого-л. виновным и т.д., find smth. easy (the translation difficult, the remark helpful, the terms reasonable the bed comfortable, the story boring, it very annoying, etc.) находить /считать/ что-л. легким и т. д.; I find the weather pleasant today сегодня мне погода нравится; find it difficult (impossible, easy, etc.) to understand him (to make her come on time, to remember these figures, etc.) трудно и т. д. понять его и т. д.; we may find it necessary to leave early нам может быть придется рано уйти
6. VII
1) find smth. to do smth. find time to read (place to put it, courage to contradict him, a way to do so, one's way to make both ends meet, etc.) находить время [.чтобы] читать и т. д., he found nothing new to say он ничего нового не мог сказать; find the case to contain a pearl necklace обнаружить, что в футляре лежит жемчужное ожерелье

2) find smth. to possess some quality find smth. to be true (to be false, to be funny, to be unusual, etc.) находить /убеждаться в том/, что это правильно /правда/ и т. д.
7. VIII
find smb. doing smth. find the girl waiting (her crying, the children gathering flowers, etc.) обнаружить /увидеть/. что девушка ждет и т. д.; I found myself disagreeing я вдруг [неожиданно для себя] начал спорить; понял, что я не согласен
8. IX
find smth., smb. in some state find the room locked (the event forgotten, the glass broken, the book borrowed, them gone, him arrested, her beaten up, the child taken from him, etc. обнаружить, что комната заперта и т. д.; find one self surrounded by children оказаться окруженным детьми; I found myself obliged to leave мне пришлось уйти
9. XI
I. be found in some place hares are found in woods зайцы водятся в лесах; pin-trees are found in most European countries сосны растут в большинстве европейских стран; it is found everywhere это можно найти где угодно. be found at some time these qualities are not often found такие качества нечасто встречаются

2)

be found smth. he was found a situation out of tow; ему нашли работу за городом; be found in some state he was found wounded (injured, beaten up, etc.) когда его нашли, увидели /обнаружили/. что он ранен и т. д.; be found somewhere a dagger was found on him when he was searched при обыске у него обнаружили кинжал; be found with smth. that is the only fault to be found with him это его единственный недостаток; it is not the only fault to be found with the play это отнюдь не единственный недостаток пьесы

3)

be found possessing some quality be found useful /of use (invaluable, of interest, etc.) быть признанным /считаться/ полезным и т. д.; he was found guilty его признали виновным; be found that it has been found that... было установлено, что...
10. XVIII
find oneself (at some time/ this author hasn't fount himself yet этот писатель еще не нашел себя
11. XXI1
1) find smth. in (through, etc.) smth. find mistakes in a composition (the required page in the book, a nickel in the street, copper in the mountains, one's way through the forest, etc.) находить ошибки в сочинении и т. д.; find ten stamps in that drawer найти десять марок в том ящике; find smth. in some state find the room in perfect order (the house in a filthy state, my papers in a mess, etc.) находить комнату в полном порядке и т. д. find smth. for smb., smth. find a post for him (time for almost anything, money for his education, etc.) найти ему место / должность / и т. д.; find smth. after smth. find smth. after a careful search найти / обнаружить / что-л. после тщательных поисков

2) find smth. to(about, etc.) smth. find an answer to the problem (all about it, information on the subject, etc.) выяснить / найти / ответ на вопрос и т. д.

3) find smb., smth. in / at, on / some place find smb. at home (in the garden, in the camp, at table, etc.) застать / найти / кого-л. дома и т. д.; I found him still in bed я застал его еще в постели; find oneself in hospital (in prison, on board the ship, etc.) оказаться в больнице и т. д.

4) find its / one's / way (in)to (out of) smth. the river finds its way to the sea река впадает в море; how did it find its way into print? как это попало в печать?; I'll find my way out of these difficulties я сумею найти выход из этих трудностей

5) find smth., smb. in smth., smb. find expression in smth. найти свое выражение в чём-л.; find a true friend in her (a warm supporter in him. etc.) обрести истинного друга в ней и т. д.; I can find по faults in him я не замечаю у него никаких недостатков; find smth. with smb. find happiness with smb. обрести счастье с кем-л.; find smth. for smth. find no reason for smth. не видеть / не находить / [никаких] причин для чего-л.; I can find по excuse for his behaviour я не представляю, как можно оправдать его поведение
12. XXII
find smth. in doing smth. find pleasure in gardening ( joy in dancing, difficulty in speaking aloud, etc.) с удовольствием заниматься садоводством и т. д.
13. XXV
find [that]... find that I was mistaken понять, что я ошибался; find that he could not swim обнаружить, что он не умеет плавать; this letter, I find, arrived yesterday письмо, я вижу / я обнаружил /, пришло вчера

English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > find
10 thing

thing [θɪŋ]

choses ⇒ 1A (a), 1A (b), 1B (a)-(d), 2 (b)-(d) objet ⇒ 1A (a) créature ⇒ 1A (d) idée ⇒ 1B (a) question ⇒ 1B (b) idéal ⇒ 1C (c) mode ⇒ 1C (d) effets ⇒ 2 (a) affaires ⇒ 2 (a)

1 noun

A.

(a) (object, item) chose f, objet m;

∎ what's that yellow thing on the floor? qu'est-ce que c'est que ce truc jaune par terre?;

∎ what's that thing for? à quoi ça sert, ça?;

∎ what's this knob thing for? à quoi sert cette espèce de bouton?;

∎ where's my hat? I can't find the thing anywhere où est mon chapeau? je ne le trouve nulle part;

∎ the only thing I could hear was a dripping tap la seule chose que j'entendais c'était un robinet qui fuyait;

∎ any idea how to work this thing? tu sais comment ça marche?;

∎ I had to rewrite the whole thing j'ai dû tout réécrire;

∎ the thing he loves most is his pipe ce qu'il aime le plus, c'est sa pipe;

∎ I need a few things from the shop j'ai besoin de faire quelques courses;

∎ she loves books and posters and things, she loves things like books and posters elle aime les livres, les posters, ce genre de choses;

∎ he likes making things with his hands il est très manuel;

∎ she enjoys the good things in life elle apprécie les bonnes choses de la vie;

∎ I must be seeing things je dois avoir des visions;

∎ I must be hearing things je dois rêver, j'entends des voix;

∎ humorous things that go bump in the night les choses qui font du bruit la nuit;

∎ they were treated as things not people on les traitait comme des choses, pas comme des êtres humains

(b) (activity, event) chose f;

∎ he likes things like gardening il aime le jardinage et les choses dans ce goût-là;

∎ familiar she's still into this art thing in a big way elle est encore très branchée art;

∎ the thing to do is to pretend you're asleep vous n'avez qu'à faire semblant de dormir;

∎ the first thing to do is (to) ring the police la première chose à faire, c'est d'appeler la police;

∎ the only thing left is to… il ne reste plus qu'à…;

∎ the next thing on the agenda le point suivant à l'ordre du jour;

∎ it's the best thing to do c'est ce qu'il y a de mieux à faire;

∎ that was a silly thing to do! ce n'était pas la chose à faire!;

∎ how could you do such a thing? comment avez-vous pu faire une chose pareille?;

∎ I have lots of things to do j'ai des tas de choses à faire;

∎ she certainly gets things done avec elle, ça ne traîne pas

(c) (in negative clauses)

∎ I don't know a thing about what happened j'ignore tout de ce qui s'est passé;

∎ I don't know a thing about algebra je n'y connais absolument rien en algèbre;

∎ not a thing was overlooked pas un détail n'a été négligé;

∎ I didn't understand a thing she said je n'ai rien compris à ce qu'elle disait, je n'ai pas compris un mot de ce qu'elle disait;

∎ we couldn't do a thing about it nous n'y pouvions absolument rien;

∎ I couldn't do a thing to help je n'ai rien pu faire pour me rendre utile;

∎ it doesn't mean a thing to me (I don't understand it at all) je n'y comprends (absolument) rien; (it isn't at all familiar to me) ça ne me dit absolument rien; (it doesn't concern me at all) ça ne me concerne pas;

∎ she hadn't got a thing on elle était entièrement nue;

∎ I haven't got a thing to wear je n'ai rien à me mettre sur le dos

(d) (creature, being) créature f, être m;

∎ the thing he loves most is his dog ce qu'il aime le plus, c'est son chien;

∎ there wasn't a living thing around il n'y avait pas âme qui vive;

∎ what a sweet little thing! quel amour!;

∎ she's a dear old thing c'est une charmante petite vieille;

∎ you silly thing espèce d'idiot;

∎ poor thing! (said about somebody) le/la pauvre!; (said to somebody) mon/ma pauvre!; (animal) (la) pauvre bête!

(e) (monster)

∎ the thing from outer space le monstre de l'espace

B.

(a) (idea, notion) idée f, chose f;

∎ the best thing would be to ask them le mieux serait de leur demander;

∎ it would be a good thing if we all went together ce serait une bonne chose que nous y allions tous ensemble;

∎ it's a good thing (for you) no one knew heureusement (pour vous) que personne ne savait;

∎ to be on to a good thing être sur une bonne affaire;

∎ to know a thing or two about sth s'y connaître en qch;

∎ I could show him a thing or two about hang gliding je pourrais lui apprendre une ou deux petites choses en deltaplane

(b) (matter, question) chose f, question f;

∎ the thing is, we can't really afford it le problème, c'est qu'on n'a pas vraiment les moyens;

∎ the thing is, will she want to come? le problème c'est qu'on ne sait pas si elle voudra venir;

∎ the main thing is to succeed ce qui importe, c'est de réussir;

∎ the important thing is not to stop ce qui compte, c'est de ne pas arrêter;

∎ the thing to remember is that… ce dont il faut se souvenir est que…;

∎ it's one thing to talk but quite another to act parler est une chose, agir en est une autre;

∎ that's quite another thing ça, c'est tout autre chose;

∎ and another thing en plus;

∎ we talked of one thing and another nous avons parlé de choses et d'autres;

∎ what with one thing and another, I haven't had time avec tout ce qu'il y avait à faire, je n'ai pas eu le temps;

∎ if it's not one thing, it's another, it's one thing after another ça ne s'arrête jamais;

∎ taking one thing with another à tout prendre, somme toute

(c) (remark)

∎ that's not a very nice thing to say ce n'est pas très gentil de dire ça;

∎ she said some nasty things about him elle a dit des méchancetés sur lui;

∎ how can you say such a thing? comment pouvez-vous dire une chose pareille?;

∎ the things you say! les choses que tu peux dire parfois!;

∎ I said no such thing! je n'ai rien dit de tel!;

∎ I said the first thing that came into my head j'ai dit la première chose qui m'est venue à l'esprit

(d) (quality, characteristic) chose f;

∎ one of the things I like about her is her sense of humour une des choses que j'aime chez elle, c'est son sens de l'humour;

∎ the town has a lot of things going for it la ville a beaucoup de bons côtés

C.

(a) familiar (strong feeling)

∎ to have a thing about sb/sth (like) avoir un faible pour qn/qch^□ ; (dislike) avoir horreur de qn/qch^□ ;

∎ I have a thing about seafood (like) j'aime vraiment les fruits de mer^□ ; (dislike) je n'aime vraiment pas les fruits de mer^□ ;

∎ he has a thing about red hair (likes) il adore les cheveux roux^□ ; (dislikes) il a quelque chose contre les cheveux roux^□ ;

∎ it's a bit of a thing with me (like) j'aime assez ça^□ ; (dislike) c'est ma bête noire

(b) familiar (interest)

∎ it's not really my thing ce n'est pas vraiment mon truc;

∎ he went off to the States to do his own thing il est parti aux États-Unis vivre sa vie^□

(c) (what is needed, required) idéal m;

∎ hot cocoa is just the thing on a winter's night un chocolat chaud, c'est l'idéal les soirs d'hiver;

∎ that's the very thing c'est juste ce qu'il faut;

∎ that's the very thing for my bad back! c'est juste ce dont j'avais besoin pour mon mal de dos!

(d) (fashion) mode f;

∎ it's the latest thing in swimwear c'est la dernière mode en matière de maillots de bain;

∎ it's quite the thing c'est très à la mode;

∎ natural food is the thing just now les aliments biologiques sont la grande mode en ce moment;

∎ a thing of the past une chose du passé

(e) (fuss)

∎ to make a big thing about sth faire (tout) un plat de qch;

∎ he made a big thing out of my not going il a fait tout un plat parce que je n'y allais pas;

∎ there's no need to make a big thing out of it! ce n'est pas la peine d'en faire tout un plat ou toute une montagne!

(f) familiar (relationship)

∎ to have a thing with sb avoir une liaison avec qn^□

(g) familiar (penis) chose f

2 things plural noun

(a) (belongings) effets mpl, affaires fpl; (clothes) affaires fpl; (equipment) affaires fpl, attirail m; (tools) outils mpl, ustensiles mpl;

∎ put your things away ramassez vos affaires;

∎ take your wet things off enlevez vos affaires humides;

∎ you can take your things off in the bedroom vous pouvez vous déshabiller dans la chambre;

∎ have you brought your fishing/swimming things? avez-vous apporté votre attirail de pêche/vos affaires de piscine?;

∎ have you washed the breakfast things? as-tu fait la vaisselle du petit déjeuner?;

∎ to take the tea things away desservir la table (après le thé);

∎ to pack (up) one's things faire ses valises

(b) (situation, circumstances) choses fpl;

∎ familiar how's or how are things? comment ça va?;

∎ things are getting better les choses vont mieux;

∎ things are going badly ça va mal;

∎ things began to get rather dangerous les choses ont commencé à devenir assez dangereuses;

∎ I feel rather out of things je n'ai pas l'impression d'être vraiment dans le bain;

∎ you take things too seriously vous prenez les choses trop au sérieux;

∎ I need time to think things over j'ai besoin de temps pour réfléchir;

∎ as things are or stand dans l'état actuel des choses;

∎ things being what they are les choses étant ce qu'elles sont;

∎ it's just one of those things ce sont des choses qui arrivent

(c) (specific aspect of life) choses fpl;

∎ things of the mind les choses fpl de l'esprit;

∎ she's interested in all things French elle s'intéresse à tout ce qui est français;

∎ moderation in all things de la modération en tout;

∎ she wants to be an airline pilot of all things! elle veut être pilote de ligne, non mais vraiment!

(d) (facts, actions etc) choses fpl;

∎ they did terrible things to their prisoners ils ont fait des choses atroces à leurs prisonniers;

∎ I've heard good things about his work on dit du bien de son travail

(e) Law (property) biens mpl

3 for one thing adverb

(tout) d'abord;

∎ for one thing… and for another thing (tout) d'abord… et puis;

∎ well for one thing, we can't afford it pour commencer, nous n'en avons pas les moyens

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11 look

look [lʊk]

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1. noun

2. plural noun

3. intransitive verb

4. transitive verb

5. compounds

6. Phrasal Verbs

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1. noun

   a. ( = glance) do you want a look? tu veux jeter un coup d'œil ?

• and now for a quick look at the papers et maintenant, les grands titres de vos journaux

► to have/take a look

• let me have a look ( = may I) fais voir ; ( = I'm going to) je vais voir

• let me have another look ( = may I) je peux regarder encore une fois ?

• to take a look at sth jeter un coup d'œil à qch

• take a look at this! regarde !

• to take another look at sth examiner qch de plus près

• to take a good look at sth bien regarder qch

• to take a good look at sb regarder qn avec attention

• take a good look! regarde bien !

• to take a long hard look at sth examiner qch de près

• to take a long hard look at o.s. (psychologically) faire son autocritique

• to have a look round the house visiter la maison

• I just want to have a look round (in town) je veux simplement faire un tour ; (in a shop) je ne fais que regarder

• have a look through the telescope regarde dans le télescope

   b. ( = expression) regard m

• an inquiring look un regard interrogateur

• we got some very odd looks les gens nous ont regardé d'un drôle d'air

• I told her what I thought and if looks could kill, I'd be dead (inf) je lui ai dit ce que je pensais et elle m'a fusillé du regard

   c. ( = search) to have a look for sth chercher qch

• have another look! cherche bien !

   d. ( = appearance) air m

• there was a sad look about him il avait l'air plutôt triste

• I like the look of her (inf) je trouve qu'elle a l'air sympathique

• I don't like the look of him (inf) il a une tête qui ne me revient pas (inf)

• by the looks of him (inf) à le voir

• by the looks of it (inf) de toute évidence

• you can't go by looks(PROV) il ne faut pas se fier aux apparences

• I don't like the look of this at all (inf) ça ne me dit rien qui vaille

   e. ( = style) look (inf) m

• I need a new look il faut que je change de look (inf)

2. plural noun

looks (inf) beauté f

• looks aren't everything la beauté n'est pas tout

• she has kept her looks elle est restée belle

• she's losing her looks elle n'est plus aussi belle qu'autrefois

3. intransitive verb

   a. ( = see, glance) regarder

• look over there! regarde là-bas !

• look! regarde !

• look and see if he's still there regarde s'il est encore là

• look what a mess you've made! regarde le gâchis que tu as fait !

• look who's here! (inf) regarde qui est là !

• to look the other way ( = avert one's eyes) détourner le regard ; (figurative) fermer les yeux (fig) (PROV) look before you leap il faut réfléchir avant d'agir

► to look + adverb/preposition

• he looked around him for an ashtray il a cherché un cendrier des yeux

• to look down one's nose at sb (inf) regarder qn de haut

• she looks down her nose at romantic novels (inf) elle méprise les romans à l'eau de rose

• to look down the list parcourir la liste

• look here, we must discuss it first (inf) écoutez, il faut d'abord en discuter

• look here, that isn't what I said! (inf) dites donc, ce n'est pas (du tout) ce que j'ai dit !

• she looked into his eyes elle l'a regardé droit dans les yeux ; (romantically) elle a plongé son regard dans le sien

• to look over sb's shoulder regarder par-dessus l'épaule de qn ; (figurative) être constamment sur le dos de qn

• to be looking over one's shoulder (figurative) être sur ses gardes

• he looked right through me (inf) il a fait comme s'il ne me voyait pas

   b. ( = face) [building] donner

• the house looks onto the main street la maison donne sur la rue principale

   c. ( = search) chercher

• you should have looked more carefully tu aurais dû chercher un peu mieux

   d. ( = seem) avoir l'air

• he looks about 40 il doit avoir la quarantaine

• he looks about 75 kilos il doit faire environ 75 kilos

• she's tired and she looks it elle est fatiguée et ça se voit

• he's 50 and he looks it il a 50 ans et il les fait

• how did she look? (health) comment va-t-elle ? ; (on hearing news) quelle tête elle a fait ?

• how do I look? comment me trouves-tu ?

• how does it look to you? qu'en pensez-vous ?

► to look as if

• try to look as if you're glad to see them! essaie d'avoir l'air content de les voir !

• it looks as if it's going to snow on dirait qu'il va neiger

• it doesn't look as if he's coming on dirait qu'il ne va pas venir► to look + adjective/noun

• she looks her age elle fait son âge

• it will look bad ça va faire mauvais effet

• you must look your best for this interview il faut que tu présentes bien pour cet entretien

• they made me look a fool ils m'ont ridiculisé

• he looks good in uniform l'uniforme lui va bien

• that dress looks good on her cette robe lui va bien

• that pie looks good cette tarte a l'air bonne

• how are you getting on with your autobiography? -- it's looking good comment avance ton autobiographie ? -- elle avance bien

• it looks good on paper c'est très bien sur le papier

• that hairstyle makes her look old cette coiffure la vieillit

• it makes him look ten years older/younger ça le vieillit/rajeunit de dix ans

• he looks older than that il a l'air plus âgé que ça

• to look the part avoir le physique de l'emploi (inf)

• how pretty you look! comme vous êtes jolie !

• it looks promising c'est prometteur

• it looks all right to me ça m'a l'air d'aller

• to make sb look small rabaisser qn

• she looks tired elle a l'air fatigué(e)

• you're looking well vous avez bonne mine

• she doesn't look well elle n'a pas bonne mine► to look like

• what does he look like? comment est-il ?

• he looks like his father il ressemble à son père

• the picture doesn't look like him at all on ne le reconnaît pas du tout sur cette photo

• he looks like a soldier il a l'air d'un soldat

• it looks like salt ( = seems) on dirait du sel

• this looks to me like the right shop cela m'a l'air d'être le bon magasin

• it looks like rain (inf) on dirait qu'il va pleuvoir

• the rain doesn't look like stopping la pluie n'a pas l'air de vouloir s'arrêter

• it certainly looks like it ça m'en a tout l'air

• the evening looked like being interesting la soirée promettait d'être intéressante

4. transitive verb

regarder

• to look sb in the face regarder qn en face

• to look sb up and down toiser qn

• look where you're going! regarde où tu vas !

• look what you've done now! regarde ce que tu as fait !

5. compounds

► look-alike (inf) noun sosie m

• a Churchill look-alike un sosie de Churchill ► look-in (inf) noun

• our team didn't have or get a look-in notre équipe n'a jamais eu la moindre chance de gagner

6. Phrasal Verbs

► look about intransitive verb regarder autour de soi

• to look about for sb/sth chercher qn/qch (des yeux)► look after inseparable transitive verb

[+ invalid, child, animal, plant] s'occuper de ; [+ one's possessions] prendre soin de ; [+ finances] gérer

• she doesn't look after herself properly elle se néglige

• look after yourself! (inf) prends soin de toi !

• she's quite old enough to look after herself elle est assez grande pour se débrouiller (inf) toute seule

• he certainly looks after his car il bichonne sa voiture

• we're well looked after here on s'occupe bien de nous ici

• they looked after the house while we were away ils se sont occupés de la maison en notre absence

• will you look after my bag for me? tu peux surveiller mon sac ?

• to look after one's own interests protéger ses intérêts► look ahead intransitive verb

(in front) regarder devant soi ; (to future) penser à l'avenir

• I'm looking ahead at what might happen j'essaie d'imaginer ce qui pourrait se passer► look around intransitive verb regarder autour de soi

• to look around for sb/sth chercher qn/qch (des yeux)► look at inseparable transitive verb

   a. ( = observe) [+ person, object] regarder

• just look at this mess! regarde un peu ce fouillis !

• just look at you! (inf) regarde de quoi tu as l'air !

• to look at him you would never think that... à le voir, on n'imaginerait pas que...

• it isn't much to look at (inf) ça ne paie pas de mine

   b. ( = consider) [+ situation, problem] examiner

• let's look at the facts examinons les faits

• he now looked at her with new respect il commença à la considérer avec respect

• that's one way of looking at it c'est une façon de voir les choses

• it depends on how you look at it tout dépend comment on voit la chose

   c. ( = check) vérifier ; ( = see to) s'occuper de

• will you look at the carburettor? pourriez-vous vérifier le carburateur ?

   d. ( = have in prospect) (inf) you're looking at a minimum of £65 ça va vous coûter 65 livres au minimum

• they are looking at savings of $3 million les économies pourraient atteindre 3 millions de dollars► look away intransitive verb détourner les yeux ( from de ) ; (figurative) fermer les yeux

► look back intransitive verb regarder derrière soi

• she looked back at Marie and smiled elle se retourna pour regarder Marie et lui sourit

• after that he never looked back (inf) après, ça n'a fait qu'aller de mieux en mieux pour lui

• there's no point looking back ça ne sert à rien de revenir sur le passé

• looking back, I'm surprised I didn't suspect anything avec le recul, je suis étonné de n'avoir rien soupçonné

• to look back on sth ( = remember, evaluate) repenser à qch

• when they look back on this match... lorsqu'ils repenseront à ce match...

• we can look back over 20 years of happy marriage nous avons derrière nous 20 ans de bonheur conjugal► look behind intransitive verb regarder en arrière

► look down intransitive verb baisser les yeux

• to look down at the ground regarder par terre

• don't look down or you'll fall ne regarde pas en bas, sinon tu vas tomber► look down on inseparable transitive verb

   a. ( = despise) mépriser

   b. ( = overlook) dominer

• the castle looks down on the valley le château domine la vallée► look for inseparable transitive verb

   a. ( = seek) [+ object, work] chercher

• to be looking for trouble (inf) chercher les ennuis

   b. ( = expect) [+ praise, reward] espérer► look forward to inseparable transitive verb

[+ event, meal, trip, holiday] attendre avec impatience

• I'm looking forward to seeing them j'ai hâte de les voir

• I look forward to meeting you on the 5th je vous verrai donc avec plaisir le 5

• looking forward to hearing from you (in letter) en espérant avoir bientôt de vos nouvelles

• I look forward to hearing from you (formal) dans l'attente de votre réponse (frm)

• I look forward to the day when... j'attends avec impatience le jour où...

• are you looking forward to your birthday? tu te réjouis pour ton anniversaire ?

• we'd been looking forward to it for weeks on attendait ça depuis des semaines

• I'm really looking forward to it je m'en réjouis à l'avance► look in intransitive verb regarder à l'intérieur

• to look in on sb passer voir qn

• the doctor will look in again tomorrow le docteur repassera demain► look into inseparable transitive verb

( = examine) examiner

• there's obviously been a mistake. I'll look into it il y a dû y avoir une erreur. Je vais m'en occuper► look on

1. intransitive verb

regarder (faire)

• they just looked on while the raiders escaped ils ont regardé les bandits s'enfuir sans intervenir

• he wrote the letter while I looked on il a écrit la lettre tandis que je le regardais faire

2. inseparable transitive verb

considérer► look out

1. intransitive verb

   a. ( = look outside) regarder dehors

• to look out of the window regarder par la fenêtre

   b. ( = take care) faire attention

• I told you to look out! je t'avais bien dit de faire attention !

• look out! attention !

2. separable transitive verb

(British) ( = look for) chercher ; ( = find) trouver

• I'll look out some old magazines je vais essayer de trouver des vieux magazines

• I've looked out the minutes of the meeting j'ai trouvé le procès-verbal de la réunion► look out for inseparable transitive verb

   a. ( = look for) chercher ; ( = watch out for) [+ sth good] essayer de repérer ; [+ danger] se méfier de

• look out for special deals soyez à l'affût des bonnes affaires

• look out for ice on the road faites attention au verglas

   b. ( = look after) (inf) [+ person] s'occuper de

• we look out for each other on se tient les coudes► look over separable transitive verb

[+ document, list] parcourir ; [+ goods, produce] inspecter ; [+ town, building] visiter ; [+ person] (quickly) jeter un coup d'œil à ; (slowly) regarder de la tête aux pieds

► look round

1. intransitive verb

   a. ( = glance about) regarder (autour de soi)

• we're just looking round (in shop) on regarde

   b. ( = search) chercher

• I looked round for you after the concert je vous ai cherché après le concert

   c. ( = look back) se retourner

• I looked round to see where he was je me suis retourné pour voir où il était

• don't look round! ne vous retournez pas !

2. inseparable transitive verb

[+ town, factory] visiter► look through inseparable transitive verb

   a. ( = scan) [+ mail] regarder ; (thoroughly) [+ papers, book] examiner ; (briefly) [+ papers, book] parcourir

   b. ( = revise) [+ lesson] réviser ; ( = re-read) [+ notes] relire

   c. ( = ignore) he just looked right through me (inf) il a fait comme s'il ne me voyait pas► look to inseparable transitive verb

   a. ( = seek help from) se tourner vers

• many sufferers look to alternative therapies de nombreux malades se tournent vers les médecines parallèles

• I look to you for help je compte sur votre aide

   b. ( = think of) penser à

• to look to the future penser à l'avenir

   c. ( = seek to) chercher à

• they are looking to make a profit ils cherchent à réaliser un bénéfice► look up

1. intransitive verb

   a. ( = glance upwards) regarder en haut ; (from reading) lever les yeux

   b. ( = improve) (inf) [prospects, weather] s'améliorer ; [business] reprendre

• things are looking up ça va mieux

• oil shares are looking up les actions pétrolières remontent

2. separable transitive verb

   a. ( = seek out) (inf) [+ person] passer voir

• look me up the next time you are in London passez me voir la prochaine fois que vous serez à Londres

   b. (in reference book) [+ name, word] chercher

• to look up a word in the dictionary chercher un mot dans le dictionnaire

• you'll have to look that one up [+ word] il va falloir que tu cherches dans le dictionnaire

3. inseparable transitive verb

[+ reference book] consulter

► look upon inseparable transitive verb considérer

► look up to inseparable transitive verb

( = admire) admirer

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[lʊk] 1.
noun

1) ( glance) coup m d'œil

to have ou take a look at something — jeter un coup d'œil à or sur quelque chose

to have ou take a good look at — fig examiner [quelque chose] soigneusement; lit regarder [quelque chose] de près

I didn't get a good look — je n'ai pas bien vu

to have a look inside/behind something — regarder à l'intérieur de/derrière quelque chose

to have a look round — faire un tour de [house, town]

to have a look round the shops — faire le tour des magasins

to have a look through — ( scan) chercher dans [archives, files]; parcourir [essay, report]

I took one look at him and knew that he was ill — j'ai tout de suite vu qu'il était malade

let's have a look at that grazed knee — voyons ce genou écorché

to take a long hard look at something — fig étudier sérieusement quelque chose

2) ( search)

to have a (good) look — (bien) chercher

3) ( expression) regard m

a look of sadness/anger — un regard triste/rempli de colère

to give somebody a pitying look — regarder quelqu'un avec pitié

he got some odd ou funny looks — on l'a regardé d'un drôle d'air

I don't like the look on his face — je n'aime pas son air

from the look on his face... — à son expression...

4) ( appearance) ( of person) air m; (of building, scenery) aspect m

to have a dated look — ne pas faire très moderne

she has a look of her father — elle a quelque chose de son père

to have the look of a military man — avoir l'allure d'un militaire

I like the look of it — ça a l'air bien

I like the look of him — il a l'air sympa (colloq)

I don't like the look of him — il ne m'inspire pas confiance

I don't like the look of the weather — le ciel n'annonce rien de bon

I don't like the look of that rash — ces rougeurs m'inquiètent

by the look of him... — à le voir...

5) ( style) look (colloq) m
2.
looks plural noun

he's got the looks — il a le physique

looks aren't everything — il n'y a pas que la beauté qui compte

to keep one's looks — rester beau/belle

he's losing his looks — il n'est pas aussi beau qu'autrefois

you can't go by looks alone — il ne faut pas se fier aux apparences
3.
transitive verb

1) (gaze, stare) regarder

to look somebody in the eye/in the face — regarder quelqu'un dans les yeux/en face

to look somebody up and down — ( appraisingly) regarder quelqu'un de haut en bas

look who it is! — regarde qui voilà!

2) ( appear)

to look one's age — faire son âge

she's 40 but she doesn't look it — elle a 40 ans mais elle ne les fait pas

he looks about 50 — il doit avoir la cinquantaine

to look one's best — être à son avantage

she still looks the same — elle n'a pas changé

to look a fool — avoir l'air ridicule

it won't look good — ça sera mal vu

he doesn't look himself — il n'a pas l'air dans son assiette
4.
intransitive verb

1) regarder ( into dans; over par-dessus)

to look and see who's at the door — regarder qui est à la porte

to look away — détourner le regard or les yeux

to look out of the window — regarder par la fenêtre

to look the other way — lit regarder ailleurs; fig fermer les yeux

to look up and down the street — regarder partout dans la rue

I didn't know where to look — fig je ne savais plus où me mettre; ( in shop)

I'm just looking — je ne fais que regarder

2) ( search) chercher, regarder

to look down — parcourir [list]

3) (appear, seem) avoir l'air, paraître

you look cold — tu as l'air d'avoir froid

he looks young for his age — il fait jeune pour son âge

that makes you look younger — ça te rajeunit

how do I look? — comment me trouves-tu?

you look well — tu as bonne mine

you look good in that hat — ce chapeau te va bien

you look good enough to eat! — tu es mignon/-onne à croquer! (colloq)

the picture will look good in the study — le tableau ira bien dans le bureau

it doesn't look right — ça ne va pas

how does it look to you? — qu'est-ce que tu en penses?

it looks OK to me — ça m'a l'air d'aller

things are looking good — les choses se présentent bien

it looks to me as if ou like... (colloq) — j'ai l'impression que...

it looks as if it will snow — on dirait qu'il va neiger

it looks likely that — il semble probable que (+ subj)

it looks certain that — il semble certain que (+ indic)

to look like somebody/something — ressembler à quelqu'un/quelque chose

that photograph doesn't look like you — on ne te reconnaît pas du tout sur cette photo

what does the house look like? — comment est la maison?

it looks like being fun — cela promet d'être amusant

you look like being the only man there — il y a de fortes chances pour que tu sois le seul homme présent

it looks like rain — on dirait qu'il va pleuvoir

it certainly looks like it — ça en a tout l'air

it looks like cancer to me — je pense que c'est un cancer

4) ( listen) écoute

look here — écoute-moi bien

5) ( be oriented)

to look north — [house, room] être orienté au nord
5.
- looking combining form

distinguished-looking — [person] à l'air distingué

sinister-looking — [place] à l'aspect sinistre

he's not bad-looking — il n'est pas mal

Phrasal Verbs:

- look after

- look ahead

- look around

- look at

- look back

- look down

- look for

- look forward

- look in

- look into

- look on

- look onto

- look out

- look over

- look round

- look through

- look to

- look up

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if looks could kill... — il/elle etc m'a fusillé du regard

English-French dictionary > look
12 thing

thing [θɪŋ]

noun

   a. chose f

• surrounded by beautiful things entouré de belles choses

• such things as money, fame... des choses comme l'argent, la gloire...

• the thing he loves most is his car ce qu'il aime le plus au monde c'est sa voiture

• the good things in life les plaisirs mpl de la vie

• I've two things still to do j'ai encore deux choses à faire

• the next thing to do is... ce qu'il y a à faire maintenant c'est...

• the best thing would be to refuse le mieux serait de refuser

• the last thing on the agenda le dernier point à l'ordre du jour

• this is the latest thing in computer games c'est le dernier cri en matière de jeux électroniques

   b. ( = belongings) things affaires fpl

• have you put away your things? as-tu rangé tes affaires ?

• to take off one's things se débarrasser de son manteau etc

• have you got your swimming things? as-tu tes affaires de bain ?

   c. ( = matter, circumstance) I must think things over il faut que j'y réfléchisse

• how are things with you? et vous, comment ça va ?

• how's things? (inf) comment va ?

• as things are dans l'état actuel des choses

• since that's how things are puisque c'est comme ça

• to expect great things of sb/sth attendre beaucoup de qn/qch

• it is one thing to use a computer, quite another to understand it utiliser un ordinateur est une chose, en comprendre le fonctionnement en est une autre

• for one thing, it doesn't make sense d'abord ça n'a pas de sens

• it's just one of those things ce sont des choses qui arrivent

• I hadn't done a thing about it je n'avais strictement rien fait

• he knows a thing or two il s'y connaît

• she's got a thing about spiders (inf) elle a horreur des araignées

• he made a big thing of my refusal (inf) quand j'ai refusé il en a fait toute une histoire

• he had a thing with her two years ago (inf) il a eu une liaison avec elle il y a deux ans

• Mr Thing rang up (inf) Monsieur Machin (inf) a téléphoné

► the thing is

• the thing is to know when he's coming la question est de savoir quand il va arriver

• the thing is this:... voilà de quoi il s'agit:...

• the thing is, she'd already seen him en fait, elle l'avait déjà vu

   d. ( = person, animal) créature f

• poor little thing! pauvre petit (e) !

• poor thing, he's very ill le pauvre, il est très malade

   e. ( = best, most suitable thing) that's just the thing for me c'est tout à fait ce qu'il me faut

• the very thing! (of object) voilà tout à fait ce qu'il me (or nous etc) faut ! ; (of idea, plan) c'est l'idéal !

• it's the in thing (inf) c'est le truc (inf) à la mode

• that's not the thing to do cela ne se fait pas

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[θɪŋ] 1.
noun

1) ( object) chose f, truc (colloq) m

what's this thing for? — à quoi sert ce truc? (colloq)

there isn't a thing to eat in the house! — il n'y a rien à manger dans cette maison!

the one thing he wants for his birthday is a bike — tout ce qu'il veut pour son anniversaire, c'est un vélo

it was a big box thing — c'était une espèce de grosse boîte

2) (action, task, event) chose f

she'll do great things in life — elle ira loin dans la vie

that's the worst thing you could have said — c'était (vraiment) la chose à ne pas dire

the best thing (to do) would be to go and see her — le mieux serait d'aller la voir

that was a silly thing to do — c'était stupide de faire cela

there wasn't a thing I could do — je ne pouvais rien y faire

it's a good thing you came — heureusement que tu es venu

the thing to do is to listen carefully to him — ce qu'il faut faire c'est l'écouter attentivement

I'm sorry, but I haven't done a thing about it yet — je suis désolé, mais je ne m'en suis pas encore occupé

the heat does funny things to people — la chaleur a de drôles d'effets sur les gens

it's all right if you like that sort of thing — ce n'est pas mal pour ceux qui aiment ça

3) (matter, fact) chose f

the thing to remember is... — ce dont il faut se souvenir c'est...

I couldn't hear a thing (that) he said — je n'ai rien entendu de ce qu'il a dit

I said/did no such thing! — je n'ai rien dit/fait de tel!

the whole thing is crazy! — c'est idiot tout cela!

the thing is, (that)... — ce qu'il y a, c'est que...

the only thing is,... — la seule chose, c'est que...

the funny thing is... — le plus drôle c'est que...

the good thing (about it) is... — ce qu'il y a de bien, c'est que...

the thing about him is that he's very honest — ce qu'il faut lui reconnaître, c'est qu'il est très honnête

the thing about him is that he can't be trusted — le problème avec lui c'est qu'on ne peut pas lui faire confiance

4) (person, animal)

she's a pretty little thing — c'est une jolie petite fille

you lucky thing! — (colloq) veinard/-e! (colloq)

you stupid thing! — (colloq) espèce d'idiot! (colloq)

(the) stupid thing — (colloq) ( of object) sale truc! (colloq)
2.
things plural noun

1) (personal belongings, equipment) affaires fpl

to wash up the breakfast things — faire la vaisselle du petit déjeuner

2) (situation, circumstances, matters) les choses fpl

to see things as they really are — voir les choses en face

things are getting better/worse — cela s'améliore/empire

how are things with you? —

how are things going? — comment ça va?

why do you want to change things? — pourquoi est-ce que tu veux tout changer?

to worry about things — se faire du souci

as things are ou stand — dans l'état actuel des choses

as things turned out — en fin de compte

all things considered — tout compte fait

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it's not the done thing (to do) — ça ne se fait pas (de faire)

it's the in thing — (colloq) c'est à la mode

she was wearing the latest thing in hats — elle portait un chapeau dernier cri

that's just the thing ou the very thing! — c'est tout à fait ce qu'il me/te/lui etc faut!

it's become quite the thing (to do) — c'est devenu à la mode (de faire)

it was a close ou near thing — c'était juste

he's on to a good thing — il a trouvé le bon filon (colloq)

he likes to do his own thing — (colloq) il aime faire ce qui lui plaît

for one thing...(and) for another thing... — premièrement... et deuxièmement...

to have a thing about — (colloq) ( like) craquer pour (colloq) [blondes, bearded men]; adorer [emeralds, old cars]; ( hate) ne pas aimer

it's a girl/guy thing — (colloq) c'est un truc de filles/de mecs (colloq)

to make a big thing (out) of it — (colloq) en faire toute une histoire

to know a thing or two about something — (colloq) s'y connaître en quelque chose

I could tell you a thing or two about him! — (colloq) je pourrais vous en raconter sur son compte!

and then, of all things, she... — et alors, allez savoir pourquoi (colloq), elle...

I must be seeing/hearing things! — je dois avoir des visions/entendre des voix!

it's ou it was (just) one of those things — c'est la vie

it's one (damned) thing after another! — (colloq) les embêtements (colloq) n'en finissent plus!

one thing led to another and... — et, de fil en aiguille...

taking one thing with another — tout bien considéré

what with one thing and another, I haven't had time to read it — avec tout ce que j'ai eu à faire je n'ai pas eu le temps de le lire

to (try to) be all things to all men — (essayer de) faire plaisir à tout le monde

English-French dictionary > thing
13 Thinking

   1) I Am a Thinking Thing

   But what then am I? A thing which thinks. What is a thing which thinks? It is a thing which doubts, understands, [conceives], affirms, denies, wills, refuses, which also imagines and feels. (Descartes, 1951, p. 153)

   2) Thinking Is Not Independent of the Expression of Thought

   I have been trying in all this to remove the temptation to think that there "must be" a mental process of thinking, hoping, wishing, believing, etc., independent of the process of expressing a thought, a hope, a wish, etc.... If we scrutinize the usages which we make of "thinking," "meaning," "wishing," etc., going through this process rids us of the temptation to look for a peculiar act of thinking, independent of the act of expressing our thoughts, and stowed away in some particular medium. (Wittgenstein, 1958, pp. 41-43)

   3) The Experimental Differentiation of Concrete and Propositional Operations

   Analyse the proofs employed by the subject. If they do not go beyond observation of empirical correspondences, they can be fully explained in terms of concrete operations, and nothing would warrant our assuming that more complex thought mechanisms are operating. If, on the other hand, the subject interprets a given correspondence as the result of any one of several possible combinations, and this leads him to verify his hypotheses by observing their consequences, we know that propositional operations are involved. (Inhelder & Piaget, 1958, p. 279)

   4) In Every Age, Philosophical Thinking Exploits Some Dominant Concepts

   In every age, philosophical thinking exploits some dominant concepts and makes its greatest headway in solving problems conceived in terms of them. The seventeenth- and eighteenth-century philosophers construed knowledge, knower, and known in terms of sense data and their association. Descartes' self-examination gave classical psychology the mind and its contents as a starting point. Locke set up sensory immediacy as the new criterion of the real... Hobbes provided the genetic method of building up complex ideas from simple ones... and, in another quarter, still true to the Hobbesian method, Pavlov built intellect out of conditioned reﬂexes and Loeb built life out of tropisms. (S. Langer, 1962, p. 54)

   5) The Experimental Differentiation of Deductive and Inductive Reasoning

   Experiments on deductive reasoning show that subjects are inﬂuenced sufficiently by their experience for their reasoning to differ from that described by a purely deductive system, whilst experiments on inductive reasoning lead to the view that an understanding of the strategies used by adult subjects in attaining concepts involves reference to higher-order concepts of a logical and deductive nature. (Bolton, 1972, p. 154)

   6) The Power of Machine Thought

   There are now machines in the world that think, that learn and create. Moreover, their ability to do these things is going to increase rapidly until-in the visible future-the range of problems they can handle will be coextensive with the range to which the human mind has been applied. (Newell & Simon, quoted in Weizenbaum, 1976, p. 138)

   7) Thinking Is Sometimes Accompanied by Action and Sometimes Not

   But how does it happen that thinking is sometimes accompanied by action and sometimes not, sometimes by motion, and sometimes not? It looks as if almost the same thing happens as in the case of reasoning and making inferences about unchanging objects. But in that case the end is a speculative proposition... whereas here the conclusion which results from the two premises is an action.... I need covering; a cloak is a covering. I need a cloak. What I need, I have to make; I need a cloak. I have to make a cloak. And the conclusion, the "I have to make a cloak," is an action. (Nussbaum, 1978, p. 40)

   8) The Growth of Philosophy

   It is well to remember that when philosophy emerged in Greece in the sixth century, B.C., it did not burst suddenly out of the Mediterranean blue. The development of societies of reasoning creatures-what we call civilization-had been a process to be measured not in thousands but in millions of years. Human beings became civilized as they became reasonable, and for an animal to begin to reason and to learn how to improve its reasoning is a long, slow process. So thinking had been going on for ages before Greece-slowly improving itself, uncovering the pitfalls to be avoided by forethought, endeavoring to weigh alternative sets of consequences intellectually. What happened in the sixth century, B.C., is that thinking turned round on itself; people began to think about thinking, and the momentous event, the culmination of the long process to that point, was in fact the birth of philosophy. (Lipman, Sharp & Oscanyan, 1980, p. xi)

   9) Thought Is, in Great Part, a Public Activity

   The way to look at thought is not to assume that there is a parallel thread of correlated affects or internal experiences that go with it in some regular way. It's not of course that people don't have internal experiences, of course they do; but that when you ask what is the state of mind of someone, say while he or she is performing a ritual, it's hard to believe that such experiences are the same for all people involved.... The thinking, and indeed the feeling in an odd sort of way, is really going on in public. They are really saying what they're saying, doing what they're doing, meaning what they're meaning. Thought is, in great part anyway, a public activity. (Geertz, quoted in J. Miller, 1983, pp. 202-203)

    10) In Thinking, Everything Needs to Be Made as Simple as Possible

   Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. (Einstein, quoted in Minsky, 1986, p. 17)

    11) The Conditions for the Construction of Formal Thought

   What, in effect, are the conditions for the construction of formal thought? The child must not only apply operations to objects-in other words, mentally execute possible actions on them-he must also "reﬂect" those operations in the absence of the objects which are replaced by pure propositions. Thus, "reﬂection" is thought raised to the second power. Concrete thinking is the representation of a possible action, and formal thinking is the representation of a representation of possible action.... It is not surprising, therefore, that the system of concrete operations must be completed during the last years of childhood before it can be "reﬂected" by formal operations. In terms of their function, formal operations do not differ from concrete operations except that they are applied to hypotheses or propositions [whose logic is] an abstract translation of the system of "inference" that governs concrete operations. (Piaget, quoted in Minsky, 1986, p. 237)

    12) Language Enables the Rehearsal of Thought and, Thereby, Commitment to Long- Term Memory

   [E]ven a human being today (hence, a fortiori, a remote ancestor of contemporary human beings) cannot easily or ordinarily maintain uninterrupted attention on a single problem for more than a few tens of seconds. Yet we work on problems that require vastly more time. The way we do that (as we can observe by watching ourselves) requires periods of mulling to be followed by periods of recapitulation, describing to ourselves what seems to have gone on during the mulling, leading to whatever intermediate results we have reached. This has an obvious function: namely, by rehearsing these interim results... we commit them to memory, for the immediate contents of the stream of consciousness are very quickly lost unless rehearsed.... Given language, we can describe to ourselves what seemed to occur during the mulling that led to a judgment, produce a rehearsable version of the reaching-a-judgment process, and commit that to long-term memory by in fact rehearsing it. (Margolis, 1987, p. 60)

Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Thinking
14 thing

thing

A n

1 ( object) chose f, truc ○ m ; she likes beautiful things elle aime les belles choses ; he was wearing an old yellow thing il portait un vieux truc ○ jaune ; it's a thing you use for opening envelopes c'est un truc ○ pour ouvrir les enveloppes, ça sert à ouvrir les enveloppes ; any old thing will do n'importe quel vieux truc ○ fera l'affaire ; what's that thing? qu'est-ce que c'est que ce truc ○ ? ; what's that thing on the table? qu'est-ce c'est que ce truc ○ sur la table? ; what's this thing for? à quoi sert ce truc ○ ? ; there isn't a thing to eat in the house! il n'y a rien à manger dans cette maison! ; I haven't got a thing to wear! je n'ai rien à me mettre! ; the one thing he wants for his birthday is a bike tout ce qu'il veut pour son anniversaire, c'est un vélo ; it was a big box thing c'était une espèce de grosse boîte ;

2 (action, task, event) chose f ; I've got things to do j'ai des choses à faire ; she'll do great things in life elle ira loin dans la vie ; I wouldn't dream of such a thing une telle chose ne me viendrait jamais à l'esprit ; who would do such a thing? qui ferait une telle chose? ; how could you do such a thing? comment as-tu pu faire une chose pareille? ; an awful thing happened to me il m'est arrivé une chose épouvantable ; that's the worst thing you could have said/done c'était (vraiment) la chose à ne pas dire/faire ; the best thing (to do) would be to go and see her le mieux serait d'aller la voir ; that was a silly/dangerous thing to do c'était stupide/dangereux d'avoir fait cela ; that was a lovely/horrible thing to do c'était gentil/horrible d'avoir fait cela ; it was a difficult thing to do cela n'a pas été facile à faire, cela a été difficile à faire ; there wasn't a thing I could do je ne pouvais rien y faire ; it's a good thing you came heureusement que tu es venu, c'est une bonne chose que tu sois venu ; the thing to do is to listen carefully to him ce qu'il faut faire c'est l'écouter attentivement ; I'm sorry, but I haven't done a thing about it yet je suis désolé, mais je ne m'en suis pas encore occupé ; the heat does funny things to people la chaleur a de drôles d'effets sur les gens ;

3 (matter, fact) chose f ; we talked about lots of things nous avons discuté de beaucoup de choses ; we talked about politics and things (like that) nous avons discuté de la politique et de choses comme ça ; the thing to remember is… ce dont il faut se souvenir c'est… ; I couldn't hear a thing (that) he said je n'ai rien entendu de ce qu'il a dit ; I said/did no such thing! je n'ai rien dit/fait de tel! ; I couldn't think of a thing to say je n'ai rien trouvé à dire ; one thing is obvious/certain une chose est évidente/certaine ; the first thing we must consider is… la première chose à considérer, c'est… ; if there's one thing I hate it's… s'il y a une chose que je déteste c'est… ; I found the whole thing a bore j'ai trouvé tout cela très ennuyeux ; the whole thing is crazy! c'est idiot tout cela! ; the thing is, (that)… ce qu'il y a, c'est que… ; the only thing is,… la seule chose, c'est que… ; the funny/amazing/dreadful thing is… le plus drôle/étonnant/épouvantable c'est que… ; the good thing (about it) is… ce qu'il y a de bien, c'est que… ; the best/worst thing (about it) is… le mieux/le pire c'est que… ; the thing about him is that he's very honest ce qu'il faut lui reconnaître, c'est qu'il est très honnête ; the thing about him is that he can't be trusted le problème avec lui c'est qu'on ne peut pas lui faire confiance ; the good/best/worst thing about her is (that) ce qu'il y a de bien/de mieux/de pire avec or chez elle c'est (que) ;

4 (person, animal) she's a pretty little thing c'est une jolie petite fille ; he's a funny little thing c'est un drôle de petit gamin ○ ; how are you, old thing ○ ? comment ça va, mon vieux ○ ? ; you lucky thing ○ ! veinard/-e ○ ! ; you stupid thing ○ ! espèce d'idiot ○ ! ; (the) stupid thing ○ ( of object) sale truc ○ ! ; there wasn't a living thing to be seen il n'y avait pas âme qui vive.

B things npl

1 (personal belongings, equipment) affaires fpl ; have you tidied your things? as-tu rangé tes affaires? ; things to be washed/ironed des affaires à laver/repasser ; to wash up the breakfast things faire la vaisselle du petit déjeuner ;

2 (situation, circumstances, matters) les choses fpl ; to take things too seriously/too lightly prendre les choses trop au sérieux/trop à la légère ; to see things as they really are voir les choses en face ; to take things as they come prendre les choses comme elles viennent ; things don't look too good les choses ne se présentent pas trop bien ; things are getting better/worse cela s'améliore/empire ; how are things with you?, how are things going? comment ça va? ; why do you want to change things? pourquoi est-ce que tu veux tout changer? ; to spoil things tout gâcher ; to worry about things se faire du souci ; as things are ou stand dans l'état actuel des choses ; as things turned out en fin de compte ; all things considered tout compte fait ; in all things en toute chose ; she's fascinated by things Chinese elle est fascinée par tout ce qui est chinois ; things eternal and things temporal l'éternel et le temporel ;

3 Jur biens mpl (immobiliers et mobiliers).

Idioms

it's not the done thing (to do) ça ne se fait pas (de faire) ; it's the in thing ○ c'est à la mode ; she was wearing the latest thing in hats elle portait un chapeau dernier cri ; she's got the latest thing in stereos elle a une chaîne stéréo dernier cri ; it's all right if you like that sort of thing c'est pas mal quand on aime ça ; that's just the thing ou the very thing! c'est tout à fait or exactement ce qu'il me/te/lui etc faut ; it's become quite the thing (to do) c'est devenu à la mode (de faire) ; it was a close ou near thing c'était juste ; he's on to a good thing il a trouvé le bon filon ○ ; he likes to do his own thing ○ il aime faire ce qui lui plaît ; for one thing…(and) for another thing… premièrement…et deuxièmement… ; to have a thing about ○ ( like) craquer pour ○ [blondes, bearded men] ; adorer, avoir la folie de [emeralds, old cars] ; ( hate) ne pas aimer [dogs] ; he's got a thing about flying ○ il n'aime pas l'avion ; it's a girl/guy thing ○ c'est un truc de filles/de mecs ○ ; to make a big thing (out) of it ○ en faire toute une histoire or tout un plat ○ ; to know a thing or two about sth ○ s'y connaître en qch ; we certainly showed them a thing or two ○ nous leur avons certainement appris une ou deux choses! ; she can tell you a thing or two about car engines ○ ! elle s'y connaît en mécanique ; I could tell you a thing or two about him ○ ! je pourrais vous en raconter sur son compte! ; he gave her a snake of all things! il n'a rien trouvé de mieux à lui donner qu'un serpent! ; and then, of all things, she… et alors, allez savoir pourquoi ○, elle… ; I must be seeing/hearing things! je dois avoir des visions/entendre des voix! ; it's ou it was (just) one of those things ce sont des choses qui arrivent, c'est la vie ; it's one (damned) thing after another ○ ! les embêtements ○ n'en finissent plus! ; one thing led to another and… et, de fil en aiguille… ; taking one thing with another tout bien considéré ; what with one thing and another, I haven't had time to read it avec tout ce que j'ai eu à faire je n'ai pas eu le temps de le lire ; things aren't what they used to be les choses ne sont plus ce qu'elles étaient ; (to try) to be all things to all men (essayer de) faire plaisir à tout le monde.

Big English-French dictionary > thing
15 caso

m.

case.

el caso es que… the thing is (that)…; (el hecho es que) what matters is (that)… (lo importante es que)

el caso Dreyfus the Dreyfus affair

en caso afirmativo/negativo if so/not

en caso de in the event of

en caso de que if

(en) caso de que venga should she come

en cualquier o todo caso in any event o case

en el mejor/peor de los casos at best/worst

en tal o ese caso in that case

en último caso as a last resort

ir al caso to get to the point

pongamos por caso que… let's suppose (that)…

ser un caso to be a case, to be a right one

ser un caso perdido to be a lost cause

no venir al caso to be irrelevant

caso de conciencia matter of conscience

fue un caso de fuerza mayor it was due to force of circumstances

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: casar.

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caso

► nombre masculino

1 (ocasión) case, occasion

2 (suceso) event, happening

3 (asunto) affair

■ el caso Roldán the Roldán affair

4 (policial, medical) case

■ es un caso clínico it's a clinical case

5 (gramatical) case

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FRASEOLOGÍA

cuando llegue el caso in due course

dado el caso de que... in the event of...

el caso es que... the fact is that..., the thing is that...

en caso contrario otherwise

en caso de in case of, in the event of

en caso de necesidad if need be, if necessary

en caso de que if

■ en caso de que te pierdas, llámame if you get lost, call me

en cualquier caso in any case

en el mejor de los casos at best

en el peor de los casos at worst

en este caso in such a case

en todo caso anyhow, at any rate

en último caso as a last resort

en un caso extremo as a last resort

¡eres (es, etc) un caso! familiar you're (he's etc) a case!

hacer al caso / venir al caso to be relevant

hacer caso de alguien / hacer caso a alguien to pay attention to somebody, take notice of somebody

■ no le hagas caso don't pay any attention to him

hacer caso omiso de algo to take no notice of something, ignore something

no venir al caso to be beside the point

para el caso es igual it's the same, it doesn't make any difference

pongamos por caso let's say, suppose

verse en el caso de to be compelled to

caso de fuerza mayor dire necessity

caso perdido hopeless case

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noun m.

1) case

2) affair

•

- hacer caso de

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SM

1) (=circunstancia)

a) [gen] case

ahí tienes el caso de Pedro — take Pedro's case

en esos casos la policía corta la circulación — in such cases the police block the road off

en el caso de Francia — in France's case, in the case of France

me creía en el caso de informarles — I felt obliged to inform you

b)

• en caso afirmativo — if so

• en (el) caso contrario — if not, otherwise

• en cualquier caso — in any case

• en caso de — in the event of

esto protege al conductor en caso de accidente — this protects the driver in the event of an accident

en caso de necesidad — if necessary

en caso de no ser posible — should it not be possible

en (el) caso de que venga — if he comes, should he come

en caso de que llueva, iremos en autobús — if it rains, we'll go by bus

• en ese caso — in that case

• en el mejor de los casos — at best

• en caso necesario — if necessary

• en caso negativo — if not, otherwise

• en el peor de los casos — at worst

• en su caso — where appropriate

su finalidad es el cuidado y, en su caso, educación de los niños — their aim is to care for and, where appropriate, educate the children

• en tal caso — in such a case

• en todo caso — in any case

• en último caso — as a last resort, in the last resort

• en uno u otro caso — one way or the other
extremo I, 1)
c)

• darse el caso, todavía no se ha dado el caso — such a situation hasn't yet arisen

dado el caso que tuvieras que irte, ¿a dónde irías? — in the event that you did have to go, where would you go?

• el caso es que..., el caso es que se me olvidó su nombre — the thing is I forgot her name

el caso es que tiene razón — the fact is (that) she's right

el caso es que no me gustó — basically I didn't like it

el caso es que me entiendan — the main thing is to make myself understood

• hablar al caso — to keep to the point

• hacer al caso — to be relevant

• pongamos por caso que... — let us suppose that...

pongamos por caso a Luis — let's take Luis as an example

• ponte en mi caso — put yourself in my position

• según el caso — as the case may be

necesitan una o dos sesiones de rayos, según el caso — they need either one or two X-ray treatment sessions, as the case may be o depending on the circumstances

sustitúyase, según el caso, por una frase u otra — replace with one or other of the phrases, as appropriate

según lo requiera el caso — as the case may require, depending on the requirements of the case in question

• este ejemplo debería servir para el caso — this example should serve our purpose o should do

• no tiene caso — Méx there's no point (in it)

• ¡ vamos al caso! — let's get down to business!

• vaya por caso... — to give an example...

• venir al caso — to be relevant

no venir al caso — to be beside the point

• verse en el caso de hacer algo — to be obliged to do sth

2) (Med) case

ha habido tres casos de meningitis — there have been three cases of meningitis

caso clínico — clinical case

3) (=asunto) affair; (Jur) case

el caso Hess — the Hess affair

la juez encargada del caso — the judge hearing the case

• es un caso perdido — [situación] it's a hopeless case; [persona] he's a dead loss, he's hopeless

caso de autos — case in hand

caso de conciencia — question of conscience

caso fortuito — (Jur) act of God; (=suceso imprevisto) unforeseen circumstance

caso límite — extreme case

4)

• hacer caso a o de algo — to take notice of sth, pay attention to sth

no me hacen caso — they take no notice of me, they pay no attention to me

no le hagas caso — don't take any notice of him

¡no haga usted caso! — take no notice!

hazle caso, que ella tiene más experiencia — listen to her, she has more experience

maldito el caso que me hace — * a fat lot of notice he takes of me *

• ni caso, tú a todo lo que te diga ¡ni caso! — * take no notice of what he says!

se lo dije, pero ni caso — I told him, but he took absolutely no notice

• hacer caso omiso de algo — to ignore sth

5) (Ling) case

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masculino

1) (situación, coyuntura) case

en esos casos — in cases like that

en último caso — if it comes to it, if the worst comes to the worst

es un caso límite — it is a borderline case

en el mejor de los casos — at (the very) best

en el peor de los casos te pondrán una multa — the worst they can do is fine you

a veces se da el caso de... — from time to time it happens that...

si se diera el caso de que tuvieras que quedarte... — if you did have to stay...

para el caso es igual — what difference does it make?

ponte en mi caso — put yourself in my place

lo que dijo no venía al caso — what she said had nothing to do with what we were talking about

pongamos por caso que... — let's assume that...

2) (en locs)

el caso es que: el caso es que están todos bien the important o main thing is that everybody is all right; el caso es que no sé si... the thing is that I don't know whether...; en caso de: en caso de incendio rómpase el cristal in case of fire break glass; en caso de que no pueda asistir... if you are unable to attend...; en caso contrario otherwise; en cualquier caso in any case; en tal caso in such a (frml) o in that case; en todo caso: no estará para mañana, en todo caso para el jueves it won't be done for tomorrow, maybe Thursday; quizá venga, en todo caso dijo que llamaría she might come, in any case she said she'd ring; llegado el caso if it comes to it; según el caso as appropriate; no hay/hubo caso (AmL fam) it is no good o no use/it was no good o no use; no tiene caso — it is absolutely pointless

3) (Der, Med) case

el caso Solasa — Solasa affair o case

el suyo es un caso especial — his is a special case

ser un caso — (fam)

es un caso — he's/she's something else (colloq)

ser un caso perdido — (fam) to be a hopeless case (colloq)

- caso fortuito

4) ( atención)

hacerle caso a alguien — to pay attention to somebody, take notice of somebody

maldito el caso que me hace — she doesn't take the slightest notice of what I say

hacer caso de algo — to pay attention to something; to take notice of something

no hizo caso de las señales de peligro — she took no notice of o paid no attention to the warning signs

hacer caso omiso de algo — to take no notice of something, ignore something

5) (Ling) case

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= case, case, case, instance, case history, episode, legal case, court case, occurrence.

Ex. Some categories of material defy helpful categorisation, and need to be treated as special cases.

Ex. Enter a judgement and other judicial decisions of a court in a case under the heading for the court.

Ex. A ' case' is a class of documents or organisations in which that problem is found.

Ex. In these instances a reference is not only shorter than an added entry, but removes the need to make multiple added entries.

Ex. The librarian should remember that the literature contains many case histories where failure can be directly traced to neglect of this principle.

Ex. No critics review issues of magazines or the weekly episodes of Crossroads or Coronation Street but women's magazines and these television serials all have readership and viewers numbered in millions.

Ex. Prisoners rely on inadequate legal resources in prison law libraries to prepare legal cases to protect their constitutional rights.

Ex. This article reviews recent copyright court cases involving issues of information access and use.

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

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* ayuda en caso de catástrofe = disaster relief.

* basado en casos prácticos reales = case-based [case based].

* cada caso por separado = on a case-by-case basis.

* caso abierto = cold case.

* caso clínico = clinical case.

* caso comercial = business case.

* caso con éxito = success story.

* caso hipotético = hypothetical case.

* caso nominativo = nominative case.

* caso objetivo = objective case.

* caso perdido = basket case.

* caso por daños y perjuicios = damages case.

* caso práctico = case study, case, practical case.

* caso real = case study.

* casos = casework, case scenarios.

* casos prácticos = best practices.

* caso teórico = theoretical case.

* caso triste = sad story.

* como en el caso de = as with, just as for, as in the case of.

* como es el caso de = as it is with, as with.

* como ocurre en estos casos = as is the way with these things.

* como + ocurrir + en el caso de = as + be + the case for.

* cuando sea el caso = when applicable.

* darse el caso que + Indicativo = happen to + Infinitivo, chance to + Infinitivo.

* defender + Posesivo + caso = take up + Posesivo + case.

* de nuevo en este caso = here again.

* en algunos casos = in some cases.

* en ambos casos = in either case, in either instance.

* en aquellos casos = in those cases.

* en aquellos casos en los que = in those cases where.

* en caso de darse circunstancias ajenas a + Posesivo + control = in the event of circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.

* en caso de emerencia = in an emergency.

* en caso de emergencia = in an emergency situation.

* en caso de fuerza mayor = in the event of circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.

* en casos raros = in rare cases.

* en ciertos casos = in certain cases.

* en cualquier caso = for that matter, in any event, in any case, in either case.

* en cuyo caso = in which case.

* en el caso de = for, in association with, in the case of, in the event of, in case of, in the context of.

* en (el) caso de que = in the event that, should, in case.

* en el caso poco probable de que = in the unlikely case (that).

* en el improbable caso de que = in the unlikely case (that).

* en el mejor de los casos = at best, at most, ideally, in the best of circumstances, the best case scenario, at the most, at the best of times, at the very best.

* en el peor de los casos = at worst, in the worst of circumstances, at + Posesivo + very worst, the worst case scenario, at + Posesivo + worst, in the worst case.

* en el primer caso = in the former case.

* en el segundo caso = in the latter case.

* en el último caso = in the latter case.

* en ese caso = in that case.

* en esos casos = in those cases.

* en este caso = in this case.

* en estos casos = in these cases.

* en la mayoría de los casos = most often, in most cases, in the majority of cases, mostly, under most circumstances.

* en los casos en que = where.

* en muchos casos = in many instances.

* en raros casos = in rare cases.

* enseñanza a través del estudio de casos = case-teaching.

* en todo caso = if anything.

* escritor de casos prácticos = case writer [case-writer].

* éste es también el caso de = the same is true (for/of/with).

* éste no es el caso en = not so in.

* esto no ocurre en el caso de = the same is not true (for/of/with).

* estudio de caso = case study.

* excepto en el caso de que = except when.

* gestión de casos clínicos = case management.

* gramática de casos = case grammar.

* hacer caso = take + notice, listen (to).

* hacer caso a Alguien = take + Posesivo + word for it.

* hacer caso (a/de) = pay + attention to.

* hacer caso omiso = disregard, brush aside, go + unheeded, fall on + deaf ears, meet + deaf ears, thumb + Posesivo + nose at, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, fly in + the face of, push aside.

* hacer caso omiso a = be oblivious of/to.

* haciendo caso omiso de = heedless of, in defiance of.

* libro de casos prácticos = case book.

* menos en el caso de que = except when.

* ¡ni hablar del caso! = no dice!.

* no es lo mismo en el caso de = the same is not true (for/of/with).

* no hacer caso = brush aside.

* no hacer caso a = turn + Posesivo + back on.

* no hacer caso de = slight.

* normativa en caso de incendio = fire regulations.

* no venir al caso = be immaterial.

* para el caso = for that matter.

* para que este sea el caso = for this to be the case.

* peor caso, el = worst case, the.

* peor de los casos, el = worst case, the.

* pongamos el caso de que = for the sake of + argument.

* refutar un caso = state + case against.

* relacionado a un caso concreto = case-related.

* resolver un caso = crack + a case.

* salvo en el caso de = save in the case of, short of.

* ser el caso (de) = be the case (with).

* ser un caso aparte = be in a league of its own.

* ser un caso completamente diferente = be in a league of its own.

* ser un caso excepcional = be in a league of its own.

* si éste es el caso = if this is the case.

* si éste no es el caso = if this is not the case.

* sin hacer caso = regardless.

* tú hazme caso = take it from me.

* un caso perdido = a dead dog.

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masculino

1) (situación, coyuntura) case

en esos casos — in cases like that

en último caso — if it comes to it, if the worst comes to the worst

es un caso límite — it is a borderline case

en el mejor de los casos — at (the very) best

en el peor de los casos te pondrán una multa — the worst they can do is fine you

a veces se da el caso de... — from time to time it happens that...

si se diera el caso de que tuvieras que quedarte... — if you did have to stay...

para el caso es igual — what difference does it make?

ponte en mi caso — put yourself in my place

lo que dijo no venía al caso — what she said had nothing to do with what we were talking about

pongamos por caso que... — let's assume that...

2) (en locs)

el caso es que: el caso es que están todos bien the important o main thing is that everybody is all right; el caso es que no sé si... the thing is that I don't know whether...; en caso de: en caso de incendio rómpase el cristal in case of fire break glass; en caso de que no pueda asistir... if you are unable to attend...; en caso contrario otherwise; en cualquier caso in any case; en tal caso in such a (frml) o in that case; en todo caso: no estará para mañana, en todo caso para el jueves it won't be done for tomorrow, maybe Thursday; quizá venga, en todo caso dijo que llamaría she might come, in any case she said she'd ring; llegado el caso if it comes to it; según el caso as appropriate; no hay/hubo caso (AmL fam) it is no good o no use/it was no good o no use; no tiene caso — it is absolutely pointless

3) (Der, Med) case

el caso Solasa — Solasa affair o case

el suyo es un caso especial — his is a special case

ser un caso — (fam)

es un caso — he's/she's something else (colloq)

ser un caso perdido — (fam) to be a hopeless case (colloq)

- caso fortuito

4) ( atención)

hacerle caso a alguien — to pay attention to somebody, take notice of somebody

maldito el caso que me hace — she doesn't take the slightest notice of what I say

hacer caso de algo — to pay attention to something; to take notice of something

no hizo caso de las señales de peligro — she took no notice of o paid no attention to the warning signs

hacer caso omiso de algo — to take no notice of something, ignore something

5) (Ling) case

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= case, case, case, instance, case history, episode, legal case, court case, occurrence.

Ex: Some categories of material defy helpful categorisation, and need to be treated as special cases.

Ex: Enter a judgement and other judicial decisions of a court in a case under the heading for the court.

Ex: A ' case' is a class of documents or organisations in which that problem is found.

Ex: In these instances a reference is not only shorter than an added entry, but removes the need to make multiple added entries.

Ex: The librarian should remember that the literature contains many case histories where failure can be directly traced to neglect of this principle.

Ex: No critics review issues of magazines or the weekly episodes of Crossroads or Coronation Street but women's magazines and these television serials all have readership and viewers numbered in millions.

Ex: Prisoners rely on inadequate legal resources in prison law libraries to prepare legal cases to protect their constitutional rights.

Ex: This article reviews recent copyright court cases involving issues of information access and use.

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

* ayuda en caso de catástrofe = disaster relief.

* basado en casos prácticos reales = case-based [case based].

* cada caso por separado = on a case-by-case basis.

* caso abierto = cold case.

* caso clínico = clinical case.

* caso comercial = business case.

* caso con éxito = success story.

* caso hipotético = hypothetical case.

* caso nominativo = nominative case.

* caso objetivo = objective case.

* caso perdido = basket case.

* caso por daños y perjuicios = damages case.

* caso práctico = case study, case, practical case.

* caso real = case study.

* casos = casework, case scenarios.

* casos prácticos = best practices.

* caso teórico = theoretical case.

* caso triste = sad story.

* como en el caso de = as with, just as for, as in the case of.

* como es el caso de = as it is with, as with.

* como ocurre en estos casos = as is the way with these things.

* como + ocurrir + en el caso de = as + be + the case for.

* cuando sea el caso = when applicable.

* darse el caso que + Indicativo = happen to + Infinitivo, chance to + Infinitivo.

* defender + Posesivo + caso = take up + Posesivo + case.

* de nuevo en este caso = here again.

* en algunos casos = in some cases.

* en ambos casos = in either case, in either instance.

* en aquellos casos = in those cases.

* en aquellos casos en los que = in those cases where.

* en caso de darse circunstancias ajenas a + Posesivo + control = in the event of circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.

* en caso de emerencia = in an emergency.

* en caso de emergencia = in an emergency situation.

* en caso de fuerza mayor = in the event of circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.

* en casos raros = in rare cases.

* en ciertos casos = in certain cases.

* en cualquier caso = for that matter, in any event, in any case, in either case.

* en cuyo caso = in which case.

* en el caso de = for, in association with, in the case of, in the event of, in case of, in the context of.

* en (el) caso de que = in the event that, should, in case.

* en el caso poco probable de que = in the unlikely case (that).

* en el improbable caso de que = in the unlikely case (that).

* en el mejor de los casos = at best, at most, ideally, in the best of circumstances, the best case scenario, at the most, at the best of times, at the very best.

* en el peor de los casos = at worst, in the worst of circumstances, at + Posesivo + very worst, the worst case scenario, at + Posesivo + worst, in the worst case.

* en el primer caso = in the former case.

* en el segundo caso = in the latter case.

* en el último caso = in the latter case.

* en ese caso = in that case.

* en esos casos = in those cases.

* en este caso = in this case.

* en estos casos = in these cases.

* en la mayoría de los casos = most often, in most cases, in the majority of cases, mostly, under most circumstances.

* en los casos en que = where.

* en muchos casos = in many instances.

* en raros casos = in rare cases.

* enseñanza a través del estudio de casos = case-teaching.

* en todo caso = if anything.

* escritor de casos prácticos = case writer [case-writer].

* éste es también el caso de = the same is true (for/of/with).

* éste no es el caso en = not so in.

* esto no ocurre en el caso de = the same is not true (for/of/with).

* estudio de caso = case study.

* excepto en el caso de que = except when.

* gestión de casos clínicos = case management.

* gramática de casos = case grammar.

* hacer caso = take + notice, listen (to).

* hacer caso a Alguien = take + Posesivo + word for it.

* hacer caso (a/de) = pay + attention to.

* hacer caso omiso = disregard, brush aside, go + unheeded, fall on + deaf ears, meet + deaf ears, thumb + Posesivo + nose at, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, fly in + the face of, push aside.

* hacer caso omiso a = be oblivious of/to.

* haciendo caso omiso de = heedless of, in defiance of.

* libro de casos prácticos = case book.

* menos en el caso de que = except when.

* ¡ni hablar del caso! = no dice!.

* no es lo mismo en el caso de = the same is not true (for/of/with).

* no hacer caso = brush aside.

* no hacer caso a = turn + Posesivo + back on.

* no hacer caso de = slight.

* normativa en caso de incendio = fire regulations.

* no venir al caso = be immaterial.

* para el caso = for that matter.

* para que este sea el caso = for this to be the case.

* peor caso, el = worst case, the.

* peor de los casos, el = worst case, the.

* pongamos el caso de que = for the sake of + argument.

* refutar un caso = state + case against.

* relacionado a un caso concreto = case-related.

* resolver un caso = crack + a case.

* salvo en el caso de = save in the case of, short of.

* ser el caso (de) = be the case (with).

* ser un caso aparte = be in a league of its own.

* ser un caso completamente diferente = be in a league of its own.

* ser un caso excepcional = be in a league of its own.

* si éste es el caso = if this is the case.

* si éste no es el caso = if this is not the case.

* sin hacer caso = regardless.

* tú hazme caso = take it from me.

* un caso perdido = a dead dog.

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caso

masculine

A (situación, coyuntura) case

en esos casos, lo mejor es no decir nada in cases o situations like that, it's best not to say anything

si ése es el caso … if that's the case …

en último caso siempre puedes acudir a tu tío as a last resort you could always go to your uncle

en último caso nos vamos a pie if it comes to it o if the worst comes to the worst, we'll just have to walk

es un caso límite it is a borderline case

aun en el mejor de los casos even at the very best

en el peor de los casos te pondrán una multa the worst they can do is fine you

de vez en cuando se da el caso de … from time to time cases arise of o there are cases of …

pocas veces se ha dado el caso de que hayan tenido que disparar there have been few cases in which they have had to shoot

si se diera el caso de que tuvieras que quedarte en Londres if you should have to stay in London

para el caso es igual what difference does it make?

yo en su caso, aceptaría I'd accept if I were you

ponte en mi caso put yourself in my place o position o shoes

lo que dijo no venía or hacía al caso what she said had nothing to do with o had no connection with what we were talking about

pongamos por caso que se trata de … let's assume o suppose o imagine we're talking about …

B ( en locs):

el caso es que: el caso es que están todos bien the important o main thing is that everybody is all right

el caso es que no sé si aceptar o no the thing is that I don't know whether to accept or not

en caso de: [ S ] en caso de incendio rómpase el cristal in case of fire break glass

en caso de no poder asistir le ruego me avise please inform me if you are unable to attend

en caso contrario otherwise

en caso contrario nos veremos obligados a cerrar otherwise o if not, we will have no option but to close down

en cualquier caso in any case

en cualquier caso nada se pierde con intentarlo in any case there's no harm in trying, there's no harm in trying anyway

en todo caso: en todo caso pueden dormir en casa they can always stay at my place

no puedo hacerlo para mañana, en todo caso para el jueves I can't get it done for tomorrow, maybe Thursday

quizá venga, en todo caso dijo que llamaría she might come, in any case she said she'd ring

llegado el caso if it comes to it

llegado el caso podemos tomar el tren if it comes to it we can always take the train

según el caso as appropriate

no hay/hubo caso ( AmL fam): no hubo caso, la mancha no salió the stain absolutely refused to budge

por más que reclamé, no hubo caso I complained until I was blue in the face but it didn't do the slightest bit of good ( colloq)

no hay caso, no va a aprender nunca there's no way he'll ever learn ( colloq), it's no good o no use, he'll never learn

no tiene caso it is absolutely pointless o a complete waste of time

C ( Der, Med) case

los implicados en el caso Solasa those implicated in the Solasa affair o case

el suyo constituye un caso especial his is a special case

ser un caso ( fam): es un caso he's something else ( colloq), he's a case ( colloq)

ser un caso perdido ( fam); to be a hopeless case ( colloq), to be a dead loss ( colloq)

Compuestos:

● caso de conciencia

question of conscience

● caso fortuito

(en lo civil) act of God

muerte por caso fortuito death by misadventure

D

(atención): hacerle caso a algn to pay attention to sb, take notice of sb

maldito el caso que me hace she doesn't take the slightest notice of what I say

hacer caso DE algo:

no hizo caso de las señales de peligro she ignored o didn't heed the warning signs, she took no notice of o paid no attention to the warning signs

hacer caso omiso de algo to take no notice of sth, ignore sth

haces caso omiso de todo lo que te digo you ignore everything o take no notice of anything I tell you

hizo caso omiso de mis consejos he disregarded o ignored o didn't heed my advice, he took no notice of my advice

E ( Ling) case

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Del verbo casar: ( conjugate casar)

caso es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

casó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
casar
caso
casar ( conjugate casar) verbo transitivo [cura/juez] to marry
verbo intransitivo
a) ( encajar) [ dibujos] to match up;

[ piezas] to fit together;
[ cuentas] to match, tally
b) ( armonizar) [colores/estilos] to go together;

caso con algo to go well with sth
casarse verbo pronominal
to get married;
◊ casose por la Iglesia to get married in church;

se casó con un abogado she married a lawyer;
casose en segundas nupcias to marry again, to remarry
caso sustantivo masculino
1 (situación, coyuntura) case;
◊ en esos casos in cases like that;

yo en tu caso … if I were you …;
en último caso if it comes to it, if the worst comes to the worst;
en el mejor de los casos at (the very) best;
en el peor de los casos te multarán the worst they can do is fine you;
eso no venía al caso that had nothing to do with what we were talking about;
pongamos por caso que … let's assume that …;
en caso de incendio in case of fire;
en caso contrario otherwise;
en cualquier caso in any case;
en tal caso in that case, in such a case (frml);
en todo caso dijo que llamaría in any case she said she'd ring;
llegado el caso if it comes to it;
según el caso as appropriate;
no hay/hubo caso (AmL fam) it is no good o no use/it was no good o no use
2 (Der, Med) case;
◊ ser un caso perdido (fam) to be a hopeless case (colloq)

3 ( atención): hacerle caso a algn to pay attention to sb, take notice of sb;
hacer caso de algo to pay attention to sth, to take notice of sth;
◊ hacer caso omiso de algo to ignore sth

casar
I verbo transitivo (unir en matrimonio) to marry
(dar en matrimonio) to marry (off): casó muy bien a sus dos hijos, she successfully married off her two sons
II verbo intransitivo (encajar) to match, go o fit together: las cuentas no le casan, he can't make the figures balance, figurado things don't seem to be right to him
caso sustantivo masculino
1 (suceso) case
2 Med case
3 Jur affair
4 (circunstancia, situación) yo en tu caso no iría, if I were you, I wouldn't go
el caso es que..., the fact o thing is that...
(en) caso contrario, otherwise
en el mejor/peor de los casos, at best/worst
en ese/tal caso, in that case
♦ Locuciones: hacer caso a o de alguien, to pay attention to sb
hacer caso omiso de, to take no notice of: intenté convencerle, pero no me hizo ni caso, I tried to convince him but he just ignored me
no venir al caso, to be beside the point
poner por caso, to suppose: pongamos por caso que no viene, let's say he doesn't come
ser un caso perdido, to be a hopeless case
en caso de que, if
en caso de necesidad, if need be
en todo caso, in any case
en último caso, as a last resort
ni caso, don't pay attention
' caso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amargada
- amargado
- aparte
- callar
- casar
- casarse
- ceñirse
- comisionar
- como
- concreta
- concreto
- correo
- emergencia
- eximente
- genuina
- genuino
- hecha
- hecho
- hipócrita
- histórica
- histórico
- igualmente
- lengua
- nocturnidad
- nupcias
- omisa
- omiso
- prescindir
- referencia
- señor
- sobreseer
- viaje
- voto
- a
- acaso
- aislado
- cerrar
- clásico
- conveniencia
- cuyo
- desde
- ejemplo
- entretelones
- estudio
- evento
- examinar
- excepcional
- extremo
- fumar
- ignorar
English:
act
- affair
- agree
- always
- anyhow
- arbitration
- argue
- attention
- beneath
- blatant
- borderline
- brush aside
- brushoff
- but
- case
- chronic
- circumstance
- clear up
- clear-cut
- client
- deploy
- dismiss
- disregard
- do
- doubt
- emergency
- event
- fall back on
- go before
- head
- hear
- hearing
- heedless
- heedlessly
- here
- history
- ignore
- implication
- instance
- lady
- make out
- medical
- necessity
- notice
- occur
- open-and-shut
- override
- pass
- point
- prejudice

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caso nm

1. [situación, circunstancias, ejemplo] case;

un caso especial a special case;

un caso límite a borderline case;

voy a contarles un caso curioso que pasó aquí I'm going to tell you about something strange that happened here;

les expuse mi caso I made out my case to them;

el caso es que [el hecho es que] the thing is (that);
[lo importante es que] what matters is (that);
el caso es que a pesar de la aparatosidad del accidente nadie resultó herido despite the spectacular nature of the accident, the fact remains that no one was injured;

el caso es que no sé qué hacer basically, I don't know what to do;

rara vez se da el caso de que dos candidatos obtengan el mismo número de votos it is very rare for two candidates to receive the same number of votes;

si se da el caso, tomaremos las medidas necesarias if that should happen, we'll take the necessary steps;

en caso afirmativo/negativo if so/not;

en caso contrario otherwise;

en caso de in the event of;

en caso de emergencia in case of emergency;

en caso de incendio in the event of a fire;

en caso de no haber mayoría… should there be no majority…;

en caso de necesidad if necessary;

en caso de no poder venir, comuníquenoslo should you be unable to come, please let us know;

en caso de que if;

(en) caso de que venga should she come, if she comes;

en cualquier caso in any event o case;

en todo caso in any event o case;

dijo que en todo caso nos avisaría she said she'd let us know, whatever;

no tenemos dinero para un hotel, en todo caso una pensión we certainly haven't got enough money for a hotel, so it'll have to be a guesthouse, if anything;

en el caso de Bosnia, la situación es más complicada in the case of Bosnia, the situation is more complicated;

en el mejor/peor de los casos at best/worst;

en el peor de los casos, llegaremos un poco tarde the worst that can happen is that we'll be a few minutes late;

en tal o [m5] ese caso in that case;

en último caso, en caso extremo as a last resort;

hablar al caso to keep to the point;

ir al caso to get to the point;

cuando llegue el caso, se lo diremos we'll tell you when the time comes;

cuando llegue el caso, hablaremos del asunto if it comes to that, we'll discuss it then;

llegado o [m5]si llega el caso, ya veremos qué hacemos we'll cross that bridge when we come to it;

lo mejor del caso the best thing (about it);

poner por caso algo/a alguien to take sth/sb as an example;

pongamos por caso que… let's suppose (that)…;

ponerse en el caso de alguien to put oneself in sb's position;

yo en tu caso no iría I wouldn't go if I were you;

según (sea) el caso, según los casos as o whatever the case may be;

eso no viene o [m5] hace al caso that's irrelevant;

tu comportamiento no viene o [m5] hace al caso your behaviour is out of place;

verse en el caso de hacer algo to be obliged o compelled to do sth

2. [atención] attention;

hacer caso a to pay attention to;

tuve que gritar para que me hicieran caso I had to shout to attract their attention;

¡maldito el caso que me hacen! they don't take the blindest bit of notice of me!;

hacer caso omiso de to ignore;

¡ni caso!, ¡no hagas caso! don't take any notice!;

se lo dije, pero ella, ni caso I told her, but she didn't take any notice;

no me hace ni caso she doesn't pay the slightest bit of attention to me;

creo que su cumpleaños es el viernes, pero no me hagas mucho caso I think her birthday is on Friday, but don't take my word for it

3. [médico, legal] case;

el caso Dreyfus the Dreyfus affair;

el caso Watergate Watergate, the Watergate affair;

se han dado varios casos de intoxicación there have been several cases of poisoning;

Comp
Fam
ser un caso perdido to be a lost cause;

Comp
Méx
no tiene caso, RP [m5] no hay caso [no tiene solución] nothing can be done about it

Comp
caso clínico:
un caso clínico muy interesante a very interesting case;

Comp
Fam
ser un caso (clínico) to be a case, to be a right one;

caso de conciencia matter of conscience;
Der caso fortuito act of God;
caso de fuerza mayor force of circumstance(s);

fue un caso de fuerza mayor it was due to force of circumstance(s);

caso de honra question of honour;

caso judicial court case;
Der caso de prueba test case
4. Gram case

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caso

m

1 case;

en ese caso in that case;

en tal caso in such a case;

en caso contrario otherwise, if not;

en caso de que, caso de in the event that, in case of;

en todo caso in any case, in any event;

en el peor de los casos if the worst comes to the worst;

en el mejor de los casos at best;

en último caso as a last resort;

en ningún caso never, under no circumstances;

dado o

llegado el caso if it comes to it;

dado el caso que in the event that;

si se da el caso if the situation arises;

el caso es que … the thing is that …;

no venir al caso be irrelevant;

¡vamos al caso! let’s get to the point;

en su caso in his/her case;

ponerse en el caso de alguien put o.s. in s.o.’s shoes

2

:

caso aislado isolated case;

caso perdido fig hopeless case;

ser un caso fam be a real case fam

3 ( atención)

:

hacer caso take notice;

hacer caso de algo pay attention to sth;

hacer caso a alguien pay attention to s.o.;

¡no le hagas caso! take no notice of him!

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caso nm

1) : case

2)

en caso de : in case of, in the event of

3)

hacer caso de : to pay attention to, to notice

4)

hacer caso omiso de : to ignore, to take no notice of

5)

no venir al caso : to be beside the point

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caso n case

nunca había oído un caso igual I'd never heard of a case like it

en caso de in the event of

en caso de que if

hacer caso (prestar atención) to pay attention [pt. & pp. paid] (obedecer) to listen to

hacer caso omiso to take no notice [pt. took; pp. taken]

Spanish-English dictionary > caso
16 recuerdo

m.

1 memory.

quedar en el recuerdo (de) to be remembered (by)

traer recuerdos a alguien de algo to bring back memories of something to somebody

tengo muy buen/mal recuerdo de ese viaje I have very fond/bad memories of that trip

2 souvenir (object) (de viaje).

3 reminder.

4 booster.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: recordar.

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recuerdo

► nombre masculino

1 (imagen) memory, recollection

2 (regalo) souvenir, keepsake

► nombre masculino plural recuerdos

1 (saludos) regards, greetings; (en carta) best wishes

■ me dio recuerdos para ti he sends you his regards

■ ¡recuerdos a tu hermana! say hello to your sister for me!

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FRASEOLOGÍA

en recuerdo de in memory of

tener un buen recuerdo de algo to have happy memories of something

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noun m.

1) memory

2) souvenir

•

- recuerdos

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1.

ADJ And * awake

2. SM

1) (=memoria) memory

guardar un feliz recuerdo de algn — to have happy memories of sb

contar los recuerdos — to reminisce

"Recuerdos de la vida de hace 80 años" — "Reminiscences of life 80 years ago"

entrar en el recuerdo, pasar al recuerdo — euf to pass away

2) (=regalo) souvenir, memento

"recuerdo de Mallorca" — "present from Majorca"

toma esto como recuerdo — take this as a keepsake

recuerdo de familia — family heirloom

3) pl recuerdos (=saludos) regards

¡recuerdos a tu madre! — give my regards to your mother!

os manda muchos recuerdos para todos — he sends you all his warmest regards

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masculino

1)

a) ( reminiscencia) memory

guardo un grato recuerdo de la infancia — I have fond childhood memories

b) ( souvenir) souvenir; ( regalo) memento, keepsake

me dio una cajita de recuerdo — she gave me a little box as a memento

es un recuerdo de familia — it's a family heirloom

2) recuerdos masculino plural regards (pl), best wishes (pl)

dale recuerdos — give him my regards

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= memorial, reminiscence, recollection, keepsake, remembrance, souvenir, memento [mementos/mementoes, -pl.], reminisce, reminder, memory.

Ex. The solitary volume published remains to date a memorial of that epochal event.

Ex. In addition to providing books the staff have introduced topic packs which are used for group discussion, and take to the elderly persons' homes old but familiar household objects which can stimulate reminiscences.

Ex. Mearns warns us, ' Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.

Ex. The collection contains objects such as keepsake dishes, playing cards, scarves, postcards, advertising flyers and brochures = La colección contiene objetos como, por ejemplo, platos de recuerdo, cartas de barajas, bufandas, postales, hojas publicitarias y guías informativas.

Ex. The article ' Remembrance of book past' describes the development of bookbinding techniques, with clear illustrations of the various processes.

Ex. A personal accumulation of souvenirs becomes a collection as soon as it becomes of interest to someone else.

Ex. The mementoes from far off lands in drawing rooms and museums constitute another imaginary land in which the idea of foreign cultures is shaped.

Ex. The article presents the reminisces of a professor of librarianship who had been a student at City University of New York in the late 40s.

Ex. A constant reminder that, these days, retrospective bibliography and technology are hand in hand is the realization that all of the items listed in both Pollard and Redgrave and Wing are available to purchase in microform editions.

Ex. Artists or their families have often wished to erase the memory of convict or immigrant origins, youthful indiscretions, or previous marriages.

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* borrar un recuerdo = expunge + memory.

* denominar en recuerdo de = name after.

* en recuerdo de = in memoriam, in memory of, in loving memory of.

* libro de recuerdo = keepsake.

* recuerdo del pasado = flashback [flash back].

* recuerdo imborrable = lasting impression, indelible impression, indelible memory, lasting memory, long-lasting memory.

* recuerdos = memories [memory, -sing.], memorabilia.

* tienda de recuerdos = souvenir shop.

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masculino

1)

a) ( reminiscencia) memory

guardo un grato recuerdo de la infancia — I have fond childhood memories

b) ( souvenir) souvenir; ( regalo) memento, keepsake

me dio una cajita de recuerdo — she gave me a little box as a memento

es un recuerdo de familia — it's a family heirloom

2) recuerdos masculino plural regards (pl), best wishes (pl)

dale recuerdos — give him my regards

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= memorial, reminiscence, recollection, keepsake, remembrance, souvenir, memento [mementos/mementoes, -pl.], reminisce, reminder, memory.

Ex: The solitary volume published remains to date a memorial of that epochal event.

Ex: In addition to providing books the staff have introduced topic packs which are used for group discussion, and take to the elderly persons' homes old but familiar household objects which can stimulate reminiscences.

Ex: Mearns warns us, ' Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.

Ex: The collection contains objects such as keepsake dishes, playing cards, scarves, postcards, advertising flyers and brochures = La colección contiene objetos como, por ejemplo, platos de recuerdo, cartas de barajas, bufandas, postales, hojas publicitarias y guías informativas.

Ex: The article ' Remembrance of book past' describes the development of bookbinding techniques, with clear illustrations of the various processes.

Ex: A personal accumulation of souvenirs becomes a collection as soon as it becomes of interest to someone else.

Ex: The mementoes from far off lands in drawing rooms and museums constitute another imaginary land in which the idea of foreign cultures is shaped.

Ex: The article presents the reminisces of a professor of librarianship who had been a student at City University of New York in the late 40s.

Ex: A constant reminder that, these days, retrospective bibliography and technology are hand in hand is the realization that all of the items listed in both Pollard and Redgrave and Wing are available to purchase in microform editions.

Ex: Artists or their families have often wished to erase the memory of convict or immigrant origins, youthful indiscretions, or previous marriages.

* borrar un recuerdo = expunge + memory.

* denominar en recuerdo de = name after.

* en recuerdo de = in memoriam, in memory of, in loving memory of.

* libro de recuerdo = keepsake.

* recuerdo del pasado = flashback [flash back].

* recuerdo imborrable = lasting impression, indelible impression, indelible memory, lasting memory, long-lasting memory.

* recuerdos = memories [memory, -sing.], memorabilia.

* tienda de recuerdos = souvenir shop.

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recuerdo

masculine

A

1 (reminiscencia) memory

conservo or guardo un grato recuerdo de aquellos años I have fond memories of those years

me trae recuerdos de la infancia it brings back childhood memories

2 (souvenir) souvenir

me lo llevo de recuerdo I'll keep it as a souvenir o memento

[ S ] recuerdo de Granada souvenir of Granada

le dio una cajita de recuerdo she gave him a little box as a memento o keepsake

es un recuerdo de familia it's a family heirloom

B recuerdos mpl regards (pl), best wishes (pl)

dale recuerdos de mi parte give him my regards

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Del verbo recordar: ( conjugate recordar)

recuerdo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

Multiple Entries:
recordar
recuerdo
recordar ( conjugate recordar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹nombre/fecha› to remember, recall;

◊ recuerdo que lo puse ahí I remember o recall putting it there

b) ( rememorar) ‹niñez/pasado› to remember

2
a) ( traer a la memoria) recuerdole A algnalgo/ que haga algo to remind sb about sth/to do sth;

◊ les recuerdo que … I would like to remind you that …

b) (por asociación, parecido) to remind;

◊ me recuerdas a tu hermano you remind me of your brother

verbo intransitivo ( acordarse) to remember;
◊ si mal no recuerdo if I remember right

recuerdo sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( reminiscencia) memory

b) ( souvenir) souvenir;

( regalo) memento, keepsake;
◊ un recuerdo de familia a family heirloom

2
◊ recuerdos sustantivo masculino plural

regards (pl), best wishes (pl);
dale recuerdos give him my regards
recordar
I verbo transitivo
1 (acordarse) to remember, recall: no recuerdo su nombre, I can't remember his name
2 (hacer recordar) to remind: recuérdame que compre el pan, remind me to buy some bread
me recuerda a su madre, she reminds me of her mother
II verbo intransitivo to remember: si mal no recuerdo, if I remember rightly ➣ Ver nota en remember y remind
To remember significa recordar algo ocurrido en el pasado: Recuerdo mi último cumpleaños. I remember my last birthday. To remind significa recordar a alguien que tiene que hacer algo: Recuérdame que mañana tengo que ir al banco. Remind me to go to the bank tomorrow.
recuerdo sustantivo masculino
1 (en la mente) memory: tiene malos recuerdos de su infancia, he's got some unhappy memories from his childhood
2 (objeto) (para recordar a alguien) keepsake: me dio una vieja moneda como recuerdo, he gave me an old coin as a keepsake
(para recordar un lugar) souvenir: no trajeron ningún recuerdo de Viena, they didn't bring any souvenirs back from Vienna
3 recuerdos, (saludo) regards
' recuerdo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
borrosa
- borroso
- cicatrizar
- desenterrar
- despertar
- desvanecerse
- evanescente
- guardar
- imborrable
- les
- mantener
- memoria
- nebulosa
- nebuloso
- neta
- neto
- olvido
- perdurable
- recordar
- temprana
- temprano
- vivir
- amargo
- caer
- confuso
- doloroso
- duradero
- entrañable
- llevar
- nitidez
- perdurar
- vago
- viveza
English:
blank out
- blot out
- escape
- hazy
- live on
- make
- memento
- memory
- name
- obliterate
- recollect
- recollection
- remember
- remembrance
- reminder
- rightly
- souvenir
- tender
- vivid
- far
- keepsake
- last
- which

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recuerdo

♦ ver recordar

♦ nm

1. [rememoración] memory;

quedar en el recuerdo (de) to be remembered (by);

traer recuerdos a alguien de algo to bring back memories of sth to sb;

tengo muy buen/mal recuerdo de ese viaje I have very fond/bad memories of that trip

2. [objeto] [de viaje] souvenir;
[de persona] keepsake;
me quedé su agenda como recuerdo I kept her diary as a keepsake

3.
recuerdos [saludos] regards;

dale recuerdos a tu hermana (de mi parte) give my regards to your sister, give your sister my regards;

Javier te manda recuerdos Javier sends his regards;

recuerdos de Isabel Isabel says hello

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recuerdo

m

1 memory, recollection;

en recuerdo de in memory of

2

:

da recuerdos a Luís give Luís my regards;

mandar recuerdos a alguien send s.o. one’s regards

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recuerdo nm

1) : memory

2) : souvenir, memento

3) recuerdos nmpl

: regards

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recuerdo n

1. (reminiscencia) memory [pl. memories]

sólo tengo un vago recuerdo de aquella tarde I only have a vague memory of that afternoon

2. (objeto) souvenir

estuve en París y compré varios recuerdos I was in Paris and I bought several souvenirs

recuerdos regards

dale recuerdos de mi parte give him my regards

Spanish-English dictionary > recuerdo
17 klein

I Adj.

1. small (auch kleingewachsen); bes. attr. und gefühlsbetont: little; (winzig) tiny; Finger, Zehe: little; Buchstabe: small; ein rundlicher kleiner Mann a chubby little man; sie ist von uns allen die Kleinste she is the smallest of us; als ich noch klein war when I was a little boy ( oder girl); er ist doch noch klein he’s only small ( oder a child); zu einem Kind: he’s much smaller than you, remember; von klein auf from an early age, since childhood, since I was etc. a child; kleine Augen haben (müde aussehen) look tired; da wurde er ganz klein fig. that cut him down to size; (er schwieg dann) that shut him up; könnt ihr euch klein machen? fig. can you make yourselves thin ( oder squeeze up a bit) ?

2. (unbedeutend) small ( auch Stimme); Fehler, Vergehen etc.: little, minor; kleine Rolle small ( oder bit) part; kleiner Bauer / Geschäftsmann small farmer / businessman; seine kleinen Intrigen / Launen his little intrigues / moods; es ist ein kleiner Anfang it’s just a start; der kleine Mann the man in the street; kleine Leute ordinary people; aus kleinen Verhältnissen stammen come from a humble background; und er hat daran kein kleines Verdienst and it’s no small thanks to him

3. (jünger) little, younger; mein kleiner Bruder my little ( oder younger) brother

4. Pause, Unterbrechung etc.: short, brief

5. (gering) small; auf kleiner Flamme kochen cook on a low flame

6. im Kleinen on a small scale, engS. in miniature; bis ins Kleinste down to the last detail

7. MUS.: kleine Terz etc. minor third etc.

8. in Wendungen: umg.: es klein haben (Betrag) have the right change; klein, aber fein good things come in small packages; klein, aber oho! umg. a mighty midget, Person: auch a pocket dynamo; Geschäft 6, Übel

II Adv.

1. small; klein gedruckt in small print; siehe auch Kleingedruckte; klein gemustert with a small pattern, small-patterned; klein gehackt finely chopped; klein hacken chop (up) fine; klein machen (Holz) chop up; (Geldschein) change; klein schneiden (Holz, Fleisch etc.) cut up into small pieces; ( auf) klein drehen / stellen (Herd etc.) turn down, put on low; den Benzinverbrauch klein halten keep fuel consumption low, keep down fuel consumption

2. fig.: klein anfangen start off small, start from small beginnings; klein beigeben give in; klein denken be small-minded; Höflichkeit etc. wird bei ihr klein geschrieben politeness etc. is not one of her priorities; klein machen Kinderspr. do number one

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short; little; small; exiguous; slight; faint; petit; runty; wee; diminutive; tiny; petty

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[klain]
1. adj

1) little, small; Finger little; Format, Gehalt, Rente, Zahl, (Hand)schrift, Buchstabe small; (MUS ) Terz minor

die Kleinen Antillen etc — the lesser Antilles etc

Klein Paris — little or miniature Paris

der Kleine Bär or Wagen — the Little Bear, Ursa Minor

die Kleine Strafkammer (Jur) — the lower criminal court

x ist kléíner als 10 (Math) — x is less than ten

haben Sie es nicht kléíner? — don't you have anything smaller?

ein kléín bisschen or wenig — a little (bit)

ein kléín bisschen or wenig Salat — a little (bit of) salad

ein kléínes Bier, ein Kleines (inf) — a small beer, ≈ half a pint (Brit), ≈ a half (Brit)

kléínes Geld — small change

Klein Roland — little Roland

du kléíner Teufel! — you little devil!

ein süßes kléínes Püppchen — a sweet little thing

hallo, kléíner Mann! — hello, little man

ein schönes kléínes Auto — a nice little car

er fährt ein kléínes Auto — he drives a small car

mit seiner kléínen Frau — with his little wife

ich wusste nicht, dass seine Frau so kléín ist — I didn't know his wife was so small or little

eine kléíne, hübsche Wohnung — a small, pretty flat (Brit) or apartment

eine hübsche kléíne Wohnung — a nice little flat (Brit) or apartment

mein kléíner Bruder — my little brother

er ist kléíner als sein Bruder — he's smaller than his brother

als ich ( noch) kléín war — when I was little

kléín für sein Alter — small or little for his age

macht euch ein bisschen kléíner! — squeeze up closer

den mach ich SO kléín (mit Hut)! (hum) — I'll cut him down to size, I'll make him look THAT big

kléín aber oho (inf) — small but impressive

ganz kléín (und hässlich) werden (inf) — to look humiliated or deflated

im Kleinen — in miniature

bis ins Kleinste — in every possible detail, in minute detail, right down to the smallest detail

kléíne Kinder kléíne Sorgen, große Kinder große Sorgen (prov) —

um ein Kleines zu... (geh) — a little or a trifle too...

See:

→ Finger, Geschenk

2) (= kurz) Wuchs, Schritt little, small, short; Weile, Pause little, short; Vortrag short

kléínen Augenblick, bitte! — just one moment, please

einen Kopf kléíner als jd sein — to be a head shorter than sb

3) (= geringfügig) little, small, slight; Betrag, Summe little, small

beim kléínsten Schreck — at the slightest or smallest shock

das kléínere Übel — the lesser evil

ein paar kléínere Fehler — a few minor mistakes

eine kléínere Unpässlichkeit — a minor ailment

4) (= unbedeutend) petty (pej); Leute ordinary

er ist ein kléíner Geist — he is small-minded

der kléíne Mann — the ordinary citizen, the man in the street

ein kléíner Ganove — a small-time or petty crook

die Kleinen fängt man or werden gehängt, die Großen lässt man laufen (prov) — it's always the big fish that get away

sein Vater war (ein) kléíner Beamter — his father was a minor civil servant

kléíne Leute übersieht man (hum) — I'm etc so small and insignificant

See:

→ Fisch

5) (= armselig) Verhältnisse humble, lowly, modest

6) Prüfung intermediate

2. adv

1) (= in kleiner Schrift) small

er schreibt sehr kléín — he writes very small, his writing is very small

ein Wort kléín drucken — to print a word without a capital

kléín gedruckt — in small print

kléín gemustert — small-patterned

kléín kariert (Stoff) — finely checked or chequered (Brit) or checkered (US)

See:

→ kleinkariert, kleinschreiben

2)

(auf kleine Hitze) etw kléín stellen or drehen — to put sth on low or on a low heat

etw kléíner stellen or drehen — to turn sth down

3)

(in Wendungen) kléín anfangen — to start off in a small way

kléín beigeben (inf) — to give in

kléín geraten sein (Gegenstand) — to have come out a little (too) small; (Mensch) to be a bit small

kléín gewachsen — short, small; (Baum) small

etw kléín halten (Anzahl, Kosten) — to keep sth down; (Party, Feier) to keep sth small

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1) (small in size: He is only a little boy; when she was little (= a child).) little

2) (not tall; smaller than usual: a short man.) short

3) (little in size, degree, importance etc; not large or great: She was accompanied by a small boy of about six; There's only a small amount of sugar left; She cut the meat up small for the baby.) small

4) (not doing something on a large scale: He's a small businessman.) small

5) ((of the letters of the alphabet) not capital: The teacher showed the children how to write a capital G and a small g.) small

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klein

[klain]

I. adj

1. (von geringer Größe) little, small; (emotional) little; Schrift small

sie fährt ein \kleines Auto she drives a small [or little] car

sie hat ein schnuckeliges \kleines Auto she's got a nice little car

er ist ein \kleiner Schlingel he's a little rascal

im \kleinen Format in a small format

▪ \klein geschnitten finely chopped

etw \klein hacken to chop up sth sep

\klein gehackte Zwiebeln finely chopped onions

im K\kleinen on a small scale

bis ins K\kleinste [right] down to the smallest detail, in minute detail

einen Kopf \kleiner sein als jd to be a head shorter than sb

[jdm] etw \klein machen (fam) to chop [or cut] up sth sep [for sb]

der \kleine Peter/die \kleine Anna little Peter/Anna

[jdm] etw \klein schneiden to cut up sth sep [into small pieces] [for sb]; s.a. Bier, Buchstabe, Finger, Terz, Zeh

2. (Kleidung) small

haben Sie das gleiche Modell auch in \kleiner? do you have the same style but in a size smaller?

▪ jdm zu \klein sein to be too small for sb

etw \kleiner machen to make sth smaller, to take in [or up] sth sep

3. (jung) small; (kleinwüchsig a.) short

sein \kleiner Bruder his little [or younger] brother

von \klein auf from childhood [or an early age

4. (kurz) short

ein \kleiner Vorsprung a short [or small] start

5. (kurz dauernd) short

eine \kleine Pause machen to have a short [or little] break

6. (geringe Menge, Anzahl) small

ein \klein[es] bisschen [o \klein wenig] a little bit

7. (geringer Betrag) small

ein \kleines Gehalt a small [or low] salary

8. (Wechselgeld) small

haben Sie es nicht \kleiner? haven't you got anything smaller?

9. (geringfügig) small

die \kleinste Bewegung the slightest movement

ein \kleiner Fehler/Verstoß a minor mistake/violation

eine \kleine Übelkeit a slight feeling of nausea

10. (unbedeutend) minor; (ungeachtet) lowly

er fing als \kleiner Portier in dem Hotel an his first job in the hotel was as a lowly porter

ein \kleiner Bauer a small farmer

ein \kleiner Ganove a petty [or small-time] crook

die \kleinen Leute ordinary people

aus \kleinen Verhältnissen stammen to come from a humble background

11. (erniedrigt) small

12. (weniger intensiv) low

etw \klein[er] drehen [o stellen] to turn down sth sep [or to turn sth lower

13. (in kleiner Schrift)

etw \klein schreiben to write sth in small letters

14. MATH

\kleinste Fehlerquadrate least error squares

\kleinster gemeinsamer Nenner lowest common denominator

\kleinstes gemeinsames Vielfaches lowest common multiple

15.

▶ \klein, aber fein small but sweet, quality rather than quantity a. hum

▶ im K\kleinen wie im Großen in little things as well as in big ones

▶ die K\kleinen [o \kleinen Gauner] hängt man, die Großen lässt man laufen (prov) the small fry get caught, while the big fish get away

▶ \klein, aber oho (fam) small but eminently capable [or he/she packs a powerful punch]; s.a. Fakultas, Latinum

II. adv

\klein gedruckt attr in small print pred

▶ \klein anfangen (fam: seine Karriere ganz unten beginnen) to start at the bottom; (mit ganz wenig beginnen) to start off in a small way

▶ \klein beigeben to give in [quietly]

▶ \klein machen (kindersprache) to do [or have] a wee[-wee] childspeak

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1.
Adjektiv

1) little; small < format, letter>; little < finger, toe>; small, short < steps>

das Kleid ist mir zu klein — the dress is too small for me

ein kleines Bier — a small beer; ≈ a half[-pint]

sich klein machen — make oneself small

etwas klein hacken — chop something up [small]

etwas klein schneiden — cut something up small

Zwiebeln klein schneiden — chop up onions [small]

etwas klein machen — cut something up small; (ugs.): (aufbrauchen) get through or (sl.) blow something

auf kleinstem Raum — in the minimum of space

sie ist klein [von Gestalt/für ihr Alter] — she is small [in stature/for her age]

er ist [einen Kopf] kleiner als ich — he is [a head] shorter than me or shorter than I am [by a head]

im Kleinen — in miniature; on a small scale

klein, aber oho — he/she may be small, but he/she certainly makes up for it

klein, aber fein — little, but very nice

2) (jung) little <brother, sister>

als ich [noch] klein war — when I was small or little

für die Kleinen — for the little ones

von klein auf — from an early age; s. auch Kleine I, 2, III

3) (von kurzer Dauer) little, short < while>; short <walk, break>; short, brief <delay, introduction>; brief < moment>

4) (von geringer Menge) small <family, amount, audience, staff>; small, low < salary>; low < price>

kleines Geld haben — have some [small] change

einen Schein klein machen — (ugs.): (wechseln) change a note

kann mir jemand ein Fünfzigeuroschein klein machen? — (ugs.) can anyone give me change for a fifty-euro note?

haben Sie es klein? — (ugs.) do you have the right money?

kleiner habe ich es nicht — I don't have anything smaller

5) (von geringem Ausmaß) light < refreshment>; small < party, gift>; scant, little < attention>; slight <cold, indisposition>; slight, small <mistake, irregularity>; minor < event, error>

die kleinen Dinge des Alltags — the little everyday things

das kleinere Übel — the lesser evil; the lesser of the two evils

ein klein[es] bisschen — a little or tiny bit

ein klein wenig — a little bit

im Kleinen wie im Großen — in little things as well as in big ones

bis ins Kleinste — down to the smallest or tiniest detail

6) (unbedeutend) lowly <employee, sales assistant>; minor < official>

der kleine Mann — the ordinary citizen; the man in the street

die kleinen Leute — ordinary people; the man sing. in the street

klein anfangen — (ugs.) start off in a small way

7)

ganz klein [und hässlich] werden — become meek and subdued

8)

ein kleiner Geist — (engstirnig) a narrow-minded person; (beschränkt) a person of limited intellect
2.
adverbial

die Heizung klein/kleiner [ein]stellen — turn the heating down low/lower

klein gedruckt — in small print postpos.

das klein Gedruckte — the small print

klein gemustert — small-patterned

klein kariert — <skirt, shirt, etc.> with a small check

klein machen — (Kinderspr.) do number one

klein geschrieben werden — (ugs.) count for [very] little ( bei with); (child lang.); s. auch beigeben 2.

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klein

A. adj

1. small (auch klein gewachsen); besonders attr und gefühlsbetont: little; (winzig) tiny; Finger, Zehe: little; Buchstabe: small;

ein rundlicher kleiner Mann a chubby little man;

sie ist von uns allen die Kleinste she is the smallest of us;

als ich noch klein war when I was a little boy ( oder girl);

er ist doch noch klein he’s only small ( oder a child); zu einem Kind: he’s much smaller than you, remember;

von klein auf from an early age, since childhood, since I was etc a child;

kleine Augen haben (müde aussehen) look tired;

da wurde er ganz klein fig that cut him down to size; (er schwieg dann) that shut him up

2. (unbedeutend) small (auch Stimme); Fehler, Vergehen etc: little, minor;

kleine Rolle small ( oder bit) part;

kleiner Bauer/Geschäftsmann small farmer/businessman;

seine kleinen Intrigen/Launen his little intrigues/moods;

es ist ein kleiner Anfang it’s just a start;

der kleine Mann the man in the street;

kleine Leute ordinary people;

aus kleinen Verhältnissen stammen come from a humble background;

und er hat daran kein kleines Verdienst and it’s no small thanks to him

3. (jünger) little, younger;

mein kleiner Bruder my little ( oder younger) brother

4. Pause, Unterbrechung etc: short, brief

5. (gering) small;

auf kleiner Flamme kochen cook on a low flame

6.

im Kleinen on a small scale, engS. in miniature;

bis ins Kleinste down to the last detail

7. MUS:

kleine Terz etc minor third etc

8. in Wendungen: umg:

es klein haben (Betrag) have the right change;

klein, aber fein good things come in small packages;

klein, aber oho! umg a mighty midget, Person: auch a pocket dynamo; → Geschäft 6, Übel

B. adv

1. small;

klein gedruckt in small print;

klein Gedruckte → Kleingedruckte;

klein gemustert with a small pattern, small-patterned;

klein gehackt finely chopped;

klein gewachsen small, short;

klein hacken chop (up) fine;

klein machen (Holz) chop up; umg (Vermögen etc) gobble up, get through;

klein schneiden (Holz, Fleisch etc) cut up into small pieces;

(auf) klein drehen/stellen (Herd etc) turn down, put on low

2. fig:

klein anfangen start off small, start from small beginnings;

klein beigeben give in;

klein machen kinderspr do number one

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1.
Adjektiv

1) little; small <format, letter>; little <finger, toe>; small, short < steps>

das Kleid ist mir zu klein — the dress is too small for me

ein kleines Bier — a small beer; ≈ a half[-pint]

sich klein machen — make oneself small

etwas klein hacken — chop something up [small]

etwas klein schneiden — cut something up small

Zwiebeln klein schneiden — chop up onions [small]

etwas klein machen — cut something up small; (ugs.): (aufbrauchen) get through or (sl.) blow something

auf kleinstem Raum — in the minimum of space

sie ist klein [von Gestalt/für ihr Alter] — she is small [in stature/for her age]

er ist [einen Kopf] kleiner als ich — he is [a head] shorter than me or shorter than I am [by a head]

im Kleinen — in miniature; on a small scale

klein, aber oho — he/she may be small, but he/she certainly makes up for it

klein, aber fein — little, but very nice

2) (jung) little <brother, sister>

als ich [noch] klein war — when I was small or little

für die Kleinen — for the little ones

von klein auf — from an early age; s. auch Kleine I, 2, III

3) (von kurzer Dauer) little, short < while>; short <walk, break>; short, brief <delay, introduction>; brief < moment>

4) (von geringer Menge) small <family, amount, audience, staff>; small, low < salary>; low < price>

kleines Geld haben — have some [small] change

einen Schein klein machen — (ugs.): (wechseln) change a note

kann mir jemand ein Fünfzigeuroschein klein machen? — (ugs.) can anyone give me change for a fifty-euro note?

haben Sie es klein? — (ugs.) do you have the right money?

kleiner habe ich es nicht — I don't have anything smaller

5) (von geringem Ausmaß) light < refreshment>; small <party, gift>; scant, little < attention>; slight <cold, indisposition>; slight, small <mistake, irregularity>; minor <event, error>

die kleinen Dinge des Alltags — the little everyday things

das kleinere Übel — the lesser evil; the lesser of the two evils

ein klein[es] bisschen — a little or tiny bit

ein klein wenig — a little bit

im Kleinen wie im Großen — in little things as well as in big ones

bis ins Kleinste — down to the smallest or tiniest detail

6) (unbedeutend) lowly <employee, sales assistant>; minor < official>

der kleine Mann — the ordinary citizen; the man in the street

die kleinen Leute — ordinary people; the man sing. in the street

klein anfangen — (ugs.) start off in a small way

7)

ganz klein [und hässlich] werden — become meek and subdued

8)

ein kleiner Geist — (engstirnig) a narrow-minded person; (beschränkt) a person of limited intellect
2.
adverbial

die Heizung klein/kleiner [ein]stellen — turn the heating down low/lower

klein gedruckt — in small print postpos.

das klein Gedruckte — the small print

klein gemustert — small-patterned

klein kariert — <skirt, shirt, etc.> with a small check

klein machen — (Kinderspr.) do number one

klein geschrieben werden — (ugs.) count for [very] little ( bei with); (child lang.); s. auch beigeben 2.

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adj.

little adj.

lower adj.

petite adj.

petty adj.

short adj.

slight adj.

small adj.

small-sized adj.

smallish adj.

wee adj.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > klein
18 time

1. noun
1) (the hour of the day: What time is it?; Can your child tell the time yet?) hora

2) (the passage of days, years, events etc: time and space; Time will tell.) tiempo

3) (a point at which, or period during which, something happens: at the time of his wedding; breakfast-time.) momento; hora

4) (the quantity of minutes, hours, days etc, eg spent in, or available for, a particular activity etc: This won't take much time to do; I enjoyed the time I spent in Paris; At the end of the exam, the supervisor called `Your time is up!') tiempo

5) (a suitable moment or period: Now is the time to ask him.) momento

6) (one of a number occasions: He's been to France four times.) vez

7) (a period characterized by a particular quality in a person's life, experience etc: He went through an unhappy time when she died; We had some good times together.) época, período; momentos

8) (the speed at which a piece of music should be played; tempo: in slow time.) tempo

2. verb
1) (to measure the time taken by (a happening, event etc) or by (a person, in doing something): He timed the journey.) cronometrar

2) (to choose a particular time for: You timed your arrival beautifully!) escoger el momento de/para

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- timeless
- timelessly
- timelessness
- timely
- timeliness
- timer
- times
- timing
- time bomb
- time-consuming
- time limit
- time off
- time out
- timetable
- all in good time
- all the time
- at times
- be behind time
- for the time being
- from time to time
- in good time
- in time
- no time at all
- no time
- one
- two at a time
- on time
- save
- waste time
- take one's time
- time and time again
- time and again

time¹ n

1. tiempo

what do you do in your free time? ¿qué haces en tu tiempo libre?

I haven't got time no tengo tiempo

2. vez

how many times have you been to Italy? ¿cuántas veces has estado en Italia?

take the tablets three times a day toma las pastillas tres veces al día

3. hora

what time is it? ¿qué hora es?

all the time todo el tiempo / constantemente

at times a veces

for the time being por el momento / de momento

from time to time de vez en cuando

it's time... es hora de que...

it's time you went to bed es hora de que te vayas a la cama

just in time justo a tiempo

on time a la hora

to have a good time pasarlo bien

to take your time tomarte el tiempo necesario

to tell the time decir la hora

time² vb calcular el tiempo / cronometrar

we timed the journey calculamos cuánto tiempo duró el viaje

El gerundio de time se escribe timing

time

tr[taɪm]

noun

1 (period) tiempo

■ I haven't got time to finish this no tengo tiempo para acabar esto

■ time flies when you're enjoying yourself el tiempo vuela cuando uno se lo pasa bien

■ what a waste of time qué pérdida de tiempo

■ in an hour's time dentro de una hora

2 (short period) rato

■ we spoke for a time hablamos durante un rato

■ you've been a long time has tardado mucho

3 (of day) hora

■ it's time to go es (la) hora de marchar

■ what time is it? qué hora es?

■ this time next week, we'll be on the beach la semana que viene a esta hora, estaremos en la playa

■ by the time he gets here, it'll be time to go home cuando llegue él, será la hora de volver a casa

4 (age, period, season) época

■ it's warm for the time of year hace bastante calor para la época del año

■ in Victorian times en la época victoriana

■ these are hard times son tiempos difíciles

5 (occasion) vez nombre femenino

■ how many times have you been to London? ¿cuántas veces has estado en Londres?

■ the last time I saw her,... la última vez que la vi,...

■ we left at the same time salimos a la vez

6 (suitable moment) momento

■ this is not really the time to talk about that no es el momento de hablar de eso

7 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL compás nombre masculino

■ you're out of time has perdido el compás

8 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL la hora de cerrar

■ time now please! ¡hora de cerrar!

9 familiar (imprisonment) condena

■ he did time for robbery when he was young cumplió una condena por robo cuando era joven

transitive verb

1 (measure time) medir la duración de, calcular; (races, etc) cronometrar

■ he timed his journey to work calculó cuánto tarda en llegar al trabajo

2 (schedule) estar previsto,-a

■ the plane is timed to arrive at 12 o'clock el avión tiene su llegada prevista para las doce horas

■ the bomb was timed to explode during the parade la bomba estaba preparada para explotar durante el desfile

■ you timed that well - I've just made some tea has llegado en el momento justo - acabo de hacer té

plural noun times

1 veces nombre femenino plural

■ 4 times 5 is 20 4 por 5 son 20, 4 veces 5 son 20

■ it's three times more expensive than last year es tres veces más caro que el año pasado

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

(and) about time ya era hora

all the time todo el rato, todo el tiempo

at all times siempre

at any time en cualquier momento

at no time nunca

at one time en un tiempo

at the same time al mismo tiempo

at the time / at that time entonces

at times a veces

behind the times anticuado,-a

behind time tarde

for the time being de momento

from time to time de vez en cuando

in no time (at all) en seguida

in time (in the long run) con el tiempo 2 (not late) a tiempo

in time to the music al compás de la música

many a time a menudo

not to give somebody the time of day no darle a alguien ni la hora

on time puntual

one/two/three at a time de uno en uno/de dos en dos/de tres en tres

time after time una y otra vez

time's up se acabó el tiempo, ya es la hora

to beat time marcar el compás

to be ahead of one's time adelantarse a su época

to be badly/well timed (remark) ser inoportuno,-a/oportuno,-a

to give somebody a hard time ponérselo difícil a alguien, hacérselo pasar mal a alguien

to have a bad time pasarlas negras

to have a good time pasarlo bien

to have a lot of time for somebody caerle bien alguien a uno

to have no time for somebody/something no soportar a alguien/algo, no tener tiempo para alguien/algo

to keep time (to music) seguir el compás 2 (watch) ir bien, funcionar bien

to keep up with the times estar al día

to move with the times estar al día

to take one's time (not hurry) hacer algo con calma 2 (be slow) tardar mucho

time and motion study estudio de productividad

time bomb bomba de relojería

time limit límite nombre masculino de tiempo, plazo límite

time off tiempo libre

time out descanso

time warp salto en el tiempo

time zone huso horario

time ['taɪm] vt, timed ; timing

1) schedule: fijar la hora de, calcular el momento oportuno para

2) clock: cronometrar, medir el tiempo de (una competencia, etc.)

time n

1) : tiempo m

the passing of time: el paso del tiempo

she doesn't have time: no tiene tiempo

2) moment: tiempo m, momento m

this is not the time to bring it up: no es el momento de sacar el tema

3) : vez f

she called you three times: te llamó tres veces

three times greater: tres veces mayor

4) age: tiempo m, era f

in your grandparents' time: en el tiempo de tus abuelos

5) tempo: tiempo m, ritmo m (en música)

6) : hora f

what time is it?: ¿qué hora es?

at the usual time: a la hora acostumbrada

to keep time: ir a la hora

to lose time: atrasar

7) experience: rato m, experiencia f

we had a nice time together: pasamos juntos un rato agradable

to have a rough time: pasarlo mal

have a good time!: ¡que se diviertan!

8)

at times sometimes: a veces

9)

for the time being : por el momento, de momento

10)

from time to time occasionally: de vez en cuando

11)

in time punctually: a tiempo

12)

in time eventually: con el tiempo

13)

time after time : una y otra vez

time

adj.

• a plazos adj.

• de tiempo adj.

• del tiempo adj.

• horario, -a adj.

n.

• duración s.f.

• edad s.f.

• espera s.f.

• hora s.f.

• plazo s.m.

• tempo s.m.

• tiempo s.m.

• vez s.f.

• época s.f.

v.

• cronometrar v.

• regular v.

• tomar los tiempos (Deporte) v.

I taɪm
1) noun

Sense I

2) u (past, present, future) tiempo m

time and space — el tiempo y el espacio

as time goes by o passes — a medida que pasa el tiempo, con el paso or el correr del tiempo

at this point o moment in time — en este momento, en el momento presente

(only) time will tell — el tiempo (lo) dirá

how time flies! — qué rápido pasa el tiempo!

(from) time out of mind — desde tiempos inmemoriales

time and tide wait for no man — el tiempo pasa inexorablemente; (before n) < travel> en el tiempo

time machine — máquina f del tiempo

3) u (time available, necessary for something) tiempo m

we have all the time in the world — tenemos tiempo de sobra

could I have five minutes of your time? — ¿podría concederme cinco minutos?

there's no time to lose — no hay tiempo que perder

to make time for something — hacer(se)* or encontrar* tiempo para algo

to make time — ( hurry) (AmE colloq) darse* prisa, apurarse (AmL)

he does it to pass the time — lo hace para pasar el tiempo

I spend all my time reading/thinking — me paso todo el tiempo leyendo/pensando

it takes time to get used to the climate — lleva or toma tiempo acostumbrarse al clima

it's worth taking a little extra time over the job — vale la pena dedicarle un poco más de tiempo al trabajo

to take one's time: just take your time tómate todo el tiempo que necesites or quieras; you took your time! cómo has tardado!; to buy time ganar tiempo; to have a lot of/no time for somebody/something: I have no time for people like her no soporto a la gente como ella; I've got a lot of time for him me cae muy bien; to have time on one's hands: I had time on my hands me sobraba el tiempo; to play for time — tratar de ganar tiempo

4) (no pl) (period - of days, months, years) tiempo m; (- of hours) rato m

that was a long time ago — eso fue hace mucho (tiempo)

they lived in Paris for a time/for a long time — vivieron un tiempo/mucho tiempo or muchos años en París

long time no see! — (colloq) tanto tiempo (sin verte)!

some time later I saw them leave — al rato los vi salir

some time later they moved to Brussels — (un) tiempo después se mudaron a Bruselas, tras cierto tiempo se mudaron a Bruselas

for some considerable time o for quite some time now there have been rumors that... — hace ya bastante tiempo que se rumorea que...

in an hour's/three months'/ten years' time — dentro de una horaes meses/diez años

cooking time — tiempo m de cocción

your time's up — se te (or les etc) ha acabado el tiempo

for the time being — por el momento, de momento

to serve o (colloq) do time — cumplir una condena, estar* a la sombra (fam)

5) (in phrases)

against time — contra reloj

all the time — ( constantly) constantemente; ( the whole period) todo el tiempo

I knew it all the time — lo supe desde el principio

in time — ( early enough) a tiempo; ( eventually) con el tiempo

you arrived just in time — llegaste justo a tiempo

we got back in time to watch the film — volvimos a tiempo para ver la película

you'll get used to it in time — con el tiempo te acostumbrarás

in good time — con tiempo

all in good time — cada cosa a su tiempo, todo a su debido tiempo

in no time (at all) — rapidísimo, en un abrir y cerrar de ojos, en un santiamén

6) u ( airtime) (Rad, TV) espacio m

7) u c (for journey, race, task) tiempo m

what's your fastest time over 400m? — ¿cuál es tu mejor tiempo or marca en los 400 metros?

8) u ( with respect to work)

to take o (BrE also) have time off — tomarse tiempo libre

we get time and a half — nos pagan hora y media de sueldo por cada hora trabajada

9)

a) c (epoch, age) (often pl) época f, tiempo m

at one time — en una época or un tiempo, en otros tiempos

in times of crisis — en épocas or tiempos de crisis

in former times — antiguamente

in Tudor times — en la época de los Tudor, en tiempos de los Tudor

there was a time when o time was when... — hubo un tiempo cuando...

it's a sign of the times — es un indicio de los tiempos en que vivimos

in times to come — en el futuro, en tiempos venideros

to be ahead of one's time: he's ahead/he was ahead of his time se ha adelantado/se adelantó a su época; to be behind the times \<\<ideas\>\> ser* anticuado, estar* desfasado; \<\<person\>\> estar* atrasado de noticias (fam); to keep up with o abreast of the times — mantenerse* al día

b) u ( with respect to a person's life)

that was before your time — eso fue antes de que tú nacieras (or empezaras a trabajar aquí etc)

it won't happen in our time — no viviremos para verlo

I've seen some funny things in my time but... — he visto cosas raras en mi vida pero...

she was a great athlete in her time — fue una gran atleta en su época

Sense II

10)

a) u ( by clock) hora f

what's the time?, what time is it? — ¿qué hora es?

do you have the time? — ¿tienes hora?

the time is ten minutes to ten — son las diez menos diez minutos, son diez para las diez (AmL exc RPl)

to be able to tell the time o (AmE also) tell time — saber* (decir) la hora

British Summer Time — horario m de verano

Eastern Standard Time — ( in US) hora f de la costa atlántica

this clock keeps good time — este reloj está siempre en hora

not to give somebody the time of day — no darle* a algn ni la hora

to pass the time of day (with somebody): now she never even passes the time of day with me ahora ni siquiera me saluda; we passed the time of day charlamos un ratito; (before n) time switch temporizador m; time zone — huso m horario

b) c u ( of event) hora f

do you know the times of the trains? — ¿sabes el horario de los trenes?

time FOR something/to + INF: we have to arrange a time for the next meeting tenemos que fijar una fecha y hora para la próxima reunión; is it time to go yet? ¿ya es hora de irse?; it's time you left o you were leaving es hora de que te vayas; at breakfast time — a la hora del desayuno

11) c ( point in time)

at this time of (the) year — en esta época del año

at this time of night — a estas horas de la noche

at the present/this particular time — en este momento/este preciso momento

at no time was that my intention — en ningún momento fue ésa mi intención

it should be kept closed at all times — debe mantenerse siempre cerrado

at the best of times — en el mejor de los casos

this time next year — el año que viene para estas fechas

it'll be dark by the time we get there — (para) cuando lleguemos ya estará oscuro

by that o this time we were really worried — para entonces ya estábamos preocupadísimos

from that time on — a partir de entonces, desde entonces

it's high time somebody did something — ya es hora or ya va siendo hora de que alguien haga algo

she's resigned, and not before time — ha renunciado, y ya era hora

the time has come for us to make a decision — ha llegado el momento de que tomemos una decisión

there's a time and a place for everything — hay un momento y un lugar para todo

my/her time has come — me/le ha llegado el momento

to bide one's time — esperar el momento oportuno

to die before one's time — morir* tempranamente or prematuramente

12) c (instance, occasion) vez f

three times a day — tres veces por día

I've been there many a time o many times — he estado allí en numerosas ocasiones or muchas veces

nine times out of ten — en el noventa por ciento de los casos, la gran mayoría de las veces

third time lucky! — la tercera es la vencida!

let's leave it for another o some other time — dejémoslo para otro momento

you paid (the) last time — la última vez or la otra vez pagaste tú

for the last time: no! — por última vez no!

let's try one more time — probemos otra vez or una vez más

13) (in phrases)

about time: it's about time someone told him ya es hora or ya va siendo hora de que alguien se lo diga; I've finished - and about time too! he terminado - ya era hora!; ahead of time: the first stage was completed ahead of time la primera fase se terminó antes de tiempo; any time: come any time ven cuando quieras or en cualquier momento; call me any time between nine and eleven llámame a cualquier hora entre las nueve y las once; I'd rather work for Mary any time yo prefiero trabajar para Mary, toda la vida (y cien años más); they should be here any time (now) en cualquier momento llegan, deben de estar por llegar de un momento al otro; at a time: four at a time de cuatro en cuatro or (AmL tb) de a cuatro; one at a time! de a uno!, uno por uno! or uno por vez!; I can only do one thing at a time sólo puedo hacer una cosa a la or por vez; for months at a time durante meses enteros; at the same time ( simultaneously) al mismo tiempo; ( however) (as linker) al mismo tiempo, de todas formas; at times a veces; at this time (AmE) ahora, en este momento; every time: I make the same mistake every time! siempre cometo el mismo error!; gin or whisky? - give me whisky every time! ¿ginebra or whisky? - para mí whisky, toda la vida; every o each time (as conj) ( whenever) cada vez; from time to time de vez en cuando; on time ( on schedule): the buses hardly ever run on time los autobuses casi nunca pasan a su hora or puntualmente; she's never on time nunca llega temprano, siempre llega tarde; time after time o time and (time) again — una y otra vez

14) c ( experience)

to have a good/bad/hard time — pasarlo bien/mal/muy mal

have a good time! — que te diviertas (or que se diviertan etc)!, que lo pases (or pasen etc) bien!

don't give me a hard time — (esp AmE) no me mortifiques

thank you for a lovely time — gracias por todo, lo hemos pasado estupendamente

15) u ( Mus) compás m

in time to the music — al compás de la música

out of time — descompasado, fuera de compás

to beat/keep time — marcar*/seguir* el compás

to mark time — ( march on the spot) marcar* el paso; ( make no progress) hacer* tiempo; (before n)

time signature — llave f de tiempo

16) times pl ( Math)

it's four times bigger — es cuatro veces más grande; (before n)

times table — tabla f de multiplicar

II

transitive verb

a) ( Sport) cronometrar

I've timed how long it takes me — he calculado cuánto tiempo me lleva

b) ( choose time of)

the bomb was timed to go off at ten o'clock — la bomba estaba programada para explotar a las diez

the demonstration was timeed to coincide with his arrival — la hora de la manifestación estaba calculada para coincidir con su llegada

you timed your entrance perfectly — no podrías haber elegido un mejor momento para entrar

his comment was well timed — su comentario fue muy oportuno

his shot was badly timed — no calculó bien el momento en que debía chutar/disparar

[taɪm]
1. N

1) (gen) tiempo m

as time goes on or by — con el (paso del) tiempo, a medida que pasa/pasaba el tiempo

• race against time — carrera f contra (el) reloj

• for all time — para siempre

one of the best of all time — uno de los mejores de todos los tiempos

• Father Time — el Tiempo

• to find (the) time for sth — encontrar tiempo para algo

I can't find the time for reading — no encuentro tiempo para leer

• time flies — el tiempo vuela

how time flies! — ¡cómo pasa el tiempo!

• to gain time — ganar tiempo

• half the time he's drunk — la mayor parte del tiempo está borracho

• to have (the) time (to do sth) — tener tiempo (para hacer algo)

we have plenty of time — tenemos tiempo de sobra

• to make time — (US) * ganar tiempo, apresurarse

• to make up for lost time — recuperar el tiempo perdido

• it's only a matter or question of time before it falls — solo es cuestión de tiempo antes de que caiga

• I've no time for him — (too busy) no tengo tiempo para él; (contemptuous) no le aguanto

I've no time for sport — odio los deportes

there is no time to lose — no hay tiempo que perder

he lost no time in doing it — no tardó en hacerlo

• my time is my own — yo dispongo de mi tiempo

• time presses — el tiempo apremia

• time is on our side — el tiempo obra a nuestro favor

• time and space — el tiempo y el espacio

• to take time, it takes time — requiere tiempo, lleva su tiempo

it'll take time to get over the loss of her family — le llevará tiempo superar la pérdida de su familia

it took him all his time to find it — solo encontrarlo le ocupó bastante tiempo

to take one's time — hacer las cosas con calma

take your time! — tómate el tiempo que necesites, ¡no hay prisa!

you certainly took your time! — iro ¡no es precisamente que te mataras corriendo!

• (only) time will tell — el tiempo lo dirá

to have time on one's hands —

she has too much time on her hands — dispone de demasiado tiempo libre

once you retire you'll have time on your hands — cuando te hayas jubilado, tendrás todo el tiempo del mundo

- kill time

- pass the time of day with sb

- play for time

- be pressed for time

- time is money
spare, waste
2) (=period of time) tiempo m, período m; (relatively short) rato m

• have you been here all this time? — ¿has estado aquí todo este tiempo?

• for the time being — por ahora, de momento

• for a time — durante un rato; (longer) durante una temporada

• a long time — mucho tiempo

to take a long time to do sth — tardar mucho en hacer algo

a long time ago — hace mucho (tiempo), hace tiempo

he hasn't been seen for a long time — hace mucho tiempo que no se le ve

she'll be in a wheelchair for a long time to come — le queda mucho tiempo de estar en silla de ruedas por delante

• in no time at all — en un abrir y cerrar de ojos

• it will last our time — durará lo que nosotros

• a short time — poco tiempo, un rato

a short time ago — hace poco

a short time after — poco (tiempo) después, al poco tiempo

in a short time they were all gone — muy pronto habían desaparecido todos

• for some time past — de algún tiempo a esta parte

after some time she looked up at me/wrote to me — después de cierto tiempo levantó la vista hacia mí/me escribió, pasado algún tiempo levantó la vista hacia mí/me escribió

• in a week's time — dentro de una semana

in two weeks' time — en dos semanas, al cabo de dos semanas

- do time
serve
3) (at work)

• on Saturdays they pay time and a half — los sábados pagan lo normal más la mitad

• he did it in his own time — lo hizo en su tiempo libre or fuera de (las) horas de trabajo

• to be on short time, work short time — trabajar en jornadas reducidas
full-time, part-time, short-time
4) (=moment, point of time) momento m

I was watching TV at the time — en ese momento estaba viendo la televisión

from time to time — de vez en cuando

• about time too! — ¡ya era hora!

it's about time you had a haircut — ya es hora de que te cortes el pelo

• come (at) any time (you like) — ven cuando quieras

it might happen (at) any time — podría ocurrir de un momento a otro or en cualquier momento

any time now — de un momento a otro

• at times — a veces, a ratos

at all times — siempre, en todo momento

• to die before one's time — morir temprano

not before time! — ¡ya era hora!

• between times — en los intervalos

• by the time he arrived — para cuando él llegó

by the time we got there he'd left — cuando llegamos allí ya se había ido

by this time — ya, antes de esto

(by) this time next year — el año que viene por estas fechas

• to choose one's time carefully — elegir con cuidado el momento más propicio

• the time has come to leave — ha llegado el momento de irse

when the time comes — cuando llegue el momento

• at a convenient time — en un momento oportuno

• at any given time — en cualquier momento dado

• her time was drawing near — (to give birth) se acercaba el momento de dar a luz; (to die) estaba llegando al final de su vida

• it's high time you got a job — ya va siendo hora de que consigas un trabajo

• at my time of life — a mi edad, con los años que yo tengo

• at no time did I mention it — no lo mencioné en ningún momento

this is no time for jokes — este no es momento para bromas

• now is the time to go — ahora es el momento de irse

now is the time to plant roses — esta es la época para plantar las rosas

• at odd times — (=occasionally) de vez en cuando

he calls at some odd times — llama a las horas más intempestivas

• from that time on — a partir de entonces, desde entonces

• at one time — en cierto momento, en cierta época

• this is neither the time nor the place to discuss it — este no es ni el momento ni el lugar oportuno para hablar de eso

there's a time and a place for everything — todo tiene su momento y su lugar

• at the present time — actualmente, en la actualidad

• at the proper time — en el momento oportuno

• at the same time — (=simultaneously) al mismo tiempo, a la vez; (=even so) al mismo tiempo, por otro lado

• until such time as he agrees — hasta que consienta

• at that time — por entonces, en aquel entonces, en aquella época

• at this particular time — en este preciso momento

• at this time of the year — en esta época del año

it's a lovely time of year — es una estación encantadora
bide
5) (by clock) hora f

what's the time? — ¿qué hora es?

the time is 2.30 — son las dos y media

it's time to go — es hora de irse

"time gentlemen please!" — "¡se cierra!"

• to arrive ahead of time — llegar temprano

to be 30 minutes ahead of time — llevar 30 minutos de adelanto

• at any time of the day or night — en cualquier momento or a cualquier hora del día o de la noche

• to be 30 minutes behind time — llevar 30 minutos de retraso

• it's coffee time — es la hora del café

• at this time of day — a esta hora

• it's time for the news — es (la) hora de las noticias

it's time for lunch — es (la) hora de comer

• let me know in good time — avíseme con anticipación

make sure you get there in good time — asegúrate de que llegas allí con tiempo

he'll come in his own good time — vendrá cuando le parezca conveniente

all in good time — todo a su (debido) tiempo

to start in good time — partir a tiempo, partir pronto

• have you got the (right) time? — ¿tiene la hora (exacta)?

• Greenwich mean time — hora f de Greenwich

• we were just in time to see it — llegamos justo a tiempo para verlo

• a watch that keeps good time — un reloj muy exacto

• just look at the time! — ¡fíjate qué hora es ya!, ¡mira qué tarde es!

• what time do you make it?, what do you make the time? — ¿qué hora es or tiene?

we made good time on the journey — el viaje ha sido rápido

• to be on time — [person] ser puntual, llegar puntualmente; [train, plane] llegar puntual

• to tell the time — [clock] dar la hora; [child] saber decir la hora

- I wouldn't give him the time of day
see closing, opening
6) (=era, period) tiempo m, época f

in Elizabethan times — en tiempos isabelinos, en la época isabelina

in our own time(s) — en nuestra época

in my time(s) — en mis tiempos

what times they were!, what times we had! — ¡qué tiempos aquellos!

one of the greatest footballers of our time — uno de los mejores futbolistas de nuestros tiempos

• to be ahead of one's time — adelantarse a su época

• that was all before my time — todo eso fue antes de mis tiempos

• to be behind the times — [person] estar atrasado de noticias; [thing, idea] estar fuera de moda, haber quedado anticuado

• how times change! — ¡cómo cambian las cosas!

• in times to come — en tiempos venideros

• times were hard — fueron tiempos duros

times are hard — atravesamos un período bastante difícil

they fell on hard times — entraron en un periodo de vacas flacas

• to keep abreast of or up with the times — ir con los tiempos, mantenerse al día

• the times we live in — los tiempos en que vivimos

• in modern times — en tiempos modernos

• to move with the times — ir con los tiempos, mantenerse al día

• in olden times, in times past — en otro tiempo, antiguamente

• time was when... — hubo un tiempo en que...
sign
7) (=experience)

to have a bad or rough or thin time (of it) — pasarlo mal, pasarlas negras

• to have a good time — pasarlo bien, divertirse

all they want to do is have a good time — no quieren más que divertirse

to give sb a good time — hacer que algn lo pase bien

she's out for a good time — se propone divertirse

• we had a high old time * — lo hemos pasado en grande *

• we have a lovely time — lo pasamos la mar de bien *

• have a nice time! — ¡que lo pases/paséis etc bien!

- the big time

to make the big time — alcanzar el éxito, triunfar
big-time
8) (=occasion) vez f

three times — tres veces

I remember the time he came here — recuerdo la ocasión en que vino por aquí, me acuerdo de cuando vino por aquí

• time after time, time and again — repetidas veces, una y otra vez

• to carry three boxes at a time — llevar tres cajas a la vez

he ran upstairs three at a time — subió la escalera de tres en tres escalones

for weeks at a time — durante semanas enteras or seguidas

• each time, every time — cada vez

he won every time — ganó todas las veces

it's the best, every time! — ¡es el mejor, no hay duda!

give me beer every time! — ¡para mí, siempre cerveza!

• the first time I did it — la primera vez que lo hice

for the first time — por primera vez

• last time — la última vez

the last time I did it — la última vez que lo hice

for the last time — por última vez

• many times — muchas veces

many's the time... — no una vez, sino muchas...

• next time — la próxima vez, a la próxima (esp LAm)

• the second time round — (=second marriage) la segunda intentona de matrimonio

• several times — varias veces

• this time — esta vez

• at various times in the past — en determinados momentos del pasado

- nine times out of ten

- third time lucky!

9) (Mus) compás m

in 3/4 time — al compás de 3 por 4

• to beat time — marcar el compás

• in time to the music — al compás de la música

• to keep time — llevar el compás

• to get out of time — perder el compás
beat 2., 4), mark II, 2., 7)
10) (Math)

4 times 3 is 12 — 4 por 3 son 12

it's five times faster than or as fast as yours — es cinco veces más rápido que el tuyo

11) (Mech)

the ignition is out of time — el encendido está fuera de fase

2. VT

1) (=schedule) planear, calcular; (=choose time of) [+ remark, request] elegir el momento para

the race is timed for 8.30 — el comienzo de la carrera está previsto para las 8.30

you timed that perfectly — elegiste a la perfección el momento para hacerlo

the bomb was timed to explode five minutes later — la bomba estaba sincronizada para explotar cinco minutos más tarde

the strike was carefully timed to cause maximum disruption — se había escogido el momento de la huelga para ocasionar el mayor trastorno posible

the decision to sell was badly timed — se decidió vender en un mal momento
ill-timed, well-timed
2) (=reckon time of) [+ call, journey] calcular la duración de; (with stopwatch) cronometrar

to time o.s. — cronometrarse

I timed him doing the washing-up — le cronometré mientras lavaba los platos

3.

CPD

time and motion study N — estudio m de tiempos y movimientos

time bomb N — bomba f de relojería

time capsule N — cápsula f del tiempo

time card N — tarjeta f de registro horario

time check N — (Sport) control m de tiempos

can I have a time check, please? — ¿qué hora es ahora, por favor?

time clock N — reloj m registrador, reloj m de control de asistencia

time deposit N — (US) depósito m a plazo

time difference N — diferencia f horaria

time exposure N — (Phot) exposición f

time frame N — margen m de tiempo

to set a time frame for sth — poner fecha a algo

time fuse N — temporizador m, espoleta f graduada, espoleta f de tiempo

time lag N — (=delay) retraso m; (=lack of synchronization) desfase m

time limit N — plazo m, límite m de tiempo; (=closing date) fecha f tope

to set a time limit (for sth) — fijar un plazo (para algo)

time loan N — (US) préstamo m a plazo fijo

time lock N — cerradura f de tiempo

time machine N — máquina f de transporte a través del tiempo

time management N — gestión f del tiempo

time management consultant N — consultor(a) m / f de gestión del tiempo

time management course N — curso m de gestión del tiempo

time management skills NPL — técnicas fpl de gestión del tiempo

time management training N — formación f en gestión del tiempo

time off N — (=free time) tiempo m libre

to take time off from work — tomarse tiempo libre

you'll have to take some time off when your wife has her operation — tendrás que tomarte unos días de vacaciones cuando operen a tu mujer

time out N — (esp US) (Sport) (also fig) tiempo m muerto

to take time out (from sth/from doing sth) — descansar (de algo/de hacer algo)

time payment N — (US) pago m a plazos

time saver N —

it is a great time saver — ahorra mucho tiempo

time sheet N — = time card

time signal N — señal f horaria

time signature N — (Mus) compás m, signatura f de compás

time slice N — fracción f de tiempo

time slot N — franja f horaria

time span N — periodo m de tiempo

time switch N — interruptor m horario

time trial N — (Cycling) prueba f contra reloj, contrarreloj f

time warp N — salto m en el tiempo, túnel m del tiempo

time zone N — huso m horario

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I [taɪm]
1) noun

Sense I

2) u (past, present, future) tiempo m

time and space — el tiempo y el espacio

as time goes by o passes — a medida que pasa el tiempo, con el paso or el correr del tiempo

at this point o moment in time — en este momento, en el momento presente

(only) time will tell — el tiempo (lo) dirá

how time flies! — qué rápido pasa el tiempo!

(from) time out of mind — desde tiempos inmemoriales

time and tide wait for no man — el tiempo pasa inexorablemente; (before n) < travel> en el tiempo

time machine — máquina f del tiempo

3) u (time available, necessary for something) tiempo m

we have all the time in the world — tenemos tiempo de sobra

could I have five minutes of your time? — ¿podría concederme cinco minutos?

there's no time to lose — no hay tiempo que perder

to make time for something — hacer(se)* or encontrar* tiempo para algo

to make time — ( hurry) (AmE colloq) darse* prisa, apurarse (AmL)

he does it to pass the time — lo hace para pasar el tiempo

I spend all my time reading/thinking — me paso todo el tiempo leyendo/pensando

it takes time to get used to the climate — lleva or toma tiempo acostumbrarse al clima

it's worth taking a little extra time over the job — vale la pena dedicarle un poco más de tiempo al trabajo

to take one's time: just take your time tómate todo el tiempo que necesites or quieras; you took your time! cómo has tardado!; to buy time ganar tiempo; to have a lot of/no time for somebody/something: I have no time for people like her no soporto a la gente como ella; I've got a lot of time for him me cae muy bien; to have time on one's hands: I had time on my hands me sobraba el tiempo; to play for time — tratar de ganar tiempo

4) (no pl) (period - of days, months, years) tiempo m; (- of hours) rato m

that was a long time ago — eso fue hace mucho (tiempo)

they lived in Paris for a time/for a long time — vivieron un tiempo/mucho tiempo or muchos años en París

long time no see! — (colloq) tanto tiempo (sin verte)!

some time later I saw them leave — al rato los vi salir

some time later they moved to Brussels — (un) tiempo después se mudaron a Bruselas, tras cierto tiempo se mudaron a Bruselas

for some considerable time o for quite some time now there have been rumors that... — hace ya bastante tiempo que se rumorea que...

in an hour's/three months'/ten years' time — dentro de una hora/tres meses/diez años

cooking time — tiempo m de cocción

your time's up — se te (or les etc) ha acabado el tiempo

for the time being — por el momento, de momento

to serve o (colloq) do time — cumplir una condena, estar* a la sombra (fam)

5) (in phrases)

against time — contra reloj

all the time — ( constantly) constantemente; ( the whole period) todo el tiempo

I knew it all the time — lo supe desde el principio

in time — ( early enough) a tiempo; ( eventually) con el tiempo

you arrived just in time — llegaste justo a tiempo

we got back in time to watch the film — volvimos a tiempo para ver la película

you'll get used to it in time — con el tiempo te acostumbrarás

in good time — con tiempo

all in good time — cada cosa a su tiempo, todo a su debido tiempo

in no time (at all) — rapidísimo, en un abrir y cerrar de ojos, en un santiamén

6) u ( airtime) (Rad, TV) espacio m

7) u c (for journey, race, task) tiempo m

what's your fastest time over 400m? — ¿cuál es tu mejor tiempo or marca en los 400 metros?

8) u ( with respect to work)

to take o (BrE also) have time off — tomarse tiempo libre

we get time and a half — nos pagan hora y media de sueldo por cada hora trabajada

9)

a) c (epoch, age) (often pl) época f, tiempo m

at one time — en una época or un tiempo, en otros tiempos

in times of crisis — en épocas or tiempos de crisis

in former times — antiguamente

in Tudor times — en la época de los Tudor, en tiempos de los Tudor

there was a time when o time was when... — hubo un tiempo cuando...

it's a sign of the times — es un indicio de los tiempos en que vivimos

in times to come — en el futuro, en tiempos venideros

to be ahead of one's time: he's ahead/he was ahead of his time se ha adelantado/se adelantó a su época; to be behind the times \<\<ideas\>\> ser* anticuado, estar* desfasado; \<\<person\>\> estar* atrasado de noticias (fam); to keep up with o abreast of the times — mantenerse* al día

b) u ( with respect to a person's life)

that was before your time — eso fue antes de que tú nacieras (or empezaras a trabajar aquí etc)

it won't happen in our time — no viviremos para verlo

I've seen some funny things in my time but... — he visto cosas raras en mi vida pero...

she was a great athlete in her time — fue una gran atleta en su época

Sense II

10)

a) u ( by clock) hora f

what's the time?, what time is it? — ¿qué hora es?

do you have the time? — ¿tienes hora?

the time is ten minutes to ten — son las diez menos diez minutos, son diez para las diez (AmL exc RPl)

to be able to tell the time o (AmE also) tell time — saber* (decir) la hora

British Summer Time — horario m de verano

Eastern Standard Time — ( in US) hora f de la costa atlántica

this clock keeps good time — este reloj está siempre en hora

not to give somebody the time of day — no darle* a algn ni la hora

to pass the time of day (with somebody): now she never even passes the time of day with me ahora ni siquiera me saluda; we passed the time of day charlamos un ratito; (before n) time switch temporizador m; time zone — huso m horario

b) c u ( of event) hora f

do you know the times of the trains? — ¿sabes el horario de los trenes?

time FOR something/to + INF: we have to arrange a time for the next meeting tenemos que fijar una fecha y hora para la próxima reunión; is it time to go yet? ¿ya es hora de irse?; it's time you left o you were leaving es hora de que te vayas; at breakfast time — a la hora del desayuno

11) c ( point in time)

at this time of (the) year — en esta época del año

at this time of night — a estas horas de la noche

at the present/this particular time — en este momento/este preciso momento

at no time was that my intention — en ningún momento fue ésa mi intención

it should be kept closed at all times — debe mantenerse siempre cerrado

at the best of times — en el mejor de los casos

this time next year — el año que viene para estas fechas

it'll be dark by the time we get there — (para) cuando lleguemos ya estará oscuro

by that o this time we were really worried — para entonces ya estábamos preocupadísimos

from that time on — a partir de entonces, desde entonces

it's high time somebody did something — ya es hora or ya va siendo hora de que alguien haga algo

she's resigned, and not before time — ha renunciado, y ya era hora

the time has come for us to make a decision — ha llegado el momento de que tomemos una decisión

there's a time and a place for everything — hay un momento y un lugar para todo

my/her time has come — me/le ha llegado el momento

to bide one's time — esperar el momento oportuno

to die before one's time — morir* tempranamente or prematuramente

12) c (instance, occasion) vez f

three times a day — tres veces por día

I've been there many a time o many times — he estado allí en numerosas ocasiones or muchas veces

nine times out of ten — en el noventa por ciento de los casos, la gran mayoría de las veces

third time lucky! — la tercera es la vencida!

let's leave it for another o some other time — dejémoslo para otro momento

you paid (the) last time — la última vez or la otra vez pagaste tú

for the last time: no! — por última vez no!

let's try one more time — probemos otra vez or una vez más

13) (in phrases)

about time: it's about time someone told him ya es hora or ya va siendo hora de que alguien se lo diga; I've finished - and about time too! he terminado - ya era hora!; ahead of time: the first stage was completed ahead of time la primera fase se terminó antes de tiempo; any time: come any time ven cuando quieras or en cualquier momento; call me any time between nine and eleven llámame a cualquier hora entre las nueve y las once; I'd rather work for Mary any time yo prefiero trabajar para Mary, toda la vida (y cien años más); they should be here any time (now) en cualquier momento llegan, deben de estar por llegar de un momento al otro; at a time: four at a time de cuatro en cuatro or (AmL tb) de a cuatro; one at a time! de a uno!, uno por uno! or uno por vez!; I can only do one thing at a time sólo puedo hacer una cosa a la or por vez; for months at a time durante meses enteros; at the same time ( simultaneously) al mismo tiempo; ( however) (as linker) al mismo tiempo, de todas formas; at times a veces; at this time (AmE) ahora, en este momento; every time: I make the same mistake every time! siempre cometo el mismo error!; gin or whisky? - give me whisky every time! ¿ginebra or whisky? - para mí whisky, toda la vida; every o each time (as conj) ( whenever) cada vez; from time to time de vez en cuando; on time ( on schedule): the buses hardly ever run on time los autobuses casi nunca pasan a su hora or puntualmente; she's never on time nunca llega temprano, siempre llega tarde; time after time o time and (time) again — una y otra vez

14) c ( experience)

to have a good/bad/hard time — pasarlo bien/mal/muy mal

have a good time! — que te diviertas (or que se diviertan etc)!, que lo pases (or pasen etc) bien!

don't give me a hard time — (esp AmE) no me mortifiques

thank you for a lovely time — gracias por todo, lo hemos pasado estupendamente

15) u ( Mus) compás m

in time to the music — al compás de la música

out of time — descompasado, fuera de compás

to beat/keep time — marcar*/seguir* el compás

to mark time — ( march on the spot) marcar* el paso; ( make no progress) hacer* tiempo; (before n)

time signature — llave f de tiempo

16) times pl ( Math)

it's four times bigger — es cuatro veces más grande; (before n)

times table — tabla f de multiplicar

II

transitive verb

a) ( Sport) cronometrar

I've timed how long it takes me — he calculado cuánto tiempo me lleva

b) ( choose time of)

the bomb was timed to go off at ten o'clock — la bomba estaba programada para explotar a las diez

the demonstration was timeed to coincide with his arrival — la hora de la manifestación estaba calculada para coincidir con su llegada

you timed your entrance perfectly — no podrías haber elegido un mejor momento para entrar

his comment was well timed — su comentario fue muy oportuno

his shot was badly timed — no calculó bien el momento en que debía chutar/disparar

English-spanish dictionary > time
19 loin

loin [lwɛ̃]

adverb

   a. (en distance) far

• est-ce loin ? is it far?

• c'est assez loin d'ici it's quite a long way from here

• plus loin further

• il est loin derrière he's a long way behind

   b. (dans le temps) le temps est loin où cette banlieue était un village it's a long time since this suburb was a village

• c'est loin tout cela ! (passé) that was a long time ago! ; (futur) that's a long way off!

• Noël est encore loin Christmas is still a long way off

• voir loin (figurative) to be farsighted

• ne pas voir plus loin que le bout de son nez to see no further than the end of one's nose

• d'aussi loin que je me rappelle for as long as I can remember

• au loin in the distance

• d'ici à l'accuser de vol il n'y a pas loin it's practically an accusation of theft

   c. (locutions)

► aller loin to go a long way

• il est doué, il ira loin he's very gifted, he'll go far

• tu vas trop loin ! you're going too far!

• on ne va pas loin avec 100 € 100 euros doesn't go very far► de loin (dans l'espace) from a distance

• de très loin from a great distance

• il voit mal de loin he can't see distant objects clearly

• il est de (très) loin le meilleur (pour insister) he is by far the best

• c'est celui que je préfère, et de loin it's by far the one I prefer► loin de (en distance) far from ; (dans le temps) a long way off from

• loin de là (lieu) far from there ; (figurative) far from it

• non loin de là not far from there

• on est encore loin d'un accord we're still a long way from reaching an agreement

• on est loin du compte we're far short of the target

• être très loin du sujet to be way off the subject

• il ne doit pas y avoir loin de 5 km it can't be much less than 5km

• il n'est pas loin de 10 heures it's getting on for 10 o'clock

• il leur doit pas loin de 1 000 € he owes them not far off 1,000 euros

• il n'y a pas loin de cinq ans qu'ils sont partis it's not far off five years since they left(PROV) loin des yeux, loin du cœur(PROV) out of sight, out of mind

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lwɛ̃
1.

adverbe

1) ( dans l'espace) a long way, far (away)

c'est loin — it's a long way

c'est trop loin — it's too far

elle ne peut pas être bien loin — she can't be too far away ou off

est-ce loin? — is it far (away)?

il habite plus loin — he lives further ou farther away

aussi or du plus loin que l'on regarde — however far you look

aussi loin que l'on pouvait voir — as far as the eye could see

voir plus loin — ( dans un texte) see below

plus loin dans le roman — at a later point in the novel; monture

2) ( dans le temps)

tout cela est bien loin — that was all a long time ago

aussi loin que je me souvienne — as far back ou as long as I can remember

les vacances sont déjà loin — it's a long time since the holidays GB ou the vacation US now

c'est encore loin (dans l'avenir) — it's still a long way off (in the future)

le temps n'est pas si loin où... — it's not so long since...

3) fig

il y a loin d'une idée à sa réalisation — there's a wide gap between an idea and its fulfilment [BrE]

de là à dire qu'il est incompétent, il n'y a pas loin — that comes close to saying he's incompetent

tu sembles si loin — ( distant) you seem so distant; ( absorbé) you seem miles away

il n'est pas bête, loin s'en faut! — he's not stupid, far from it!

ce film ne va très pas loin — this film GB ou movie US is a bit shallow

la décentralisation n'est pas allée très loin — decentralization didn't get very far

votre fille est brillante, elle ira loin — your daughter is brilliant, she'll go far

2.

loin de locution prépositive

1) ( dans l'espace) far from

est-ce encore loin d'ici? — is it much further ou farther from here?

2) ( dans le temps) far from

cette époque n'est pas si loin de nous — we're not so far from that time

ils veulent aller plus loin dans leur coopération — they want to extend their cooperation

il ne peut pas aller plus loin dans son soutien — he can't increase his support

on est encore loin d'avoir fini — we're still far from finished, we're still a long way off finishing

il n'est pas loin de 11 heures — it's not far off 11 o'clock

cela ne fait pas loin de quatre ans que je suis ici — I've been here for almost four years now

3) fig far from, a long way from

je me sens loin de tout cela — I feel detached from all that

loin de moi cette idée! — nothing could be further from my mind!

avec l'imprimante, il faut compter pas loin de 900 euros — if you include the printer, you're talking about 900 euros or thereabouts

3.

de loin locution adverbiale

1) ( d'un endroit éloigné) from a distance, from afar littér

je ne vois pas très bien de loin — I can't see very well at a distance

2) fig from a distance

il voit les choses de loin — he sees things from a distance

c'est de loin ton meilleur roman — it's by far your best novel

4.

au loin locution adverbiale

(tout) au loin — (far away) in the distance

5.

de loin en loin locution adverbiale

1) ( séparé dans l'espace)

on pouvait voir des maisons de loin en loin — you could see houses scattered here and there

2) ( de temps en temps) every now and then

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loin des yeux, loin du cœur — Proverbe out of sight, out of mind Proverbe

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lwɛ̃
1. adv

1) (dans l'espace) far

La gare n'est pas très loin d'ici. — The station isn't very far from here.

loin de — a long way from, far from

C'est loin d'ici. — It's a long way from here.

plus loin — further

plus loin que — further than

C'est plus loin que la gare. — It's further than the station.

moins loin — not as far

moins loin que — not as far as

2) (dans le temps) (futur) a long way off, (passé) a long time ago

Noël n'est plus tellement loin. — Christmas isn't far off now.

Les vacances paraissent déjà tellement loin! — The holidays already seem such a long time ago!

3) (autres locutions)

de loin [apercevoir] — from a distance, from a long way away

On voit l'église de loin. — You can see the church from a long way away.

Il vient de loin, il doit être fatigué. — He's come a long way, he must be tired out.

Il vient de loin, ça doit le dépayser. — He comes from a long way away, this must be quite a change of scene., fig (= de beaucoup) by far

C'est de loin l'élève la plus brillante. — She is by far the brightest pupil.

de loin en loin — here and there, (= de temps en temps) now and then, every now and then

loin de là — far from it

pas loin de... (presque) — not far off...

Ça fait pas loin de 1 000 euros. — It's not far off 1000 euros.

2. nm

au loin — in the distance

On aperçoit la mer au loin. — You can see the sea in the distance.

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loin

A adv

1 ( dans l'espace) a long way, far littér; c'est loin it's a long way; c'est très loin it's a very long way; c'est assez loin it's quite a long way; c'est trop loin it's too far; ils doivent être déjà loin maintenant they must be a long way ou far away by now; elle ne peut pas être bien loin she can't be too far away ou off; est-ce loin? is it far (away)?; ce n'est pas très loin it's not very far (away); il habite plus loin he lives further ou farther away; ils sont loin derrière they're far behind ou a long way behind; aussi or si or du plus loin que l'on regarde, on ne voit que des champs de lavande however far you look, you can see nothing but lavender fields; les vignes s'étendaient aussi loin que l'on pouvait voir the vineyards stretched as far as you ou the eye could see; du plus loin qu'il m'aperçut, il se mit à agiter les bras as soon as he saw me, he began to wave; voir plus loin ( dans un texte) see below; ⇒ lèvre, monture, nez;

2 ( dans le temps) tout cela est bien loin that was all a long time ago; comme c'est loin! what a long time ago that was!; aussi or du plus loin que l'on recherche, on n'arrive pas à trouver d'où vient l'erreur however far back we go, we can't find where the mistake originated; aussi loin que je me souvienne as far back ou as long as I can remember; d'aussi or du plus loin que me me souvienne for as long as I can remember; les vacances sont déjà loin the vacation is long past now, it's a long time since the vacation now ; un événement qui remonte loin dans le passé an event which dates back a long way; cela remonte à loin it's a long time ago; c'est encore loin (dans l'avenir) it's still a long way off (in the future); l'été n'est plus très loin maintenant summer isn't far off now; le temps n'est pas si loin où… it's not so long since…; il est bien loin le temps où… it's a long time since…; plus loin dans le roman/film at a later point in the novel/film;

3 fig il y a loin d'une idée à sa réalisation there's a wide gap between an idea and its fulfilment^GB; de là à dire qu'il est incompétent, il y a loin there's a big difference between that and saying he's incompetent; de là à dire qu'il est incompétent, il n'y a pas loin that comes close to saying he's incompetent; tu sembles si loin ( distant) you seem so distant; ( absorbé) you seem miles away; il n'est pas bête, loin s'en faut! he's not stupid, far from it!; cela peut aller très loin it can go very far; ça va beaucoup plus loin it goes much further; il est allé trop loin he went too far; ce livre/film ne va pas loin this book/film GB ou movie US is a bit shallow; la décentralisation n'est pas allée très loin decentralization didn't get very far; votre fille est brillante, elle ira loin your daughter is brilliant, she'll go far; avec 500 euros par mois, on ne va pas aller loin we won't get very far on 500 euros a month; ils veulent aller plus loin dans leur coopération they want to extend their cooperation; il ne peut pas aller plus loin dans son soutien he can't increase his support.

B loin de loc prép

1 ( dans l'espace) far from; est-ce encore loin d'ici? is it much further ou farther from here?; non loin de not far from;

2 ( dans le temps) far from; cette époque n'est pas si loin de nous we're not so far from that time; on est encore loin d'avoir fini we're still far from finished, we're still a long way off finishing; nous sommes encore loin de la fin des examens the end of the exams is still a long way off; il n'est pas loin de 11 heures it's not far off 11 o'clock; cela ne fait pas loin de quatre ans que je suis ici I've been here for almost four years now;

3 fig far from, a long way from; je me sens loin de tout cela I feel detached from all that; c'est très loin de ce que j'attendais it's not anywhere near what I expected; elle n'est pas arrogante, loin de là! she's not arrogant, far from it!; loin de moi l'idée de vous offenser far be it from me to offend you; loin de moi cette idée! nothing could be further from my mind!; bien loin de ces discours de paix far removed from these peace talks; avec l'imprimante, ça fait pas loin de 2 500 euros if you include the printer, you're talking about 2,500 euros or thereabouts.

C de loin loc adv

1 ( d'un endroit éloigné) from a distance, from afar littér; je l'ai vu arriver de loin I saw him coming from a distance; je ne vois pas très bien de loin I can't see very well at a distance;

2 fig from a distance; vu de loin, cela n'a pas l'air très dangereux seen from a distance, it doesn't seem very dangerous; il voit les choses de loin he sees things from a distance; c'est de loin ton meilleur roman it's by far your best novel; il est de loin le premier acheteur de films français he's far and away ou by far the main buyer of French films; leur férocité a dépassé de loin celle de… their ferocity far surpassed that of…

D au loin loc adv ( dans le lointain) in the distance; tout au loin far away in the distance.

E de loin en loin loc adv

1 ( séparé dans l'espace) on pouvait voir des maisons de loin en loin you could see houses scattered here and there; les arbres étaient plantés de loin en loin the trees were planted at wide intervals;

2 ( de temps en temps) every now and again, every now and then.

Idiome

loin des yeux, loin du cœur Prov out of sight, out of mind Prov.

[lwɛ̃] adverbe

1. [dans l'espace] far (away)

ils habitent loin they live a long way away

il n'y a pas loin entre Paris et Versailles it's not far from Paris to Versailles

elle est loin derrière nous she is a long way behind us

moins loin (que) not as ou so far (as)

plus loin (que) further ou farther (than)

voir plus loin dans le texte see below

cette arme porte loin this weapon has a long range

2. [dans le temps] far (away)

c'est loin tout ça!

a. [dans le passé] that was a long time ago!, that seems a long way off now!

b. [dans le futur] that's a long way off!

3. (figuré) far

de là à lui faire confiance, il y a loin there is a big difference between that and trusting him

d'ici à l'accuser de mensonge, il n'y a pas loin from here it's a short step to accusing him of lying

aller un peu ou trop loin to go (a bit) too far

j'irai plus loin et je dirai que... I'd go even further and say that...

la possession de stupéfiants, ça peut mener loin possession of drugs can lead to serious trouble

ils ont poussé les recherches très loin they took the research as far as possible

une analyse qui ne va pas très loin an analysis lacking in depth

avec 100 euros, on ne va pas loin you can't get very far on 100 euros

voir loin to be far-sighted

elle ne voit pas plus loin que le bout de son nez she can't see further than the end of her nose

il y a loin de la coupe aux lèvres (proverbe) there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip (proverbe)

4. (Suisse) [absent]

il est loin he's not here

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au loin locution adverbiale

far away

on voyait, au loin, une rangée de peupliers a row of poplars could be seen in the far distance ou far off in the distance

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d'aussi loin que locution conjonctive

il lui fit signe d'aussi loin qu'il la vit he signalled to her as soon as he saw her in the distance

d'aussi loin que je me souvienne as far back as I can remember

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de loin locution adverbiale

1. [depuis une grande distance] from a long way, from a distance

je vois mal de loin I can't see very well from a distance

tu verras mieux d'un peu plus loin you'll see better from a bit further away

ils sont venus d'assez loin à pied they came a fair distance ou quite a long way on foot

je l'ai vu venir de loin (familier) I saw him coming a mile off

2. [assez peu]

il ne s'intéresse que de loin à la politique he's only slightly interested in politics

suivre les événements de loin to follow events from a distance

3. [de beaucoup] far and away, by far

c'est de loin le meilleur cognac it's far and away ou it's by far the best brandy

je le préfère à ses collègues, et de loin I much prefer him to his colleagues

de loin en loin locution adverbiale

(soutenu)

1. [dans l'espace] at intervals, here and there

2. [dans le temps] from time to time, every now and then

du plus loin que locution conjonctive

il lui fit signe du plus loin qu'il l'aperçut he signalled to her as soon as he saw her in the distance

du plus loin qu'il se souvienne as far back as he can remember

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loin de locution prépositionnelle

1. [dans l'espace] a long way ou far (away) from

non loin de not far from

2. (figuré) far from

je ne suis pas loin de leur dire le fond de ma pensée it wouldn't take me much to tell them what I think, I have a good mind to tell them what I really think

j'étais loin de me douter que... I never imagined...

loin de moi l'idée de t'accuser far be it from me to accuse you

loin de moi cette idée! nothing could be further from my mind!

loin des yeux, loin du cœur (proverbe) out of sight, out of mind (proverbe)

loin de là

a. [endroit] far from there

b. (figuré) far from it

3. [dans le temps] a long way (away)

la Première Guerre mondiale est bien loin de nous maintenant the First World War is a long way away from us now

nous ne sommes plus loin de l'an 2000 maintenant we're not far off the year 2000 now

4. [au lieu de]

loin de m'aider far from helping me

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loin que locution conjonctive

(littéraire)

not that

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pas loin de locution adverbiale

[presque] nearly, almost

ça ne fait pas loin de quatre ans qu'ils sont mariés they've been married nearly four years

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > loin
20 should

[ʃud]
negative short form - shouldn't; verb

1) (past tense of shall: I thought I should never see you again.) skulle

2) (used to state that something ought to happen, be done etc: You should hold your knife in your right hand; You shouldn't have said that.) skulle; burde

3) (used to state that something is likely to happen etc: If you leave now, you should arrive there by six o'clock.) skulle kunne

4) (used after certain expressions of sorrow, surprise etc: I'm surprised you should think that.) ville; skulle

5) (used after if to state a condition: If anything should happen to me, I want you to remember everything I have told you today.) skulle

6) ((with I or we) used to state that a person wishes something was possible: I should love to go to France (if only I had enough money).) kunne godt tænke

7) (used to refer to an event etc which is rather surprising: I was just about to get on the bus when who should come along but John, the very person I was going to visit.) skulle

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[ʃud]
negative short form - shouldn't; verb

1) (past tense of shall: I thought I should never see you again.) skulle

2) (used to state that something ought to happen, be done etc: You should hold your knife in your right hand; You shouldn't have said that.) skulle; burde

3) (used to state that something is likely to happen etc: If you leave now, you should arrive there by six o'clock.) skulle kunne

4) (used after certain expressions of sorrow, surprise etc: I'm surprised you should think that.) ville; skulle

5) (used after if to state a condition: If anything should happen to me, I want you to remember everything I have told you today.) skulle

6) ((with I or we) used to state that a person wishes something was possible: I should love to go to France (if only I had enough money).) kunne godt tænke

7) (used to refer to an event etc which is rather surprising: I was just about to get on the bus when who should come along but John, the very person I was going to visit.) skulle

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