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2 lie

lie [laɪ]

mentir ⇒ 1 (a) se coucher ⇒ 1 (b) reposer ⇒ 1 (c) être classé ⇒ 1 (d) se trouver ⇒ 1 (e), 1 (g) rester ⇒ 1 (f) mensonge ⇒ 3 (a) configuration ⇒ 3 (b) position ⇒ 3 (c)

(cont lying, pt & pp sense (a) lied, pt senses (b)-(j) lay [leɪ], pp senses (b)-(j) lain [leɪn])

1 intransitive verb

(a) (tell untruth) mentir;

∎ he lied about his age il a menti sur son âge;

∎ "it wasn't me", she lied "ce n'était pas moi", dit-elle en mentant;

∎ to lie through one's teeth mentir effrontément;

∎ figurative the camera never lies une photo ne ment pas

(b) (person, animal → recline) se coucher, s'allonger, s'étendre; (→ be in lying position) être couché (à plat);

∎ to lie on one's back/side être couché sur le dos/côté;

∎ to be lying ill in bed être (malade et) alité;

∎ she lay on the beach all day elle est restée allongée sur la plage toute la journée;

∎ she was lying on the couch elle était couchée ou allongée sur le divan;

∎ we found him lying dead nous l'avons trouvé mort;

∎ he lay helpless on the floor il gisait là sans pouvoir bouger;

∎ lie still! ne bouge pas!;

∎ I like lying in bed on Sunday mornings j'aime rester au lit ou faire la grasse matinée le dimanche matin;

∎ they lay sound asleep ils dormaient profondément, ils étaient profondément endormis;

∎ she lay awake for hours elle resta plusieurs heures sans pouvoir s'endormir;

∎ to lie in wait for sb guetter l'arrivée de qn

(c) (corpse) reposer;

∎ he or his body lies in the village graveyard il ou son corps repose au cimetière du village;

∎ he will lie in state at Westminster Abbey son corps sera exposé solennellement à l'abbaye de Westminster;

∎ here lies John Smith (on gravestone) ci-gît John Smith

(d) (team, competitor → rank) être classé, se classer;

∎ France lies second, after Italy la France est classée deuxième, après l'Italie;

∎ she was lying fourth (in race) elle était en quatrième position

(e) (thing → be, be placed) être, se trouver;

∎ the papers lay on the table les papiers étaient sur la table;

∎ a folder lay open on the desk before her un dossier était ouvert devant elle sur le bureau;

∎ a pile of ammunition lay ready des munitions étaient là, prêtes à servir;

∎ I found your watch lying on the floor j'ai trouvé ta montre qui traînait par terre;

∎ several boats lay in the harbour plusieurs bateaux étaient mouillés dans le port;

∎ thick fog lay over the plain un brouillard épais recouvrait la plaine;

∎ snow lay (thick) on the ground il y avait une (épaisse) couche de neige;

∎ the castle now lies in ruins le château est aujourd'hui en ruines;

∎ figurative all her hopes and dreams lay in ruins tous ses espoirs et ses rêves étaient anéantis ou réduits à néant;

∎ the obstacles that lie in our way les obstacles qui bloquent notre chemin

(f) (thing → remain, stay) rester;

∎ the jewel lay hidden for many years le bijou est resté caché pendant de nombreuses années;

∎ our machines are lying idle nos machines sont arrêtées ou ne tournent pas;

∎ the money is just lying in the bank doing nothing l'argent dort à la banque;

∎ the snow didn't lie la neige n'a pas tenu

(g) (place → be situated) se trouver, être; (land → stretch, extend) s'étendre;

∎ Texas lies to the south of Oklahoma le Texas se trouve ou s'étend au sud de l'Oklahoma;

∎ these hills lie between us and the sea ces collines sont entre nous et la mer;

∎ the valley lay at our feet la vallée s'étendait à nos pieds;

∎ a vast desert lay before us un immense désert s'étendait devant nous

(h) (future event)

∎ they didn't know what lay ahead of them ils ne savaient pas ce qui les attendait;

∎ who knows what may lie in store for us qui sait ce qui nous attend ou ce que l'avenir nous réserve

(i) (answer, explanation, duty etc)

∎ the problem lies in getting them motivated le problème, c'est de réussir à les motiver;

∎ where do our real interests lie? qu'est-ce qui compte vraiment pour nous?;

∎ the fault lies with you c'est de votre faute;

∎ responsibility for the strike lies with the management la responsabilité de la grève incombe à la direction;

∎ the onus of proof lies with them c'est à eux qu'il incombe de fournir la preuve;

∎ my talents do not lie in that direction je n'ai pas de dispositions ou de talent pour cela

(j) Law (appeal, claim) être recevable

2 transitive verb

∎ she lied her way into the building elle a pénétré dans l'immeuble grâce à quelques mensonges;

∎ he always lies his way out of difficulties il se sort toujours des difficultés en mentant

3 noun

(a) (untruth) mensonge m;

∎ to tell lies dire des mensonges, mentir;

∎ a pack of lies un tissu de mensonges;

∎ literary to give the lie to sth démentir qch;

∎ it was in June, no, I tell a lie, in July c'était en juin, non, je me trompe, en juillet;

∎ there are lies, damned lies and statistics on fait dire ce que l'on veut aux chiffres

(b) (of land) configuration f, disposition f

(c) Golf (of golf ball) position f;

∎ he's got a bad lie c'est une balle difficile

►► lie detector détecteur m de mensonges;

∎ to take a lie detector test passer au détecteur de mensonges

➲ lie about, lie around intransitive verb

(a) (person) traîner;

∎ I lay about all weekend doing nothing j'ai traîné tout le week-end à ne rien faire

(b) (thing) traîner;

∎ don't leave your things lying about ne laisse pas traîner tes affaires

➲ lie back intransitive verb

∎ he lay back in his armchair il s'est renversé dans son fauteuil;

∎ figurative just lie back and take it easy! repose-toi un peu!;

∎ when you've finished you'll be able to lie back and take things easy quand tu auras fini tu pourras te reposer

➲ lie behind inseparable transitive verb

se cacher derrière;

∎ what can lie behind this unexpected decision? qu'est-ce qui peut bien se cacher derrière cette décision soudaine?;

∎ deep insecurity lay behind his apparently successful life sa vie, en apparence réussie, cachait une profonde insécurité

➲ lie down intransitive verb

se coucher, s'allonger, s'étendre;

∎ go and lie down for an hour va t'allonger une heure;

∎ to lie down on the ground se coucher ou s'allonger par terre;

∎ to take sth lying down accepter qch sans réagir ou sans broncher;

∎ I won't take this lying down! je ne vais pas me laisser faire comme ça!

➲ lie in intransitive verb

(a) (stay in bed) faire la grasse matinée

(b) archaic Medicine être en couches

➲ lie off intransitive verb

Nautical rester au large

➲ lie to intransitive verb

Nautical se tenir ou (se) mettre à la cape

➲ lie up intransitive verb

(person) rester au lit, garder le lit; (machine) ne pas tourner, être arrêté; (car) rester au garage

✾ Book 'As I Lay Dying' Faulkner 'Tandis que j'agonise'

ⓘ Lie back and think of England Peu de gens savent que la phrase à l'origine de cette formule ("allonge-toi et pense à l'Angleterre") fut prononcée par Lady Hillingdon en 1912, mais elle n'en évoque pas moins dans l'esprit de tous l'époque victorienne et son idéologie. En fait la phrase exacte était I lie down on my bed, close my eyes, open my legs, and think of England ("je m'allonge sur mon lit, je ferme les yeux, j'écarte les jambes, et je pense à l'Angleterre"). Aujourd'hui on utilise cette phrase dans son contexte d'origine à propos d'une femme qui accepte à contrecoeur d'avoir des rapports sexuels, et de manière générale pour parler d'une attitude caractérisée par un certain stoïcisme, comme dans l'example I know life's tough for you at the moment working out there in the Antarctic but you'll just have to lie back and think of England ("je sais que la vie n'est pas facile pour toi qui travailles là-bas dans l'Antarctique, mais il faut que tu prennes ton mal en patience").

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3 lie

I 1. noun
1) (false statement) Lüge, die

tell lies/a lie — lügen

no, I tell a lie,... — (coll.) nein, nicht dass ich jetzt lüge,... (ugs.)

white lie — Notlüge, die

give the lie to something — etwas Lügen strafen

2) (thing that deceives) [einzige] Lüge (fig.); Schwindel, der (abwertend)
2. intransitive verb,
lying lügen

lie to somebody — jemanden be- od. anlügen
II 1. noun
(direction, position) Lage, die

the lie of the land — (Brit. fig.): (state of affairs) die Lage der Dinge; die Sachlage
2. intransitive verb,
lying, lay, lain

1) liegen; (assume horizontal position) sich legen

many obstacles lie in the way of my success — (fig.) viele Hindernisse verstellen mir den Weg zum Erfolg

she lay asleep/resting on the sofa — sie lag auf dem Sofa und schlief/ruhte sich aus

lie still/dying — still liegen/im Sterben liegen

2)

lie idle — [Feld, Garten:] brachliegen; [Maschine, Fabrik:] stillstehen; [Gegenstand:] [unbenutzt] herumstehen (ugs.)

let something/things lie — etwas/die Dinge ruhen lassen

how do things lie? — wie liegen die Dinge?

3) (be buried) [begraben] liegen

4) (be situated) liegen

Austria lies to the south of Germany — Österreich liegt südlich von Deutschland

5) (be spread out to view)

the valley/plain/desert lay before us — vor uns lag das Tal/die Ebene/die Wüste

a brilliant career lay before him — (fig.) eine glänzende Karriere lag vor ihm

6) (Naut.)

lie at anchor/in harbour — vor Anker/im Hafen liegen

7) (fig.) [Gegenstand:] liegen

her interest lies in languages — ihr Interesse liegt auf sprachlichem Gebiet

I will do everything that lies in my power to help — ich werde alles tun, was in meiner Macht steht, um zu helfen

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/42782/lie_about">lie about

- lie back

- lie down

- lie in

- lie up

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I 1. noun
(a false statement made with the intention of deceiving: It would be a lie to say I knew, because I didn't.) die Lüge
2. verb
(to say etc something which is not true, with the intention of deceiving: There's no point in asking her - she'll just lie about it.) lügen

- liar
II present participle - lying; verb
1) (to be in or take a more or less flat position: She went into the bedroom and lay on the bed; The book was lying in the hall.) liegen

2) (to be situated; to be in a particular place etc: The farm lay three miles from the sea; His interest lies in farming.) liegen

3) (to remain in a certain state: The shop is lying empty now.) sich befinden

4) ((with in) (of feelings, impressions etc) to be caused by or contained in: His charm lies in his honesty.) bestehen

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- lie back
- lie down
- lie in
- lie in wait for
- lie in wait
- lie low
- lie with
- take lying down
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lie¹

[laɪ]

I. vi

<- y->

lügen

▪ to \lie about sth intentions, plans falsche Angaben über etw akk machen

I used to \lie about my age ich habe immer ein falsches Alter angegeben

▪ to \lie about sb über jdn die Unwahrheit erzählen

▪ to \lie to sb jdn belügen

▶ to \lie through one's teeth wie gedruckt lügen fam

II. vt

<- y->

to \lie one's way somewhere sich akk irgendwohin hineinschmuggeln

▪ to \lie one's way [or oneself] out of sth sich akk aus etw dat herausreden

III. n Lüge f

to be a pack [or BRIT tissue] of \lies erstunken und erlogen sein fam

to be an outright \lie glatt gelogen sein fam

to give the \lie to sb/sth jdn/etw Lügen strafen

to tell \lies Lügen erzählen

don't tell me \lies! lüg mich nicht an!

her name is Paula, no, I tell a \lie — it's Pauline ihr Name ist Paula — nein, Moment, bevor ich etwas Falsches sage — sie heißt Pauline

lie²

[laɪ]

I. n

1. no pl (position) Lage f

2. no pl esp BRIT, AUS (shape)

the \lie of the land die Beschaffenheit des Geländes; ( fig) die Lage

to find out the \lie of the land das Gelände erkunden; ( fig) die Lage sondieren [o peilen

II. vi

<-y-, lay, lain>

1. (be horizontal, resting) liegen

to \lie on one's back/in bed/on the ground auf dem Rücken/im Bett/auf dem Boden liegen

to \lie in state aufgebahrt sein [o liegen]

to \lie awake/quietly/still wach/ruhig/still [da]liegen

to \lie flat flach liegen [bleiben]

2. (be buried) ruhen

here \lies the body of... hier ruht...

3. (become horizontal) sich akk hinlegen

\lie face down! leg dich auf den Bauch!

4. (be upon a surface) liegen

snow lay thickly over the fields auf den Feldern lag eine dicke Schneeschicht

5. (be in a particular state)

to \lie at the mercy of sb jds Gnade ausgeliefert sein

to \lie in ruins in Trümmern liegen

to \lie under a suspicion unter einem Verdacht stehen

to \lie in wait auf der Lauer liegen

to \lie dying im Sterben liegen

to \lie empty leer stehen

to \lie fallow brach liegen

6. (remain) liegen bleiben

the snow didn't \lie der Schnee blieb nicht liegen

7. (be situated) liegen

the road lay along the canal die Straße führte am Kanal entlang

to \lie in anchor/harbour in Hamburg in Hamburg vor Anker/im Hafen liegen

to \lie off the coast [or shore] vor der Küste liegen

to \lie to the east/north of sth im Osten/Norden [o östlich/nördlich] einer S. gen liegen

the river \lies 40 km to the south of us der Fluss befindet sich 40 km südlich von uns

to \lie on the route to Birmingham auf dem Weg nach Birmingham liegen

8. (weigh)

to \lie heavily on sth schwer auf etw dat lasten

to \lie heavily on sb's mind jdn schwer bedrücken

to \lie heavily on sb's stomach jdm schwer im Magen liegen fam

9. (be the responsibility of)

▪ to \lie on sb jdm obliegen geh

▪ to \lie with sb bei jdm liegen

the choice/decision \lies [only] with you die Wahl/Entscheidung liegt [ganz allein] bei dir

it \lies with you to decide es liegt an dir zu entscheiden

the responsibility for the project \lies with us wir sind für das Projekt verantwortlich [o tragen die Verantwortung für das Projekt

10. (be found)

▪ to \lie in sth in etw dat liegen

where do your interests \lie? wo liegen deine Interessen?

the cause of the argument \lies in the stubbornness on both sides die Ursache des Streits liegt in [o an] der Sturheit auf beiden Seiten

the decision doesn't \lie in my power die Entscheidung [darüber] liegt nicht in meiner Macht

11. BRIT (in a competition)

to \lie bottom of/third in the table Tabellenletzter/-dritter sein

to \lie in second place auf dem zweiten Platz liegen

to \lie third dritter sein

to \lie in front of/behind sb vor/hinter jdm liegen

12. LAW claim, appeal zulässig sein

13.

▶ to \lie doggo BRIT ( fam) sich akk mucksmäuschenstill verhalten fam

▶ to \lie low (escape search) untergetaucht sein; (avoid being noticed) sich akk unauffällig verhalten; (bide one's time) sich akk [im Verborgenen] bereithalten

▶ to see how the land \lies die Lage sondieren [o peilen]

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I [laɪ]
1. n
Lüge f
it's a lie! — das ist eine Lüge!, das ist gelogen!

to tell a lie — lügen

I tell a lie, it's actually tomorrow — das stimmt ja gar nicht or ich hab mich vertan, es ist morgen

to give the lie to sb — jdn der Lüge bezichtigen or beschuldigen

to give the lie to a claim — die Unwahrheit einer Behauptung (gen) zeigen or beweisen, eine Behauptung Lügen strafen (geh)

2. vi
lügen
to lie to sb —

the camera never lies — die Kamera lügt nie

3. vt

to lie one's way out of sth — sich aus etw herauslügen
II vb: pret lay, ptp lain
1. n
(= position) Lage f, Position f
2. vi

1) (in horizontal or resting position) liegen; (= lie down) sich legen

he lay where he had fallen — er blieb liegen, wo er hingefallen war

lie on your back — leg dich auf den Rücken

obstacles lie in the way of our success — unser Weg zum Erfolg ist mit Hindernissen verstellt

the snow didn't lie —

to lie with sb ( Bibl old ) ( ) —,, old )

2) (= be buried) ruhen

to lie at rest — zur letzten Ruhe gebettet sein (geh)

3) (= be situated) liegen

the runner who is lying third (esp Brit) — der Läufer, der auf dem dritten Platz liegt

Uganda lies far from the coast — Uganda liegt weit von der Küste ab or entfernt

our road lay along the river — unsere Straße führte am Fluss entlang

our futures lie in quite different directions —

you are young and your life lies before you — du bist jung, und das Leben liegt noch vor dir

4) (= be, remain in a certain condition) liegen

to lie asleep — (daliegen und) schlafen

to lie helpless — hilflos daliegen

to lie dying — im Sterben liegen

he lay resting on the sofa — er ruhte sich auf dem Sofa aus

the snow lay deep — es lag tiefer Schnee

the book lay unopened — das Buch lag ungeöffnet da

to lie low —

to lie heavy on the stomach — schwer im Magen liegen

to lie heavy on the conscience — schwer auf dem Gewissen lasten

5) (immaterial things) liegen

where does the difficulty lie? — wo liegt die Schwierigkeit?

it lies with you to solve the problem — es liegt bei dir, das Problem zu lösen

his interests lie in music — seine Interessen liegen auf dem Gebiet der Musik or gelten der Musik

he did everything that lay in his power to help us — er tat alles in seiner Macht Stehende, um uns zu helfen

that responsibility lies with your department — dafür ist Ihre Abteilung verantwortlich

the real solution lies in education — Bildung ist die wahre Lösung

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lie¹ [laı]

A s Lüge f:

tell lies ( oder a lie) lügen;

that’s a lie! das ist eine Lüge!, das ist gelogen!;

give the lie to

a) jemanden der Lüge bezichtigen,

b) etwas, jemanden Lügen strafen, widerlegen;

lies have short wings (Sprichwort) Lügen haben kurze Beine; → live¹ B 2, white lie

B v/i ppr lying [ˈlaııŋ]

1. lügen:

lie to sb jemanden belügen, jemanden anlügen;

he lied (to them) about his past das, was er (ihnen) über seine Vergangenheit erzählte, war gelogen;

she lied (to them) about her age sie machte sich (ihnen gegenüber) jünger oder älter, als sie tatsächlich war;

lie through ( oder in) one’s teeth, lie in one’s throat umg das Blaue vom Himmel (herunter)lügen, wie gedruckt lügen

2. lügen, trügen, täuschen, einen falschen Eindruck erwecken (Zahlen etc)

C v/t lie to sb that … jemandem vorlügen, dass …;

lie o.s. ( oder one’s way) out of sich herauslügen aus

lie² [laı]

A s

1. Lage f (auch fig):

the lie of the land fig Br die Lage (der Dinge)

2. Lager n (von Tieren)

B v/i prät lay [leı], pperf lain [leın], ppr lying [ˈlaııŋ]

1. liegen:

a) allg im Bett etc liegen:

all his books are lying about ( oder around) the room seine ganzen Bücher liegen im Zimmer herum; → ruin A 2, etc

b) ausgebreitet, tot etc daliegen:

lie dying im Sterben liegen

c) gelegen sein, sich befinden:

the town lies on a river die Stadt liegt an einem Fluss;

lie second ( oder in second position) SPORT etc an zweiter Stelle oder auf dem zweiten Platz liegen;

all his money is lying in the bank sein ganzes Geld liegt auf der Bank

d) begründet liegen, bestehen ( beide:

in in dat)

e) begraben sein oder liegen, ruhen:

here lies … hier ruht …

2. liegen bleiben (Schnee)

3. SCHIFF, MIL liegen (Flotte, Truppe)

4. SCHIFF

a) vor Anker liegen

b) beidrehen: → lie along, lie off 1, lie to

5. a) liegen:

the goose lay heavy on his stomach die Gans lag ihm schwer im Magen

b) fig lasten (on auf der Seele etc):

his past lies heavily on him ( oder his mind) seine Vergangenheit lastet schwer auf ihm

6. führen, verlaufen:

the road lies through a forest

7. (behind) stecken (hinter dat), der Grund sein (für oder gen)

8. JUR zulässig sein (Klage etc):

appeal lies to the Supreme Court Berufung kann vor dem Obersten Bundesgericht eingelegt werden

9. lie with sb obs oder BIBEL jemandem beiliegen (mit jemandem schlafen)Besondere Redewendungen: as far as in me lies obs oder poet soweit es an mir liegt, soweit es in meinen Kräften steht;

his greatness lies in his courage seine Größe liegt in seinem Mut (begründet);

he knows where his interest lies er weiß, wo sein Vorteil liegt;

lie in sb’s way

a) jemandem zur Hand sein,

b) jemandem möglich sein,

c) in jemandes Fach schlagen,

d) jemandem im Weg stehen his talents do not lie that way dazu hat er kein Talent;

lie on sb JUR jemandem obliegen;

the responsibility lies on you die Verantwortung liegt bei dir;

lie on sb’s hands unbenutzt oder unverkauft bei jemandem liegen bleiben;

lie to the north SCHIFF Nord anliegen;

lie under an obligation eine Verpflichtung haben;

lie under the suspicion of murder unter Mordverdacht stehen;

lie under a sentence of death zum Tode verurteilt sein;

the fault lies with him die Schuld liegt bei ihm;

it lies with you to do it es liegt an dir oder es ist deine Sache, es zu tun; siehe Verbindungen mit den entsprechenden Substantiven etc

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I 1. noun
1) (false statement) Lüge, die

tell lies/a lie — lügen

no, I tell a lie,... — (coll.) nein, nicht dass ich jetzt lüge,... (ugs.)

white lie — Notlüge, die

give the lie to something — etwas Lügen strafen

2) (thing that deceives) [einzige] Lüge (fig.); Schwindel, der (abwertend)
2. intransitive verb,
lying lügen

lie to somebody — jemanden be- od. anlügen
II 1. noun
(direction, position) Lage, die

the lie of the land — (Brit. fig.): (state of affairs) die Lage der Dinge; die Sachlage
2. intransitive verb,
lying, lay, lain

1) liegen; (assume horizontal position) sich legen

many obstacles lie in the way of my success — (fig.) viele Hindernisse verstellen mir den Weg zum Erfolg

she lay asleep/resting on the sofa — sie lag auf dem Sofa und schlief/ruhte sich aus

lie still/dying — still liegen/im Sterben liegen

2)

lie idle — [Feld, Garten:] brachliegen; [Maschine, Fabrik:] stillstehen; [Gegenstand:] [unbenutzt] herumstehen (ugs.)

let something/things lie — etwas/die Dinge ruhen lassen

how do things lie? — wie liegen die Dinge?

3) (be buried) [begraben] liegen

4) (be situated) liegen

Austria lies to the south of Germany — Österreich liegt südlich von Deutschland

5) (be spread out to view)

the valley/plain/desert lay before us — vor uns lag das Tal/die Ebene/die Wüste

a brilliant career lay before him — (fig.) eine glänzende Karriere lag vor ihm

6) (Naut.)

lie at anchor/in harbour — vor Anker/im Hafen liegen

7) (fig.) [Gegenstand:] liegen

her interest lies in languages — ihr Interesse liegt auf sprachlichem Gebiet

I will do everything that lies in my power to help — ich werde alles tun, was in meiner Macht steht, um zu helfen

Phrasal Verbs:

- lie about

- lie back

- lie down

- lie in

- lie up

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n.

Lüge -n f. v.

(§ p.,p.p.: lied) (•§ p.,p.p.: lay, lain•)

= liegen v.

(§ p.,pp.: lag, gelegen)

lügen v.

(§ p.,pp.: log, gelogen)

English-german dictionary > lie
4 lie

§ ტყუილი, სიცრუე; ტყუილის თქმა, მოტყუება

§

1 ტყუილი, სიცრუე

2 ცრუობა (ცრუობს), ტყუილი (ტყუის)

she lies unblushingly ცრუობს და რც კი წითლდება

3 (lay, lain) წოლა (წევს), დება (დევს)

he lay on the grass ბალახზე იწვა

the book lay on the table წიგნი მაგიდაზე იდო

the whole life lies before you მთელი ცხოვრება წინ გიდევს / გაქვს

●●the fields lay in snow მინდვრები თოვლით იყო დაფარული

4 (lay, lain) მდებარეობა

France lies north of Spain საფრანგეთი ესპანეთის ჩრდილოეთით მდებარეობს

5 (lay, lain) გადაშლა (გადაიშლება)

a valley lay before us წინ ველი გადაგვეშალა

●●our way lies to the east ჩვენი გზა აღმოსავლეთისკენ მიდის

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the snow didn't lie თოვლი მალე დადნა

the ship lay at anchor გემი ღუზაჩაშვებული იდგა

the factory lay idle ქარხანა გაჩერებული იყო

where does the problem lie? რა პრობლემაა?

the responsibility lies with him პასუხისმგებლობა მას აკისრია

to lie at one's door: the guilt lies at his door იგია დამნაშავე

to lie in the dust: after an earthquake the town of Spitak lay in the dust მიწისძვრის დროს ქაალაქი სპიტაკი ნანგრევებად იქცა / მიწასთან გასწორდა

to lie near the heart გულთან ახლოს მიტანა

the loss of your mother lies near my heart მთელი გულით გითანაგრძნობ დედის დაკარგვას

to lie low განაბვა, გატრუნვა, დამალვა

to lie / fall prone პირდაღმა წოლა / დაცემა

he owned to have told a lie აღიარა, რომ ტყუილი თქვა

I suggest that you've said a lie იმის თქმა მინდა, რომ იცრუე

his book is stuffed with lies მისი წიგნი ტყუილებითაა დატენილი

our strength lies in our unity ჩვენი ძალა ერთობაშია

no one can match him in telling lies ტყუილებში ვერავინ სჯობნის // ბადალი არა ჰყავს

transparent lie აშკარა ტყუილი

don’t degrade yourself by telling lies ტყუილებით ნუ დაიმცირებ თავს

a tree lay across in the road გზაზე გარდიგარდმო ხე ეგდო

the dog lay by the side of the road ძაღლი გზის პირას იწვა

the country lay desolate after the withdrawal of the enemy troops მტრის ჯარის წასვლის შემდეგ ქვეყანა აოხრებული დარჩა

she lay face downwards პირქვე იწვა

the village lay in a hollow of the hills სოფელი ორ გორას შორის ტაფობში მდებარეობდა

he lay on his stomach პირქვე / პირდაღმა იწვა

I lay in an awkward position მოუხერხებელ პოზაში ვიწექი

the baby lay kicking ბავშვი იწვა და ფეხებს იქნევდა

it is a damned lie ეს უტიფარი სიცრუეა

a damnable lie საზიზღარი ტყუილი

to lie in wait for smb. დადარაჯება, (დაუდარაჯდება) ჩასაფრება (ჩაუსაფრდება);

it strikes me he's lying მგონი, ტყუის

I suspected him of lying ეჭვი გამიჩნდა, რომ ტყუოდა

it was patently obvious that he was lying აშკარად ჩანდა, რომ ტყუილს ამბობდა

I caught her out in a lie ტყუილზე დავიჭირე //ტყუილში გამოვიჭირე

a blatant lie მტკნარი სიცრუე

he will never descend to lying ტყუილს არასოდეს იკადრებს

where does the blame lie for our failure? რა არის ჩვენი წარუმატებლობის / მარცხის მოზეზი?

lying is foreign to his nature ტყუილის თქმა მისთვის უცხოა / მას არ ახასიათებს

English-Georgian dictionary > lie
5 snow

§ თოვლი; თოვა, თოვლის მოსვლა

§

1 თოვლი

deep snow ღრმა / დიდი თოვლი

snow bank ნამქერი

2 თოვს, თოვლი მოდის

it snows თოვს

it has started snowing თოვლი წამოვიდა

it snowed all day მთელი დღე თოვდა

the snow didn't lie თოვლი მალე დადნა

it started snowing თოვა დაიწყო

the snow will soon disappear თოვლი მალე დადნება

English-Georgian dictionary > snow
6 lie

I
1.
noun
(a false statement made with the intention of deceiving: It would be a lie to say I knew, because I didn't.) mentira

2. verb
(to say etc something which is not true, with the intention of deceiving: There's no point in asking her - she'll just lie about it.) mentir

- liar

II
present participle - lying; verb
1) (to be in or take a more or less flat position: She went into the bedroom and lay on the bed; The book was lying in the hall.)

2) (to be situated; to be in a particular place etc: The farm lay three miles from the sea; His interest lies in farming.) echarse, tumbarse

3) (to remain in a certain state: The shop is lying empty now.) estar (situado), encontrarse

4) ((with in) (of feelings, impressions etc) to be caused by or contained in: His charm lies in his honesty.) quedarse, permanecer

•

- lie back
- lie down
- lie in
- lie in wait for
- lie in wait
- lie low
- lie with
- take lying down

lie¹ n mentira

that's a lie! ¡eso es mentira!

lie² vb echarse / tumbarse

he was lying on the ground estaba tumbado en el suelo

I'm going to lie down for a while me voy a echar un rato

El pasado de lie es lay y el participio pasado es lain; el gerundio se escribe lying

lie³ vb mentir

don't lie to me no me mientas

El gerundio de lie se escribe lying

lie

tr[laɪ]

intransitive verb (pt & pp lied, ger lying)

1 mentir

noun

1 mentira

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be a pack of lies / be a tissue of lies ser pura mentira

to give the lie to desmentir

to lie through one's teeth familiar mentir uno más que habla

to tell lies mentir

lie detector detector nombre masculino de mentiras

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lie

tr[laɪ]

intransitive verb (pt lay tr[leɪ], pp lain tr[leɪn], ger lying)

1 (adopt a flat position) acostarse, tumbarse; (be in a flat position) estar acostado,-a, estar tumbado,-a

2 (decision) depender ( with, de); (responsibility) ser ( with, de), corresponder ( with, a)

■ the final decision lies only with the president la decisión final sólo depende del presidente

■ we must determine where the responsibility lies hemos de determinar de quién es la responsabilidad

3 (be situated) estar (situado,-a), encontrarse

■ the monastery lies north of the city el monasterio está al norte de la ciudad

■ the problem lies mainly in his stubbornness el problema radica principalmente en su intransigencia

■ what lies behind his offer of help? ¿qué esconde tras su oferta de ayuda?

4 (be buried) yacer

5 (remain) quedarse, permanecer

■ he lay still watching the deer permaneció inmóvil mirando el ciervo

noun

1 (position) posición nombre femenino, situación nombre femenino; (direction) orientación nombre femenino

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to lie down on the job columpiarse, dormirse

to lie low estar escondido,-a

to take something lying down aceptar algo sin chistar

the lie of the land la topografía (del terreno) 2 figurative use el estado de las cosas

lie ['laɪ] vi, lay ['leɪ] ; lain ['leɪn] ; lying ['laɪɪŋ]

1) : acostarse, echarse

I lay down: me acosté

2) : estar, estar situado, encontrarse

the book lay on the table: el libro estaba en la mesa

the city lies to the south: la ciudad se encuentra al sur

3) consist: consistir

4)

to lie in : residir en

the power lies in the people: el poder reside en el pueblo

lie vi, lied ; lying ['laɪɪŋ] : mentir

lie n

1) untruth: mentira f

to tell lies: decir mentiras

2) position: posición f

lie

n.

• disposición s.f.

• embuste s.m.

• filfa s.f.

• gazapa s.f.

• infundio s.m.

• mentira s.f.

• orientación s.f.

• trola s.f.

• trufa s.f.

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: lied) (•§ p.,p.p.: lay, lain•) = echarse v.

• estar acostado v.

• estar echado v.

• estar situado v.

• mentir v.

• trufar v.

• ubicarse v.

• yacer v.

I laɪ
noun ( untruth) mentira f

that's a lie! — (eso es) mentira!

to tell lies — decir* mentiras, mentir*

to give the lie to something — desmentir* algo

II

1) intransitive verb

Sense I

2) (3rd pers sing pres lies; pres p lying; past & past p lied) ( tell untruths) mentir*

to lie one's way out of/into something — salir* de un problema/conseguir* algo a base de mentiras

Sense II

3) (3rd pers sing pres lies; pres p lying; past lay; past p lain)

a) ( lie down) echarse, acostarse*, tenderse*

b) ( be in lying position) estar* tendido, yacer* (liter)

he often lies in bed until noon — con frecuencia se queda en la cama hasta el mediodía

lie still! — quédate quieto!

I lay awake for hours — estuve horas sin poder dormir

to lie low — tratar de pasar inadvertido

c) ( be buried) yacer* (liter), estar* sepultado (frml)

here lies John Brown — aquí yacen los restos de John Brown

4) (be) \<\<object\>\> estar*

the snow lay two feet deep — la nieve tenía dos pies de espesor

the book lay open at page 304 — el libro estaba abierto en la página 304

the factory still lay idle — la fábrica seguía parada

the ship lay at anchor — el barco estaba fondeado or anclado

5)

a) ( be located) \<\<building/city\>\> encontrarse*, estar* (situado or ubicado)

a group of islands lying off the west coast — un conjunto de islas situadas cerca de la costa occidental

b) ( stretch) extenderse*

6) \<\<problem/difference\>\> radicar*, estribar, estar*; \<\<answer\>\> estar*

where do your sympathies lie? — ¿con quién simpatizas?

it's hard to see where the problem lies — es difícil ver en qué estriba or radica el problema

victory lay within his grasp — tenía la victoria al alcance de la mano

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Phrasal Verbs:

- lie about

- lie ahead

- lie around

- lie back

- lie down

- lie in

I [laɪ]
1.

N mentira f

it's a lie! — ¡(es) mentira!

to tell lies — mentir

white lie — mentira f piadosa

- give the lie to
pack 1., 3)
2.

VI mentir

3.

VT

to lie one's way out of it — salir del apuro mintiendo

4.

CPD

lie detector N — detector m de mentiras

lie-detector test N — prueba f con el detector de mentiras

II [laɪ] (pt lay) (pp lain)
1. VI

1) [person, animal] (=act) echarse, acostarse, tenderse, tumbarse; (=state) estar echado or acostado or tendido or tumbado; (in grave) yacer, estar enterrado, reposar liter

don't lie on the grass — no te eches sobre el césped

he lay where he had fallen — se quedó donde había caído

• to lie asleep/in bed — estar dormido/en la cama

• to lie dead — yacer muerto

• to lie helpless — estar tumbado sin poder ayudarse

• here lies... — aquí yace...

• to let things lie — dejar estar las cosas como están

• to lie resting — estar descansando

• to lie still — quedarse inmóvil

- lie low

2) (=be situated) [object] estar; [town, house] estar situado, encontrarse, ubicarse (LAm); (=remain) quedarse; (=stretch) extenderse

the book lay on the table — el libro estaba sobre la mesa

• our road lay along the river — nuestro camino seguía a lo largo del río

• the plain lay before us — la llanura se extendía delante de nosotros

• where does the difficulty lie? — ¿en qué consiste or radica la dificultad?

• the factory lay idle — la fábrica estaba parada

• the town lies in a valley — el pueblo está situado or ubicado en un valle

England lies in third place — Inglaterra está en tercer lugar or ocupa la tercera posición

the money is lying in the bank — el dinero sigue en el banco

• how does the land lie? — ¿cuál es el estado actual de las cosas?

• obstacles lie in the way — hay obstáculos por delante

• the problem lies in his refusal — el problema estriba en su negativa

• the snow lay half a metre deep — había medio metro de nieve

the snow did not lie — la nieve se derritió

• the book lay unopened — el libro quedaba sin abrir

• the fault lies with you — la culpa es tuya, tú eres el culpable

it lies with you to change things — te corresponde a ti cambiar las cosas

2.

N [of ball] posición f

• the lie of the land — (Geog) la configuración del terreno; (fig) el estado de las cosas

- lie about

- lie back

- lie behind

- lie down

- lie in

- lie over

- lie to

- lie up

* * *

I [laɪ]
noun ( untruth) mentira f

that's a lie! — (eso es) mentira!

to tell lies — decir* mentiras, mentir*

to give the lie to something — desmentir* algo

II

1) intransitive verb

Sense I

2) (3rd pers sing pres lies; pres p lying; past & past p lied) ( tell untruths) mentir*

to lie one's way out of/into something — salir* de un problema/conseguir* algo a base de mentiras

Sense II

3) (3rd pers sing pres lies; pres p lying; past lay; past p lain)

a) ( lie down) echarse, acostarse*, tenderse*

b) ( be in lying position) estar* tendido, yacer* (liter)

he often lies in bed until noon — con frecuencia se queda en la cama hasta el mediodía

lie still! — quédate quieto!

I lay awake for hours — estuve horas sin poder dormir

to lie low — tratar de pasar inadvertido

c) ( be buried) yacer* (liter), estar* sepultado (frml)

here lies John Brown — aquí yacen los restos de John Brown

4) (be) \<\<object\>\> estar*

the snow lay two feet deep — la nieve tenía dos pies de espesor

the book lay open at page 304 — el libro estaba abierto en la página 304

the factory still lay idle — la fábrica seguía parada

the ship lay at anchor — el barco estaba fondeado or anclado

5)

a) ( be located) \<\<building/city\>\> encontrarse*, estar* (situado or ubicado)

a group of islands lying off the west coast — un conjunto de islas situadas cerca de la costa occidental

b) ( stretch) extenderse*

6) \<\<problem/difference\>\> radicar*, estribar, estar*; \<\<answer\>\> estar*

where do your sympathies lie? — ¿con quién simpatizas?

it's hard to see where the problem lies — es difícil ver en qué estriba or radica el problema

victory lay within his grasp — tenía la victoria al alcance de la mano

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Phrasal Verbs:

- lie about

- lie ahead

- lie around

- lie back

- lie down

- lie in

English-spanish dictionary > lie
7 snow

I [snəʊ] n
снег, снегопад

The snow lay thick on the ground. — Снег плотно покрывал землю.

The snow crunched under our feet. — Снег хрустел у нас под ногами.

There was a heavy fall of snow, we had heavy snow last night. — Вчера выпало много снега.

As white, as snow. — ◊ Белый, как снег.

- white snow

- clean snow

- early snow
- downy snow
- drifting snow
- frozen snow
- freshly-fallen snow
- newly-fallen snow
- shrinking snow
- granulated snow
- crusted snow
- eternal snows
- Arctic snows
- driving snow
- snow storm
- snow bank
- snow retention
- snow drifts
- first snows of winter
- region of perpetual snows
- a heavy fall of snow

- banks of snow
- blanket of snow
- footprints in the snow
- trees covered with snow
- hut buried under snow
- be delayed by snow
- be stopped by snow
- be caught in the snow
- be buried in snow
- lie under the snow
- beat a path in the snow
- brush the snow off one's boots
- bury smth in the snow
- clear the street of the snow
- cover smth with snow
- dig the car out of the snow
- fight through the snow
- lie on the snow
- melt the snow
- pelt smb with snow
- roll the snow into a ball
- sink in the snow
- stick in the snow
- sweep away snow
- walk in the snow
- snow falls in winter
- snow is thawing
- snow covers the ground
- snow didn't lie long
- everything is covered with snow
- snow falls and thick
- snow falls in large, soft snow-flakes
- snow is piled in large drifts
- in the sun the snow softens
- snow did not lie long
- snow melted away
USAGE:

Русское словосочетание "идет сильный снег" передается глаголом to snow: It snows/is snowing hard/heavily
II [snəʊ] v
(в безличных оборотах) идти (о снеге), мести (о метели)

- it snows
- it is snowing hard
- it is beginning to snow
- it snows hard

English-Russian combinatory dictionary > snow
8 lie

I [laɪ]
nome bugia f., menzogna f.

to tell a lie — dire una bugia

to give the lie to sth., sb. — smentire qcs., qcn

••

to live a lie — vivere nella menzogna
II 1. [laɪ]
verbo transitivo ( forma in -ing lying; pass., p.pass. lied)

he lied his way into the job — ha avuto il posto a suon di menzogne
2.
verbo intransitivo ( forma in -ing lying; pass., p.pass. lied) mentire (to sb. a qcn.; about su, riguardo a)

he lied about her — ha mentito riguardo a lei
III [laɪ]
nome (position) disposizione f., posizione f.
IV [laɪ]
verbo intransitivo ( forma in -ing lying; pass. lay; p.pass. lain)

1) (in horizontal position) [person, animal] (action) stendersi, distendersi, sdraiarsi; (state) stare disteso, stare sdraiato, giacere; [ objects] giacere

to be lying on the bed — essere disteso sul letto

to be lying in bed — restare a letto

to lie face down — stare a faccia in giù, mettersi a faccia in giù

don't lie in the sun too long — non stare disteso al sole per troppo tempo

lie still — stai giù

he lay dead — giaceva morto

here lies John Brown — qui giace John Brown

2) (be situated) essere situato, trovarsi; (remain) restare

to lie open — [ book] essere aperto

the toys lay all over the floor — i giochi erano sparsi sul pavimento

that's where our future lies — il nostro futuro è là

to lie before sb. — [life, career] aprirsi a qcn.

what lies ahead? — cosa ci aspetta?

3) (can be found) stare

their interests lie elsewhere — i loro interessi stavano da un'altra parte

to lie in — [cause, secret, fault] stare in; [popularity, strength] venire da

to lie in doing — [solution, cure] consistere nel fare

to lie behind — (be hidden) stare nascosto dietro; (instigate) essere all'origine di

the responsibility lies with them — la responsabilità è loro

4) (as covering)

the snow lay thick — c'era uno spesso strato di neve

to lie over — [ atmosphere] aleggiare su [place, gathering]

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- lie about

- lie back

- lie down

- lie in

- lie off

- lie up

••

to lie low — non farsi vedere

* * *
I 1. noun
(a false statement made with the intention of deceiving: It would be a lie to say I knew, because I didn't.)
2. verb
(to say etc something which is not true, with the intention of deceiving: There's no point in asking her - she'll just lie about it.)

- liar
II present participle - lying; verb
1) (to be in or take a more or less flat position: She went into the bedroom and lay on the bed; The book was lying in the hall.)

2) (to be situated; to be in a particular place etc: The farm lay three miles from the sea; His interest lies in farming.)

3) (to remain in a certain state: The shop is lying empty now.)

4) ((with in) (of feelings, impressions etc) to be caused by or contained in: His charm lies in his honesty.)

•

- lie back
- lie down
- lie in
- lie in wait for
- lie in wait
- lie low
- lie with
- take lying down
* * *
I [laɪ]
1. n

bugia, menzogna

to tell lies — raccontare or dir bugie

to give the lie to — smentire

2. vi, lying prp

mentire

I know she's lying — so che sta mentendo

you lied to me! — mi hai mentito!
II [laɪ]
vi lay pt lain pp lying prp

1) (also: lie down) sdraiarsi, distendersi, (be lying) essere sdraiato (-a) or disteso (-a), giacere, (dead body) giacere

he was lying on the sofa — era disteso sul divano

he had lain there for hours — è rimasto disteso lì per ore

he lay where he had fallen — giaceva a terra nel punto in cui era caduto

to lie still — giacere immobile

she lay in bed until 10 o'clock — è rimasta a letto fino alle 10

to lie low fig — tenersi nell'ombra, (hide) nascondersi

2) (be situated) trovarsi, essere, (remain) rimanere

the book lay on the table — il libro giaceva sul tavolo

the snow lay half a metre deep — la neve formava una coltre di mezzo metro

the town lies in a valley — la città è situata or si trova in una valle

the plain lay before us — la pianura si stendeva dinanzi a noi

in spite of the obstacles lying in his way — nonostante gli ostacoli che aveva di fronte

where does the difficulty/difference lie? — dov'è or qual è la difficoltà/differenza?

the fault lies with you — l'errore è tuo

the challenge lies in... — la difficoltà sta nel...

the best remedy lies in... — il miglior rimedio consiste nel...

•

- lie about

- lie back

- lie behind

- lie down

- lie in

- lie up

* * *
I [laɪ]
nome bugia f., menzogna f.

to tell a lie — dire una bugia

to give the lie to sth., sb. — smentire qcs., qcn

••

to live a lie — vivere nella menzogna
II 1. [laɪ]
verbo transitivo ( forma in -ing lying; pass., p.pass. lied)

he lied his way into the job — ha avuto il posto a suon di menzogne
2.
verbo intransitivo ( forma in -ing lying; pass., p.pass. lied) mentire (to sb. a qcn.; about su, riguardo a)

he lied about her — ha mentito riguardo a lei
III [laɪ]
nome (position) disposizione f., posizione f.
IV [laɪ]
verbo intransitivo ( forma in -ing lying; pass. lay; p.pass. lain)

1) (in horizontal position) [person, animal] (action) stendersi, distendersi, sdraiarsi; (state) stare disteso, stare sdraiato, giacere; [ objects] giacere

to be lying on the bed — essere disteso sul letto

to be lying in bed — restare a letto

to lie face down — stare a faccia in giù, mettersi a faccia in giù

don't lie in the sun too long — non stare disteso al sole per troppo tempo

lie still — stai giù

he lay dead — giaceva morto

here lies John Brown — qui giace John Brown

2) (be situated) essere situato, trovarsi; (remain) restare

to lie open — [ book] essere aperto

the toys lay all over the floor — i giochi erano sparsi sul pavimento

that's where our future lies — il nostro futuro è là

to lie before sb. — [life, career] aprirsi a qcn.

what lies ahead? — cosa ci aspetta?

3) (can be found) stare

their interests lie elsewhere — i loro interessi stavano da un'altra parte

to lie in — [cause, secret, fault] stare in; [popularity, strength] venire da

to lie in doing — [solution, cure] consistere nel fare

to lie behind — (be hidden) stare nascosto dietro; (instigate) essere all'origine di

the responsibility lies with them — la responsabilità è loro

4) (as covering)

the snow lay thick — c'era uno spesso strato di neve

to lie over — [ atmosphere] aleggiare su [place, gathering]

•

- lie about

- lie back

- lie down

- lie in

- lie off

- lie up

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to lie low — non farsi vedere

English-Italian dictionary > lie
9 liegen

lie·gen <lag, gelegen> [ʼli:gn̩]

vi haben o ( SÜDD) sein

1) ( sich in horizontaler Lage befinden)

irgendwo \liegen to lie somewhere;

ich liege noch im Bett I'm still [lying] in bed;

hast du irgendwo meinen Schlüsselbund \liegen gesehen? have you seen my key ring lying [around] anywhere?;

deine Brille müsste eigentlich auf dem Schreibtisch \liegen your glasses should be [lying] on the desk;

irgendwie \liegen to lie in a certain manner;

Herzkranke müssen hoch/höher \liegen people with heart problems should lie with their heads raised;

auf Latexmatratzen liegt man weich/ weicher latex mattresses are soft/softer for lying on;

in diesem Liegestuhl liegt man am bequemsten this is the most comfortable lounger to lie in;

das L\liegen lying;

\liegen bleiben ( nicht aufstehen) to stay in bed;

( nicht mehr aufstehen) to remain lying [down];

etw \liegen lassen to leave sth [there]

2) ( sich abgesetzt haben)

irgendwo \liegen to lie somewhere;

hier in den Bergen liegt oft bis Mitte April noch Schnee here in the mountains the snow often lies on the ground until mid-April;

auf den Autos liegt weißer Reif there is a white [covering of] frost on the cars;

bei euch liegt aber viel Staub it's very dusty [in] here;

über allen Möbeln lag eine dicke Staubschicht there was a thick layer of dust over all the furniture

3) ( lagern)

irgendwo \liegen to lie [or hang] somewhere;

[irgendwo] \liegen bleiben ( nicht weggenommen werden) to be left [somewhere];

Hände weg, das Buch bleibt [da] \liegen! hands off, the [or that] book's going nowhere!;

\liegen bleiben ( nicht verkauft werden) to remain unsold;

etw \liegen lassen to leave sth [undone]

4) ( vergessen)

irgendwo \liegen bleiben to be [or get] left behind somewhere;

mein Hut muss in dem Restaurant \liegen geblieben sein I must have left my hat in the restaurant;

etw \liegen lassen to leave sth behind;

verflixt, ich muss meinen Schirm in der U-Bahn \liegen gelassen haben! damn, I must have left my umbrella [behind] on the underground!

5) geog ( geografisch gelegen sein)

irgendwo \liegen to be somewhere

6) ( eine bestimmte Lage haben)

irgendwie \liegen to be [situated [or located] ] [or to lie] in a certain manner;

ihr Haus liegt an einem romantischen See their house is situated by a romantic lake;

gelegen situated;

eine bildhübsch/ ruhig/ verkehrsgünstig gelegene Villa a villa in a picturesque/quiet/easily accessible location;

irgendwohin \liegen to face somewhere;

diese Wohnung \liegen nach vorn zur Straße [hinaus] this flat faces [out onto] the street

7) ( begraben sein)

irgendwo \liegen to be [or lie] buried somewhere

8) naut ( festgemacht haben)

irgendwo \liegen to be [moored] somewhere

9) auto ( nicht weiterfahren können)

\liegen bleiben to break down [or have a breakdown];

10) sport ( einen bestimmten Rang haben)

irgendwo \liegen to be [or lie] somewhere;

wie \liegen unsere Schwimmer eigentlich im Wettbewerb? how are our swimmers doing in the competition?;

die Mannschaft liegt jetzt auf dem zweiten Tabellenplatz the team is now second in the division

11) ( angeordnet sein) to lie, to stay;

gut \liegen to stay in place [well];

richtig/nicht richtig \liegen to be/not be in the right place; Haar to stay in place

12) ( angesiedelt sein)

bei/um etw \liegen to cost sth;

der Preis dürfte [irgendwo] bei 4.500 Euro \liegen the price is likely to be [around] 4,500 euros;

irgendwo \liegen to cost sth;

damit \liegen Sie um 185.000 Euro höher that would put the price up by 185,000 euros;

damit \liegen Sie schnell bei 1,3 Millionen Euro Baukosten that would soon push the building costs up to 1.3 million euros;

zwischen... und... \liegen to cost between... and..., to be priced at between... and...

13) mode ( eine bestimmte Breite haben)

irgendwie \liegen to be a certain size;

wie breit liegt dieser Seidenstoff? how wide is this silk material?

14) ( verursacht sein)

an jdm/etw \liegen to be caused by sb/sth;

woran mag es nur \liegen, dass mir immer alles misslingt? why is it that everything I do goes wrong?

15) ( wichtig sein)

irgendetwas an jdm/etw \liegen to attach a certain importance to sb/sth;

du weißt doch, wie sehr mir daran liegt you know how important it is to me;

jdm ist etwas/ nichts/ viel an jdm/ etw gelegen sb/sth means sth/nothing/a lot to sb;

an diesem uninteressanten Stellenangebot war mir nichts gelegen I didn't bother [even] considering this unappealing job offer

16) meist verneint ( zusagen)

jdm \liegen sb likes sth;

( entspricht nicht jds Begabung) sb is good at sth;

körperliche Arbeit liegt ihr nicht/ weniger she's not really cut out for physical work

17) ( lasten)

auf jdm \liegen to weigh down [up]on sb

18) ( abhängig sein)

bei jdm \liegen to be up to sb;

in jds etw dat \liegen to be in sb's sth;

das liegt leider nicht in meiner Hand/ Macht unfortunately that is out of my hands/not within my power

19) ( begründet sein)

irgendwo \liegen to lie somewhere

20) ( nicht ausgeführt werden)

\liegen bleiben to be left undone

WENDUNGEN:

an mir/uns soll es nicht \liegen! don't let me/us stop you!; s. a. Ding

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch für Studenten > liegen
10 bola

f.

1 ball (esfera).

bola de alcanfor mothball

bola de billar billiard ball

bola de cristal crystal ball

bola del mundo globe

bola de naftalina mothball

bola de nieve snowball

convertirse en una bola de nieve (figurative) to snowball

bola de partido match point (en tenis)

2 fib (informal) (mentira).

contar bolas to fib, to tell fibs

3 rumor (informal).

corre la bola por ahí de que te has echado novio they say you've got yourself a boyfriend

4 shoe polish. ( Latin American Spanish)

5 shoeblacking, shoe polish, shoe cream.

6 scoop of ice cream.

7 polishing, shoe polishing.

8 tall story, cock-and-bull story, snow job.

9 lie, porky, porky pie.

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bola

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) ball

2 familiar fib, lie

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FRASEOLOGÍA

no rascar bola (incompetente) to make a mess of everything 2 (gandul) not to do a stroke

bola de nieve snowball

bola de cristal crystal ball

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noun f.

1) ball

2) lie, fib

* * *

SF

1) (=cuerpo esférico) ball; [de helado] scoop; (=canica) marble

van a sacar la bola premiada — they're going to pick the winning ball

del susto se me ha hecho una bola en el estómago — my stomach knotted up with fright

- estar hecho una bola

bola de alcanfor — mothball

bola de contar — abacus bead

bola de cristal — crystal ball

bola de fuego — (Mil) fireball; (Meteo) ball lightning

bola del mundo — globe

bola de naftalina — mothball

bola de nieve — snowball

bola de tempestad, bola de tormenta — storm signal

bola negra — black ball
pie 2), queso 1)
2) (Dep) ball; [de petanca] boule

- andar como bola huacha

- dar bola

se lo he dicho mil veces pero no me da bola — I've told him a thousand times but he doesn't take any notice o a blind bit of notice

¡dale bola! — what, again!

- dar la bola

- dejar que ruede la bola

- escurrir la bola

- ir a su bola

aquí cada uno va a su bola — everyone does their own thing here *

tú (ve) a tu bola — just do your own thing *

- parar bolas

no me paró bolas — he didn't take any notice, he didn't pay attention

- pasar la bola

- pasarse de la bola

- no rascar bola

bola de billar — billiard ball, snooker ball

- tener la cabeza como una bola de billar

bola de partido — Esp (Tenis) match ball

bola de set — Esp (Tenis) set point

3) [en lana, algodón] bobble

para que no le salgan bolas es mejor lavarlo a mano — it's best to wash it by hand to stop bobbles

hacerse bolas — [jersey, abrigo] to get bobbly; Méx * [persona] to get o.s. tied up in knots

4) Esp (=músculo) [del brazo] biceps; [de la pantorrilla] calf muscle

sacar bola — to flex one's muscles

5) ** (=cabeza) nut *, noggin (EEUU) **

tú estás mal de la bola — you're nuts *

- cambiar la bola

6) pl bolas *** (=testículos) balls ***

- en bolas

tíos en bolas — naked men

aquí todo el mundo va o está en bolas — everyone goes round naked o in the nude here

en esta cala está permitido ponerse en bolas — they allow nude bathing on this beach

tras el incendio nos quedamos en bolas — the fire completely cleaned us out *

- hasta las bolas

estoy hasta las bolas de él — I'm pissed off with him ***

me tiene hasta las bolas con sus tonterías — I'm pissed off with his fooling around ***, I've had it up to here with his fooling around *

- pillar a algn en bolas

- ¡qué bolas!

7) * (=mentira) fib

¡vaya bola que nos metiste! — what a fib you told us!

este niño nos quiere meter una bola — that boy's trying to put one past us *

¡qué bola más grande! — what a whopper! *

¿no te habrás tragado esa bola? — you didn't swallow that one, did you? *, you didn't fall for it, did you? *

8) (=rumor)

correr la bola — to spread the word

¿quién ha corrido la bola de que se van a vivir al extranjero? — who's been spreading the word that they're going to move abroad?

9) Méx

dar bola — to polish shoes

10) (Naipes) (grand) slam

media bola — small slam

11) (Náut) signal (with discs)

12) (Tip) golf ball

13) (Mec) ball bearing

14) Méx (=jaleo) row, hubbub; (=pelea) brawl

- se armó la bola

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femenino

1)

a) ( cuerpo redondo) ball; ( de helado) scoop

se hacen bolas con la masa — form the dough into balls

máquina de escribir de bola — golf ball typewriter

b) (Dep) ball; ( de petanca) boule; ( canica) (Col, Per) marble

parar or poner bolas — (Col fam) to pay attention, listen up (AmE colloq)

tener la cabeza como una bola de billar — to be as bald as a cue ball (AmE) o (BrE) as bald as a coot (colloq)

c) bolas femenino plural (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( testículos) balls (pl) (colloq or vulg)

estar en bolas — (fam o vulg) to be stark naked (colloq)

estar hasta las bolas — (vulg) to be pissed off (sl)

hacerse bolas con algo — (Méx) to get in a mess over something

pillar a alguien en bolas — (fam o vulg) to catch somebody with their pants (AmE) o (BrE) trousers down (colloq)

d) (fam) ( músculo - del brazo) biceps; (- de la pantorrilla) calf muscle

sacar bola — (Esp) to flex one's muscles

- bola de cristal

- bola de nieve

- bola de partido/de set

- bolas criollas

2) (fam) ( mentira) lie, fib (colloq)

me metió una bola — he told me a fib

contar/decir bolas — to fib (colloq), to tell fibs (colloq)

se tragó la bola! — she swallowed it! (colloq)

3) (Andes, RPl fam) ( atención)

no me dio bola — he didn't take the slightest bit of notice (colloq)

no me da bola — he's not interested in me

4) (Méx fam) ( montón)

una bola de — loads of (colloq)

5) (Méx) revolution, uprising ( esp the Mexican Revolution)

armarse la bola — (Méx)

se armó la bola — all hell broke loose (colloq)

* * *

= fib, fibbing, ball.

Ex. Democracy's most acute failures tend to result from power brokers who tell big fibs about the distribution of power.

Ex. When it comes to fibbing, women are far ahead of their male counterparts, a new survey has revealed.

Ex. People are positively delighted to find that there are motion picture loops on how to throw a ball properly, art slides, and all this sort of thing.

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* bañarse en bolas = skinny dip.

* bola de alcanfor = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.

* bola de barro = mudpie.

* bola de cristal = crystal ball.

* bola de cristal con nieve dentro = snow globe.

* bola de hacer punto = knitting yarn.

* bola de molienda = grinding ball.

* bola de naftalina = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.

* bola para el control del cursor en pantalla = trackball.

* decir bolas = fib.

* echar la bola a rodar = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.

* efecto bola de nieve = snowball effect.

* en bolas = stark naked, in the nod, in the buff.

* hacer una bola con Algo = ball + Nombre + up.

* mantener la bola rodando = keep + the ball rolling.

* mirar la bola de cristal = gaze into + crystal ball.

* parada de bola = fielding.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( cuerpo redondo) ball; ( de helado) scoop

se hacen bolas con la masa — form the dough into balls

máquina de escribir de bola — golf ball typewriter

b) (Dep) ball; ( de petanca) boule; ( canica) (Col, Per) marble

parar or poner bolas — (Col fam) to pay attention, listen up (AmE colloq)

tener la cabeza como una bola de billar — to be as bald as a cue ball (AmE) o (BrE) as bald as a coot (colloq)

c) bolas femenino plural (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( testículos) balls (pl) (colloq or vulg)

estar en bolas — (fam o vulg) to be stark naked (colloq)

estar hasta las bolas — (vulg) to be pissed off (sl)

hacerse bolas con algo — (Méx) to get in a mess over something

pillar a alguien en bolas — (fam o vulg) to catch somebody with their pants (AmE) o (BrE) trousers down (colloq)

d) (fam) ( músculo - del brazo) biceps; (- de la pantorrilla) calf muscle

sacar bola — (Esp) to flex one's muscles

- bola de cristal

- bola de nieve

- bola de partido/de set

- bolas criollas

2) (fam) ( mentira) lie, fib (colloq)

me metió una bola — he told me a fib

contar/decir bolas — to fib (colloq), to tell fibs (colloq)

se tragó la bola! — she swallowed it! (colloq)

3) (Andes, RPl fam) ( atención)

no me dio bola — he didn't take the slightest bit of notice (colloq)

no me da bola — he's not interested in me

4) (Méx fam) ( montón)

una bola de — loads of (colloq)

5) (Méx) revolution, uprising ( esp the Mexican Revolution)

armarse la bola — (Méx)

se armó la bola — all hell broke loose (colloq)

* * *

= fib, fibbing, ball.

Ex: Democracy's most acute failures tend to result from power brokers who tell big fibs about the distribution of power.

Ex: When it comes to fibbing, women are far ahead of their male counterparts, a new survey has revealed.

Ex: People are positively delighted to find that there are motion picture loops on how to throw a ball properly, art slides, and all this sort of thing.

* bañarse en bolas = skinny dip.

* bola de alcanfor = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.

* bola de barro = mudpie.

* bola de cristal = crystal ball.

* bola de cristal con nieve dentro = snow globe.

* bola de hacer punto = knitting yarn.

* bola de molienda = grinding ball.

* bola de naftalina = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.

* bola para el control del cursor en pantalla = trackball.

* decir bolas = fib.

* echar la bola a rodar = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.

* efecto bola de nieve = snowball effect.

* en bolas = stark naked, in the nod, in the buff.

* hacer una bola con Algo = ball + Nombre + up.

* mantener la bola rodando = keep + the ball rolling.

* mirar la bola de cristal = gaze into + crystal ball.

* parada de bola = fielding.

* * *

bola

feminine

A

1 (cuerpo redondo) ball; (de helado) scoop

se hacen bolas con la masa form the dough into balls

el gato estaba hecho una bolita en el sofá the cat was curled up (in a little ball) on the sofa

se me hizo una bola en el estómago I got a knot in my stomach

tengo una bola en el estómago de haber comido tan rápido I ate too fast, my stomach feels heavy

te vas a poner como una bola you're going to get very fat

algunos tejidos se hacen bolas some materials get o go bobbly

máquina de escribir de bola golf ball typewriter

dorarle la bola a algn ( fam); to sweet-talk sb ( colloq)

2 ( Dep) ball; (de petanca) boule; (canica) (Col, Per) marble

andar como bola huacha ( Chi fam): ando como bola huacha I'm at a loss, I don't know what to do with myself

como bola sin manija ( RPl fam): me tiene como bola sin manija he has me running about from pillar to post

desde que se mudaron los amigos anda como bola sin manija since his friends moved away he's been at a complete loss o he's been wandering around like a lost soul o he hasn't known what to do with himself

echarse la bolita ( Méx); to pass the buck

más calvo que una bola de boliche ( Méx); bald as a coot ( colloq)

parar or poner bolas ( Col fam); to pay attention, listen up ( AmE colloq)

pare bolas, que le estoy hablando pay attention when I'm talking to you

le advertí, pero no me puso bolas I warned him, but he didn't take the slightest notice ( colloq)

(pelado) como una bola de billar ( RPl); as bald as a coot ( colloq), bald as a cue ball ( AmE) o ( BrE) billiard ball

tener la cabeza como una bola de billar to be as bald as a coot ( colloq), to be as bald as a cue ball ( AmE) o ( BrE) billiard ball

3 bolas fpl (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) (testículos) balls (pl) ( famor vulg)

darle por or romperle las bolas a algn ( vulg); to get on sb's nerves ( colloq), piss sb off (sl)

me da por las bolas que me empujen it really gets on my nerves o up my nose when people push me ( colloq), it really pisses me off when people push me (sl)

estar en bolas ( fam o vulg); to be stark naked ( colloq)

estar hasta las bolas ( vulg); to be pissed off (sl)

hacerse bolas con algo ( Méx); to get in a mess over sth

pillar a algn en bolas to catch sb on the hop ( colloq), to catch sb with their pants ( AmE) o ( BrE) trousers down ( colloq)

4 ( fam) (músculo — del brazo) biceps; (— de la pantorrilla) calf muscle

sacar bola to flex one's muscles

se me subió la bola I got a cramp ( AmE), I got cramp ( BrE)

Compuestos:

● bola de cristal

crystal ball

● bola de nieve

snowball

● bola de partido

match point

● bola de set

set point

● bolas criollas

fpl ( Ven) game similar to petanque

B ( fam) (mentira) lie, fib ( colloq); (rumor) rumor*

me metió una bola he told me a fib

contar/decir bolas to fib ( colloq), to tell fibs ( colloq)

¡se tragó la bola! she swallowed it! ( colloq), she fell for it! ( colloq)

corre la bola de que … (the) word is that …, word has it that …, it's going round that …

C

(Andes, RPI fam) (atención): se lo dije pero él no me dio bola or pero él, ni bola I told him, but he didn't take the slightest bit o ( BrE) a blind bit of notice ( colloq)

D

( Méx fam) (montón): una bola de niños loads of o a whole bunch of kids ( colloq)

una bola de libros stacks o loads of books ( colloq)

E

( Méx fam) (brillo): ¿le doy bola? shall I polish o shine your shoes?

F ( Méx) revolution, uprising ( esp the Mexican Revolution)

armarse la bola ( Méx): cuando marcaron el penalty se armó la bola when they scored from the penalty all hell broke loose ( colloq)

¿por qué se armó la bola? — porque no había boletos what was all the fuss about? — there were no tickets left ( colloq)

* * *

bola sustantivo femenino
1 ( cuerpo redondo) ball;
( de helado) scoop;
(Dep) ball;
( de petanca) boule;
( canica) (Col, Per) marble;
◊ bola de cristal crystal ball;

bola de nieve snowball;
bola de partido/de set match/set point
2
◊ bolas sustantivo femenino plural (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( testículos) balls (pl) (colloq or vulg);

estar en bolas (fam or vulg) to be stark naked (colloq);
hacerse bolas con algo (Méx) to get in a mess over sth
3 (fam) ( mentira) lie, fib (colloq);
◊ me metió una bola he told me a fib;

contar/decir bolas to fib (colloq), to tell fibs (colloq)
4 (Méx fam) ( montón):
◊ una bola de loads of (colloq)

bola sustantivo femenino
1 ball
(canica) marble
2 fam (mentira) fib
♦ Locuciones: correr la bola, to spread a rumour
(desprevenido) without warning
no dar pie con bola, to be unable to do anything right
vulgar en bolas, (desnudo) naked
' bola' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
billar
- borla
- terráquea
- terráqueo
- efecto
- granizo
- hueco
- ratón
English:
ball
- bowl
- crystal ball
- dip
- dumpling
- mothball
- pellet
- scoop
- snowball
- crumple
- crystal
- fib
- into
- putt
- roll-on
- track

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bola nf

1. [esfera] ball;
[de helado] scoop;
tengo una bola en el estómago my stomach feels bloated;

si sigues comiendo pasteles te pondrás como una bola if you carry on eating cakes, you'll get fat;

Comp

dejar rodar la bola to let it ride

Comp
bola de alcanfor mothball;
bola de cristal crystal ball;

bola de fuego fireball;

bola del mundo globe;

bola de naftalina mothball;

bola de nieve snowball;
Fig
convertirse en una bola de nieve to snowball

2. [pelota] ball;
[canica] marble;
Comp
Esp Fam
no tocar o [m5]rascar bola: se pasó el partido entero sin tocar o [m5] rascar bola he didn't do a single thing in the whole match;

Comp

no dio pie con bola he didn't do o get a thing right

Comp
bola de billar billiard ball;
bola de break [en tenis] break point;
Ven bolas criollas bowls [singular];
bola de juego [en tenis] game point;

bola jugadora [en billar] cue ball;

bola de partido [en tenis] match point;

bola de set [en tenis] set point

3. Fam [mentira] fib;

contar bolas to fib, to tell fibs;

me intentó meter una bola she tried to tell me a fib;

esa bola no me la trago I'm not going to fall for that one

4. Fam [rumor]
corre la bola por ahí de que te has echado novio they say you've got yourself a boyfriend;

¡corre la bola!, nos van a poner un examen mañana they're going to give us an exam tomorrow, pass it on!

5. Fam [músculo]
sacar bola to make one's biceps bulge

6. bola de nieve [planta] snowball tree

7. muy Fam
bolas [testículos] balls;

Comp
Ven Fam
echarle bolas: tienes que echarle bolas al asunto you really need to put some oomph o guts into it;

Comp
Fam
en bolas [desnudo] stark naked, Br starkers;

pillar a alguien en bolas [sin nada, desprevenido] to catch sb out;

¡me has pillado en bolas!, ¡no tengo ni idea! you've got me there, I haven't a clue!;

el profesor nos pilló en bolas the teacher caught us unprepared;

Comp
RP muy Fam
hinchar o [m5] romper las bolas [molestar] to be a pain in the Br arse o US butt

8. Am [betún] shoe polish

9. Chile [cometa] kite [large and round]

10. Méx Fam [grupo de gente] crowd;

en bola [en grupo] in a crowd, as a group

11. Méx [riña] tumult, uproar

12. Cuba, Chile
bolas croquet

13. Fam

Comp
Esp
a mi/tu/su bola: nosotros trabajando y él, a su bola we were working and there he was, just doing his own thing;
Bol, RP
andar como bola sin manija to wander around;
Ven
de bola que sí sure, you bet your life;
Méx
estar o [m5] meterse en bola to participate;
Méx
hacerse bolas to get muddled up;
RP
estar hecho bola to be shattered o Br knackered;
RP
dar bola a alguien to pay attention to sb;

nadie le da bola al nuevo compañero nobody takes any notice of our new colleague;

nunca le dio bola a su hijo she never showed any interest in her son;
Andes, Ven
parar bola a alguien to pay attention to sb;
RP
tener bolas [ser valiente] to have guts;
[ser lento] to be slow o thick
14. ver bolo²

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bola

f

1 ball;

no dar pie con bola get everything wrong;

dejar que ruede la bola fig let things take their course

2 TÉC ball bearing

3 de helado scoop

4 fam ( mentira) fib fam

5

:

bolas pl pop balls pop, nuts pop ;

en bolas fam stark naked

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bola nf

1) : ball

bola de nieve: snowball

2) fam : lie, fib

3) Mex fam : bunch, group

una bola de rateros: a bunch of thieves

4) Mex : uproar, tumult

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bola n

1. (esfera) ball

las bolas de billar son de marfil billiard balls are made of ivory

2. (mentira) lie

no cuentes bolas don't tell lies

bola de nieve snowball

Spanish-English dictionary > bola
11 caer

v.

1 to fall.

tropezó y cayó al suelo she tripped and fell (over o down)

caer de un tejado/árbol to fall from a roof/tree

caer rodando por la escalera to fall down the stairs

dejar caer algo to drop something (objeto)

María cayó por las gradas Mary fell down the stairs.

2 to fall (rain, snow).

cayeron cuatro gotas there were a few spots of rain

3 to go down, to set (sun).

al caer el día o la tarde at dusk

al caer el sol at sunset

4 to fall for it.

5 to drop in (to visit). ( Latin American Spanish)

Se me cayó el vaso I dropped the glass.

6 to decrease, to decline, to fall, to drop.

La presión barométrica cayó The barometric pressure decreased=fell.

7 to drop it.

Se me cayó I dropped it.

8 to fall on, to drop on, to fall over.

Me cayó una gota de lluvia A raindrop fell on me.

9 to crash on.

Se me cayó el sistema The system crashed on me.

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CAER

CONJUGACIÓN

Present Indicative

caigo, caes, cae, caemos, caéis, caen.

Past Indicative

caí, caíste, cayó, caímos, caísteis, cayeron.

Present Subjunctive

caiga, caigas, caiga, caigamos, caigáis, caigan.

Imperfect Subjunctive

cayera, cayeras, cayera, cayéramos, cayerais, cayeran;

cayese, cayeses, cayese, cayésemos, cayeseis, cayesen.

Future Subjunctive

cayere, cayeres, cayere, cayéremos, cayereis, cayeren.

Imperative

cae (tú), caiga (él/Vd.), caigamos (nos.), caed (vos.), caigan (ellos/Vds.).

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verb

1) to fall

2) drop

3) hang

•

- caerse
- caer bien
- caer mal
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Para las expresiones caer en la cuenta, caer en desuso, caer en el olvido, caer enfermo, caer redondo, caerse de risa, ver la otra entrada.
1. VERBO INTRANSITIVO

1) [persona, objeto]

a) [desde la posición vertical] to fall

me hice daño al caer — I fell and hurt myself

cayó al suelo y se dio un golpe en la cabeza — he fell to the ground and hit his head

tropezó y cayó de espaldas — she stumbled and fell on her back

cayó muerto de un tiro — he was shot dead

• [hacer] caer algo — to knock sth over

al pasar hizo caer la lámpara — he knocked the lamp over as he brushed past

b) [desde una altura] to fall

cayó de un tercer piso — he fell from the third floor

el niño cayó al río — the child fell into the river

cayó una bomba en el mercado — a bomb fell on the market

el avión cayó al mar — the plane came down in the sea

el coche cayó por un barranco — the car went over a cliff

• [dejar] caer — [+ objeto] to drop; [+ comentario] to slip in

se sobresaltó y dejó caer la bandeja — she gave a start and dropped the tray

dejó caer que estaba buscando otro trabajo — he mentioned that he was looking for another job

• [dejarse] caer — [sobre sofá, cama] to fall; (=visitar) to drop in, drop by

se dejó caer sobre la cama — he fell onto the bed

suele dejarse caer por aquí — he usually drops in {o} by

• caer [sobre] algo/algn — to fall on sth/sb

una gran piedra cayó sobre el tejado — a large stone fell on the roof

cayeron sobre nosotros rocas enormes — huge boulders fell on us

los presos cayeron sobre el guarda — the prisoners fell on the warder

los fotógrafos cayeron sobre ella — the photographers pounced on her

queremos que caiga sobre él todo el peso de la Ley — we want the full weight of the law to be brought to bear on him

- estar al caer

su excarcelación está al caer — his release is imminent {o} is expected any day

el jefe está al caer — the boss will be here any moment

2) [lluvia, helada]

la lluvia caía incesantemente sobre Madrid — the rain was falling continuously on Madrid

cayó un chaparrón — there was a heavy shower

¡qué nevada ha caído! — what a heavy snowfall!, what a heavy fall of snow!

cayó un rayo en la torre — the tower was struck by lightning

3) (=colgar) to hang, fall

es una tela que cae mucho — it's a fabric which hangs {o} falls nicely

le caía un mechón sobre la frente — a lock of hair fell across his forehead

4) (=bajar) [precio, temperatura] to fall, drop

caerá la temperatura por debajo de los veinte grados — the temperature will fall {o} drop below twenty degrees

el dólar cayó más de cinco centavos — the dollar fell over five cents

la bolsa de Nueva York ha vuelto a caer — the New York stock exchange has fallen again
picado 2., 2)
5) (=ser derrotado) [soldados, ejército] to be defeated; [deportista, equipo] to be beaten; [ciudad, plaza] to fall, be captured; [criminal] to be arrested

cayó en la final ante su rival polaco — he was beaten in the final by his Polish rival

ha caído el gobierno — the government has fallen

6) (=morir) to fall, die

muchos cayeron en el campo de batalla — many fell {o} died on the field of battle

cayó como un valiente — he died a hero

cayeron abatidos por las balas — they were killed by the gunfire

- caer como chinches

7)

• caer [en] (=incurrir) —

caer en un engaño — to be tricked

no debemos caer en el triunfalismo — we mustn't give way to triumphalism {o} to crowing over our triumphs

• caer en el [error] de hacer algo — to make the mistake of doing sth

• caer en la [tentación] — to give in {o} yield to temptation

y no nos dejes caer en la tentación — (Biblia) and lead us not into temptation

caer bajo —

¡qué bajo has caído! — [moralmente] how low can you get!, how can you sink so low?; [socialmente] you've certainly come down in the world!
trampa 2)
8) (=darse cuenta)

no caigo — I don't get it *, I don't understand

ya caigo — I see, now I understand, now I get it *

• caer en [que] — to realize that

9) [fecha] to fall, be

su cumpleaños cae en viernes — her birthday falls {o} is on a Friday

¿en qué cae el día de Navidad? — what day is Christmas Day?, what day does Christmas fall on?

10) (=tocar)

el premio gordo ha caído en Madrid — the first prize (in the lottery) {o} the jackpot went to Madrid

• caerle [a algn], le pueden caer muchos años de condena — he could get a very long sentence

le puede caer una multa de 50 dólares — he could get a 50 dollar fine

- ¡la que nos ha caído encima!

11) (=estar situado) to be

¿por dónde cae eso? — whereabouts is that?

eso cae más hacia el este — that lies {o} is further to the east

12)

• caer [dentro] de (=estar comprendido en) —

no cae dentro de mis atribuciones — it is not within my powers

esta cuestión no cae dentro del ámbito de este trabajo — that falls outside the scope of this study

eso cae dentro de la responsabilidad de los ayuntamientos — that falls within the remit of town councils

13) (=causar impresión)

no les caí — CAm I didn't hit it off with them, I didn't get on well with them, they didn't take to me

• caer [bien] a algn, me cae (muy) bien — I (really) like him, I like him (very much)

no me cae nada bien — I don't like him at all

Pedro no le cayó bien a mi padre — Pedro didn't make a very good impression on my father, my father didn't really take to Pedro

• caer [gordo] {o} [fatal] a algn * —

me cae gordo {o} fatal el tío ese — I can't stand that guy

• caer [mal] a algn, me cae mal — I don't like him

14) (=sentar)

a) [información, comentario]

me cayó fatal lo que me dijiste — I was very upset by what you said, what you said really upset me

la noticia cayó como un mazazo — the news was a blow

b) [ropa]

caerle bien a algn — to suit sb

caerle mal a algn — not to suit sb

15) (=terminar)

• al caer la [noche] — at nightfall

• al caer la [tarde] — at dusk

2.

See:

caerse

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1) ( de una altura) to fall; ( de posición vertical) to fall over

caí mal — I fell badly o awkwardly

cayó cuan largo era — he fell flat on his face

el coche cayó por un precipicio — the car went over a cliff

cayó muerto allí mismo — he dropped down dead on the spot

se dejó caer en el sillón/en sus brazos — she flopped into the armchair/fell into his arms

se dejó caer desde el borde del precipicio — he jumped off from the edge of the cliff

el avión cayó en picada or (Esp) en picado — the plane nosedived

cayó en el mar — it came down in the sea

caer parado — (AmL) ( literal) to land on one's feet; ( tener suerte) to fall o land on one's feet

dejar caer algo — < objeto> to drop; < noticia> to let drop o fall; < indirecta> to drop

2) chaparrón/nevada

cayó un chaparrón — it poured down

cayó una fuerte nevada — it snowed heavily

cayó una helada — there was a frost

cayeron unas pocas gotas — there were a few drops of rain

el rayo cayó cerca — the lightning struck nearby

3)

a) cortinas/falda to hang

el pelo le caía suelto hasta la cintura — her hair hung down to her waist

b) terreno to drop

caer en pendiente — to slope down

4)

a) ( incurrir)

caer en algo: no caigas en ese error don't make that mistake; cayó en la tentación de mirar she succumbed to the temptation to look; la obra por momentos cae en lo ridículo at times the play lapses into the ridiculous; caer muy bajo to stoop very low; qué bajo has caído — you've really sunk low this time

b) (en engaño, timo)

todos caímos (en la trampa) — we all fell for it

caer como angelitos — (fam)

cayeron como chinos or angelitos — they swallowed it hook, line and sinker

5) (fam) (entender, darse cuenta)

ah, ya caigo! — ( ya entiendo) oh, now I get it! (colloq); ( ya recuerdo) oh, now I remember

no caigo — I can't think o I'm not sure what (o who etc) you mean

no caí en que tú no tenías llave — I didn't realize o (fam) I didn't click that you didn't have keys

6) ( en un estado)

caer en desuso — palabra to fall into disuse; costumbre to die out

caer en el olvido — to sink into oblivion

caer enfermo — to fall ill

cayó en cama — he took to his bed

7)

a) gobierno/ciudad to fall

caer en poder de alguien — to fall to somebody

b) ( perder el cargo) to lose one's job

se hará una investigación, caiga quien caiga — an inquiry will be held, however many heads have to roll

c) soldado ( morir) to fall, die; ( ser apresado) to be caught

8)

a) desgracia/maldición

caer sobre alguien — to befall somebody (frml or liter)

la que me (te, etc) ha caído encima — (fam)

no sabes la que te ha caído encima — you don't know what's in store for you

b)

al caer la tarde/la noche — at sunset o dusk/nightfall

antes de que caiga la noche — before it gets dark o before nightfall

9) (fam) ( tocar en suerte)

le cayó una pregunta muy difícil — he got a really difficult question

le cayeron tres años (de cárcel) — he got three years (in jail)

el gordo cayó en Bilbao — the jackpot was won by someone in Bilbao

10) (+ compl)

a) ( sentar)

el pescado me cayó mal — the fish didn't agree with me

le cayó muy mal que no la invitaran — she was very upset about not being invited

b) ( en cuestiones de gusto)

tu primo me cae muy bien — I really like your cousin

me cae de gordo or de mal... — (fam) I can't stand him (colloq)

11)

a) (fam) ( presentarse) to show up, turn up (BrE)

de vez en cuando cae or se deja caer por aquí — she drops by o in now and then

estar al caer: los invitados están al caer — the guests will be here any minute o moment (now)

b) ( abalanzarse)

caer sobre alguien — to fall upon o on somebody

caerle encima a alguien — (fam) to pounce o leap on somebody

12)

a) ( estar comprendido)

caer dentro de algo — to fall within something

cae dentro de nuestra jurisdicción — it comes under o falls within our jurisdiction

cae dentro de sus obligaciones — that's one of her duties

b) cumpleaños/festividad to fall on

el 20 cae en (un) domingo — the 20th falls on a Sunday o is a Sunday

¿el 27 (en) qué día cae or en qué cae? — what day's the 27th?

c) (Esp fam) ( estar situado) to be

¿por dónde cae? — whereabouts is that?

13) precios/temperatura to fall, drop

14) (Ven) ( aportar dinero) (fam) to chip in (colloq)

15) (Ven fam) llamada

la llamada no me cayó — I couldn't get through
2.
caerse v pron

1)

a) ( de una altura) to fall; ( de la posición vertical) to fall, to fall over

te vas a caer — you'll fall

me caí por las escaleras — I fell down the stairs

caerse del caballo/de la cama — to fall off one's horse/out of bed

se cayó redondo — (fam) he collapsed in a heap

está que se cae de cansancio — (fam) she's dead on her feet (colloq)

b) (+ me/te/le etc)

oiga, se le cayó un guante — excuse me, you dropped your glove

se me cayó de las manos — it slipped out of my hands

cuidado, no se te vaya a caer — be careful, don't drop it

por poco se me cae el armario encima — the wardrobe nearly fell on top of me

se me están cayendo las medias — my stockings are falling down

caerse con alguien — (Col fam) to go down in somebody's estimation

no tiene/tienen dónde caerse muerto/muertos — (fam) he hasn't/they haven't got a penny to his/their name

se cae por su propio peso or de maduro — it goes without saying

2) ( desprenderse) diente to fall out; hojas to fall off; botón to come off, fall off

se le ha empezado a caer el pelo — he's started to lose his hair

la ropa se le caía a pedazos — her clothes were falling to pieces

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= drop, fall, tumble, slump, take + a tumble.

Ex. The search profile will only be modified periodically as the quality of the set of notifications output from the search drops to unacceptable levels.

Ex. There may be pale drip marks in the neighbourhood of the tranchefiles, where drops of water fell from the deckle or from the maker's hand on to the new-made sheet.

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Ex. The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.

Ex. Tourism takes a tumble in Australia due to the global credit crunch.

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* al caer la noche = at nightfall.

* caer aguanieve = sleet.

* caer al vacío = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.

* caer como chinches = drop like + flies.

* caer como moscas = drop like + flies.

* caer de cabeza = go over + Posesivo + head.

* caer de espaldas = fall on + Posesivo + back.

* caer dentro de = fall within/into, fall into.

* caer dentro de la competencia de = be the province of, fall within + the province of.

* caer de pie = land on + Posesivo + (own two) feet.

* caer deshecho = flake out.

* caer desplomado = slump in + a heap.

* caer en = run + foul of, lapse into, slip into, slide into.

* caer en barbecho = fall on + barren ground, fall on + fallow ground.

* caer en batalla = fall in + battle.

* caer en combate = fall in + action.

* caer en descrédito = come into + disrepute, fall into + disrepute.

* caer en desgracia = fall from + grace, fall into + disfavour, tumble into + disgrace, come into + disrepute, fall into + disrepute, be in the doghouse, fall + foul of.

* caer en desuso = fall into + disuse, fall out of + fashion, go out of + use, lapse, fall into + disfavour, die out, drop from + sight, go out of + favour, pass away, fall into + desuetude, fall into + desuetude, pass into + desuetude, sink into + desuetude, sink into + oblivion.

* caer en el error de = fall into + the error of, blunder into.

* caer en el olvido = fall into + obscurity, fall into + oblivion, fade into + obscurity, fade into + oblivion, blow over.

* caer enfermo = become + ill, fall + ill, get + sick.

* caer en forma de cascada = cascade.

* caer en gracia = take + a fancy to, take + a shine to, take + a liking to.

* caer en la cuenta = dawn on, wise up, the penny dropped, suss (out).

* caer en la cuenta de = realise [realize, -USA].

* caer en la nada = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.

* caer en la oscuridad = fall into + obscurity, sink into + oblivion, sink into + obscurity, fade into + obscurity, fade into + oblivion.

* caer en la tentación = fall into + temptation.

* caer en la trampa = fall into + the trap, fall for + it, fall into + the snare.

* caer en manos de = fall into + the hands of.

* caer en manos enemigas = fall into + enemy hands.

* caer en oídos sordos = fall on + deaf ears, meet + deaf ears.

* caer en picado = plummet, swoop, take + a nosedive, nosedive.

* caer en redondo = flake out, lose + Posesivo + consciousness, pass out, keel over.

* caer en terreno baldío = fall on + barren ground, fall on + fallow ground.

* caer en terreno pedregoso = fall on + stony ground.

* caer en una broma = fall for + a joke, fall for + it.

* caer en una trampa = tumble into + pitfall.

* caer en un hábito = lapse into + habit.

* caer fuera de = fall outside, lie beyond.

* caer fuera del alcance de = fall outside + the scope of.

* caer fuera de las responsabilidades de = be on the outer fringes of.

* caer fuera del interés de = lie outside + the scope of.

* caer fuera del interés de uno = fall outside + Posesivo + interest.

* caer fuera del objetivo de = fall outside + the scope of.

* caer hecho polvo = flake out.

* caer mal = rub + Nombre + up the wrong way.

* caer por selección = drop.

* caer presa de = fall + prey to, be prey of.

* caerse = fall out, fall off, tumble down, topple over, come + a cropper, go down, fall over, take + a tumble.

* caerse a = topple onto.

* caerse bien = hit it off.

* caerse colándose por = fall through.

* caerse de = fall off of.

* caerse de bruces = fall + flat on + Posesivo + face.

* caerse de la cama = roll out of + bed.

* caerse hacia atrás = fall backwards.

* caerse hacia delante = fall forward.

* caérsele la baba por = go + gaga (over).

* caerse muerto = drop + dead.

* caerse recondo = pass out.

* caerse redondo = keel over, flake out, lose + Posesivo + consciousness.

* caer sobre = fall onto.

* caer un chaparrón = the skies + open up.

* caer un diluvio = the skies + open up.

* cayéndose a pedazos = disintegrating.

* comprar hasta caer muerto = shop 'til you drop.

* dejar caer = drop, dump.

* dejar caer insinuaciones = throw + hints.

* dejar caer una indirecta = drop + a hint.

* dejarse caer = drop by, drop in, slump, droop, mosey.

* empezar a caer en picado = hit + the skids, be on the skids.

* hacer caer = oust.

* maná caído del cielo = manna from heaven.

* no caer bien = not take + kindly to, not take + kindly to.

* no caer en buenas manos = fall into + the wrong hands.

* noche + caer = night + fall.

* no tener donde caerse muerto = not have two pennies to rub together.

* palabras + caer en + saco roto = words + fall on + deaf ears.

* precio + caer = price + fall.

* recesión + caer en = recession + set in.

* salir y caer = fall out (of).

* sistema + caerse = system + crash.

* telón + caer = curtain + fall.

* trabajar hasta caer muerto = work + Reflexivo + to the ground, work + Reflexivo + to death.

* volver a caer (en) = relapse (into).

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1) ( de una altura) to fall; ( de posición vertical) to fall over

caí mal — I fell badly o awkwardly

cayó cuan largo era — he fell flat on his face

el coche cayó por un precipicio — the car went over a cliff

cayó muerto allí mismo — he dropped down dead on the spot

se dejó caer en el sillón/en sus brazos — she flopped into the armchair/fell into his arms

se dejó caer desde el borde del precipicio — he jumped off from the edge of the cliff

el avión cayó en picada or (Esp) en picado — the plane nosedived

cayó en el mar — it came down in the sea

caer parado — (AmL) ( literal) to land on one's feet; ( tener suerte) to fall o land on one's feet

dejar caer algo — < objeto> to drop; < noticia> to let drop o fall; < indirecta> to drop

2) chaparrón/nevada

cayó un chaparrón — it poured down

cayó una fuerte nevada — it snowed heavily

cayó una helada — there was a frost

cayeron unas pocas gotas — there were a few drops of rain

el rayo cayó cerca — the lightning struck nearby

3)

a) cortinas/falda to hang

el pelo le caía suelto hasta la cintura — her hair hung down to her waist

b) terreno to drop

caer en pendiente — to slope down

4)

a) ( incurrir)

caer en algo: no caigas en ese error don't make that mistake; cayó en la tentación de mirar she succumbed to the temptation to look; la obra por momentos cae en lo ridículo at times the play lapses into the ridiculous; caer muy bajo to stoop very low; qué bajo has caído — you've really sunk low this time

b) (en engaño, timo)

todos caímos (en la trampa) — we all fell for it

caer como angelitos — (fam)

cayeron como chinos or angelitos — they swallowed it hook, line and sinker

5) (fam) (entender, darse cuenta)

ah, ya caigo! — ( ya entiendo) oh, now I get it! (colloq); ( ya recuerdo) oh, now I remember

no caigo — I can't think o I'm not sure what (o who etc) you mean

no caí en que tú no tenías llave — I didn't realize o (fam) I didn't click that you didn't have keys

6) ( en un estado)

caer en desuso — palabra to fall into disuse; costumbre to die out

caer en el olvido — to sink into oblivion

caer enfermo — to fall ill

cayó en cama — he took to his bed

7)

a) gobierno/ciudad to fall

caer en poder de alguien — to fall to somebody

b) ( perder el cargo) to lose one's job

se hará una investigación, caiga quien caiga — an inquiry will be held, however many heads have to roll

c) soldado ( morir) to fall, die; ( ser apresado) to be caught

8)

a) desgracia/maldición

caer sobre alguien — to befall somebody (frml or liter)

la que me (te, etc) ha caído encima — (fam)

no sabes la que te ha caído encima — you don't know what's in store for you

b)

al caer la tarde/la noche — at sunset o dusk/nightfall

antes de que caiga la noche — before it gets dark o before nightfall

9) (fam) ( tocar en suerte)

le cayó una pregunta muy difícil — he got a really difficult question

le cayeron tres años (de cárcel) — he got three years (in jail)

el gordo cayó en Bilbao — the jackpot was won by someone in Bilbao

10) (+ compl)

a) ( sentar)

el pescado me cayó mal — the fish didn't agree with me

le cayó muy mal que no la invitaran — she was very upset about not being invited

b) ( en cuestiones de gusto)

tu primo me cae muy bien — I really like your cousin

me cae de gordo or de mal... — (fam) I can't stand him (colloq)

11)

a) (fam) ( presentarse) to show up, turn up (BrE)

de vez en cuando cae or se deja caer por aquí — she drops by o in now and then

estar al caer: los invitados están al caer — the guests will be here any minute o moment (now)

b) ( abalanzarse)

caer sobre alguien — to fall upon o on somebody

caerle encima a alguien — (fam) to pounce o leap on somebody

12)

a) ( estar comprendido)

caer dentro de algo — to fall within something

cae dentro de nuestra jurisdicción — it comes under o falls within our jurisdiction

cae dentro de sus obligaciones — that's one of her duties

b) cumpleaños/festividad to fall on

el 20 cae en (un) domingo — the 20th falls on a Sunday o is a Sunday

¿el 27 (en) qué día cae or en qué cae? — what day's the 27th?

c) (Esp fam) ( estar situado) to be

¿por dónde cae? — whereabouts is that?

13) precios/temperatura to fall, drop

14) (Ven) ( aportar dinero) (fam) to chip in (colloq)

15) (Ven fam) llamada

la llamada no me cayó — I couldn't get through
2.
caerse v pron

1)

a) ( de una altura) to fall; ( de la posición vertical) to fall, to fall over

te vas a caer — you'll fall

me caí por las escaleras — I fell down the stairs

caerse del caballo/de la cama — to fall off one's horse/out of bed

se cayó redondo — (fam) he collapsed in a heap

está que se cae de cansancio — (fam) she's dead on her feet (colloq)

b) (+ me/te/le etc)

oiga, se le cayó un guante — excuse me, you dropped your glove

se me cayó de las manos — it slipped out of my hands

cuidado, no se te vaya a caer — be careful, don't drop it

por poco se me cae el armario encima — the wardrobe nearly fell on top of me

se me están cayendo las medias — my stockings are falling down

caerse con alguien — (Col fam) to go down in somebody's estimation

no tiene/tienen dónde caerse muerto/muertos — (fam) he hasn't/they haven't got a penny to his/their name

se cae por su propio peso or de maduro — it goes without saying

2) ( desprenderse) diente to fall out; hojas to fall off; botón to come off, fall off

se le ha empezado a caer el pelo — he's started to lose his hair

la ropa se le caía a pedazos — her clothes were falling to pieces

* * *

= drop, fall, tumble, slump, take + a tumble.

Ex: The search profile will only be modified periodically as the quality of the set of notifications output from the search drops to unacceptable levels.

Ex: There may be pale drip marks in the neighbourhood of the tranchefiles, where drops of water fell from the deckle or from the maker's hand on to the new-made sheet.

Ex: The form this 'hypothesis' has come to take is easily dismissed as a straw figure and serious consideration of the relation between language diversity and thinking has largely tumbled with it.

Ex: The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.

Ex: Tourism takes a tumble in Australia due to the global credit crunch.

* al caer la noche = at nightfall.

* caer aguanieve = sleet.

* caer al vacío = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.

* caer como chinches = drop like + flies.

* caer como moscas = drop like + flies.

* caer de cabeza = go over + Posesivo + head.

* caer de espaldas = fall on + Posesivo + back.

* caer dentro de = fall within/into, fall into.

* caer dentro de la competencia de = be the province of, fall within + the province of.

* caer de pie = land on + Posesivo + (own two) feet.

* caer deshecho = flake out.

* caer desplomado = slump in + a heap.

* caer en = run + foul of, lapse into, slip into, slide into.

* caer en barbecho = fall on + barren ground, fall on + fallow ground.

* caer en batalla = fall in + battle.

* caer en combate = fall in + action.

* caer en descrédito = come into + disrepute, fall into + disrepute.

* caer en desgracia = fall from + grace, fall into + disfavour, tumble into + disgrace, come into + disrepute, fall into + disrepute, be in the doghouse, fall + foul of.

* caer en desuso = fall into + disuse, fall out of + fashion, go out of + use, lapse, fall into + disfavour, die out, drop from + sight, go out of + favour, pass away, fall into + desuetude, fall into + desuetude, pass into + desuetude, sink into + desuetude, sink into + oblivion.

* caer en el error de = fall into + the error of, blunder into.

* caer en el olvido = fall into + obscurity, fall into + oblivion, fade into + obscurity, fade into + oblivion, blow over.

* caer enfermo = become + ill, fall + ill, get + sick.

* caer en forma de cascada = cascade.

* caer en gracia = take + a fancy to, take + a shine to, take + a liking to.

* caer en la cuenta = dawn on, wise up, the penny dropped, suss (out).

* caer en la cuenta de = realise [realize, -USA].

* caer en la nada = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.

* caer en la oscuridad = fall into + obscurity, sink into + oblivion, sink into + obscurity, fade into + obscurity, fade into + oblivion.

* caer en la tentación = fall into + temptation.

* caer en la trampa = fall into + the trap, fall for + it, fall into + the snare.

* caer en manos de = fall into + the hands of.

* caer en manos enemigas = fall into + enemy hands.

* caer en oídos sordos = fall on + deaf ears, meet + deaf ears.

* caer en picado = plummet, swoop, take + a nosedive, nosedive.

* caer en redondo = flake out, lose + Posesivo + consciousness, pass out, keel over.

* caer en terreno baldío = fall on + barren ground, fall on + fallow ground.

* caer en terreno pedregoso = fall on + stony ground.

* caer en una broma = fall for + a joke, fall for + it.

* caer en una trampa = tumble into + pitfall.

* caer en un hábito = lapse into + habit.

* caer fuera de = fall outside, lie beyond.

* caer fuera del alcance de = fall outside + the scope of.

* caer fuera de las responsabilidades de = be on the outer fringes of.

* caer fuera del interés de = lie outside + the scope of.

* caer fuera del interés de uno = fall outside + Posesivo + interest.

* caer fuera del objetivo de = fall outside + the scope of.

* caer hecho polvo = flake out.

* caer mal = rub + Nombre + up the wrong way.

* caer por selección = drop.

* caer presa de = fall + prey to, be prey of.

* caerse = fall out, fall off, tumble down, topple over, come + a cropper, go down, fall over, take + a tumble.

* caerse a = topple onto.

* caerse bien = hit it off.

* caerse colándose por = fall through.

* caerse de = fall off of.

* caerse de bruces = fall + flat on + Posesivo + face.

* caerse de la cama = roll out of + bed.

* caerse hacia atrás = fall backwards.

* caerse hacia delante = fall forward.

* caérsele la baba por = go + gaga (over).

* caerse muerto = drop + dead.

* caerse recondo = pass out.

* caerse redondo = keel over, flake out, lose + Posesivo + consciousness.

* caer sobre = fall onto.

* caer un chaparrón = the skies + open up.

* caer un diluvio = the skies + open up.

* cayéndose a pedazos = disintegrating.

* comprar hasta caer muerto = shop 'til you drop.

* dejar caer = drop, dump.

* dejar caer insinuaciones = throw + hints.

* dejar caer una indirecta = drop + a hint.

* dejarse caer = drop by, drop in, slump, droop, mosey.

* empezar a caer en picado = hit + the skids, be on the skids.

* hacer caer = oust.

* maná caído del cielo = manna from heaven.

* no caer bien = not take + kindly to, not take + kindly to.

* no caer en buenas manos = fall into + the wrong hands.

* noche + caer = night + fall.

* no tener donde caerse muerto = not have two pennies to rub together.

* palabras + caer en + saco roto = words + fall on + deaf ears.

* precio + caer = price + fall.

* recesión + caer en = recession + set in.

* salir y caer = fall out (of).

* sistema + caerse = system + crash.

* telón + caer = curtain + fall.

* trabajar hasta caer muerto = work + Reflexivo + to the ground, work + Reflexivo + to death.

* volver a caer (en) = relapse (into).

* * *

caer [ E16 ]

GUIA DE BUSQUEDA

■ caer (verbo intransitivo)

A de una altura

B caer: chaparrón, nevada

C

1 caer: cortinas, falda

2 caer: terreno

D

1 incurrir

2 en un engaño, un timo

E entender, darse cuenta

F

1 en un estado

2 caer en un vicio

G

1 caer: gobierno, plaza etc

2 perder el cargo

3 caer: soldado

4 caer: fugitivo

5 caer enfermo

H

1 caer: desgracia, maldición etc

2 caer: tarde, noche

I tocar en suerte

J

1 sentarle mal

2 en cuestiones de gusto

K

1 presentarse, aparecer

2 caer sobre alguien

L

1 estar comprendido

2 caer: cumpleaños etc

3 estar situado

M caer: precios etc

N aportar dinero

O caer: llamada

■ caerse (verbo pronominal)

A

1 de una altura

2 caerse + me/te/le etc

B desprenderse

C equivocarse

D contribuir

vi

A (de una altura) to fall; (de la posición vertical) to fall over

caí mal y me rompí una pierna I fell badly o awkwardly and broke my leg

tropezó y cayó cuan largo era he tripped and fell flat on his face

cayó de espaldas/de bruces she fell flat on her back/face

cayeron de rodillas y le pidieron perdón they fell o dropped to their knees and begged for forgiveness

cayó el telón the curtain came down o fell

la pelota cayó en el pozo the ball fell o dropped into the well

el coche cayó por un precipicio the car went over a cliff

cayó muerto allí mismo he dropped down dead on the spot

se dejó caer en el sillón she flopped into the armchair

se dejó caer desde el borde del precipicio he jumped off from the edge of the cliff

el avión cayó en picada or ( Esp) en picado the plane nosedived

el helicóptero cayó en el mar the helicopter came down o crashed in the sea

le caían lágrimas de los ojos tears fell from her eyes o rolled down her cheeks

caer parado ( AmL) (literal) to land on one's feet; (tener suerte) to fall o land on one's feet

dejar caer algo ‹objeto› to drop;

‹noticia› to let drop o fall

lo dejó caer así, como quien no quiere la cosa she just slipped it into the conversation, she just let it drop in passing

B

«chaparrón/nevada»: cayó una helada there was a frost

cayó una fuerte nevada it snowed heavily

empezó a caer granizo it began to hail

está cayendo un aguacero it's pouring

cayeron unas pocas gotas there were a few drops of rain

el rayo cayó muy cerca de aquí the lightning struck very near here

C

1 «cortinas/falda» (colgar, pender) to hang

con un poco de almidón la tela cae mejor a little starch makes the fabric hang better

el pelo le caía suelto hasta la cintura her hair hung down to her waist

2 «terreno» to drop, fall

el terreno cae en pendiente hacia el río the land falls away o slopes down toward(s) the river

D

1 (incurrir) caer EN algo:

no caigas en el error de decírselo don't make the mistake of telling him

no nos dejes caer en la tentación lead us not into temptation

cayó en la tentación de leer la carta she succumbed to the temptation to read the letter

la obra por momentos cae en lo ridículo at times the play lapses into the ridiculous

esos chistes ya caen en lo chabacano those jokes can only be described as vulgar

caer muy bajo to stoop very low

venderse así es caer muy bajo I wouldn't stoop so low as to sell myself like that

¡qué bajo has caído! you've sunk pretty low!, how low can you get!, that's stooping pretty low!

2

(en un engaño, un timo): a todos nos hizo el mismo cuento y todos caímos he told us all the same story and we all fell for it

¿cómo pudiste caer en semejante trampa? how could you be taken in by o fall for a trick like that?

caer como chinos or angelitos ( fam): todos cayeron como chinos or angelitos they swallowed it hook, line and sinker

E ( fam)

(entender, darse cuenta): ¡ah, ya caigo! oh, now I get it! ( colloq)

cuenta¹ f G. (↑ cuenta (1))

F

1

(en un estado): caer en desuso «palabra» to fall into disuse;

«costumbre» to die out

caer en el olvido to sink into oblivion

desgracia f A. (↑ desgracia)

2

caer en un vicio to get into a bad habit

caer en el alcohol to take to drink

caer en la droga to start taking drugs

G

1 «gobierno/ciudad/plaza» to fall

la capital había caído en poder del enemigo the capital had fallen into enemy hands

¡que no vaya a caer en manos del profesor! don't let the teacher get hold of it!, don't let it fall into the teacher's hands!

2 (perder el cargo) to lose one's job

cayó por disentir con ellos he lost his job o ( colloq) came to grief because he disagreed with them

vamos a continuar con la investigación, caiga quien caiga we are going to continue with the investigation, however many heads have to roll

3 «soldado» (morir) to fall, die

4 «fugitivo» (ser apresado) to be caught

han caído los cabecillas de la pandilla the gang leaders have been caught

5

caer enfermo to fall ill, be taken ill

cayó en cama he took to his bed

yo también caí con gripe I went o came down with flu as well

H

1 «desgracia/maldición»: caer SOBRE algn; to befall sb ( frmlor liter)

la tragedia que ha caído sobre nuestro pueblo the tragedy that has befallen our nation

2

al caer la tarde/la noche at sunset o dusk/nightfall

antes de que caiga la noche before it gets dark o before nightfall

I ( fam)

(tocar en suerte): le cayó una pregunta muy difícil he got a really difficult question

¡te va a caer una bofetada! you're going to get a smack!

le cayeron tres años (de cárcel) he got three years (in jail)

¿cuántas (asignaturas) te han caído este año? ( Esp); how many subjects have you failed this year?

el gordo ha caído en Bilbao the jackpot has been won in Bilbao

J (+ compl)

1

(sentar): el pescado me cayó mal the fish didn't agree with me

le cayó muy mal que no la invitaran she wasn't invited and she took it very badly, she was very upset at o about not being invited

la noticia me cayó como un balde or jarro de agua fría the news came as a real shock

2

(en cuestiones de gusto): tu primo me cae muy bien or muy simpático I really like your cousin

no lo soporto, me cae de gordo/de mal … ( fam); I can't stand him, he's a real pain ( colloq)

gracia f Sense I E. (↑ gracia)

K

1 ( fam) (presentarse, aparecer) to show up, turn up ( BrE)

no podías haber caído en mejor momento you couldn't have turned up o come at a better time

de vez en cuando cae or se deja caer por aquí she drops by o in now and then

no podemos caerles así, de improviso we can't just show o turn up on their doorstep without any warning

estar al caer: los invitados están al caer the guests will be here any minute o moment (now)

2 (abalanzarse) caer SOBRE algn to fall upon o on sb

tres enmascarados cayeron sobre él three masked men pounced on him o fell on him o set upon him

cayeron sobre el enemigo a medianoche they fell on o ( frml) descended on the enemy at midnight

caerle a algn ( Per fam); to score with sb, to get off with sb ( BrE colloq)

caerle encima a algn ( fam); to pounce o leap on sb

L

1 (estar comprendido) caer DENTRO DE algo:

ese barrio no cae dentro de nuestra jurisdicción that area doesn't come under o fall within our jurisdiction

su caso no cae dentro de mi competencia his case falls outside the scope of my powers ( frml)

eso cae dentro de sus obligaciones that's part of her job, that's one of her duties

cae de lleno dentro de la corriente posmodernista it fits squarely within the postmodernist style

2 «cumpleaños/festividad» to fall

el 20 de febrero cae en (un) domingo February 20 falls on a Sunday o is a Sunday

¿el 27 (en) qué día cae or en qué cae? what day's the 27th?

3 ( Esp fam) (estar situado) to be

¿eso por dónde cae? whereabouts is that?

M «precios/temperatura» (bajar) to fall, drop

el dólar ha caído en el mercado internacional the dollar has fallen on the international market

N ( Ven) (aportar dinero) ( fam) to chip in ( colloq)

O

( Ven fam) «llamada»: la llamada no me cayó I couldn't get through

■ caerse

v pron

A

1 (de una altura) to fall; (de la posición vertical) to fall, fall over

bájate de ahí, te vas a caer come down from there, you'll fall

tropecé y casi me caigo I tripped and nearly fell (over)

casi me caigo al agua I nearly fell in o into the water

me caí por las escaleras I fell down the stairs

se cayó del caballo he fell off his horse

se cayó de la cama she fell out of bed

se cayó redondo ( fam); he collapsed in a heap

está que se cae de cansancio ( fam); she's dead on her feet ( colloq), she's ready to drop ( colloq)

se cayó y se rompió it fell and smashed

2 (+ me/te/le etc):

oiga, se le ha caído un guante excuse me, you've dropped your glove

se me cayó de las manos it slipped out of my hands

ten cuidado, no se te vaya a caer be careful, don't drop it

por poco se me cae el armario encima the wardrobe nearly fell on top of me

se me están cayendo las medias my stockings are falling down

caerse con algn ( Col fam); to go down in sb's estimation

estoy caída con ella I'm in her bad books ( colloq)

¡me caigo y no me levanto! ( fam euf) (expresando sorpresa) well, I'll be darned o ( BrE) blowed! ( colloq), good heavens! ( colloq) (expresando irritación) I don't believe it!

no tener donde caerse muerto ( fam): no tiene donde caerse muerto he hasn't got a penny to his name

se cae de or por su propio peso or de maduro it goes without saying

B (desprenderse) «diente» to fall out; «hojas» to fall off; «botón» to come off, fall off

se le cayó un diente one of her teeth fell out

se le ha empezado a caer el pelo he's started to lose his hair o go bald

la ropa se le caía a pedazos de vieja her clothes were so old they were falling to pieces o falling apart

C ( Chi fam) (equivocarse) to goof ( AmE colloq), to boob ( BrE colloq)

D

( Méx fam) (contribuir) caerse CON algo: me caí con la lana I chipped in ( colloq)

* * *

caer ( conjugate caer) verbo intransitivo
1 ( de una altura) to fall;
( de posición vertical) to fall over;
◊ el coche cayó por un precipicio the car went over a cliff;

cayó muerto allí mismo he dropped down dead on the spot;
cayó en el mar it came down in the sea;
caer parado (AmL) to land on one's feet;
dejar caer algo ‹objeto/indirecta› to drop sth.;
dejó caer la noticia que … she let drop the news that …
2
a) [chaparrón/nevada]:

◊ cayó un chaparrón it poured down;

cayó una fuerte nevada it snowed heavily;
el rayo cayó cerca the lightning struck nearby
b) [ noche] to fall;

◊ al caer la tarde/noche at sunset o dusk/nightfall

3
a) ( pender) [cortinas/falda] to hang

b) [ terreno] to drop;

◊ caer en pendiente to slope down

4 (en error, trampa):
◊ no caigas en ese error don't make that mistake;

todos caímos (en la trampa) we all fell for it;
cayó en la tentación de mirar she succumbed to the temptation to look;
caer muy bajo to stoop very low
5 (fam) (entender, darse cuenta):
◊ ¡ah, ya caigo! ( ya entiendo) oh, now I get it! (colloq);

( ya recuerdo) oh, now I remember;
◊ no caigo I'm not sure what (o who etc) you mean;

no caí en que tú no tenías llave I didn't realize o (fam) I didn't click that you didn't have keys
6 ( en un estado):
◊ caer en el olvido to sink into oblivion;

caer enfermo to fall ill
7 [gobierno/ciudad] to fall;
[ soldado] ( morir) to fall, die
8 [precios/temperatura] to fall, drop
9
a) ( sentar):

◊ el pescado me cayó mal the fish didn't agree with me;

le cayó muy mal que no la invitaran she was very upset about not being invited
b) [ persona]:

◊ tu primo me cae muy bien I really like your cousin;

me cae muy mal (fam) I can't stand him (colloq);
¿qué tal te cayó? what did you think of him?
[cumpleaños/festividad] to fall on;
◊ ¿el 27 en qué (día) cae? what day's the 27th?

caerse verbo pronominal
a) ( de una altura) to fall;

( de posición vertical) to fall, to fall over;
◊ me caí por las escaleras I fell down the stairs;

caerse del caballo/de la cama to fall off one's horse/out of bed;
está que se cae de cansancio (fam) she's dead on her feet (colloq)
b) caérsele algo a algn:

◊ oiga, se le cayó un guante excuse me, you dropped your glove;

no se te vaya a caer don't drop it;
se me cayó de las manos it slipped out of my hands;
se me están cayendo las medias my stockings are falling down
c) ( desprenderse) [ diente] to fall out;

[ hojas] to fall off;
[ botón] to come off, fall off;
◊ se le empieza a caer el pelo he's started to lose his hair

caer verbo intransitivo
1 to fall
caer desde lo alto, to fall from the top
caer por la ventana, to fall out of the window
caer por las escaleras, to fall down the stairs
2 (captar) to understand, see: no caí, I didn't twig
US I didn't realize it
ya caigo, ¡qué tontería!, I get it ¡it's easy!
3 (estar situado) to be: eso cae por aquí cerca, it is somewhere near here
4 (tener lugar) to be: ¿cuándo cae este año la Semana Santa?, when is Easter this year?
5 (causar buena o mala impresión) le cae bien/mal, he likes/doesn't like her
parece que el muchacho le cayó en gracia, it seems that he likes the boy
6 (en una situación) caer enfermo, to fall ill
caer en desgracia, to fall out of favour
7 (ir a parar) cayó en las garras del enemigo, she fell into the clutches of the enemy
fuimos a caer en una pensión de mala muerte, we turned up in the guesthouse from hell
♦ Locuciones: caer (muy) bajo, to sink (very) low
dejar caer, (un objeto, una indirecta) to drop
dejarse caer por, to drop by
estar al caer, (a punto de llegar) he'll arrive any minute now
(a punto de ocurrir) it's on the way
al caer el día, in the evening
al caer la noche, at nightfall
' caer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abatimiento
- abatirse
- al
- anillo
- burra
- burro
- chinche
- combatir
- cuenta
- dejarse
- derrumbar
- derrumbarse
- descolgar
- desgracia
- desmayada
- desmayado
- despatarrarse
- desuso
- estar
- gorda
- gordo
- lazada
- pelo
- picada
- picado
- plomo
- pura
- puro
- red
- redonda
- redondo
- resbalar
- tirar
- tirarse
- Tiro
- trampa
- tumbar
- ubicarse
- verter
- balde
- bomba
- caiga
- cama
- cayera
- dejar
- enfermar
- ir
- largar
- muerto
- olvido
English:
bear down on
- clutch
- come down
- deaf
- die out
- disgrace
- disrepute
- down
- drop
- fall
- favor
- favour
- flat
- flop
- freeze
- intimate
- keel over
- land
- lapse
- oblivion
- plummet
- push over
- rub up
- shake down
- sharply
- sink
- slump
- snare
- steeply
- strike
- tailspin
- twig
- walk into
- wise
- beat
- blow
- cascade
- catch
- come
- crash
- die
- go
- hang
- keel
- knock
- nose
- plunge
- realize
- shower
- splash

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caer

♦ vi

1. [hacia abajo] to fall;

cuando caen las hojas when the leaves fall;

caer de un tejado/árbol to fall from a roof/tree;

caer en un pozo to fall into a well;

el avión cayó al mar the plane crashed into the sea;

tropezó y cayó al suelo she tripped and fell (over o down);

cayó en brazos de su madre she fell into her mother's arms;

cayó por la ventana a la calle he fell out of the window into the street;

cayó de bruces/de cabeza she fell flat on her face/headlong;

cayó redondo he slumped to the ground, he collapsed in a heap;

cayó rodando por la escalera she fell down the stairs;

dejar caer algo [objeto] to drop sth;

dejar caer que… [comentar] to let drop that…;

dejó caer la noticia de su renuncia como si no tuviera importancia she casually mentioned the fact that she was resigning as if it were a matter of no importance;

hacer caer algo to knock sth down, to make sth fall

2. [lluvia, nieve] to fall;

caerá nieve por encima de los 1.000 metros snow is expected in areas over 1,000 metres;

cayeron cuatro gotas there were a few spots of rain;

cayó una helada there was a frost;

está cayendo un diluvio it's pouring down;
Fam
está cayendo una buena it's pouring down, Br it's chucking it down;

cayó un rayo a pocos metros del edificio a bolt of lightning struck only a few metres from the building

3. [sol] to go down, to set;

al caer el día o [m5] la tarde at dusk;

al caer el sol at sunset;

la noche cayó antes de que llegaran al refugio night fell before they reached the shelter

4. [colgar] to fall, to hang down;

el cabello le caía sobre los hombros her hair hung down to o fell over her shoulders

5. [ciudad, gobierno] to fall;

el aeropuerto cayó en poder de los insurgentes the airport fell to the rebels, the airport was taken by the rebels;

el Imperio Romano cayó en el siglo V the Roman Empire fell in the 5th century;

el escándalo hizo caer al Primer Ministro the scandal brought the Prime Minister down;

han caído los líderes del comando terrorista the leaders of the terrorist unit have been captured

6. [morir] [soldado] to fall, to be killed;

Comp

caer como moscas to drop like flies

7. [decrecer] [interés] to decrease, to subside;
[precio] to fall, to go down;
ha caído bastante el interés por estos temas interest in these subjects has fallen away o subsided quite a lot;

ha caído el precio del café the price of coffee has gone down o fallen;

los precios cayeron súbitamente prices fell suddenly;

la libra ha caído frente al euro the pound has fallen o dropped against the euro

8. [incurrir]
siempre cae en los mismos errores she always makes the same mistakes;
Rel
no nos dejes caer en la tentación lead us not into temptation;

tu actitud cae en lo patético your attitude is nothing less than pathetic;

no debemos caer en la provocación we shouldn't allow ourselves to be provoked

9. [darse cuenta]
no dije nada porque no caí I didn't say anything because it didn't occur to me to do so;

caer (en algo) [recordar] to be able to remember (sth);

¡ahora caigo! [lo entiendo] I see it now!;
[lo recuerdo] now I remember!;
ahora caigo en lo que dices now I see what you are saying;
Esp
no caigo I give up, I don't know;

Comp

caer en la cuenta to realize, to understand;

cuando cayó en la cuenta del error, intentó subsanarlo when she realized her mistake, she tried to correct it

10. [picar] [en broma] to fall for it;

me gastaron una broma, pero no caí they played a trick on me, but I didn't fall for it;

caer en una trampa to fall into a trap

11. [tocar, ir a parar a]
me cayó el premio I won the prize;

nos cayó la mala suerte we had bad luck;

me cayó el tema que mejor me sabía I got a question on the subject I knew best;

le cayeron dos años (de cárcel) he got two years (in jail);

la desgracia cayó sobre él he was overtaken by misfortune;

¿cómo me ha podido caer a mí un trabajo así? how did I end up getting a job like this?;

procura que el informe no caiga en sus manos try to avoid the report falling into her hands

12. [coincidir] [fecha]
caer en to fall on;

cae en domingo it falls on a Sunday;

¿en qué día cae Navidad este año? what day (of the week) is Christmas this year?

13. Esp [estar, quedar]
cae cerca de aquí it's not far from here;

¿por dónde cae la oficina de turismo? where's o whereabouts is the tourist information centre?;

los baños caen a la izquierda the toilets are on the left;

cae en el segundo capítulo it's in the second chapter;

eso cae fuera de mis competencias that is o falls outside my remit

14. [en situación]
caer enfermo to fall ill, to be taken ill;

cayó en cama he took to his bed;

caer en desuso to fall into disuse;

caer en el olvido to fall into oblivion;

caer en la desesperación to fall into despair;

caer en desgracia to fall into disgrace

15. [sentar]
caer bien/mal [comentario, noticia] to go down well/badly;

su comentario no cayó nada bien her comment didn't go down well;

caer bien/mal a alguien [comida, bebida] to agree/disagree with sb;
Esp [ropa] to suit/not to suit sb; Esp
los pantalones ajustados no te caen nada bien tight trousers don't suit you at all;

Comp

caer como un jarro de agua fría to come as a real shock

16. [causar una impresión]
me cae bien I like him, he seems nice;

me cae mal I can't stand him;

tu hermano me cae muy mal I can't stand your brother;

me cayó mal I didn't like him at all;

cae mal a todo el mundo he doesn't get on with anyone;
Fam
tu jefe me cae gordo I can't stand your boss

17. [abalanzarse]
caer sobre to fall o descend upon;

caer sobre alguien [ladrón] to pounce o fall upon sb;

cayeron sobre la ciudad para saquearla they fell upon the city and pillaged it

18. Esp Fam [en examen] to fail;

la mitad de la clase cayó en el primer examen half the class failed the first exam;

¿cuántas te han caído? how many did you fail?

19. Fam [decaer] to go downhill;

el equipo ha caído mucho en el último mes the team has gone seriously off the boil over the last month

20. Com [pago] to fall due

21. Am [visitar] to drop in

22. Comp

caer (muy) bajo to sink (very) low;

parece mentira que hayas caído tan bajo I can hardly believe that you would sink so low;

¡qué bajo has caído! I never thought you'd sink so low!;

caer por su propio peso to be self-evident;

todos mis consejos cayeron en saco roto all my advice fell on deaf ears;

dejarse caer por casa de alguien to drop by sb's house;

estar al caer to be about to arrive;

ya son las cinco, así que deben de estar al caer it's five o'clock, so they should be arriving any minute now;

el anuncio debe de estar al caer the announcement should be made any minute now;

se proseguirá con la investigación caiga quien caiga the investigation will proceed no matter who might be implicated o even if it means that heads will roll;
RP Fam
caer parado to fall on one's feet

♦ See also the pronominal verb caerse

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caer

I v/i

1 fall;

caer sobre fall on;

dejar caer algo drop sth;

caer enfermo fall ill;

caer en lunes fall on a Monday;

al caer la noche at sunset o nightfall;

caiga quien caiga no matter whose head has to roll;

caer muy bajo fig stoop very low;

dejarse caer fam flop down

2

:

me cae bien/mal fig I like/don’t like him

3 de un lugar

:

cae cerca it’s not far;

¿por dónde cae este pueblo? whereabouts is this village?

4

:

estar al caer be about to arrive;

¡ahora caigo! fig now I get it!

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caer {13} vi

1) : to fall, to drop

2) : to collapse

3) : to hang (down)

4)

caer bien fam : to be pleasant, to be likeable

me caes bien: I like you

5)

caer mal or

caer gordo fam : to be unpleasant, to be unlikeable

♦ See also the reflexive verb caerse

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caer vb

1. (en general) to fall [pt. fell; pp. fallen]

cayó por la escalera she fell down the stairs

la lámpara ha caído al suelo the lamp has fallen on the floor

ha caído enfermo he's fallen ill

2. (fecha) to be / to fall

este año, mi cumpleaños cae en martes my birthday is on a Tuesday this year

3. (entender) to get something

no caigo I don't get it

caerle bien a alguien to like

caes bien a todo el mundo everybody likes you

caerle mal a alguien not to be able to stand

este tipo me cae muy mal I can't stand that guy

caer desmayado to faint / to collapse

dejar caer to drop [pt. & pp. dropped]

dejé caer el vaso I dropped the glass

dejar caer por to drop by

estar al caer to be almost here / to be about to arrive

el examen está al caer the exam is almost here

mamá está al caer Mum'll be here any minute

Spanish-English dictionary > caer
12 liegen

v/i; liegt, lag, hat (südd., österr., schw.: ist) gelegen

1. Sache: lie; die Flaschen müssen liegen the bottles have to lie flat; der Boden lag voller Zeitungen the floor was strewn with newspapers; der Schnee lag meterhoch the snow was piled up to a height of several met|res (Am. -ers); es lag viel Schnee there was a lot of snow (on the ground); liegt mein Haar richtig? is my hair all right?; der Griff liegt gut in der Hand the grip sits nicely in your hand

2. Person: lie; im Gras / auf dem Bett liegen lie in the grass / on the bed; liegen bleiben (nicht aufstehen) not get up; im Bett: auch stay in bed; Boxen: stay down; er blieb verletzt liegen he was unable to get up because he was injured

3. Kranker: be in bed; weitS. (krank sein) be laid up; liegen müssen Kranker: have to stay in bed; flach: have to lie flat; er hat drei Wochen gelegen he was in bed ( oder was laid up) for three weeks

4. (gelegen sein) Stadt etc.: lie, be (situated); Gebäude: be (situated oder located); das Dorf liegt hoch über dem Tal the village is (situated) high above the valley; liegen nach Haus: face; Zimmer: auch look out on, overlook

5. NAUT., Schiff: lie; im Hafen liegt seit gestern eine Segelyacht there’s been a yacht in (the) harbo(u)r since yesterday

6. fig.: da liegt der Fehler that’s where the trouble lies; wie die Sache jetzt liegt as matters (now) stand, as things are at the moment; es liegt hinter uns it’s behind us; da liegt noch einiges vor uns we’ve got quite a lot coming up; in ihrer Stimme lag leise Ironie there was a hint of irony in her voice; das lag nicht in meiner Absicht that was not my intention; die Schwierigkeit liegt darin, dass... the problem is that...

7. liegen bleiben Sachen: be left ( auf + Dat on); Schnee: settle; (vergessen werden) be left (behind); auch fig. be forgotten; fig. Arbeit: be left unfinished; WIRTS., Waren: be left unsold; umg. be left on the shelf; mit dem Auto: unterwegs liegen bleiben have a breakdown on the way; das kann liegen bleiben fig. that can wait; liegen geblieben (vergessen) forgotten; Auto etc.: stranded; (aufgegeben) abandoned; liegen gebliebene Bücher etc. books etc. left behind

8. liegen lassen (vergessen) leave behind, forget; (in Ruhe lassen) leave alone; (Arbeit) leave (unfinished); die Arbeit liegen lassen (unterbrechen) stop work; plötzlich: drop everything; Fabrikarbeiter: down tools, Am. walk out; alles liegen lassen (nicht aufräumen) leave everything lying around, not clean up; lass es liegen! don’t touch it!; links I

9. (gemäß sein) das liegt mir nicht it’s not my thing; er liegt mir überhaupt nicht he’s not my type of person; als Mann: he’s not my type; nichts liegt mir ferner nothing could be further from my mind

10. mit Präp.: liegen an (+ Dat) be near; an einer Straße, einem Fluss: be on; (dicht an) be next to; fig., Ursache: be because of; an der Spitze etc. liegen be in front etc.; es liegt an dir Schuld: it’s your fault; etw. zu tun: it’s up to you; an mir solls nicht liegen I’ll certainly do my best; (ich werde dir nicht im Weg stehen) I won’t stand in the way; an mir solls nicht liegen, wenn die Sache schief geht it won’t be my fault ( oder through any fault of mine) if it goes wrong; es liegt daran, dass... it’s because...; es liegt mir daran zu (+ Inf.) I’m keen (Am. eager) to (+ Inf.) es liegt mir sehr viel daran it means a lot to me; es liegt mir viel an ihr she means a lot to me; mir liegt viel an deiner Mitarbeit your cooperation is very important to me; es liegt mir nichts daran it doesn’t mean much to me; es liegt mir nichts daran zu gewinnen it doesn’t make any difference to me whether I win or not

11. mit Präp.: liegen auf (+ Akk) lie on; Akzent: be on; der Wagen liegt gut ( auf der Straße) the car holds (the road) well; es liegt Nebel auf den Feldern mist is hanging over the fields; Hand1 3, Seele1

12. mit Präp.: der Gewinn liegt bei fünf Millionen there is a profit of five million; die Temperaturen liegen bei 30 Grad temperatures are ( im Wetterbericht: will be) around 30 degrees (centigrade); die Entscheidung liegt bei dir it’s your decision, it’s up to you; Blut 1, Magen etc.

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to recline; to be situated; to lie; to be

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lie|gen
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1) (to be in or take a more or less flat position: She went into the bedroom and lay on the bed; The book was lying in the hall.) lie

2) (to be situated; to be in a particular place etc: The farm lay three miles from the sea; His interest lies in farming.) lie

3) ((with with) (of a duty etc) to belong to: The choice rests with you.) rest

4) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) sit

5) (to be in a particular state, condition or situation: As matters stand, we can do nothing to help; How do you stand financially?) stand

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lie·gen

< lag, gelegen>

[ˈli:gn̩]

vi Hilfsverb: haben o SÜDD, ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ sein

1. (sich in horizontaler Lage befinden) to lie

ich liege noch im Bett I'm still [lying] in bed

während der Krankheit musste sie \liegen while she was ill she had to lie down all the time

Weinflaschen müssen \liegen wine bottles should lie flat

hast du irgendwo meine Schlüssel \liegen gesehen? have you seen my keys lying [around] anywhere?

deine Brille müsste eigentlich auf dem Schreibtisch \liegen your glasses should be [lying] on the desk

Herzkranke müssen hoch/höher \liegen people with heart problems should lie with their heads raised

das Flugzeug lag ganz ruhig in der Luft the plane was flying quite smoothly

der Wagen liegt gut auf der Straße the car holds the road well

auf dieser Matratze liegt man weich/weicher this mattress is soft/softer for lying on

in diesem Bett liegt es sich hart/weich this bed is hard/soft

krank im Bett \liegen to be ill in bed

im Krankenhaus/auf Station 2 \liegen to be in hospital/in ward 2

unbequem \liegen to lie uncomfortably [or in an uncomfortable position]

\liegen bleiben (im Bett) to stay in bed; (nicht aufstehen) to remain lying [down]

bleib \liegen! don't get up!, stay down!

sie blieb bewusstlos auf dem Boden \liegen she lay unconscious on the floor; s.a. Knie, links, stehen

2. (sich befinden) to be [lying]

ein Lächeln lag auf seinem Gesicht there was a smile on his face

die Stadt lag in dichtem Nebel the town was enveloped in thick fog, thick fog hung [or lay] over the town

die Betonung liegt auf der zweiten Silbe the stress is on the second syllable

ich habe noch einen guten Wein im Keller \liegen I have a good wine in the cellar

etw liegt [nicht] in jds Absicht sth is [not] sb's intention

es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun it is not my intention to do that

etw liegt nicht in jds Hand/Macht sth is out of sb's hands/not within sb's power

das liegt leider nicht in meiner Hand/Macht unfortunately that is out of my hands/not within my power

verstreut \liegen to be [or lie] scattered

[irgendwo] \liegen bleiben (nicht weggenommen werden) to be left [somewhere]

Hände weg, das Buch bleibt [da] \liegen! hands off, the book's going nowhere!

etw \liegen lassen (zurücklassen) to leave sth [there]; (verstreut) to leave sth lying about [or around]

er ließ die Briefe auf dem Tisch liegen he left the letters [lying] on the desk

er ließ alles \liegen und eilte ihr zur Hilfe he dropped everything to [go and] help her

3. (sich abgesetzt haben) Schnee to lie; Hitze, Nebel a. to hang

der Schnee lag 1 Meter hoch the snow was 1 metre deep

es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen there is snow [lying] on the hills

hier in den Bergen liegt oft bis Mitte April noch Schnee here in the mountains the snow often lies on the ground until mid-April

auf den Autos liegt weißer Reif there is a white [covering of] frost on the cars

bei euch liegt aber viel Staub it's very dusty [in] here

über allen Möbeln lag eine dicke Staubschicht there was a thick layer of dust over all the furniture

4. (vergessen werden)

irgendwo \liegen bleiben to be [or get] left behind somewhere

mein Hut muss in dem Restaurant \liegen geblieben sein I must have left my hat in the restaurant

etw \liegen lassen to leave sth behind

verflixt, ich muss meinen Schirm in der U-Bahn \liegen gelassen haben! damn, I must have left my umbrella [behind] on the underground!

5. (nicht erledigt werden)

\liegen bleiben to be left [undone], not to get done

diese Briefe können bis morgen \liegen bleiben these letters can wait until tomorrow

etw \liegen lassen to leave sth [undone]

6. ÖKON

\liegen bleiben (nicht verkauft werden) to remain unsold, not to sell

wenn uns diese Waren \liegen bleiben... if we are left with these things [on our hands]...

7. (geografisch gelegen sein) to be; Haus, Stadt etc. a. to be situated [or located], to lie

ihr Haus liegt an einem romantischen See their house is situated by a romantic lake

das liegt auf dem Weg/ganz in der Nähe it's on the way/quite nearby

eine bildhübsch/ruhig/verkehrsgünstig gelegene Villa a villa in a picturesque/quiet/easily accessible location

ein einsam gelegener Bauernhof an isolated farm

etw links/rechts \liegen lassen to leave sth on one's left/right

nach Norden/zum Garten/zur Straße \liegen to face north/the garden/the road

diese Wohnung liegt nach vorn zur Straße [hinaus] this flat faces [out onto] the street

das Fenster liegt zum Garten the window faces the garden

verkehrsgünstig \liegen Stadt to have good communications

8. (begraben sein)

▪ irgendwo \liegen to be [or lie] buried somewhere

9. NAUT (festgemacht haben)

▪ irgendwo \liegen to be [moored] somewhere

ein paar Fischerboote lagen am Kai a couple of fishing boots were moored to the quay

10. MIL

▪ irgendwo liegen Truppen to be stationed

vor Paris \liegen to be stationed outside Paris

irgendwo [in Quartier] \liegen to be quartered somewhere

11. AUTO (nicht weiterfahren können)

\liegen bleiben to break down [or have a breakdown], to conk out fam

12. (zeitlich) to be

das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir I still have that to come/that's all behind me now

die Stunden, die zwischen den Prüfungen lagen the hours between the examinations

das liegt schon so lange zurück it is so long ago

13. (in einem Wettbewerb)

▪ irgendwo \liegen to be [or lie] somewhere

wie \liegen unsere Schwimmer eigentlich im Wettbewerb? how are our swimmers doing in the competition?

die Mannschaft liegt jetzt auf dem zweiten Tabellenplatz the team is now second in the division

in den Charts an erster Stelle \liegen to top the charts

in Führung/auf den hinteren Plätzen/an der Spitze \liegen to be in the lead/at the bottom/right out in front

14. (gestylt sein)

gut \liegen Haare to stay in place [well]

richtig/nicht richtig \liegen to be/not be in the right place

15. (bedeckt sein)

der Tisch liegt voller Bücher the desk is covered with books

16. MODE (eine bestimmte Breite haben)

▪ irgendwie \liegen Stoff to be a certain size

wie breit liegt dieser Seidenstoff? how wide is this silk material?

der Stoff liegt quer/90 cm breit the material is on the cross/is 90 cm wide

17. ÖKON

▪ bei [o um] ... \liegen to cost...

▪ zwischen... und... \liegen to cost between... and..., to be priced at between... and...

der Preis dürfte [irgendwo] bei 4.500 Euro \liegen the price is likely to be [around] 4,500 euros

damit \liegen Sie um 185.000 Euro höher that would put the price up by 185,000 euros

damit \liegen Sie schnell bei 1,3 Millionen Euro Baukosten that would soon push the building costs up to 1.3 million euros

18. (begründet sein)

▪ an jdm/etw \liegen to be caused [or because of] by sb/sth

woran liegt es? why is that?, what is the reason [for that]?

es liegt daran, dass... it is because...

ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt I don't know what the reason is

woran mag es nur \liegen, dass mir immer alles misslingt? why is it that everything I do goes wrong?

an mir soll es nicht \liegen! don't let me stop you!, I won't stand in your way!

19. (wichtig sein)

▪ jdm liegt etw an jdm/etw sb attaches a certain importance to sb/sth

du weißt doch, wie sehr mir daran liegt you know how important it is to me

es liegt mir schon etwas an ihr I do care about her [a bit]

ihm liegt [einiges] daran, respektiert zu werden it is of [some] importance to him to be respected

jdm ist etwas/nichts/viel an jdm/etw gelegen sb/sth means something/nothing/a lot to sb

an diesem uninteressanten Stellenangebot war mir nichts gelegen I didn't bother [even] considering this unappealing job offer

es liegt jdm nichts/wenig an etw sth doesn't matter at all/much to sb, sth isn't at all/not very important to sb

es liegt jdm viel an etw sth matters a lot to sb, sth is very important to sb

es liegt ihm sehr viel an seiner Arbeit his job matters a lot to him

20. oft verneint (jdm gemäß sein)

▪ etw liegt jdm sb likes sth; (entspricht jds Begabung) sb is good at sth

Mathe scheint dir wirklich zu \liegen (fam) maths seems right up your street fam

diese Arbeit liegt mir total (fam) this job suits me down to the ground fam

▪ etw liegt jdm nicht (jd hat kein Talent) sb has no aptitude for sth; (es gefällt jdm nicht) sth doesn't appeal to sb; (jd mag es nicht) sb doesn't like [or care for] sth

Französisch liegt ihm nicht he has no aptitude for French

körperliche Arbeit liegt ihr weniger she's not really cut out for physical work

Peter ist ganz nett, aber er liegt mir irgendwie nicht Peter's nice enough but not really my cup of tea

21. (lasten)

▪ auf jdm \liegen to weigh down [up]on sb

auf ihr liegt eine große Verantwortung a heavy responsibility rests on her shoulders

auf ihm scheint ein Fluch zu \liegen there seems to be a curse on him

die Schuld lag schwer auf ihm his guilt weighed heavily on him; s.a. Magen

22. (abhängig sein)

▪ bei jdm \liegen to be up to sb

das liegt ganz bei dir that is completely up to you

die Entscheidung liegt bei dir/beim Volk the decision rests with you/the people

die Verantwortung liegt bei dir it's your responsibility

23. (stehen, sich verhalten) to be

die Sache liegt ganz anders the situation is quite different; s.a. Ding

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unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb

1) lie; < person> be lying down

während der Krankheit musste er liegen — while he was ill he had to lie down all the time

auf den Knien liegen — be prostrate on one's knees

im Krankenhaus/auf Station 6 liegen — be in hospital/in ward 6

[krank] im Bett liegen — be [ill] in bed

[im Bett] liegen bleiben — stay in bed

bewusstlos/bewegungslos liegen bleiben — lie unconscious/motionless

der Wagen liegt gut auf der Straße — the car holds the road well

2) (vorhanden sein) lie

es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen — there is snow [lying] on the hills

der Schnee bleibt liegen — the snow lies

der Stoff liegt 80 cm breit — the material is 80 cm wide

3) (sich befinden) be; < object> be [lying]; <town, house, etc.> be [situated]

die Preise liegen höher — prices are higher

wie die Dinge liegen — as things are or stand [at the moment]

die Stadt liegt an der Küste — the town is or lies on the coast

das Dorf liegt sehr hoch — the village is very high up

das liegt auf meinem Weg — it is on my way

etwas rechts/links liegen lassen — leave something on one's right/left

das Fenster liegt nach vorn/nach Süden/zum Garten — the window is at the front/faces south/faces the garden

es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun — it is not my intention to do that

das Essen lag mir schwer im Magen — the food/meal lay heavy on my stomach

4) (zeitlich) be

das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir — I still have that to come/that's all behind me now

5)

das liegt an ihm od. bei ihm — it is up to him; (ist seine Schuld) it is his fault

die Verantwortung/Schuld liegt bei ihm — it is his responsibility/fault

an mir soll es nicht liegen — I won't stand in your way; (ich werde mich beteiligen) I'm easy (coll.)

ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt — I don't know what the reason is

woran mag es nur liegen, dass...? — why ever is it that...?

6) (gemäß sein)

es liegt mir nicht — it doesn't suit me; it isn't right for me; (es spricht mich nicht an) it doesn't appeal to me; (ich mag es nicht) I don't like it or care for it

es liegt ihm nicht, das zu tun — he does not like doing that; (so etwas tut er nicht) it is not his way to do that

7)

daran liegt ihm viel/wenig/nichts — he sets great/little/no store by that; it means a lot/little/nothing to him

an ihm liegt mir schon etwas — I do care about him [a bit]

8) (bedeckt sein)

der Tisch liegt voller Bücher — the desk is covered with books

9) (bes. Milit.): (verweilen) be; < troops> be stationed; < ship> lie

10)

liegen bleiben — < things> stay, be left; (vergessen werden) be left behind; (nicht verkauft werden) remain unsold; (nicht erledigt werden) be left undone; (eine Panne haben) break down

diese Briefe können bis morgen liegen bleiben — these letters can wait until tomorrow

etwas liegen lassen — (vergessen) leave something [behind]; (unerledigt lassen) leave something undone

alles liegen und stehen lassen — drop everything; s. auch Straße 1); liegend

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liegen v/i; liegt, lag, hat (südd, österr, schweiz: ist) gelegen

1. Sache: lie;

die Flaschen müssen liegen the bottles have to lie flat;

der Boden lag voller Zeitungen the floor was strewn with newspapers;

der Schnee lag meterhoch the snow was piled up to a height of several metres (US -ers);

es lag viel Schnee there was a lot of snow (on the ground);

liegt mein Haar richtig? is my hair all right?;

der Griff liegt gut in der Hand the grip sits nicely in your hand

2. Person: lie;

im Gras/auf dem Bett liegen lie in the grass/on the bed;

liegen bleiben (nicht aufstehen) not get up; im Bett: auch stay in bed; Boxen: stay down;

er blieb verletzt liegen he was unable to get up because he was injured

3. Kranker: be in bed; weitS. (krank sein) be laid up;

liegen müssen Kranker: have to stay in bed; flach: have to lie flat;

er hat drei Wochen gelegen he was in bed ( oder was laid up) for three weeks

4. (gelegen sein) Stadt etc: lie, be (situated); Gebäude: be (situated oder located);

das Dorf liegt hoch über dem Tal the village is (situated) high above the valley;

liegen nach Haus: face; Zimmer: auch look out on, overlook

5. SCHIFF, Schiff: lie;

im Hafen liegt seit gestern eine Segeljacht there’s been a yacht in (the) harbo(u)r since yesterday

6. fig:

da liegt der Fehler that’s where the trouble lies;

wie die Sache jetzt liegt as matters (now) stand, as things are at the moment;

es liegt hinter uns it’s behind us;

da liegt noch einiges vor uns we’ve got quite a lot coming up;

in ihrer Stimme lag leise Ironie there was a hint of irony in her voice;

das lag nicht in meiner Absicht that was not my intention;

die Schwierigkeit liegt darin, dass … the problem is that …

7.

liegen bleiben Sachen: be left (

auf +dat on); Schnee: settle; (vergessen werden) be left (behind); auch fig be forgotten; fig Arbeit: be left unfinished; WIRTSCH, Waren: be left unsold; umg be left on the shelf; mit dem Auto:

unterwegs liegen bleiben have a breakdown on the way;

das kann liegen bleiben fig that can wait;

liegen geblieben (vergessen) forgotten; Auto etc: stranded; (aufgegeben) abandoned;

liegen gebliebene Bücher etc books etc left behind

8.

liegen lassen (vergessen) leave behind, forget; (in Ruhe lassen) leave alone; (Arbeit) leave (unfinished);

die Arbeit liegen lassen (unterbrechen) stop work; plötzlich: drop everything; Fabrikarbeiter: down tools, US walk out;

alles liegen lassen (nicht aufräumen) leave everything lying around, not clean up;

lass es liegen! don’t touch it!; → links A

9. (gemäß sein)

das liegt mir nicht it’s not my thing;

er liegt mir überhaupt nicht he’s not my type of person; als Mann: he’s not my type;

nichts liegt mir ferner nothing could be further from my mind

10. mit präp:

liegen an (+dat) be near; an einer Straße, einem Fluss: be on; (dicht an) be next to; fig, Ursache: be because of;

an der Spitze etc

liegen be in front etc;

es liegt an dir Schuld: it’s your fault; etwas zu tun: it’s up to you;

an mir solls nicht liegen I’ll certainly do my best; (ich werde dir nicht im Weg stehen) I won’t stand in the way;

an mir solls nicht liegen, wenn die Sache schiefgeht it won’t be my fault ( oder through any fault of mine) if it goes wrong;

es liegt daran, dass … it’s because …;

es liegt mir daran zu (+inf) I’m keen (US eager) to (+inf)

es liegt mir sehr viel daran it means a lot to me;

es liegt mir viel an ihr she means a lot to me;

mir liegt viel an deiner Mitarbeit your cooperation is very important to me;

es liegt mir nichts daran it doesn’t mean much to me;

es liegt mir nichts daran zu gewinnen it doesn’t make any difference to me whether I win or not

11. mit präp:

liegen auf (+akk) lie on; Akzent: be on;

der Wagen liegt gut (auf der Straße) the car holds (the road) well;

es liegt Nebel auf den Feldern mist is hanging over the fields; → Hand¹ 3, Seele1

12. mit präp:

der Gewinn liegt bei fünf Millionen there is a profit of five million;

die Temperaturen liegen bei 30 Grad temperatures are ( im Wetterbericht: will be) around 30 degrees (centigrade);

die Entscheidung liegt bei dir it’s your decision, it’s up to you; → Blut 1, Magen etc

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unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb

1) lie; < person> be lying down

während der Krankheit musste er liegen — while he was ill he had to lie down all the time

auf den Knien liegen — be prostrate on one's knees

im Krankenhaus/auf Station 6 liegen — be in hospital/in ward 6

[krank] im Bett liegen — be [ill] in bed

[im Bett] liegen bleiben — stay in bed

bewusstlos/bewegungslos liegen bleiben — lie unconscious/motionless

der Wagen liegt gut auf der Straße — the car holds the road well

2) (vorhanden sein) lie

es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen — there is snow [lying] on the hills

der Schnee bleibt liegen — the snow lies

der Stoff liegt 80 cm breit — the material is 80 cm wide

3) (sich befinden) be; < object> be [lying]; <town, house, etc.> be [situated]

die Preise liegen höher — prices are higher

wie die Dinge liegen — as things are or stand [at the moment]

die Stadt liegt an der Küste — the town is or lies on the coast

das Dorf liegt sehr hoch — the village is very high up

das liegt auf meinem Weg — it is on my way

etwas rechts/links liegen lassen — leave something on one's right/left

das Fenster liegt nach vorn/nach Süden/zum Garten — the window is at the front/faces south/faces the garden

es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun — it is not my intention to do that

das Essen lag mir schwer im Magen — the food/meal lay heavy on my stomach

4) (zeitlich) be

das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir — I still have that to come/that's all behind me now

5)

das liegt an ihm od. bei ihm — it is up to him; (ist seine Schuld) it is his fault

die Verantwortung/Schuld liegt bei ihm — it is his responsibility/fault

an mir soll es nicht liegen — I won't stand in your way; (ich werde mich beteiligen) I'm easy (coll.)

ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt — I don't know what the reason is

woran mag es nur liegen, dass...? — why ever is it that...?

6) (gemäß sein)

es liegt mir nicht — it doesn't suit me; it isn't right for me; (es spricht mich nicht an) it doesn't appeal to me; (ich mag es nicht) I don't like it or care for it

es liegt ihm nicht, das zu tun — he does not like doing that; (so etwas tut er nicht) it is not his way to do that

7)

daran liegt ihm viel/wenig/nichts — he sets great/little/no store by that; it means a lot/little/nothing to him

an ihm liegt mir schon etwas — I do care about him [a bit]

8) (bedeckt sein)

der Tisch liegt voller Bücher — the desk is covered with books

9) (bes. Milit.): (verweilen) be; < troops> be stationed; < ship> lie

10)

liegen bleiben — < things> stay, be left; (vergessen werden) be left behind; (nicht verkauft werden) remain unsold; (nicht erledigt werden) be left undone; (eine Panne haben) break down

diese Briefe können bis morgen liegen bleiben — these letters can wait until tomorrow

etwas liegen lassen — (vergessen) leave something [behind]; (unerledigt lassen) leave something undone

alles liegen und stehen lassen — drop everything; s. auch Straße 1); liegend

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n.

recumbency n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > liegen
13 Liegen

v/i; liegt, lag, hat (südd., österr., schw.: ist) gelegen

1. Sache: lie; die Flaschen müssen liegen the bottles have to lie flat; der Boden lag voller Zeitungen the floor was strewn with newspapers; der Schnee lag meterhoch the snow was piled up to a height of several met|res (Am. -ers); es lag viel Schnee there was a lot of snow (on the ground); liegt mein Haar richtig? is my hair all right?; der Griff liegt gut in der Hand the grip sits nicely in your hand

2. Person: lie; im Gras / auf dem Bett liegen lie in the grass / on the bed; liegen bleiben (nicht aufstehen) not get up; im Bett: auch stay in bed; Boxen: stay down; er blieb verletzt liegen he was unable to get up because he was injured

3. Kranker: be in bed; weitS. (krank sein) be laid up; liegen müssen Kranker: have to stay in bed; flach: have to lie flat; er hat drei Wochen gelegen he was in bed ( oder was laid up) for three weeks

4. (gelegen sein) Stadt etc.: lie, be (situated); Gebäude: be (situated oder located); das Dorf liegt hoch über dem Tal the village is (situated) high above the valley; liegen nach Haus: face; Zimmer: auch look out on, overlook

5. NAUT., Schiff: lie; im Hafen liegt seit gestern eine Segelyacht there’s been a yacht in (the) harbo(u)r since yesterday

6. fig.: da liegt der Fehler that’s where the trouble lies; wie die Sache jetzt liegt as matters (now) stand, as things are at the moment; es liegt hinter uns it’s behind us; da liegt noch einiges vor uns we’ve got quite a lot coming up; in ihrer Stimme lag leise Ironie there was a hint of irony in her voice; das lag nicht in meiner Absicht that was not my intention; die Schwierigkeit liegt darin, dass... the problem is that...

7. liegen bleiben Sachen: be left ( auf + Dat on); Schnee: settle; (vergessen werden) be left (behind); auch fig. be forgotten; fig. Arbeit: be left unfinished; WIRTS., Waren: be left unsold; umg. be left on the shelf; mit dem Auto: unterwegs liegen bleiben have a breakdown on the way; das kann liegen bleiben fig. that can wait; liegen geblieben (vergessen) forgotten; Auto etc.: stranded; (aufgegeben) abandoned; liegen gebliebene Bücher etc. books etc. left behind

8. liegen lassen (vergessen) leave behind, forget; (in Ruhe lassen) leave alone; (Arbeit) leave (unfinished); die Arbeit liegen lassen (unterbrechen) stop work; plötzlich: drop everything; Fabrikarbeiter: down tools, Am. walk out; alles liegen lassen (nicht aufräumen) leave everything lying around, not clean up; lass es liegen! don’t touch it!; links I

9. (gemäß sein) das liegt mir nicht it’s not my thing; er liegt mir überhaupt nicht he’s not my type of person; als Mann: he’s not my type; nichts liegt mir ferner nothing could be further from my mind

10. mit Präp.: liegen an (+ Dat) be near; an einer Straße, einem Fluss: be on; (dicht an) be next to; fig., Ursache: be because of; an der Spitze etc. liegen be in front etc.; es liegt an dir Schuld: it’s your fault; etw. zu tun: it’s up to you; an mir solls nicht liegen I’ll certainly do my best; (ich werde dir nicht im Weg stehen) I won’t stand in the way; an mir solls nicht liegen, wenn die Sache schief geht it won’t be my fault ( oder through any fault of mine) if it goes wrong; es liegt daran, dass... it’s because...; es liegt mir daran zu (+ Inf.) I’m keen (Am. eager) to (+ Inf.) es liegt mir sehr viel daran it means a lot to me; es liegt mir viel an ihr she means a lot to me; mir liegt viel an deiner Mitarbeit your cooperation is very important to me; es liegt mir nichts daran it doesn’t mean much to me; es liegt mir nichts daran zu gewinnen it doesn’t make any difference to me whether I win or not

11. mit Präp.: liegen auf (+ Akk) lie on; Akzent: be on; der Wagen liegt gut ( auf der Straße) the car holds (the road) well; es liegt Nebel auf den Feldern mist is hanging over the fields; Hand1 3, Seele1

12. mit Präp.: der Gewinn liegt bei fünf Millionen there is a profit of five million; die Temperaturen liegen bei 30 Grad temperatures are ( im Wetterbericht: will be) around 30 degrees (centigrade); die Entscheidung liegt bei dir it’s your decision, it’s up to you; Blut 1, Magen etc.

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to recline; to be situated; to lie; to be

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lie|gen
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1) (to be in or take a more or less flat position: She went into the bedroom and lay on the bed; The book was lying in the hall.) lie

2) (to be situated; to be in a particular place etc: The farm lay three miles from the sea; His interest lies in farming.) lie

3) ((with with) (of a duty etc) to belong to: The choice rests with you.) rest

4) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) sit

5) (to be in a particular state, condition or situation: As matters stand, we can do nothing to help; How do you stand financially?) stand

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lie·gen

< lag, gelegen>

[ˈli:gn̩]

vi Hilfsverb: haben o SÜDD, ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ sein

1. (sich in horizontaler Lage befinden) to lie

ich liege noch im Bett I'm still [lying] in bed

während der Krankheit musste sie \liegen while she was ill she had to lie down all the time

Weinflaschen müssen \liegen wine bottles should lie flat

hast du irgendwo meine Schlüssel \liegen gesehen? have you seen my keys lying [around] anywhere?

deine Brille müsste eigentlich auf dem Schreibtisch \liegen your glasses should be [lying] on the desk

Herzkranke müssen hoch/höher \liegen people with heart problems should lie with their heads raised

das Flugzeug lag ganz ruhig in der Luft the plane was flying quite smoothly

der Wagen liegt gut auf der Straße the car holds the road well

auf dieser Matratze liegt man weich/weicher this mattress is soft/softer for lying on

in diesem Bett liegt es sich hart/weich this bed is hard/soft

krank im Bett \liegen to be ill in bed

im Krankenhaus/auf Station 2 \liegen to be in hospital/in ward 2

unbequem \liegen to lie uncomfortably [or in an uncomfortable position]

\liegen bleiben (im Bett) to stay in bed; (nicht aufstehen) to remain lying [down]

bleib \liegen! don't get up!, stay down!

sie blieb bewusstlos auf dem Boden \liegen she lay unconscious on the floor; s.a. Knie, links, stehen

2. (sich befinden) to be [lying]

ein Lächeln lag auf seinem Gesicht there was a smile on his face

die Stadt lag in dichtem Nebel the town was enveloped in thick fog, thick fog hung [or lay] over the town

die Betonung liegt auf der zweiten Silbe the stress is on the second syllable

ich habe noch einen guten Wein im Keller \liegen I have a good wine in the cellar

etw liegt [nicht] in jds Absicht sth is [not] sb's intention

es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun it is not my intention to do that

etw liegt nicht in jds Hand/Macht sth is out of sb's hands/not within sb's power

das liegt leider nicht in meiner Hand/Macht unfortunately that is out of my hands/not within my power

verstreut \liegen to be [or lie] scattered

[irgendwo] \liegen bleiben (nicht weggenommen werden) to be left [somewhere]

Hände weg, das Buch bleibt [da] \liegen! hands off, the book's going nowhere!

etw \liegen lassen (zurücklassen) to leave sth [there]; (verstreut) to leave sth lying about [or around]

er ließ die Briefe auf dem Tisch liegen he left the letters [lying] on the desk

er ließ alles \liegen und eilte ihr zur Hilfe he dropped everything to [go and] help her

3. (sich abgesetzt haben) Schnee to lie; Hitze, Nebel a. to hang

der Schnee lag 1 Meter hoch the snow was 1 metre deep

es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen there is snow [lying] on the hills

hier in den Bergen liegt oft bis Mitte April noch Schnee here in the mountains the snow often lies on the ground until mid-April

auf den Autos liegt weißer Reif there is a white [covering of] frost on the cars

bei euch liegt aber viel Staub it's very dusty [in] here

über allen Möbeln lag eine dicke Staubschicht there was a thick layer of dust over all the furniture

4. (vergessen werden)

irgendwo \liegen bleiben to be [or get] left behind somewhere

mein Hut muss in dem Restaurant \liegen geblieben sein I must have left my hat in the restaurant

etw \liegen lassen to leave sth behind

verflixt, ich muss meinen Schirm in der U-Bahn \liegen gelassen haben! damn, I must have left my umbrella [behind] on the underground!

5. (nicht erledigt werden)

\liegen bleiben to be left [undone], not to get done

diese Briefe können bis morgen \liegen bleiben these letters can wait until tomorrow

etw \liegen lassen to leave sth [undone]

6. ÖKON

\liegen bleiben (nicht verkauft werden) to remain unsold, not to sell

wenn uns diese Waren \liegen bleiben... if we are left with these things [on our hands]...

7. (geografisch gelegen sein) to be; Haus, Stadt etc. a. to be situated [or located], to lie

ihr Haus liegt an einem romantischen See their house is situated by a romantic lake

das liegt auf dem Weg/ganz in der Nähe it's on the way/quite nearby

eine bildhübsch/ruhig/verkehrsgünstig gelegene Villa a villa in a picturesque/quiet/easily accessible location

ein einsam gelegener Bauernhof an isolated farm

etw links/rechts \liegen lassen to leave sth on one's left/right

nach Norden/zum Garten/zur Straße \liegen to face north/the garden/the road

diese Wohnung liegt nach vorn zur Straße [hinaus] this flat faces [out onto] the street

das Fenster liegt zum Garten the window faces the garden

verkehrsgünstig \liegen Stadt to have good communications

8. (begraben sein)

▪ irgendwo \liegen to be [or lie] buried somewhere

9. NAUT (festgemacht haben)

▪ irgendwo \liegen to be [moored] somewhere

ein paar Fischerboote lagen am Kai a couple of fishing boots were moored to the quay

10. MIL

▪ irgendwo liegen Truppen to be stationed

vor Paris \liegen to be stationed outside Paris

irgendwo [in Quartier] \liegen to be quartered somewhere

11. AUTO (nicht weiterfahren können)

\liegen bleiben to break down [or have a breakdown], to conk out fam

12. (zeitlich) to be

das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir I still have that to come/that's all behind me now

die Stunden, die zwischen den Prüfungen lagen the hours between the examinations

das liegt schon so lange zurück it is so long ago

13. (in einem Wettbewerb)

▪ irgendwo \liegen to be [or lie] somewhere

wie \liegen unsere Schwimmer eigentlich im Wettbewerb? how are our swimmers doing in the competition?

die Mannschaft liegt jetzt auf dem zweiten Tabellenplatz the team is now second in the division

in den Charts an erster Stelle \liegen to top the charts

in Führung/auf den hinteren Plätzen/an der Spitze \liegen to be in the lead/at the bottom/right out in front

14. (gestylt sein)

gut \liegen Haare to stay in place [well]

richtig/nicht richtig \liegen to be/not be in the right place

15. (bedeckt sein)

der Tisch liegt voller Bücher the desk is covered with books

16. MODE (eine bestimmte Breite haben)

▪ irgendwie \liegen Stoff to be a certain size

wie breit liegt dieser Seidenstoff? how wide is this silk material?

der Stoff liegt quer/90 cm breit the material is on the cross/is 90 cm wide

17. ÖKON

▪ bei [o um] ... \liegen to cost...

▪ zwischen... und... \liegen to cost between... and..., to be priced at between... and...

der Preis dürfte [irgendwo] bei 4.500 Euro \liegen the price is likely to be [around] 4,500 euros

damit \liegen Sie um 185.000 Euro höher that would put the price up by 185,000 euros

damit \liegen Sie schnell bei 1,3 Millionen Euro Baukosten that would soon push the building costs up to 1.3 million euros

18. (begründet sein)

▪ an jdm/etw \liegen to be caused [or because of] by sb/sth

woran liegt es? why is that?, what is the reason [for that]?

es liegt daran, dass... it is because...

ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt I don't know what the reason is

woran mag es nur \liegen, dass mir immer alles misslingt? why is it that everything I do goes wrong?

an mir soll es nicht \liegen! don't let me stop you!, I won't stand in your way!

19. (wichtig sein)

▪ jdm liegt etw an jdm/etw sb attaches a certain importance to sb/sth

du weißt doch, wie sehr mir daran liegt you know how important it is to me

es liegt mir schon etwas an ihr I do care about her [a bit]

ihm liegt [einiges] daran, respektiert zu werden it is of [some] importance to him to be respected

jdm ist etwas/nichts/viel an jdm/etw gelegen sb/sth means something/nothing/a lot to sb

an diesem uninteressanten Stellenangebot war mir nichts gelegen I didn't bother [even] considering this unappealing job offer

es liegt jdm nichts/wenig an etw sth doesn't matter at all/much to sb, sth isn't at all/not very important to sb

es liegt jdm viel an etw sth matters a lot to sb, sth is very important to sb

es liegt ihm sehr viel an seiner Arbeit his job matters a lot to him

20. oft verneint (jdm gemäß sein)

▪ etw liegt jdm sb likes sth; (entspricht jds Begabung) sb is good at sth

Mathe scheint dir wirklich zu \liegen (fam) maths seems right up your street fam

diese Arbeit liegt mir total (fam) this job suits me down to the ground fam

▪ etw liegt jdm nicht (jd hat kein Talent) sb has no aptitude for sth; (es gefällt jdm nicht) sth doesn't appeal to sb; (jd mag es nicht) sb doesn't like [or care for] sth

Französisch liegt ihm nicht he has no aptitude for French

körperliche Arbeit liegt ihr weniger she's not really cut out for physical work

Peter ist ganz nett, aber er liegt mir irgendwie nicht Peter's nice enough but not really my cup of tea

21. (lasten)

▪ auf jdm \liegen to weigh down [up]on sb

auf ihr liegt eine große Verantwortung a heavy responsibility rests on her shoulders

auf ihm scheint ein Fluch zu \liegen there seems to be a curse on him

die Schuld lag schwer auf ihm his guilt weighed heavily on him; s.a. Magen

22. (abhängig sein)

▪ bei jdm \liegen to be up to sb

das liegt ganz bei dir that is completely up to you

die Entscheidung liegt bei dir/beim Volk the decision rests with you/the people

die Verantwortung liegt bei dir it's your responsibility

23. (stehen, sich verhalten) to be

die Sache liegt ganz anders the situation is quite different; s.a. Ding

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unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb

1) lie; < person> be lying down

während der Krankheit musste er liegen — while he was ill he had to lie down all the time

auf den Knien liegen — be prostrate on one's knees

im Krankenhaus/auf Station 6 liegen — be in hospital/in ward 6

[krank] im Bett liegen — be [ill] in bed

[im Bett] liegen bleiben — stay in bed

bewusstlos/bewegungslos liegen bleiben — lie unconscious/motionless

der Wagen liegt gut auf der Straße — the car holds the road well

2) (vorhanden sein) lie

es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen — there is snow [lying] on the hills

der Schnee bleibt liegen — the snow lies

der Stoff liegt 80 cm breit — the material is 80 cm wide

3) (sich befinden) be; < object> be [lying]; <town, house, etc.> be [situated]

die Preise liegen höher — prices are higher

wie die Dinge liegen — as things are or stand [at the moment]

die Stadt liegt an der Küste — the town is or lies on the coast

das Dorf liegt sehr hoch — the village is very high up

das liegt auf meinem Weg — it is on my way

etwas rechts/links liegen lassen — leave something on one's right/left

das Fenster liegt nach vorn/nach Süden/zum Garten — the window is at the front/faces south/faces the garden

es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun — it is not my intention to do that

das Essen lag mir schwer im Magen — the food/meal lay heavy on my stomach

4) (zeitlich) be

das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir — I still have that to come/that's all behind me now

5)

das liegt an ihm od. bei ihm — it is up to him; (ist seine Schuld) it is his fault

die Verantwortung/Schuld liegt bei ihm — it is his responsibility/fault

an mir soll es nicht liegen — I won't stand in your way; (ich werde mich beteiligen) I'm easy (coll.)

ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt — I don't know what the reason is

woran mag es nur liegen, dass...? — why ever is it that...?

6) (gemäß sein)

es liegt mir nicht — it doesn't suit me; it isn't right for me; (es spricht mich nicht an) it doesn't appeal to me; (ich mag es nicht) I don't like it or care for it

es liegt ihm nicht, das zu tun — he does not like doing that; (so etwas tut er nicht) it is not his way to do that

7)

daran liegt ihm viel/wenig/nichts — he sets great/little/no store by that; it means a lot/little/nothing to him

an ihm liegt mir schon etwas — I do care about him [a bit]

8) (bedeckt sein)

der Tisch liegt voller Bücher — the desk is covered with books

9) (bes. Milit.): (verweilen) be; < troops> be stationed; < ship> lie

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liegen bleiben — < things> stay, be left; (vergessen werden) be left behind; (nicht verkauft werden) remain unsold; (nicht erledigt werden) be left undone; (eine Panne haben) break down

diese Briefe können bis morgen liegen bleiben — these letters can wait until tomorrow

etwas liegen lassen — (vergessen) leave something [behind]; (unerledigt lassen) leave something undone

alles liegen und stehen lassen — drop everything; s. auch Straße 1); liegend

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Liegen n; -s, kein pl lying; Stellung: lying ( oder horizontal) position;

im Liegen lying down;

das Liegen bekommt ihm nicht he can’t take all this lying down

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unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb

1) lie; < person> be lying down

während der Krankheit musste er liegen — while he was ill he had to lie down all the time

auf den Knien liegen — be prostrate on one's knees

im Krankenhaus/auf Station 6 liegen — be in hospital/in ward 6

[krank] im Bett liegen — be [ill] in bed

[im Bett] liegen bleiben — stay in bed

bewusstlos/bewegungslos liegen bleiben — lie unconscious/motionless

der Wagen liegt gut auf der Straße — the car holds the road well

2) (vorhanden sein) lie

es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen — there is snow [lying] on the hills

der Schnee bleibt liegen — the snow lies

der Stoff liegt 80 cm breit — the material is 80 cm wide

3) (sich befinden) be; < object> be [lying]; <town, house, etc.> be [situated]

die Preise liegen höher — prices are higher

wie die Dinge liegen — as things are or stand [at the moment]

die Stadt liegt an der Küste — the town is or lies on the coast

das Dorf liegt sehr hoch — the village is very high up

das liegt auf meinem Weg — it is on my way

etwas rechts/links liegen lassen — leave something on one's right/left

das Fenster liegt nach vorn/nach Süden/zum Garten — the window is at the front/faces south/faces the garden

es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun — it is not my intention to do that

das Essen lag mir schwer im Magen — the food/meal lay heavy on my stomach

4) (zeitlich) be

das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir — I still have that to come/that's all behind me now

5)

das liegt an ihm od. bei ihm — it is up to him; (ist seine Schuld) it is his fault

die Verantwortung/Schuld liegt bei ihm — it is his responsibility/fault

an mir soll es nicht liegen — I won't stand in your way; (ich werde mich beteiligen) I'm easy (coll.)

ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt — I don't know what the reason is

woran mag es nur liegen, dass...? — why ever is it that...?

6) (gemäß sein)

es liegt mir nicht — it doesn't suit me; it isn't right for me; (es spricht mich nicht an) it doesn't appeal to me; (ich mag es nicht) I don't like it or care for it

es liegt ihm nicht, das zu tun — he does not like doing that; (so etwas tut er nicht) it is not his way to do that

7)

daran liegt ihm viel/wenig/nichts — he sets great/little/no store by that; it means a lot/little/nothing to him

an ihm liegt mir schon etwas — I do care about him [a bit]

8) (bedeckt sein)

der Tisch liegt voller Bücher — the desk is covered with books

9) (bes. Milit.): (verweilen) be; < troops> be stationed; < ship> lie

10)

liegen bleiben — < things> stay, be left; (vergessen werden) be left behind; (nicht verkauft werden) remain unsold; (nicht erledigt werden) be left undone; (eine Panne haben) break down

diese Briefe können bis morgen liegen bleiben — these letters can wait until tomorrow

etwas liegen lassen — (vergessen) leave something [behind]; (unerledigt lassen) leave something undone

alles liegen und stehen lassen — drop everything; s. auch Straße 1); liegend

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n.

recumbency n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Liegen
14 cuajar

m.

maw, abomasum, abomasus, fourth stomach.

El cuajar de la vaca era muy grande The cow's maw was huge.

v.

1 to curdle (solidificar) (leche).

El queso cuajó rápidamente The cheese curdled quickly.

2 to be settled (lograrse) (acuerdo).

3 to settle (nieve).

4 to fit in (ser aceptado) (person).

5 to coagulate, to clot, to set.

La sangre de res cuajó en la olla The beef blood coagulated in the pot.

6 to take on, to become popular.

Esa moda cuajó That trend took on.

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cuajar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to coagulate; (leche) to curdle; (sangre) to clot

2 (huevo) to set

3 figurado (recargar de adornos) to fill with, cover

► verbo intransitivo

1 (nieve) to lie

2 figurado (tener éxito) to be a success, come off

■ la minifalda cuajó the miniskirt was a success

■ la cosa no cuajó it didn't come off

3 figurado (gustar) to fit in, hit it off with

■ Iván ha cuajado muy bien entre sus compañeros Iván has really hit it off with his workmates

► verbo pronominal cuajarse

1 to coagulate (leche) to curdle; (sangre) clot

2 (huevo) to set

3 figurado (llenarse) to fill up

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1. VT

1) [+ leche] to curdle; [+ gelatina] to set; [+ sangre] to coagulate, clot; [+ grasa] to congeal

2)

cuajar algo de — (=cubrir) to cover sth with, adorn sth with; (=llenar) to fill sth with

cuajó el tablero de cifras — he covered the board with figures

2. VI

1) [nieve] to lie; [leche] to curdle

2) [moda, producto] to catch on, take off; [plan] to take shape; [idea, propuesta] to be well received, be acceptable; [truco] to come off, work

el acuerdo no cuajó — the agreement didn't come off o work out

3) Méx (=charlar) to chat

3.

See:

cuajarse

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) leche to curdle; flan/yogur to set

b) nieve to settle

2)

a) ideología to be accepted; reforma to come about; argumento/historia to come together; plan/proyecto to come off; moda to catch on, take off

b) persona to fit in
2.
cuajar vt

a) < leche> to curdle

b) ( llenar)

cuajar algo de algo — to fill something with something
3.
cuajarse v pron to curdle

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= congeal, come together, clot, fall into + place.

Ex. Culturally heterogeneous societies, by definition, do not cohere by or congeal around a common value system.

Ex. As for timing, a number of things are in process, and there is some hope that by next spring they might come together.

Ex. Blood that flows outside of a blood vessel will clot and form a scab.

Ex. It's really falling into place for us, but we have to keep doing it, week in and week out.

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* nata cuajada = clotted cream.

* sin cuajar = runny [runnier -comp., runniest -sup.].

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) leche to curdle; flan/yogur to set

b) nieve to settle

2)

a) ideología to be accepted; reforma to come about; argumento/historia to come together; plan/proyecto to come off; moda to catch on, take off

b) persona to fit in
2.
cuajar vt

a) < leche> to curdle

b) ( llenar)

cuajar algo de algo — to fill something with something
3.
cuajarse v pron to curdle

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= congeal, come together, clot, fall into + place.

Ex: Culturally heterogeneous societies, by definition, do not cohere by or congeal around a common value system.

Ex: As for timing, a number of things are in process, and there is some hope that by next spring they might come together.

Ex: Blood that flows outside of a blood vessel will clot and form a scab.

Ex: It's really falling into place for us, but we have to keep doing it, week in and week out.

* nata cuajada = clotted cream.

* sin cuajar = runny [runnier -comp., runniest -sup.].

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cuajar¹

masculine

abomasum, fourth stomach

cuajar² [A1 ]

vi

A

1 «leche» to curdle; «flan/yogur» to set; «sangre» to clot, coagulate

2 «nieve» to settle

B

1

(afianzarse): el ecologismo ha cuajado como una alternativa seria ecology has come to be accepted as a serious alternative

si cuajan las reformas previstas if the proposed reforms come about o come into being

este cuento no termina de cuajar this story never really comes together

el proyecto no cuajó the plan did not come to anything o come off

una moda que no cuajó en este país a fashion which didn't really catch on o take off in this country

no intentes convencerme, que no cuaja ( fam); don't try and convince me, it won't work o ( colloq) it won't wash

2 «persona» to fit in

no cuaja en ese grupo she doesn't fit in with that group

■ cuajar

vt

1 ‹leche› to curdle

2 (llenar) cuajar algo DE algo to fill sth WITH sth

cuajó el artículo de citas he filled o peppered the article with quotations

■ cuajarse

v pron

to curdle

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cuajar ( conjugate cuajar) verbo intransitivo
1
a) [ leche] to curdle;

[flan/yogur] to set
b) [ nieve] to settle

2
a) [ ideología] to be accepted;

[plan/proyecto] to come off;
[ moda] to catch on, take off
b) [ persona] to fit in

verbo transitivo ‹ leche› to curdle
cuajar
I verbo transitivo (leche) to curdle
II verbo intransitivo
1 (nieve) to lie
2 (moda) to catch on
3 (plan, esfuerzo) to get off the ground
' cuajar' also found in these entries:
English:
clot
- gel
- settle
- take off
- set

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cuajar¹ nm
Zool fourth stomach, Espec abomasum
cuajar²

♦ vt

1. [solidificar] [leche] to curdle;
[sangre] to clot, to coagulate
2.
cuajar de [llenar] to fill with;
[cubrir] to cover with
♦ vi

1. [lograrse] [acuerdo] to be settled;
[negocio] to take off, to get going;
era un jugador que prometía pero no llegó a cuajar he was a player with promise but he never really achieved his potential

2. [ser aceptado] [persona] to fit in;
[moda] to catch on;
las propuestas no cuajaron the proposals never came to anything;

un estilo arquitectónico que no cuajó en Inglaterra an architectural style that didn't catch on in England

3. [nieve] to settle

♦ See also the pronominal verb cuajarse

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cuajar

I v/i

1 de leche curdle; de nieve settle; fig: de idea, proyecto etc come together, jell, gel

2 fam ( llenar) cover

II v/t leche curdle

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cuajar vi

1) : to curdle

2) coagular: to clot, to coagulate

3) : to set, to jell

4) : to be accepted

su idea no cuajó: his idea didn't catch on

cuajar vt

1) : to curdle

2) : to adorn

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cuajar vb

1. (nieve) to settle

no creo que la nieve cuaje I don't think the snow will settle

2. (yogur, flan) to set [pt. & pp. set]

3. (idea, etc) to catch on [pt. & pp. caught]

Spanish-English dictionary > cuajar
15 settle

settle ['setəl]

régler ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (c) fixer ⇒ 1 (b) installer ⇒ 1 (d) coloniser ⇒ 1 (e) calmer ⇒ 1 (f) s'installer ⇒ 2 (a), 2 (b) s'établir ⇒ 2 (a) se calmer ⇒ 2 (c) tenir ⇒ 2 (d) se poser ⇒ 2 (d) se tasser ⇒ 2 (e)

1 transitive verb

(a) (solve → question, issue) régler; (→ dispute, quarrel, differences) régler, trancher;

∎ to settle a matter régler une question;

∎ the case was settled out of court l'affaire a été réglée à l'amiable;

∎ questions not yet settled questions fpl en suspens;

∎ to settle one's affairs mettre ses affaires en ordre, régler ses affaires;

∎ to settle an old score or old scores régler des comptes

(b) (determine, agree on → date, price) fixer;

∎ have you settled where to go for the picnic? avez-vous décidé d'un endroit pour le pique-nique?;

∎ it was settled that I would go to boarding school il fut convenu ou décidé que j'irais en pension;

∎ you must settle that among yourselves il va falloir que vous arrangiez cela entre vous;

∎ nothing is settled yet rien n'est encore décidé ou arrêté;

∎ that's one point settled voilà déjà un point d'acquis;

∎ that's that settled then! voilà une affaire réglée!;

∎ that's settled then, I'll meet you at 8 o'clock alors c'est entendu ou convenu, on se retrouve à 8 heures;

∎ that settles it, the party's tomorrow! c'est décidé, la fête aura lieu demain!;

∎ that settles it, he's fired trop c'est trop, il est renvoyé!

(c) (pay → debt, account, bill) régler;

∎ to settle a claim (insurance) régler un litige

(d) (install) installer; (arrange, place → on table, surface) installer, poser (soigneusement);

∎ when I'm settled, I'll write to you quand je serai installé, je vous écrirai;

∎ to settle oneself comfortably in an armchair s'installer confortablement dans un fauteuil;

∎ he settled the children for the night il a mis les enfants au lit, il est allé coucher les enfants;

∎ to get settled s'installer (confortablement);

∎ to settle one's feet in the stirrups bien installer ses pieds dans les étriers;

∎ she settled the rug over her knees elle enroula la couverture autour de ses genoux

(e) (colonize) coloniser;

∎ Peru was settled by the Spanish le Pérou a été colonisé par les Espagnols, les Espagnols se sont établis au Pérou

(f) (calm → nerves, stomach) calmer, apaiser;

∎ this brandy will settle your nerves ce cognac te calmera les nerfs;

∎ give me something to settle my stomach donnez-moi quelque chose pour l'estomac;

∎ to settle sb's doubts dissiper les doutes de qn;

∎ the rain settled the dust la pluie a fait retomber la poussière

(g) Law (money, allowance, estate) constituer;

∎ to settle an annuity on sb constituer une rente à qn;

∎ she settled all her money on her nephew elle a légué toute sa fortune à son neveu;

∎ figurative how are you settled for money at the moment? est-ce que tu as suffisamment d'argent en ce moment?

2 intransitive verb

(a) (go to live → gen) s'installer, s'établir; (→ colonist) s'établir;

∎ she finally settled abroad elle s'est finalement installée à l'étranger

(b) (install oneself → in new flat, bed) s'installer; (adapt → to circumstances) s'habituer;

∎ she lived here a few years, but didn't settle (didn't stay) elle a vécu ici quelques années, mais ne s'est pas installée définitivement; (didn't adapt) elle a vécu ici quelques années, mais ne s'est jamais habituée;

∎ to settle in an armchair/for the night s'installer dans un fauteuil/pour la nuit;

∎ I couldn't settle (in bed) je n'arrivais pas à m'endormir;

∎ to settle to work/to do sth se mettre sérieusement au travail/à faire qch;

∎ he can't settle to anything il n'arrive pas à se concentrer sur quoi que ce soit

(c) (become calm → nerves, stomach, storm) s'apaiser, se calmer; (→ situation) s'arranger;

∎ wait for things to settle before you do anything attends que les choses se calment ou s'arrangent avant de faire quoi que ce soit;

∎ the weather is settling le temps se calme

(d) (come to rest → snow) tenir; (→ dust, sediment) se déposer; (→ liquid, beer) reposer; (→ bird, insect, eyes) se poser;

∎ the snow began to settle (on the ground) la neige commençait à tenir;

∎ a fly settled on the butter une mouche s'est posée sur le beurre;

∎ let your dinner settle before you go out prends le temps de digérer avant de sortir;

∎ let the dregs settle laissez se déposer la lie;

∎ allow the mixture to settle laissez reposer le mélange;

∎ her gaze settled on the book son regard se posa sur le livre;

∎ a look of despair/utter contentment settled on his face son visage prit une expression de désespoir/profonde satisfaction;

∎ an eerie calm settled over the village un calme inquiétant retomba sur le village;

∎ the cold settled on his chest le rhume lui est tombé sur la poitrine

(e) (road, wall, foundations) se tasser;

∎ cracks appeared in the walls as the house settled des fissures apparaissaient dans les murs au fur et à mesure que la maison s'affaissait;

∎ Commerce contents may settle during transport (on packaging) le contenu risque de se tasser pendant le transport

(f) (financially)

∎ to settle with sb for sth régler le prix de qch à qn;

∎ can I settle with you tomorrow? est-ce que je peux vous régler demain?

(g) Law

∎ to settle out of court régler une affaire à l'amiable

3 noun

(seat) banquette f à haut dossier

➲ settle down

1 intransitive verb

(a) (in armchair, at desk) s'installer; (in new home) s'installer, se fixer; (at school, in job) s'habituer, s'adapter; (adopt steady lifestyle) se ranger, s'assagir;

∎ they settled down by the fire for the evening ils se sont installés près du feu pour la soirée;

∎ to settle down to watch television s'installer (confortablement) devant la télévision;

∎ it took the children some weeks to settle down in their new school il a fallu plusieurs semaines aux enfants pour s'habituer à leur nouvelle école;

∎ Susan is finding it hard to settle down to life in Paris Susan a du mal à s'habituer ou à s'adapter à la vie parisienne;

∎ they never settle down anywhere for long ils ne se fixent jamais nulle part bien longtemps;

∎ it's about time Tom got married and settled down il est temps que Tom se marie et qu'il se range;

∎ he's not someone you could imagine settling down with ce n'est pas le genre de personne avec qui on peut imaginer se marier

(b) (concentrate, apply oneself)

∎ to settle down to do sth se mettre à faire qch;

∎ to settle down to work se mettre au travail;

∎ I can't seem to settle down to anything these days je n'arrive pas à me concentrer sur quoi que ce soit ces jours-ci

(c) (become calm → excitement) s'apaiser; (→ situation) s'arranger;

∎ things are settling down (calming down) les choses sont en train de se calmer; (becoming more definite) les choses commencent à prendre tournure;

∎ as soon as the market settles down aussitôt que le marché se sera stabilisé;

∎ settle down, children! calmez-vous, les enfants!, du calme, les enfants!

2 separable transitive verb

(person) installer;

∎ to settle oneself down in an armchair s'installer (confortablement) dans un fauteuil;

∎ she settled the patient/the baby down for the night elle a installé le malade/le bébé pour la nuit

➲ settle for inseparable transitive verb

accepter, se contenter de;

∎ I settled for £100 j'ai accepté 100 livres;

∎ I won't settle for less than £200 200 livres, c'est mon dernier prix, je ne descendrai pas au-dessous de 200 livres;

∎ I insist on the best quality, I never settle for (anything) less j'exige ce qu'il y a de mieux, je n'accepte jamais rien en dessous;

∎ there was no wine left so they had to settle for beer comme il ne restait plus de vin, ils durent se contenter de bière

➲ settle in intransitive verb

(at new house) s'installer; (at new school, job) s'habituer, s'adapter;

∎ once we're settled in, we'll invite you round une fois que nous serons installés, nous t'inviterons;

∎ it took him a while to settle in at his new school il a mis un certain temps à s'habituer à sa nouvelle école

➲ settle into

1 inseparable transitive verb

(job, routine) s'habituer à, s'adapter à;

∎ she soon settled into her new post elle s'est vite adaptée à son nouveau poste;

∎ life soon settled into the usual dull routine la vie reprit bientôt son rythme monotone

2 separable transitive verb

installer dans;

∎ she's busy settling her daughter into her new flat elle est occupée à installer sa fille dans son nouvel appartement

➲ settle on inseparable transitive verb

(decide on) décider de;

∎ they've settled on Rome for their honeymoon ils ont décidé d'aller passer leur lune de miel à Rome;

∎ they've settled on a Volkswagen ils se sont décidés pour une Volkswagen;

∎ they couldn't settle on a price ils n'ont pas réussi à se mettre d'accord sur un prix;

∎ they settled on a compromise solution ils ont finalement choisi le compromis

➲ settle up

1 intransitive verb

régler (la note);

∎ I must settle up with the plumber il faut que je règle le plombier;

∎ can we settle up? est-ce qu'on peut faire les comptes?

2 separable transitive verb

régler

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16 all

1. attributive adjective
1) (entire extent or quantity of) ganz

all day — den ganzen Tag

for all that — trotz allem

all his life — sein ganzes Leben

all my money — all mein Geld; mein ganzes Geld

stop all this noise/shouting! — hör mit dem Krach/Geschrei auf!

thank you for all your hard work — danke für all deine Anstrengungen

get away from it all — einmal von allem abschalten

that says it all — das sagt alles

2) (entire number of) alle

all the books — alle Bücher

all my books — all[e] meine Bücher

where are all the glasses? — wo sind all die Gläser?

all ten men — alle zehn Männer

we all went to bed — wir gingen alle schlafen

all the others — alle anderen

all Goethe's works — sämtliche Werke Goethes

why he of all people? — warum ausgerechnet er?

people of all ages — Menschen jeden Alters

All Fools' Day — der 1. April

3) (any whatever) jeglicher/jegliche/jegliches

4) (greatest possible)

in all innocence — in aller Unschuld

with all speed — so schnell wie möglich
2. noun
1) (all persons) alle

all present — alle Anwesenden

one and all — [alle] ohne Ausnahme

all and sundry — Krethi und Plethi

all of us — wir alle

the happiest/most beautiful of all — der/die Glücklichste/die Schönste unter allen

most of all — am meisten

he ran fastest of all — er lief am schnellsten

2) (every bit)

all of it/the money — alles/das ganze od. alles Geld

3)

all of (coll.): (as much as) be all of seven feet tall — gut sieben Fuß groß sein

4) (all things) alles

all I need is the money — ich brauche nur das Geld

all is not lost — es ist nicht alles verloren

it's all or nothing — es geht ums Ganze

most of all — am meisten

give one's all — sein Letztes geben

it was all but impossible — es war fast unmöglich

all in all — alles in allem

it's all the same or all one to me — es ist mir ganz egal od. völlig gleichgültig

that's all very well — das ist alles schön und gut

can I help you at all? — kann ich Ihnen irgendwie behilflich sein?

I do not care at all — es ist mir völlig gleich

you are not disturbing me at all — du störst mich nicht im geringsten

were you surprised at all? — warst du denn überrascht?

nothing at all — gar nichts

not at all happy/well — überhaupt nicht glücklich/gesund

not at all! — überhaupt nicht!; (acknowledging thanks) gern geschehen!; nichts zu danken!

if at all — wenn überhaupt

in all — insgesamt

5) (Sport)

two [goals] all — zwei zu zwei; (Tennis)

thirty all — dreißig beide
3. adverb
ganz

all but — fast

he all but fell down — er wäre fast heruntergefallen

all the better/worse [for that] — um so besser/schlimmer

I feel all the better for it — das hat mir wirklich gut getan

all at once — (suddenly) plötzlich; (simultaneously) alle[s] zugleich

all too soon — allzu schnell

be all for something — (coll.) sehr für etwas sein

be all in — (exhausted) total od. völlig erledigt sein (ugs.)

go all out [to do something] — alles daransetzen[, etwas zu tun]

be all ready [to go] — (coll.) fertig [zum Weggehen] sein (ugs.)

something is all right — etwas ist in Ordnung; (tolerable) etwas ist ganz gut

did you get home all right? — sind Sie gut nach Hause gekommen?

I'm all right — mir geht es ganz gut

work out all right — gut gehen; klappen (ugs.)

that's her, all right — das ist sie, ganz recht

yes, all right — ja, gut

is it all right if I go in? — kann ich reingehen?

it's all right by or with me — das ist mir recht

lie all round the room — überall im Zimmer herumliegen

I don't think he's all there — (coll.) ich glaube, er ist nicht ganz da (ugs.)

all the same — trotzdem

it's all the same to me — es ist mir einerlei

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[o:l] 1. adjective, pronoun
1) (the whole (of): He ate all the cake; He has spent all of his money.) ganz

2) (every one (of a group) when taken together: They were all present; All men are equal.) alle
2. adverb
1) (entirely: all alone; dressed all in white.) ganz

2) ((with the) much; even: Your low pay is all the more reason to find a new job; I feel all the better for a shower.) um so

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- academic.ru/94374/all-clear">all-clear
- all-out
- all-round
- all-rounder
- all-terrain vehicle
- all along
- all at once
- all in
- all in all
- all over
- all right
- in all
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all

[ɒ:l, AM also ɑ:l]

I. adj attr, inv

1. + pl n (the whole number of, every one of) alle

are those \all the documents you can find? sind das alle Papiere, die du finden kannst?

\all my glasses are broken alle meine [o meine ganzen] Gläser sind kaputt, meine Gläser sind alle [o fam allesamt] kaputt

\all children should have a right to education alle Kinder sollten ein Recht auf Bildung haben

\all her children go to public school alle ihre Kinder besuchen eine Privatschule, ihre Kinder besuchen alle [o fam allesamt] ein Privatschule

20% of \all items sold had been reduced 20 % aller verkauften Artikel waren reduziert

\all six [of the] men are electricians alle sechs [Männer] sind Elektriker

I had to use \all my powers of persuasion ich musste meine ganze Überzeugungskraft aufbieten

I've locked myself out — of \all the stupid things to do! ich habe mich ausgeschlossen! — wie kann man nur so blöd sein!

on \all fours auf allen vieren

from \all directions aus allen Richtungen

\all the people alle [Leute]

why did the take him, of \all people? warum haben sie ausgerechnet ihn genommen?

\all the others alle anderen

2. + sing n (the whole of) der/die/das ganze...

they lost \all their money sie haben ihr ganzes Geld verloren

\all day [long] den ganzen Tag [lang]

\all her life ihr ganzes Leben

for \all the money trotz des ganzen Geldes

\all the time die ganze Zeit

he was unemployed for \all that time er war all die Zeit [o die ganze Zeit über] [o während der ganzen Zeit] arbeitslos

\all the way den ganzen [weiten] Weg

\all week/year die ganze Woche/das ganze Jahr

3. + sing n (every type of) jede(r, s)

\all wood should be treated jedes Holz sollte [o alle Holzarten sollten] behandelt werden

4. (the greatest possible) all

with \all haste [or speed] [or dispatch] ( form) so schnell wie möglich

in \all honesty [or sincerity] ganz ehrlich

with \all due respect,... bei allem Respekt,..., mit Verlaub,... geh

with \all speed so schnell wie möglich

in \all probability aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach

5. (any whatever) jegliche(r, s)

she denied \all knowledge of the matter sie stritt ab, irgendetwas über die Sache zu wissen

beyond \all doubt jenseits allen Zweifels

6.

▶ for \all trotz + gen

for \all her money she is not happy trotz ihres ganzen Geldes ist sie nicht glücklich

▶ \all good things must come to an end ( prov) alles hat ein Ende

▶ ... and \all that jazz [or (pej!) rubbish]... und das ganze Zeug pej fam

▶ not as... as \all that:

he's not as rich as \all that so reich ist er nun auch wieder nicht

II. pron

1. (the total, everybody, every one) alle

the best-looking of \all der Bestaussehende von allen

we saw \all of them wir haben [sie] alle gesehen

\all of them [or they \all] liked the film der Film hat ihnen allen [o allen von ihnen] gefallen

the house has four bedrooms, \all with balconies das Haus hat vier Schlafzimmer, alle mit Balkon

her last novel was [the] best of \all ihr letzter Roman war der beste von allen

\all but one of the pupils came to the outing bis auf einen Schüler nahmen alle am Ausflug teil

\all and sundry jedermann, Gott und die Welt

one and \all alle

let's sing now one and \all! lasst uns jetzt alle zusammen singen!

\all but... alle außer..., bis auf...

2. (everything) alles

it was \all very strange es war alles sehr seltsam

\all is not lost yet noch ist nicht alles verloren

tell me \all about it erzähl mir alles darüber

he's eaten \all of it [or eaten it \all] er hat alles aufgegessen

have you drunk \all of the milk? hast du die ganze Milch getrunken?

first of \all zuerst; (most importantly) vor allem

most of \all am meisten

there are many professions which interest him, but most of \all, he'd like to be a zookeeper viele Berufe interessieren ihn, aber am liebsten wäre er Zoowärter

\all in one alles in einem

a corkscrew and bottle-opener \all in one ein Korkenzieher und Flaschenöffner in einem

to give [or put] one's \all alles [o sein Letztes] geben

and \all ( fam) und all dem

what with the fog and \all, I'd really not drive tonight ( fam) bei dem Nebel und so möchte ich heute Nacht wirklich nicht fahren fam

3. + relative clause (the only thing) alles

it was \all that he had es war alles, was er hatte

it's \all [that] I can do for you mehr kann ich nicht für dich tun

\all I want is to be left alone ich will nur in Ruhe gelassen werden

the remark was so silly, it was \all she could do not to laugh die Bemerkung war so dumm, dass sie sich sehr zusammenreißen musste, um nicht zu lachen

\all [that] it takes is a little bit of luck man braucht nur etwas Glück

that's \all I need right now ( iron) das hat mir jetzt gerade noch gefehlt pej

for \all...:

for \all I care,.... von mir aus...

for \all I know,... (as far as I know) soviel [o soweit] ich weiß...; (I don't know) was weiß ich,...

are the married? — for \all I know they could be sind sie verheiratet? — was weiß ich, schon möglich!

where is she? — for \all I know she could be on holidays wo ist sie? — was weiß ich, vielleicht [ist sie] im Urlaub!

4. (for emphasis)

at \all überhaupt

do you ever travel to the States at \all? fährst du überhaupt je in die Staaten?

if at \all wenn überhaupt

nothing [or not anything] at \all überhaupt nichts

not at \all überhaupt nicht

thanks very much for your help — not at \all, it was a pleasure vielen Dank für Ihre Hilfe — keine Ursache [o nichts zu danken], es war mir ein Vergnügen

5.

▶ and \all ( fam: as well) auch

I'm cold — yeah, me and \all mir ist kalt — ja, mir auch

get one for me and \all bring mir auch einen

▶ \all for one, and one for \all ( saying) alle für einen, einer für alle

▶ in \all insgesamt

that's £20 in \all das macht alles zusammen 20 Pfund

▶ \all in \all alles in allem

▶ \all of... (at least) mindestens...; (as much as) gut...; (as little as) ganze...

it's going to cost \all of a million dollars das kostet mindestens eine Million Dollar

the book has sold \all of 200/400,000 copies von dem Buch sind ganze 200/gut 400.000 Exemplare verkauft worden

▶ to be \all one to sb jdm egal [o gleich] sein

▶ \all told insgesamt

they tried a dozen times \all told sie versuchten es insgesamt ein Dutzend Mal

▶ \all's well that ends well ( prov) Ende gut, alles gut prov

III. adv inv

1. (entirely) ganz, völlig

it's \all about money these days heutzutage geht es nur ums Geld

she's been \all round the world sie war schon überall auf der Welt

to be \all in favour of sth ganz [o völlig] begeistert von etw dat sein

\all in green ganz in Grün

to be \all in one piece heil [o unbeschädigt] sein

to be \all of a piece with sth mit etw dat völlig übereinstimmen

to spill sth \all over the place/floor etw überall/über den gesamten Boden verschütten

the baby got food \all over its bib das Baby hatte sich sein ganzes Lätzchen vollgekleckert

to be \all over the place [or BRIT shop] ( fam) überall sein

to be not \all that happy nicht gerade glücklich sein

\all alone ganz allein

\all along die ganze Zeit

she's been fooling us \all along sie hat uns die ganze Zeit getäuscht

to be \all over aus und vorbei sein

to be \all for doing sth ganz dafür sein, etw zu tun

my son is \all for spending the summer on the beach mein Sohn will den Sommer unbedingt am Strand verbringen

2. (totally, only)

the newspaper was \all advertisements die Zeitung bestand fast nur aus Anzeigen

I was \all the family she ever had ich war die einzige Familie, die sie je hatte

he was \all smiles er strahlte über das ganze Gesicht

he's \all talk [or ( fam) mouth] er ist nur ein Schwätzer pej, er schwingt nur große Worte

to be \all charm seinen ganzen Charme spielenlassen

to be \all ears ganz Ohr sein

to be \all eyes gespannt zusehen

to be \all a flutter ganz aus dem Häuschen sein fam

to be \all silk/wool aus reiner Seide/Wolle sein

3.

▪ \all the... (even) umso...; (much) viel...

\all the better [for that]! umso besser!

now that he's a star he'll be \all the more difficult to work with jetzt wo er ein Star ist, wird die Zusammenarbeit mit ihm umso schwieriger sein

I feel \all the better for your visit seit du da bist, geht es mir schon viel besser

4. (for emphasis) äußerst, ausgesprochen

she was \all excited sie war ganz aufgeregt

now don't get \all upset about it nun reg dich doch nicht so [furchtbar] darüber auf

your proposal is \all very well in theory, but... in der Theorie ist dein Vorschlag ja schön und gut, aber...

\all too... nur zu...

I'm \all too aware of the problems die Probleme sind mir nur zu gegenwärtig

the end of the holiday came \all too soon der Urlaub war nur viel zu schnell zu Ende

5. SPORT (to both sides)

the score is three \all es steht drei zu drei [unentschieden] [o drei beide

6.

to not do sth \all that well (not really) etw nicht gerade toll tun fam

she doesn't sing \all that well sie kann nicht besonders toll singen fam

to not be \all that... (not as much as thought) so... nun auch wieder nicht sein

he's not \all that important so wichtig ist er nun auch wieder nicht

7. (nearly)

\all but fast

the party was \all but over when we arrived die Party war schon fast vorbei, als wir ankamen

it was \all but impossible to read his writing es war nahezu unmöglich, seine Handschrift zu entziffern

8.

▶ to go \all out for sth alles für etw akk tun

▶ \all in (exhausted)

he felt \all in er war völlig erledigt; BRIT (including everything) alles inklusive

the holiday cost £600 \all in alles inklusive hat der Urlaub hat 600 Pfund gekostet

▶ to be \all over sb ( pej: excessively enthusiastic) sich akk [geradezu] auf jdn stürzen; ( fam: harass) jdn total anmachen fam, über jdn herfallen ÖSTERR fam

▶ that's sb \all over das sieht jdm ähnlich

he invited me out for dinner and then discovered he didn't have any money — that's Bill \all over! er lud mich ein, mit ihm auswärts zu essen, und merkte dann, dass er kein Geld bei sich hatte — typisch Bill!

▶ to be \all over the place [or BRIT shop] ( fam: badly organised) [völlig] chaotisch sein; (confused) völlig von der Rolle [o ÖSTERR daneben] sein fam

▶ \all round [or around] AM (in every way) rundum; (for each person) für alle

that was a success/good performance \all round das war ein voller Erfolg/eine rundum gelungene Vorstellung

he bought drinks \all round er gab eine Runde Getränke aus

▶ to be not \all there ( fam) nicht ganz richtig [im Kopf] sein fam, nicht alle Tassen im Schrank haben fig fam

▶ to be \all up with sb ( fam)

it looks as though it's \all up with us now es sieht so aus, als seien wir nun endgültig am Ende fam

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[ɔːl]
1. ADJECTIVE
with nouns plural alle; (singular) ganze(r, s), alle(r, s)When alle is used to translate all the it is not followed by the German article.
we have considered all the possibilities — wir haben alle Möglichkeiten in Betracht gezogen

she brought all the children — sie brachte alle Kinder mit

all the problems have been solved — alle or sämtliche Probleme wurden gelöst

all kinds or sorts of people — alle möglichen Leute

all the tobacco —

all the milk all the fruit — die ganze Milch, alle Milch das ganze Obst, alles Obst

all you boys can come with me — ihr Jungen könnt alle mit mir kommen

the money was all there — alles Geld or das ganze Geld war da

where's all that water coming from? — wo kommt das ganze or all das Wasser her?

all the time — die ganze Zeit

all day ( long) — den ganzen Tag (lang)

all Spain — ganz Spanien

to dislike all sport — jeglichen Sport ablehnen

in all respects — in jeder Hinsicht

all my strength — meine ganze Kraft

all my books/friends — alle meine Bücher/Freunde, meine ganzen Bücher/Freunde

all my life — mein ganzes Leben (lang)

they all came —

we all sat down — wir setzten uns alle

I invited them all — ich habe sie alle eingeladen Note that it all is usually translated by alles alone:

he took/spent it all — er hat alles genommen/ausgegeben

it all happened so quickly — alles geschah so schnell, es geschah alles so schnell

he's seen/done it all — für ihn gibt es nichts Neues mehr, ihn kann nichts mehr erschüttern (inf)

I don't understand all that — ich verstehe das alles nicht

what's all this/that about? — was soll das Ganze?

what's all this/that? — was ist denn das?; (annoyed) was soll denn das!

what's all this I hear about you leaving? — was höre ich da! Sie wollen gehen?

with all possible speed — so schnell wie möglich

with all due care — mit angemessener Sorgfalt

with all due speed — in angemessenem Tempo

they will take all possible precautions — sie werden alle möglichen Sicherheitsvorkehrungen treffen

2. PRONOUN

1) = everything alles

all is well — alles ist gut

I'm just curious, that's all — ich bin nur neugierig, das ist alles

that's all that matters — darauf allein kommt es an

that's all he said — das ist alles, was er gesagt hat, mehr hat er nicht gesagt

that is all (that) I can tell you — mehr kann ich Ihnen nicht sagen

it was all I could do not to laugh — ich musste an mich halten, um nicht zu lachen

all of Paris/of the house — ganz Paris/das ganze Haus

all of it — alles

I don't need all of it — ich brauche nicht alles

all of 5 kms/£5 —

it took him all of three hours — er brauchte ganze drei Stunden

2) = everybody alle pl

all who knew him — alle, die ihn kannten

all of them — (sie) alle

the score was two all — es stand zwei zu zwei

3. ADVERB
(= quite, entirely) ganz
dressed all in white, all dressed in white — ganz in Weiß (gekleidet)

all woman — ganz Frau

all dirty/excited etc — ganz schmutzig/aufgeregt etc

that's all very fine or well — das ist alles ganz schön und gut

all wool — reine Wolle

an all wool carpet — ein reinwollener Teppich, ein Teppich aus reiner Wolle

it was red all over — es war ganz rot

that's Dave all over — das ist typisch Dave

all down the front of her dress — überall vorn auf ihrem Kleid

all along the road — die ganze Straße entlang

there were chairs all around the room — rundum im Zimmer standen Stühle

he ordered whiskies/drinks all round —

what's the film all about? — wovon handelt der Film überhaupt?

I'll tell you all about it — ich erzähl dir alles

it was all about a little girl — es handelte von einem kleinen Mädchen

4. NOUN
__diams; one's all alles
he staked his all on this race/deal — er setzte alles auf dieses Rennen/Unternehmen

the horses were giving their all — die Pferde gaben ihr Letztes

5. SET STRUCTURES
__diams; all along (= from the start) von Anfang an, die ganze Zeit (über)
I feared that all along — das habe ich von Anfang an befürchtet, das habe ich schon die ganze Zeit (über) befürchtet

he all but died —

he all but lost it — er hätte es fast verloren

the party won all but six of the seats — die Partei hat alle außer sechs Sitzen or alle bis auf sechs Sitze gewonnen

I'm all for it! — ich bin ganz dafür __diams; all found insgesamt, alles in allem __diams; all in ( inf

to be or feel all in — total erledigt sein (inf) __diams; all in all alles in allem

it's all one to me — das ist mir (ganz) egal or einerlei

all the hotter/prettier/happier etc — noch heißer/hübscher/glücklicher etc

all the funnier because... — umso lustiger, weil...

or vacation (US) — jetzt, wo ich Urlaub gemacht habe, gehts mir viel besser

all the more so since... —

all the better to see you with — damit ich dich besser sehen kann

all the same, it's a pity — trotzdem ist es schade

it's all the same to me —

if it's all the same to you — wenn es Ihnen egal ist

he's all there/not all there — er ist voll da/nicht ganz da (inf) __diams; all too + adjective/adverb

all too soon/quickly — viel zu or allzu früh/schnell

he ate the orange, peel and all — er hat die ganze Orange gegessen, samt der Schale

the whole family came, children and all — die Familie kam mit Kind und Kegel

what with the snow and all (inf) — mit dem ganzen Schnee und so (inf)

nothing at all — überhaupt or gar nichts

did/didn't you say anything at all? — haben Sie überhaupt etwas gesagt/gar or überhaupt nichts gesagt?

I'm not at all sure, I'm not sure at all — ich bin mir ganz und gar nicht sicher, ich bin gar nicht ganz sicher

I'm not at all angry etc, I'm not angry etc at all — ich bin überhaupt nicht wütend etc, ich bin ganz und gar nicht wütend etc

it's not bad at all — das ist gar nicht schlecht

I don't know at all — ich weiß es überhaupt nicht

if at all possible — wenn irgend möglich

for all his wealth — trotz (all) seines Reichtums

for all that — trotz allem, trotzdem

for all I know she could be ill —

is he in Paris? – for all I know he could be — ist er in Paris? – schon möglich, was weiß ich!

ten people in all — insgesamt zehn Personen __diams; all that ( US inf ) einfach super (inf)

it's not all that bad, it's not as bad as all that — so schlimm ist es nun auch wieder nicht

it isn't all THAT expensive! — so teuer ist es nun wieder auch nicht

of all the idiots! — so ein Idiot!

of all the stupid things to do! — so was Dummes!

why me of all people? — warum ausgerechnet ich?

happiest/earliest/clearest etc of all —

that would be best of all — das wäre am besten

I like him best of all — von allen mag ich ihn am liebsten

most of all —

most of all I'd like to be... — am liebsten wäre ich...

the best car of all — das allerbeste Auto __diams; to be all things to all men (person) sich mit jedem gutstellen; (thing, invention, new software etc) das Ideale sein

a party which claims to be all things to all men — eine Partei, die behauptet, allen etwas zu bieten __diams; you all ( US inf ) ihr (alle); (to two people) ihr (beide)

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all [ɔːl]

A adj

1. all, sämtlich, gesamt, vollständig, ganz:

all one’s courage seinen ganzen Mut;

all mistakes alle oder sämtliche Fehler;

all my friends alle meine Freunde;

all night (long) die ganze Nacht (hindurch);

all (the) day, all day long den ganzen Tag, den lieben langen Tag;

all day and every day tagelang; tagaus, tagein;

open all day ganztägig geöffnet;

all the time

a) die ganze Zeit (über),

b) ständig, immer;

at all times zu jeder Zeit, jederzeit;

all the town die ganze Stadt, jedermann; → day 6

2. jeder, jede, jedes, alle pl:

at all hours zu jeder Stunde;

beyond all question ohne Frage, fraglos;

in all respects in jeder Hinsicht;

deny all responsibility jede Verantwortung ablehnen; → sundry

3. vollkommen, völlig, total, ganz, rein:

all nonsense reiner Unsinn;

all wool US reine Wolle; → leg Bes Redew

B adv

1. ganz (u. gar), gänzlich, völlig:

all alone ganz allein;

all the um so …;

all the better um so besser;

she was all gratitude sie war voll(er) Dankbarkeit;

she is all kindness sie ist die Güte selber;

all one einerlei, gleichgültig;

he is all for it er ist unbedingt dafür;

all important äußerst wichtig, entscheidend;

all mad völlig verrückt;

all wrong ganz falsch; → same C

2. für jede Seite, beide:

the score was two all das Spiel stand zwei zu zwei

3. poet gerade, eben

C pron alles:

all of it alles, das Ganze;

all of us wir alle;

good night, all gute Nacht allerseits!;

all of a year ein ganzes Jahr;

it took me all of two days ich brauchte zwei volle oder ganze zwei Tage ( to do zu tun);

that’s all das ist oder wäre alles;

that’s all there is to it das ist die ganze Geschichte;

all or nothing alles oder nichts;

it’s all or nothing for es geht um alles oder nichts für;

it all began die ganze Sache begann;

and all that und dergleichen;

when all is said and done letzten Endes, schließlich; → end B 1

D s

1. alles:

his all

a) sein Hab und Gut,

b) auch his all and all sein Ein und Alles

2. oft All PHIL (Welt)All nBesondere Redewendungen: all along die ganze Zeit (über);

all around

a) rund(her)um, ringsumher,

b) überall,

c) durch die Bank umg, durchweg all in alles inklusive;

be ( oder feel) all in umg total fertig oder erledigt sein;

all in all alles in allem;

his wife is all in all to him seine Frau bedeutet ihm alles;

all out umg

a) total fertig oder erledigt,

b) auf dem Holzweg (im Irrtum),

c) mit aller Macht ( for sth auf etwas aus), mit restlosem Einsatz,

d) vollständig ( → all-out) go all out umg

a) alles daransetzen, aufs Ganze gehen,

b) besonders SPORT das Letzte aus sich herausholen all over

a) umg ganz und gar,

b) überall,

c) überallhin, in ganz England etc herum, im ganzen Haus etc herum,

d) auch all over one’s body am ganzen Körper, überall that is Doug all over das ist ganz oder typisch Doug, das sieht Doug ähnlich;

news from all over Nachrichten von überall her;

be all over sb umg an jemandem einen Narren gefressen haben;

all right

a) ganz recht oder richtig,

b) schon gut,

c) in Ordnung (auch Person), engS. unbeschädigt,

d) na schön!,

e) umg mit Sicherheit, ohne Zweifel,

f) erlaubt I’m all right bei mir ist alles in Ornung;

he’s all right ihm ist nichts passiert;

I’m all right, Jack umg Hauptsache, mir geht’s gut;

be all right for

a) geeignet sein oder passen für,

b) annehmbar sein für it’s all right for you to laugh du hast gut lachen;

I’m all right for money umg bei mir stimmt die Kasse;

are you all right in that chair? sitzt du gut in dem Sessel?;

is it all right if I’ …? darf ich …?;

it’s all right with ( oder by) me von mir aus, ich habe nichts dagegen;

he arrived all right er ist gut angekommen;

all round

a) rund(her)um, ringsumher,

b) überall,

c) durch die Bank umg, durchweg taken all round umg alles in allem;

all there gewitzt, gescheit, auf Draht umg;

he is not all there er ist nicht ganz bei Trost;

all up umg total fertig oder erledigt;

it’s all up with him mit ihm ists aus;

he of all people came ausgerechnet er kam;

I thought you of all people would understand ich dachte, gerade du würdest das verstehen; (siehe weitere Verbindungen unter den entsprechenden Stichwörtern)

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1. attributive adjective
1) (entire extent or quantity of) ganz

all day — den ganzen Tag

for all that — trotz allem

all his life — sein ganzes Leben

all my money — all mein Geld; mein ganzes Geld

stop all this noise/shouting! — hör mit dem Krach/Geschrei auf!

thank you for all your hard work — danke für all deine Anstrengungen

get away from it all — einmal von allem abschalten

that says it all — das sagt alles

2) (entire number of) alle

all the books — alle Bücher

all my books — all[e] meine Bücher

where are all the glasses? — wo sind all die Gläser?

all ten men — alle zehn Männer

we all went to bed — wir gingen alle schlafen

all the others — alle anderen

all Goethe's works — sämtliche Werke Goethes

why he of all people? — warum ausgerechnet er?

people of all ages — Menschen jeden Alters

All Fools' Day — der 1. April

3) (any whatever) jeglicher/jegliche/jegliches

4) (greatest possible)

in all innocence — in aller Unschuld

with all speed — so schnell wie möglich
2. noun
1) (all persons) alle

all present — alle Anwesenden

one and all — [alle] ohne Ausnahme

all and sundry — Krethi und Plethi

all of us — wir alle

the happiest/most beautiful of all — der/die Glücklichste/die Schönste unter allen

most of all — am meisten

he ran fastest of all — er lief am schnellsten

2) (every bit)

all of it/the money — alles/das ganze od. alles Geld

3)

all of (coll.): (as much as) be all of seven feet tall — gut sieben Fuß groß sein

4) (all things) alles

all I need is the money — ich brauche nur das Geld

all is not lost — es ist nicht alles verloren

it's all or nothing — es geht ums Ganze

most of all — am meisten

give one's all — sein Letztes geben

it was all but impossible — es war fast unmöglich

all in all — alles in allem

it's all the same or all one to me — es ist mir ganz egal od. völlig gleichgültig

that's all very well — das ist alles schön und gut

can I help you at all? — kann ich Ihnen irgendwie behilflich sein?

I do not care at all — es ist mir völlig gleich

you are not disturbing me at all — du störst mich nicht im geringsten

were you surprised at all? — warst du denn überrascht?

nothing at all — gar nichts

not at all happy/well — überhaupt nicht glücklich/gesund

not at all! — überhaupt nicht!; (acknowledging thanks) gern geschehen!; nichts zu danken!

if at all — wenn überhaupt

in all — insgesamt

5) (Sport)

two [goals] all — zwei zu zwei; (Tennis)

thirty all — dreißig beide
3. adverb
ganz

all but — fast

he all but fell down — er wäre fast heruntergefallen

all the better/worse [for that] — um so besser/schlimmer

I feel all the better for it — das hat mir wirklich gut getan

all at once — (suddenly) plötzlich; (simultaneously) alle[s] zugleich

all too soon — allzu schnell

be all for something — (coll.) sehr für etwas sein

be all in — (exhausted) total od. völlig erledigt sein (ugs.)

go all out [to do something] — alles daransetzen[, etwas zu tun]

be all ready [to go] — (coll.) fertig [zum Weggehen] sein (ugs.)

something is all right — etwas ist in Ordnung; (tolerable) etwas ist ganz gut

did you get home all right? — sind Sie gut nach Hause gekommen?

I'm all right — mir geht es ganz gut

work out all right — gut gehen; klappen (ugs.)

that's her, all right — das ist sie, ganz recht

yes, all right — ja, gut

is it all right if I go in? — kann ich reingehen?

it's all right by or with me — das ist mir recht

lie all round the room — überall im Zimmer herumliegen

I don't think he's all there — (coll.) ich glaube, er ist nicht ganz da (ugs.)

all the same — trotzdem

it's all the same to me — es ist mir einerlei

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adj.

all adj.

ganz adj.

jeder adj.

sämtlich adj.

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17 als

Konj.

1. zeitlich: when, (während) as, while; damals, als... back then, when..., in the days, when...; als ich kam, war er nicht mehr da he had already left by the time I arrived; ich kam erst, als er schon weg war I didn’t arrive until after he had left

2. vergleichend; nach Komp.: than; nach Negation: but, except; er ist älter als du he’s older than you; alles andere als ( hübsch etc.) anything but (pretty etc.); wer sonst als er etc. who else but him etc.; kein anderer oder niemand anders als er non other than he; nichts als ( Unsinn etc.) nothing but (rubbish etc.); mehr als genug more than enough; so bald oder schnell als möglich as soon ( oder quickly) as possible; als ob as if, as though; sie tat (so), als schliefe sie oder als ob sie schliefe auch she pretended to be asleep; als ob du das nicht gewusst hättest! as if you didn’t (already) know that!; mir war, als wenn es geklingelt hätte I thought the doorbell had rung; er ist zu anständig, als dass er das tun könnte he’s too decent to do a thing like that

3. erläuternd: as; (in der Eigenschaft von) auch in one’s capacity as.; als Lehrer / Künstler etc. as a critic / an artist etc.; als Deutscher / Franzose etc. being a German / Frenchman.; als Entschuldigung by way of an excuse; als Geschenk as a present; das erwies sich als Fehler / richtig that turned out to be a mistake / right; du als Ältester you as the eldest; er starb als Held he died (as) a hero; sie kam als Letzte rein she was the last to come in; als Kind war ich oft krank I was often ill as a child

4. altm.: als da sind oder wären to wit, namely, that is to say allg.; insofern, solch, sowohl, umso

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(Eigenschaft) being; as;

(vergleichend) as; than;

(zeitlich) as; when; while

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ạls [als]
1. conj

1) (nach comp) than

ich kam später als er — I came later than he( did) or him

Hans ist größer als sein Bruder — Hans is taller than his brother

mehr als arbeiten kann ich nicht — I can't do more than work

2)

(bei Vergleichen) so... als... — as... as...

so viel/so weit als möglich — as much/far as possible

als wie — as

nichts/niemand/nirgend anders als — nothing/nobody/nowhere but

eher or lieber... als — rather... than

ich würde eher sterben als das zu tun — I would rather die than do that, I would die rather than do that

anders sein als — to be different from

das machen wir anders als ihr — we do it differently to you

alles andere als — anything but

3) (in Modalsätzen) as if or though

es sieht aus, als würde es bald schneien — it looks as if or though it will snow soon

sie sah aus, als ob or wenn sie schliefe — she looked as if or though she were asleep

als ob ich das nicht wüsste! — as if I didn't know!

See:

→ auch ob

4)

(in Aufzählung) als (da sind)... — that is to say..., to wit... (old, form)

5)

(in Konsekutivsätzen) sie ist zu alt, als dass sie das noch verstehen könnte — she is too old to understand that

die Zeit war zu knapp, als dass wir... — the time was too short for us to...

das ist umso trauriger, als es nicht das erste Mal war — that's all the sadder in that it wasn't the first time

6) (in Temporalsätzen) when; (= gleichzeitig) as

gleich, als — as soon as

damals, als — (in the days) when

gerade, als — just as

7) (= in der Eigenschaft) as

als Beweis — as proof

als Antwort/Warnung — as an answer/a warning

sich als wahr/falsch erweisen — to prove to be true/false

als Held/Revolutionär — as a hero/revolutionary

als Kind/Mädchen etc — as a child/girl etc

als Rentner will er ein Buch schreiben — when he retires he is going to write a book

See:

→ sowohl, insofern

2. adv (dial inf)
(= immer)
etw als (noch mal) tun — to keep on( and on) doing sth

gehen Sie als geradeaus — keep going straight ahead

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1) (in the position of: He is greatly respected both as a person and as a politician.) as

2) (when (something is, or has been, done): On investigation, there proved to be no need to panic.) on

3) (a word used in comparisons: It is easier than I thought; I sing better than he does; He sings better than me.) than

4) ((at or during) the time at which: It happened when I was abroad; When you see her, give her this message; When I've finished, I'll telephone you.) when

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als

[als]

konj

1. (in dem Moment, da) when, as

ich kam, \als er ging I came as he was leaving

gleich, \als... as soon as...

damals, \als... [back] in the days when...

gerade \als... just when [or as]...

sie rief an, \als ich gerade weg war she called just as I'd left

2. nach komp than

der Bericht ist interessanter \als erwartet the report is more interesting than would have been expected

3. (geh: wie) as

so... \als möglich as... as possible

alles andere \als... everything but...

anders \als jd sein to be different from [or to] sb

niemand/nirgends anders \als... nobody/nowhere but...

niemand anders \als... (a. hum, iron) none other than...

sie haben andere Verfahren \als wir they have different procedures from ours

ich brauche nichts anderes \als ein paar Tage Urlaub all I need is a couple of days vacation

4. (in Modalsätzen)

▪ ..., \als habe/könne/sei/würde... as if [or though]

es sieht aus, \als würde es bald schneien it looks like snow [or as though it's going to snow]

\als ob ich das nicht wüsste! as if I didn't know that!

5. (so dass es ausgeschlossen ist)

▪ zu..., \als dass too... to...

du bist noch zu jung, \als dass du dich daran erinnern könntest you're too young to be able to remember that

6. (zumal) since

▪ umso..., \als... all the more..., since...

das ist umso trauriger, \als es nicht das erste Mal war it is all the sadder since it wasn't the first time

7. (in der Eigenschaft von etw)

▪ \als etw as sth

ein Tonband ist vor Gericht nicht \als Beweis zugelassen a tape recording is not recognized as evidence in court

▪ \als jd as sb

schon \als Kind hatte er immer Albträume even as a child, he had nightmares

sich \als wahr/falsch erweisen to prove to be true/false

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Konjunktion

1) Temporalsatz einleitend when; (während, indem) as

gerade als — just as

gleich als — as soon as

damals, als — [in the days] when

2) Kausalsatz einleitend

um so mehr, als — all the more since or in that; s. auch insofern; insoweit

3)

..., als da sind... — to wit; namely

die [drei] Grundfarben, als da sind Rot, Blau und Gelb — the [three] primary colours, to wit or namely red, blue, and yellow

4) Vergleichspartikel

größer/älter/mehr usw. als... — bigger/older/more etc. than...

kein anderer od. niemand anderes als... — none other than

niemand od. keiner als... — nobody but...

nirgends anders als... — nowhere but...

er ist alles andere als schüchtern — he is anything but shy

du brauchst nichts [anderes] zu tun, als abzuwarten — all you need to do is just wait and see

anders als... — different/differently from...

lieber hänge ich mich auf, als dass ich ins Gefängnis gehe — I'd rather hang myself than go to prison

die Kinder sind noch zu klein, als dass wir sie allein lassen könnten — the children are still too small for us to be able to leave them on their own

als [wenn od. ob] — (+ Konjunktiv II) as if or though

er tut so, als ob od. wenn er nichts wüsste, er tut so, als wüsste er nichts — he pretends not to know anything

als wenn od. ob ich das nicht wüsste! — as if I didn't know!

soviel/soweit als möglich — as much/as far as possible; s. auch sowohl

5)

als Rentner/Arzt — usw. as a pensioner/doctor etc.

du als Lehrer... — as a teacher you...

jemanden als faul/Dummkopf bezeichnen — call somebody lazy/a fool

sich als wahr/Lüge erweisen — prove to be true/a lie

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als konj

1. zeitlich: when, (während) as, while;

damals, als … back then, when …, in the days, when …;

als ich kam, war er nicht mehr da he had already left by the time I arrived;

ich kam erst, als er schon weg war I didn’t arrive until after he had left

2. vergleichend; nach komp: than; nach Negation: but, except;

er ist älter als du he’s older than you;

alles andere als (

hübsch etc) anything but (pretty etc);

wer sonst als er etc who else but him etc;

kein anderer oder

niemand anders als er non other than he;

nichts als (

Unsinn etc) nothing but (rubbish etc);

mehr als genug more than enough;

so bald oder

schnell als möglich as soon ( oder quickly) as possible;

als ob as if, as though;

sie tat (so), als schliefe sie oder

als ob sie schliefe auch she pretended to be asleep;

als ob du das nicht gewusst hättest! as if you didn’t (already) know that!;

mir war, als wenn es geklingelt hätte I thought the doorbell had rung;

er ist zu anständig, als dass er das tun könnte he’s too decent to do a thing like that

3. erläuternd: as; (in der Eigenschaft von) auch in one’s capacity as.;

als Lehrer/Künstler etc as a critic/an artist etc;

als Deutscher/Franzose etc being a German/Frenchman.;

als Entschuldigung by way of an excuse;

als Geschenk as a present;

das erwies sich als Fehler/richtig that turned out to be a mistake/right;

du als Ältester you as the eldest;

er starb als Held he died (as) a hero;

sie kam als Letzte rein she was the last to come in;

als Kind war ich oft krank I was often ill as a child

4. obs:

als da sind oder

wären to wit, namely, that is to say allg; → insofern, solch, sowohl, umso

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Konjunktion

1) Temporalsatz einleitend when; (während, indem) as

gerade als — just as

gleich als — as soon as

damals, als — [in the days] when

2) Kausalsatz einleitend

um so mehr, als — all the more since or in that; s. auch insofern; insoweit

3)

..., als da sind... — to wit; namely

die [drei] Grundfarben, als da sind Rot, Blau und Gelb — the [three] primary colours, to wit or namely red, blue, and yellow

4) Vergleichspartikel

größer/älter/mehr usw. als... — bigger/older/more etc. than...

kein anderer od. niemand anderes als... — none other than

niemand od. keiner als... — nobody but...

nirgends anders als... — nowhere but...

er ist alles andere als schüchtern — he is anything but shy

du brauchst nichts [anderes] zu tun, als abzuwarten — all you need to do is just wait and see

anders als... — different/differently from...

lieber hänge ich mich auf, als dass ich ins Gefängnis gehe — I'd rather hang myself than go to prison

die Kinder sind noch zu klein, als dass wir sie allein lassen könnten — the children are still too small for us to be able to leave them on their own

als [wenn od. ob] — (+ Konjunktiv II) as if or though

er tut so, als ob od. wenn er nichts wüsste, er tut so, als wüsste er nichts — he pretends not to know anything

als wenn od. ob ich das nicht wüsste! — as if I didn't know!

soviel/soweit als möglich — as much/as far as possible; s. auch sowohl

5)

als Rentner/Arzt — usw. as a pensioner/doctor etc.

du als Lehrer... — as a teacher you...

jemanden als faul/Dummkopf bezeichnen — call somebody lazy/a fool

sich als wahr/Lüge erweisen — prove to be true/a lie

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adj.

inasmuch adj.

then adj. adv.

as adv.

at the time when expr.

than adv.

when adv.

while conj. konj.

for conj.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > als
18 por

prep.

1 because of (causa).

por mí no te preocupes don't worry about me

¿por qué? why?

¿por qué lo dijo? why did she say it?

¿por qué no vienes? why don't you come?

¿por? (informal) why?

se enfadó por tu comportamiento she got angry because of your behavior

lo hizo por amor he did it out of o for love

2 (in order) to.

lo hizo por complacerte he did it to please you

lo hice por ella I did it for her

3 by (medio, modo, agente).

por mensajero/fax/teléfono by courier/fax/telephone

estuvimos hablando por teléfono we were talking on the phone

por escrito in writing

lo cogieron por el brazo they took him by the arm

el récord fue batido por el atleta the record was broken by the athlete

4 through.

vamos por aquí/allí let's go this/that way

iba paseando por el bosque/la calle she was walking through the forest/along the street

pasar por la aduana to go through customs

5 for (a cambio de, en lugar de).

lo ha comprado por poco dinero she bought it for very little

cambió el coche por la moto he exchanged his car for a motorbike

él lo hará por mí he'll do it for me

6 per.

80 céntimos por unidad 80 cents each

mil unidades por semana a thousand units a o per week

uno por uno one by one

20 kms por hora 20 km an o per hour

7 for.

baja por tabaco go down to the shops for some cigarettes, go down to get some cigarettes

a por for

vino a por las entradas she came for the tickets

8 times, multiplied by.

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por

► preposición

1 (gen) for

■ lo hice por ti I did it for you

■ lo compré por dos euros I bought it for two euros

2 (a través de) through, by

■ entra por la puerta trasera come in by the back door

■ pasamos por Valladolid we went through Valladolid

■ iremos por la autopista we'll go on the motorway

3 (calle, carretera) along, down, up

■ íbamos por la calle cuando... we were walking along the street when...

■ subí por la Calle Jovellanos I went up Jovellanos Street

4 (lugar aproximado) in, near, round

■ anda por el edificio he's somewhere in the building

■ está por la Plaza Mayor it's somewhere near the Plaza Mayor

■ está por aquí it's somewhere round here

5 (causa) because of

■ las plantas han muerto por el frío the plants have died because of the cold

■ suspendieron el concierto por la lluvia they cancelled the concert because of the rain

6 (tiempo) at, for

■ nos veremos por vacaciones I'll see you during the holidays

7 (medio) by

■ lo enviaré por avión I'll send it by air

■ está hablando por teléfono he's on the phone

■ llegó por correo it arrived by post

8 (autoría) by

■ fue escrito por Azorín it was written by Azorín

9 (distribución) per

■ cinco por ciento five per cent

■ tocamos a dieciocho euros por persona it works out at eighteen euros per person

■ iba a veinte kilómetros por hora it was going at twenty kilometres an hour

10 (tras) by

■ registraron la cárcel celda por celda they searched the prison cell by cell

■ les interrogó uno por uno he interrogated each one in turn

11 (con pasiva) by

■ fue comprado por la reina it was bought by the queen

12 (a favor de) for, in favour of, US in favor of

■ estoy por una amnistía general I'm in favour of a general amnesty

13 (en calidad de) as

■ la tomó por esposa he took her as his wife

14 (en lugar de) instead of, in the place of

■ ve tú por mi you go in my place

15 (multiplicado por) times, multiplied by

■ tres por cuatro, doce three fours are twelve, three times four is twelve

16 por adjective que no matter how adjective

■ por caro que sea, lo voy a comprar no matter how expensive it is I'm going to buy it

■ por viejo que parezca funciona even though it looks old, it still works

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar por + inf (a punto de) to be on the point of + - ing

estar por hacer to remain to be done, not to have been done yet

por aquí around here

por lo tanto therefore

por lo visto apparently

por más que + subjuntivo however much, no matter how much

por mucho que + subjuntivo however much, no matter how much

por mí as far as I am concerned

¿por qué? why?

por supuesto of course

por tanto therefore, so

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prep.

1) for

2) during

3) by

4) through

5) along

6) around

7) per

8) from

9) because of

10) instead of

•

- ¿por qué?

- por si acaso

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PREPOSICIÓN

1) [causa]

a) + sustantivo because of

tuvo que suspenderse por el mal tiempo — it had to be cancelled because of the weather

no se realizó por escasez de fondos — it didn't go ahead because of a shortage of funding

• nos encontramos por casualidad — we met by chance

• lo hago por gusto — I do it because I like to

• fue por necesidad — it was out of necessity

• por temor a — for fear of

no se lo dijo por temor a ofenderla — he didn't tell her for fear of offending her

b) + infin

no aprobó por no haber estudiado — he didn't pass because he hadn't studied

por venir tarde se perdió la mitad — because he arrived late he missed half of it

me castigaron por mentir — I was punished for lying

c) + adj

le expulsaron por revoltoso — they expelled him for being a troublemaker

lo dejó por imposible — he gave it up as (being) impossible

esto te pasa por tonto — this is what you get for being stupid

2) [objetivo]

a) + sustantivo for

trabajar por dinero — to work for money

daría lo que fuera por un poco de tranquilidad — I'd give anything for a bit of peace and quiet

brindemos por nuestro futuro — let's drink to our future

b) + infin

lo hizo por complacerle — he did it to please her

por no llegar tarde — so as not to arrive late, in order not to be late

hablar por hablar — to talk for the sake of talking

3) (=en favor, defensa de) for

lo hice por mis padres — I did it for my parents

hazlo por mí — do it for me, do it for my sake

luchar por la patria — to fight for one's country

4) [elección]

su amor por la pintura — his love of painting

está loca por ti — she's crazy about you

no sabía por cuál decidirme — I couldn't decide which to choose

5) [evidencia] judging by, judging from

por lo que dicen — judging by o from what they say

por la cara que pone no debe de gustarle — judging by o from his face I don't think he likes it

por las señas no piensa hacerlo — apparently he's not intending to do it, it doesn't seem like he's intending to do it

6) [medio]

por su propia mano — by his own hand

lo obtuve por un amigo — I got it through a friend

la conozco por mi hermano — I know her through my brother

• por correo — by post

• por mar — by sea

• hablar por señas — to use sign language

7) [agente] by

hecho por él — done by him

"dirigido por" — "directed by"

fueron apresados por la policía — they were captured by the police

8) [modo] by

me agarró por el brazo — he grabbed me by the arm

punto por punto — point by point

buscaron casa por casa — they searched house by house

están dispuestos por tamaños — they are arranged according to size o by size

• por orden alfabético — in alphabetical order

9) [lugar]

se va por ahí — it's that way

¿por dónde? — which way?

ir a Bilbao por Santander — to go to Bilbao via Santander

cruzar la frontera por Canfranc — to cross the border at Canfranc

pasar por Madrid — to go through Madrid

se asomaron por la ventana — they leaned out of the window

iban cantando por la calle — they were walking along the street singing

paseábamos por la playa — we were walking along the beach

por todas partes — everywhere

por todo el país — throughout the country

viajar por el mundo — to travel (around) the world

10) [aproximación]

busca por ahí — look over there

viven por esta zona — they live around here

por aquí cerca — near o around here

aquello ocurrió por abril — it happened around April

por la feria — round about o around carnival time

está por el norte — it's somewhere up north

11) [tiempo]

se levanta por la mañana temprano — she gets up early in the morning

por la mañana siempre tengo mucho trabajo — I always have a lot of work in o during the morning

no sale por la noche — he doesn't go out at night

12) [duración] for

será por poco tiempo — it won't be for long

se quedarán por 15 días — they will stay for a fortnight

13) [sustitución, intercambio] (=a cambio de) for; (=en lugar de) instead of

te doy este por aquel — I'll swap you this one for that one

le dieron uno nuevo por el viejo — they gave him a new one (in exchange) for the old one

lo vendí por 15 dólares — I sold it for 15 dollars

me dieron 13 francos por una libra — I got 13 francs to the pound

hoy doy yo la clase por él — today I'm giving the class for him o in his place

ha puesto B por V — he has put B instead of V

14) [representación]

hablo por todos — I speak on behalf of o for everyone

interceder por algn — to intercede on sb's behalf, intercede for sb

diputado por Madrid — a member of parliament for Madrid

vino por su jefe — he came instead of o in place of his boss

15) [distribución]

10 dólares por hora — 10 dollars an hour

80km por hora — 80km per o an hour

revoluciones por minuto — revolutions per minute

tres dólares por persona — three dollars each, three dollars per person

16) [en multiplicaciones]

cinco por tres, quince — five times three is fifteen, five threes are fifteen

mide 6 metros de alto por 4 de ancho — it is 6 metres high by 4 wide

17) (=en cuanto a)

por mí no hay inconveniente — that's fine as o so far as I'm concerned

por mí, que se vaya — as o so far as I'm concerned he can go, for all I care he can go

por mí, como si quieres pasar una semana sin comer — I don't care if you want to go for a week without eating

si por mi fuera, tú estarías trabajando — if it were o was down to me, you'd be working

18) (=como)

• tomar a algn por esposo/esposa — to take sb to be one's husband/wife

• le dan por muerto — they have given him up for dead

• le tienen por tonto — they think he's stupid

19) [concesión]
+ subjun
por (muy) difícil que sea — however hard it is o may be

por mucho que lo quisieran — however much they would like to, much as they would like to

por más que lo intente — no matter how o however hard I try, try as I might

20) [acción inacabada]
+ infin
quedan platos por lavar — there are still some dishes to do

aún me quedan tres páginas por traducir — I still have three pages left to translate

21) ir (a) por algo/algn (=en busca de) to go and get sth/sb

ha ido (a) por vino — she's gone to get some wine

voy por el médico — I'll go and fetch o get the doctor

voy a por él — [a buscarle] I'll go and get him; [a atacarle] I'm going to get him

solo van a por las pelas — * they're only in it for the money

¡a por ellos! — get them!

- ir a por todas

22) [en preguntas]
por qué why
¿por qué no vienes conmigo? — why don't you come with me?

no tengo por qué ir — there's no reason why I should go
¿por? * why (do you ask)?
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preposición

Sentido I

1) ( en relaciones causales) because of

lo he puesto aquí por el gato — I've put it here because of the cat

por falta de dinero — because of o owing to lack of money

eso te pasa por crédulo — that's what you get for being (so) gullible

por naturaleza — by nature

por necesidad — out of necessity

tanto por su precio como por su calidad — both for its price and its quality

fue por eso que vine — that was why I came

si no fuera por mi hijo... — if it wasn't for my son...

fue elogiado por su actuación — he was praised for his performance

por + inf — for -ing

me pidió perdón por haberme mentido — he apologized for lying o for having lied to me

2) ( según)

por lo que he oído — from what I've heard

por lo que parece... — it seems o it would seem...

3) (en locs)

por qué — why

¿por qué no vienes conmigo? — why don't you come with me?

por si — in case; acaso, mosca II

4) ( en expresiones concesivas)

por más que me esfuerzo — however hard o no matter how hard I try

por (muy) fácil que sea — however easy o no matter how easy it is

5)

a) ( en expresiones de modo)

colócalos por orden de tamaño/altura — put them in order of size/height

por orden de altura — in order of height

por adelantado — in advance

por escrito — in writing

b) ( indicando el medio)

se lo comunicaron por teléfono — they told him over the phone

lo dijeron por la radio — they said it on the radio

por avión/barco/carretera — by air/sea/road

la conocí por la voz — I recognized her by her voice

me enteré por un amigo — I heard from o through a friend

lo intenté por todos los medios — I tried everything possible o every possible way

c) (Educ) from

es doctor honoris causa por Oxford — he has an honorary doctorate from Oxford

6)

a) ( en relaciones de proporción)

cobra $30 por clase — he charges $30 a o per class

120 kilómetros por hora — 120 kilometers an o per hour

lo venden por metro — they sell it by the meter

tú comes por tres — you eat enough for three people

había un hombre por cada dos mujeres — there was one man to every two women

tiene tres metros de largo por uno de ancho — it's three meters long by one meter wide

es bastante por hoy — it's enough for today

uno por uno — one by one; ciento II

b) ( en multiplicaciones)

tres por cuatro (son) doce — three times four is twelve, three fours are twelve

7)

a) (en relaciones de sustitución, intercambio, representación) for

su secretaria firmó por él — his secretary signed for him o on his behalf

yo puedo ir por ti — I can go for you o in your place

podrías pasar por inglesa — you could pass as English o for an Englishwoman

es senador por Sevilla — he's a senator for Seville

b) ( como)

por ejemplo — for example

¿acepta usted por esposa a Carmen? — do you take Carmen to be your (lawful wedded) wife?

8) ( introduciendo el agente) by

compuesto por Mozart — composed by Mozart

se vieron sorprendidos por una tormenta — they were caught in a sudden storm

Sentido II

9) (expresando finalidad, objetivo)

pelearse por algo — to fight over something

lo hace por el dinero — he does it for the money

te lo digo por tu bien — I'm telling you for your own good

no tengo por qué ir — there's no reason why I should go

por + inf: daría cualquier cosa por verla — I'd give anything to see her

no entré por no molestar — I didn't go in because I didn't want to disturb him

eso es hablar por hablar — that's talking for the sake of talking o for the sake of it

por que + subj ( here por que can also be written porque): estaba ansioso por que lo escucharan — he was eager for them to listen to him

lucharon por que se hiciera justicia — they fought for justice to be done

10) (indicando consideración, favor) for

por mí no lo hagas — don't do it just for me o for my sake

11) (indicando inclinación, elección)

su amor por la música — her love of music

demostró interés por el cuadro — he showed interest in the painting

no siento nada por él — I don't feel anything for him

opté por no ir — I chose not to go

votó por ella — he voted for her

12) ( en busca de)

salió/fue por or (Esp) a por pan — he went (out) for some bread, he went (out) to get some bread

13) ( en lo que respecta a)

por mí no hay inconveniente — I don't mind

por mí que haga lo que quiera — as far as I'm concerned, he can do what he likes

14) ( indicando una situación pendiente)

por + inf: tengo la casa por limpiar — I've got the house to clean

estos cambios aún están por hacer — these changes are yet to be made

eso está por ver! — we'll see about that!

15) (esp AmL)

estar por + inf — ( estar a punto de)

deben (de) estar por llegar — they should be arriving any minute

la leche está por hervir — the milk's about to boil

Sentido III

16) (indicando lugar de acceso, salida, trayectoria)

entró por la ventana — he came in through the window

no va a pasar por la puerta — it won't go through the door

sal por aquí — go out this way

se cayó por la escalera — he fell down the stairs

subieron por la ladera este — they went up by the east face

¿el 121 va por (la) Avenida Rosas? — does the 121 go along Rosas Avenue?

fuimos por el camino más largo — we took the longer route

¿por dónde has venido? — which way did you come?

¿puedes pasar por la tintorería? — could you call in at o drop by the drycleaner's?

17)

a) ( expresando lugar indeterminado)

está por ahí — he's over there somewhere

¿por dónde está or queda el hotel? — whereabouts is the hotel?

viven por mi barrio — they live around my area

¿qué tal te fue por Londres? — how did you get on in London?

por todos lados or por todas partes — everywhere

b) ( expresando lugar determinado)

corta por aquí — cut here

voy por la página 15 — I'm up to o I'm on page 15

empieza por el principio — start at the beginning

agárralo por el mango — hold it by the handle

c) ( indicando extensión)

por todo el país — throughout the (whole) country

viajamos por el norte de Francia — we travelled around o in the North of France

pasa un trapo por el piso — give the floor a quick wipe; ver tb afuera, adentro, dentro, fuera, encima, etc

Sentido IV

18) ( expresando tiempo aproximado)

por aquella época or por aquel entonces — at that time

sucedió allá por 1960 — it happened some time back around 1960

19) (Esp) ( indicando una ocasión) for

me lo regaló por mi cumpleaños — she gave it to me for my birthday

20) ( durante) for

por los siglos de los siglos — for ever and ever

por el momento or por ahora — for the time being o for now; ver tb mañana III, tarde II, noche

* * *

= across, along, around, because of, by, by, down, for the sake of, in connection with, in the gift of, on account of, on the grounds that/of, per, through, times, under, x, as a matter of, out of, through the agency of.

Ex. This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.

Ex. This means that a large number of messages can be combined together along the same line, giving economies of scales.

Ex. I wouldn't expect you to be detailed in your report in terms of where the bookmible would stop around town and where you'd park it.

Ex. This makes him feel somehow defficient and all because of his difficulty in making sense out of words in print with which his troubles began.

Ex. A set of government publications could be filed alphabetically by the issuing bureau, and then by title of the particular series in numerical order.

Ex. Micrographic and computer technologies and their integration will become increasingly efficacious as agents for change with respect to the continued existence of the traditional 75 by 125 millimeter card.

Ex. Some users find the format of KWIC indexes unacceptable, they find alphabetical arrangement by keywords down the centre of a page, and wrapped-round titles awkward.

Ex. The advocates of ISBD originally argued that it was for the sake of the computer.

Ex. There is an index to the schedules, but this has been criticised in connection with the size of the entry vocabulary.

Ex. Its notability is seen to lie in the fact that it has significantly broken the stranglehold upon postgraduate studentships in the gift of the Science and Engineering Research Council.

Ex. Partly on account of the variety of bases for coverage there is significant overlap between the assortment of abstracting and indexing services.

Ex. AACR2 has been criticised on the grounds that it does not identify the cataloguing unit to which the rules refer.

Ex. Indexing can thus be achieved at a detailed level, with often many terms per document, with almost no indexing effort.

Ex. The contributions are input to the data base, then referred and any suggestion made by the referee are communicated through the data base to the editor.

Ex. 4 days times 30 cents per day = 120 cents.

Ex. One of the outcomes of entry under title has been the proliferation of serials titles.

Ex. Card catalogues or indexes comprise a set of cards often 5x3 inches (122x72 mm), with each entry on a separate card.

Ex. Most drivers stop at stop signs: Some do under duress -- there may be a policeman concealed in nearby bushes, others as a matter of prudence -- a fast car with the right of way can be injurious.

Ex. But these and other interested people collected this type of books out of a mixture of curiosity and sentiment.

Ex. This article argues that critical thinking, a long sought after goal in the US educational system, may be taught efficiently through the agency of library use instructions within the college environment.

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* actuar por impulso = act on + impulse.

* aprendizaje por medio del ordenador = computer-based learning (CBL).

* aunque por otro lado = but otherwise.

* búsqueda por medio de menús = menu-assisted searching.

* coger por sorpresa = catch out.

* Día + por la tarde = late + Día.

* digamos por ejemplo = let us say.

* dominar por completo = sweep + the board.

* encontrar por casualidad = come across.

* encuadernación por encargo = bespoke binding.

* error por omisión = omission failure.

* estar por delante de = be ahead of.

* hecho por encargo = bespoke.

* introducir por primera vez = pioneer.

* leer por encima = browse.

* llamar por teléfono = call up.

* muy por encima de todo = over and above all.

* Nombre + por primera vez = Nombre + ever.

* ordenado por fecha = in date order.

* pasar por alto = bypass [by-pass], skip over, pass + Nombre/Pronombre + by.

* pongamos por ejemplo = let us say.

* por accidente = accidentally.

* por adelantado = advance, in advance (of), up-front [up front].

* por ahí = out there.

* por ahora = as of right now, as yet, at present, at the moment, at this point, for the present, for the time being, just yet, for now, at this time, as of now, at the present, by now, for the nonce.

* por ahora todo va bien = so far, so good.

* por alguna razón = for some reason, for whatever reason.

* por algún motivo = for whatever reason.

* por algún tiempo = for sometime.

* por allí = nearby [near-by].

* por amor al arte = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por analogía = by analogy.

* por anticipado = in advance (of).

* por antonomasia = quintessential, unique.

* por añadidura = in addition (to), on top of everything else.

* por aquel entonces = at the time, about that time, by this time.

* por aquí = around here, nearby [near-by], round here.

* por aquí y por allí = hanging about.

* por así decir = as it were.

* por boca de = by word of mouth.

* por bondad = out of the goodness of + Posesivo + heart.

* por buena dirección = a step in the right direction.

* por buen camino = a step in the right direction.

* por cabeza = per person.

* por cable = wireline, corded.

* por caminos apartados = off-road.

* por capas = multilayered [multi-layered/multi layered], layered, tiered.

* por casualidad = by chance, coincidentally, fortuitously, by accident, by happenstance, happen to + Infinitivo, chance to + Infinitivo, accidentally, by a fluke, by luck, by a stroke of (good) luck.

* por chiripa = by chance, by a fluke, by luck, by a stroke of (good) luck.

* por ciento = per cent [percent] (%).

* por cierto = coincidentally, incidentally, by the way, anecdotally, by the by(e), speaking of which.

* por coincidencia = by coincidence.

* por comodidad = for convenience, for the sake of + convenience.

* por completo = fully.

* por confirmar = to be announced, to be confirmed.

* por consideración a = out of respect for.

* por consideración a = out of consideration for.

* por consiguiente = consequently, then, thence, by implication, therefore.

* por contra = in contrast.

* por conveniencia = for convenience, for the sake of + convenience.

* por correo = by post, mailed.

* por cortesía de = courtesy of.

* por cualquier motivo = for whatever reason.

* por cualquier razón = for whatever reason.

* por cuanto que = because.

* por cuenta ajena = vicariously.

* por cuenta de uno = privately.

* por cuenta propia = freelance, self-employed, at + Posesivo + own expense.

* por cuenta y riesgo de Uno = at + Posesivo + peril.

* por curiosidad = out of curiosity.

* por debajo de = below, beneath, underneath.

* por debajo de + Cantidad = under + Cantidad.

* por debajo de cero = sub-zero, below-freezing.

* por debajo del 10 por ciento = single digit, single figure.

* por debajo de la media = sub-par, below-average.

* por debajo de las posibilidades = below + Posesivo + capabilities.

* por debajo de lo normal = below-normal.

* por debajo de lo óptimo = sub-optimal [suboptimal].

* por debajo del peso nomral = underweight.

* por décadas = ten-yearly.

* por decidir = to be decided.

* por decirlo así = so to speak, in a manner of speaking.

* por decirlo de alguna manera = so to speak.

* por decirlo de algún modo = in a manner of speaking, so to speak.

* por decisión propia = by choice.

* por defecto = by default, default.

* por deferencia a = in deference to.

* por definición = by definition.

* por delante = ahead.

* por delante de = ahead of.

* por delante de la competencia = ahead of the game.

* por delante y por detrás = front and back.

* por dentro = inwardly.

* por desgracia = unfortunately, sadly, unhappily, disappointingly.

* por despecho = spitefully, out of spite.

* ¡por dios! = in heaven's name, for God's sake, gosh.

* ¡por Dios! = for crying out loud!.

* por diversión = for sport, for fun, (just) for the hell of (doing) it, for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it.

* por divertirse = for kicks.

* por doquier = all around.

* por dos años = two-year.

* por ejemplo = e.g. (latín - exempli gratia), for example, for instance, say, to illustrate, for the sake of + argument.

* por (el) amor a = for the love of.

* ¡por el amor de Dios! = for crying out loud!.

* por el bien del saber = for knowledge's sake.

* por el contrario = by contrast, conversely, however, in contrast, instead, on the contrary, by way of contrast, to the contrary, quite the opposite, by comparison, contrariwise, quite the contrary, quite the reverse.

* por el cual = whereby, whereupon.

* por el detalle = for detail.

* por el día = by day, daytime [day-time], during the daytime, in the daytime, during daytime.

* por el día o por la noche = day or night.

* por el día y por la noche = day and night, night and day.

* por elección propia = by choice.

* por el gobierno = governmentally + Adjetivo.

* por el gobierno federal = federally.

* por el hecho de que = because of the fact that.

* por el hombre = humanly.

* por ello = on this basis, on that basis, accordingly.

* por el mero hecho de saber = for knowledge's sake.

* por el método de ensayo y error = by trial and error, trial and error.

* por el modo = by the way.

* por el momento = for the time being, momentarily, at the moment, for the nonce, for the present.

* por el placer de hacerlo = (just) for the fun of (doing) it.

* por el que se puede cobrar = chargeable.

* por el receptor = at the receiving end.

* por el sexo = gendered.

* por encargo = custom, bespoke.

* por encima = overhead, cursorily.

* por encima de = across, beyond, beyond all, over, over and above, beyond the range of, well over + Expresión Numérica, overarching, above.

* por encima de + Cantidad = in excess of + Cantidad.

* por encima de eso = beyond that.

* por encima del 10 por ciento = double digit, double figure.

* por encima de la media = above average.

* por encima de la tierra = aboveground.

* por encima de toda crítica = beyond reproach, above reproach.

* por encima de toda duda = beyond reproach, above reproach.

* por encima de toda razón = beyond reason.

* por encima de toda sospecha = above suspicion.

* por encima de todo = at all costs, at any cost, at any price.

* por ende = thereby, accordingly, therefore.

* por enfado = out of anger.

* por enojo = out of anger.

* por error = by mistake.

* por esa razón = thereby, for that reason.

* por escrito = in writing, in print, written.

* por eso = on that score, therefore.

* por eso que = hence.

* por esta razón = for this reason.

* por esta única razón = for this reason alone.

* por este motivo = for this reason.

* por esto = thus, accordingly, therefore.

* por etapas = staged.

* por excelencia = par excellence, quintessential, unique.

* por exceso = excessively, to excess.

* por explotar = untapped.

* por + Expresión Temporal = by the + Expresión Temporal.

* por extensión = by extension.

* por extenso = in full, at length.

* por falta de = for want of, for lack of.

* por fases = staged.

* por favor = please.

* por favor, responda = RSVP [R.S.V.P.].

* por fin = at length, at last, finally, at long last.

* por fin llegó la hora (de) = it's about time (that).

* por frustración = out of frustration.

* por fuera = outwardly, outwardly.

* por grupos = in batches.

* por gusto = for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por hora = hourly.

* por horas = on an hourly basis.

* por igual = alike, on an equitable basis, equally, in equal measure(s).

* por imitación = copycat.

* por incremento gradual = incremental.

* por incrementos graduales = incrementally.

* por individuo = per capita, per person.

* por iniciativa de = at the instigation of, under the auspices of.

* por instinto = instinctively.

* por interés = out of interest.

* por interés personal = self-interested.

* por investigar = unresearched.

* por invitación = invitational.

* por invitación de = at the invitation of.

* por la borda = overboard.

* por la cantidad de + Número = amounting to + Cantidad.

* por la forma = by the way.

* por la friolera de + Cantidad = to the tune of + Cantidad.

* por la fuerza = forcibly.

* por la mala fortuna = by ill fate.

* por la mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by ill fate.

* por la manera = by the way.

* por la mañana = in the morning.

* por la mañana y por la noche = morning and night.

* por la noche = overnight, at night, night-time, after dark, by night.

* por la posibilidad de = at the prospect of.

* por la presente = hereby.

* por las buenas o por las malas = by hook or by crook.

* por la sencilla razón = for no other reason.

* por las nubes = soaring.

* por la tarde = in the evening.

* por ley = mandated.

* por libre = freelance.

* por línea telefónica = over the telephone line.

* por lo general = on the whole, all in all, in general, generally, generally speaking, in the normal run of events, in the normal run of things.

* por lo pronto = for the time being.

* por lo que = so.

* por lo que concierne a = as far as + Nombre + be + concerned, so far as + Nombre + be concerned.

* por lo que concierne a Uno = on + Posesivo + side.

* por lo que dicen todos = by all accounts.

* por lo que es = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por lo que incumbe a Uno = on + Posesivo + side.

* ¡Por lo que más quieras! = for God's sake.

* por lo que se refiere a = moving on to.

* por lo que son = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por lo que yo sé = to the best of my knowledge.

* por los pelos = by the skin of + Posesivo + teeth, close call, close shave.

* por los siguientes motivos = on the following counts.

* por los suelos = in tatters.

* por lo tanto = consequently, ergo, so, then, thereby, therefore, thus, it follows that.

* por lo visto = apparently, apparently.

* por mala fortuna = unfortunately, unhappily, sadly.

* por mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by a stroke of bad luck, by ill fate.

* por mal camino = astray.

* por más que lo intento = for the life of me.

* por materias = subject-based, topically.

* por mecionar sólo unos cuantos = to mention only a few.

* por medio = out of.

* por medio de = by means of, by way of, in the form of, through, via, via the medium of, by dint of, through the agency of.

* por medio de isótopos = isotopically.

* por medio de otro(s) = by proxy.

* por medio de una agencia = on a bureau basis.

* por mencionar sólo algunos = to mention but a few of, to mention only a few.

* por mencionar sólo unos cuantos = to mention but a few of, to name only some.

* por mencionar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.

* por mencionar unos pocos = just to name a few.

* por menús = menu-driven.

* por méritos = meritorious.

* por mes = per month.

* por miedo de = for fear of/that.

* por millones = in the millions, by the millions.

* por mor de = because of, out of consideration for, out of respect for.

* por motivo de = in the interest(s) of.

* por motivos de = for the sake of, on grounds.

* por motivos de + Nombre = for + Nombre's sake.

* por muchas razones = in many ways.

* por mucho que lo intento = for the life of me.

* por mucho tiempo = for long, for long periods of time.

* por muy + Adjetivo/Adverbio + Nombre + que + Subjuntivo = however + Adjetivo/Adverbio + Nombre + Verbo.

* por muy + Adjetivo/Adverbio + que sea = however + Adjetivo/Adverbio.

* por muy + Adjetivo + be = Adjetivo + though + Nombre + be.

* por muy difícil que parezca = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.

* por muy extraño que parezca = oddly enough, strangely enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.

* por muy increíble que parezca = incredible though it may seem, incredibly, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.

* por muy mentira que parezca = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, strangely enough, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, although it may seem incredible.

* por muy raro que parezca = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.

* por nada = for nothing.

* por nada del mundo = for the life of me.

* por nada or casi nada = at little or no extra cost.

* por naturaleza = by nature, by definition, characteristically, natural-born, naturally, inherently.

* por necesidad = of necessity, out of necessity.

* por niveles = multilayered [multi-layered/multi layered], multilayer, layered, tiered.

* por no decir algo peor = to put it mildly.

* por no decir nada de = to say nothing of.

* por no decir nunca = if ever.

* por no decir otra cosa peor = to say the least.

* por nombrar (sólo) + Número = to name (only) + Número.

* por nombrar sólo unos cuantos = to name only some.

* por nombrar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.

* por + Nombre = on a + Adjetivo + basis.

* por no mencionar = not to mention.

* por norma = as a rule.

* por + Número + cosas = on + Número + counts.

* por orden de = mandated.

* por orden del congreso = congressionally mandated.

* por orden de llegada = on a first come first served basis.

* por orden numérico = in numerical order.

* por otra parte = on the other hand, on the other side, on the flip side.

* por otro lado = alternatively, however, on the other hand, on the other side, for another thing, on the flip side, on another topic, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.

* por parejas = in pairs.

* por parte de = on the part of.

* por parte de uno = on + Posesivo + part.

* por pasar el rato = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por pereza = lazily.

* por + Período de Tiempo = for + Expresión Temporal.

* por persona = per person.

* por placer = for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por poco dinero = cheaply.

* por poco o nada = at little or no extra cost.

* por poderes = by proxy.

* por poner un ejemplo + Adjetivo = to take a + Adjetivo + example.

* por poner un ejemplo sobre + Nombre = to take + Nombre.

* por + Posesivo + cuenta = at + Posesivo + own expense.

* por + Posesivo + parte = for + Posesivo + part.

* por + Posesivo + propia cuenta = at + Posesivo + own expense.

* por + Posesivo + (propia) naturaleza = in + Posesivo + nature.

* por primera vez = first + Verbo, for the first time, for once.

* por principio = on principle.

* por principios = as a matter of principle.

* por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.

* por + Pronombre + mismo = all by + Reflexivo, by + Reflexivo.

* por propia iniciativa = self-directed.

* por pura curiosidad = just out of interest, (just) as a mater of interest.

* por pura diversión = for kicks.

* por puro entretenimiento = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por puro placer = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por qué = why.

* por razones + Adjetivo = for + Nombre + purposes.

* por razones de = for the sake of.

* por razones de seguridad = for security reasons, for safety reasons.

* por razones éticas = on moral grounds.

* por razones morales = on moral grounds.

* por razones personales = for personal reasons.

* por + Reflexivo + cuenta = for + Reflexivo.

* por rencor = out of spite.

* por respeto a = out of respect for, out of consideration for.

* por rumores = grapevine.

* por rutina = routinely.

* por sacos = by the sackful.

* por satélite = satellite-based.

* por segunda vez = a second time, the second time around, a second time around.

* por seguridad = for safety reasons.

* por semana = per week.

* por separado = at different times, in isolation, separately, singly.

* por ser + Adjetivo = as being + Adjetivo.

* por sexo = along gender lines.

* por si = in the chance that.

* por si acaso = in case of, on the off chance, just in case, on spec, for good measure.

* por si casualidad = in the chance that.

* por si era poco = for good measure.

* por si fuera poco = to boot, for good measure, to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* por si hace falta consultarlo en el futuro = for future reference.

* por si las moscas = just in case, on spec.

* por sí mismo = for its/their own sake, in itself, in + Posesivo + own right, itself, unto + Reflexivo, in and of + Reflexivo.

* por sí mismos = in themselves.

* por simple curiosidad = (just) as a mater of interest, just out of interest.

* por si sirve de algo = for what it's worth [FWIW].

* por sí solo = by itself, for its/their own sake, on its own, in and of + Reflexivo, in itself.

* por sí solos = by themselves, in themselves.

* por si + tener + suerte = on spec.

* por sorpresa = unawares.

* por su cuenta y riesgo = at + Posesivo + own risk.

* por suerte = luckily, fortunately, happily.

* por suerte o por desgracia = for better or (for) worse, by luck or misfortune.

* por su naturaleza = by + Posesivo + nature.

* por su papel = in its role.

* por su parte = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por su propia voluntad = of its own accord.

* por su propio derecho = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por supuesto = of course, surely, to be sure, certainly.

* ¡por supuesto que no! = heaven forbid, heaven forbid.

* por suscripción = subscriber + Nombre.

* por su volatilidad = mercurially.

* por su volubilidad = mercurially.

* por tanto = consequently, ergo, so, then, thereby, therefore, thus, it follows that.

* por teléfono = on the telephone, by tele(phone), over the phone, over the telephone.

* por temas = topically.

* por temor a = for fear of/that.

* por temor a represalias = under duress.

* por término medio = on average.

* por toda la ciudad = citywide [city-wide].

* por toda la Internet = Internet-wide.

* por toda la nación = nationwide [nation-wide].

* por toda la provincia = province-wide.

* por toda la vida = lifetime [life-time].

* por todas las instituciones oficiales = government-wide.

* por todas partes = all over the place, everywhere, widely, all around, far and wide.

* por toda una vida = lifetime [life-time].

* por todo = all over, throughout, all the way through.

* por todo el campus universitario = campus-wide [campuswide].

* por todo el continente = continent-wide.

* por todo el distrito = district-wide [districtwide].

* por todo el gobierno = government-wide.

* por todo el mundo = worldwide [world-wide], around the world, across the globe, around the globe, across the world, around the planet, the world over.

* por todo el planeta = across the planet, planet-wide.

* por todo el servicio = service-wide.

* por todo lo alto = grandly, on a grand scale.

* por todo + Lugar = up and down + Lugar.

* por todo + Nombre de Lugar = across + Nombre de Lugar.

* por todos conocido = well-known.

* por todos lados = left, right and centre, far and wide.

* por todos los medios = by all means.

* por todos sitios = everywhere.

* por triplicado = in triplicate.

* por trueque = in kind.

* por turnos = on a rotating basis, on a rota basis, on a rota system, on a rota.

* por última vez = for the last time, one last time.

* por último = finally, last, lastly, ultimately.

* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.

* por una lado... por otro = at one end... at the other.

* por unanimidad = unanimously.

* por una parte = on the one hand, on the one side.

* por un gran margen = by a huge margin.

* por un gustazo, un trancazo = a kingdom for a kiss.

* por unidad = per unit.

* por un lado = for one, on the one hand, on the one side.

* por un lado entra + Nombre + y por otro sale + Nombre = in go + Nombre + at one end, and out come + Nombre + at the other.

* por un momento = for a moment.

* por uno mismo = on + Posesivo + own, for + Reflexivo.

* por unos momentos = for a few moments, for a short time.

* por uno solo = solo.

* por un período de tiempo limitado = on a short-term basis.

* por un tiempo = for a time.

* por un tiempo indefinido = for an indefinite time to come, for indefinite time.

* por valor de + Cantidad = amounting to + Cantidad.

* por varias razones = for a variety of reasons, for a number of reasons.

* por varios motivos = for a number of reasons.

* por venganza = out of spite.

* por voluntad propia = voluntarily.

* quedar por ver = remain + to be seen.

* tirar dinero y esfuerzo por la borda = be money and effort down the drain.

* transporte por tierra = land transport.

* utilizar por primera vez = pioneer.

* venta al por mayor = wholesaling.

* * *

preposición

Sentido I

1) ( en relaciones causales) because of

lo he puesto aquí por el gato — I've put it here because of the cat

por falta de dinero — because of o owing to lack of money

eso te pasa por crédulo — that's what you get for being (so) gullible

por naturaleza — by nature

por necesidad — out of necessity

tanto por su precio como por su calidad — both for its price and its quality

fue por eso que vine — that was why I came

si no fuera por mi hijo... — if it wasn't for my son...

fue elogiado por su actuación — he was praised for his performance

por + inf — for -ing

me pidió perdón por haberme mentido — he apologized for lying o for having lied to me

2) ( según)

por lo que he oído — from what I've heard

por lo que parece... — it seems o it would seem...

3) (en locs)

por qué — why

¿por qué no vienes conmigo? — why don't you come with me?

por si — in case; acaso, mosca II

4) ( en expresiones concesivas)

por más que me esfuerzo — however hard o no matter how hard I try

por (muy) fácil que sea — however easy o no matter how easy it is

5)

a) ( en expresiones de modo)

colócalos por orden de tamaño/altura — put them in order of size/height

por orden de altura — in order of height

por adelantado — in advance

por escrito — in writing

b) ( indicando el medio)

se lo comunicaron por teléfono — they told him over the phone

lo dijeron por la radio — they said it on the radio

por avión/barco/carretera — by air/sea/road

la conocí por la voz — I recognized her by her voice

me enteré por un amigo — I heard from o through a friend

lo intenté por todos los medios — I tried everything possible o every possible way

c) (Educ) from

es doctor honoris causa por Oxford — he has an honorary doctorate from Oxford

6)

a) ( en relaciones de proporción)

cobra $30 por clase — he charges $30 a o per class

120 kilómetros por hora — 120 kilometers an o per hour

lo venden por metro — they sell it by the meter

tú comes por tres — you eat enough for three people

había un hombre por cada dos mujeres — there was one man to every two women

tiene tres metros de largo por uno de ancho — it's three meters long by one meter wide

es bastante por hoy — it's enough for today

uno por uno — one by one; ciento II

b) ( en multiplicaciones)

tres por cuatro (son) doce — three times four is twelve, three fours are twelve

7)

a) (en relaciones de sustitución, intercambio, representación) for

su secretaria firmó por él — his secretary signed for him o on his behalf

yo puedo ir por ti — I can go for you o in your place

podrías pasar por inglesa — you could pass as English o for an Englishwoman

es senador por Sevilla — he's a senator for Seville

b) ( como)

por ejemplo — for example

¿acepta usted por esposa a Carmen? — do you take Carmen to be your (lawful wedded) wife?

8) ( introduciendo el agente) by

compuesto por Mozart — composed by Mozart

se vieron sorprendidos por una tormenta — they were caught in a sudden storm

Sentido II

9) (expresando finalidad, objetivo)

pelearse por algo — to fight over something

lo hace por el dinero — he does it for the money

te lo digo por tu bien — I'm telling you for your own good

no tengo por qué ir — there's no reason why I should go

por + inf: daría cualquier cosa por verla — I'd give anything to see her

no entré por no molestar — I didn't go in because I didn't want to disturb him

eso es hablar por hablar — that's talking for the sake of talking o for the sake of it

por que + subj ( here por que can also be written porque): estaba ansioso por que lo escucharan — he was eager for them to listen to him

lucharon por que se hiciera justicia — they fought for justice to be done

10) (indicando consideración, favor) for

por mí no lo hagas — don't do it just for me o for my sake

11) (indicando inclinación, elección)

su amor por la música — her love of music

demostró interés por el cuadro — he showed interest in the painting

no siento nada por él — I don't feel anything for him

opté por no ir — I chose not to go

votó por ella — he voted for her

12) ( en busca de)

salió/fue por or (Esp) a por pan — he went (out) for some bread, he went (out) to get some bread

13) ( en lo que respecta a)

por mí no hay inconveniente — I don't mind

por mí que haga lo que quiera — as far as I'm concerned, he can do what he likes

14) ( indicando una situación pendiente)

por + inf: tengo la casa por limpiar — I've got the house to clean

estos cambios aún están por hacer — these changes are yet to be made

eso está por ver! — we'll see about that!

15) (esp AmL)

estar por + inf — ( estar a punto de)

deben (de) estar por llegar — they should be arriving any minute

la leche está por hervir — the milk's about to boil

Sentido III

16) (indicando lugar de acceso, salida, trayectoria)

entró por la ventana — he came in through the window

no va a pasar por la puerta — it won't go through the door

sal por aquí — go out this way

se cayó por la escalera — he fell down the stairs

subieron por la ladera este — they went up by the east face

¿el 121 va por (la) Avenida Rosas? — does the 121 go along Rosas Avenue?

fuimos por el camino más largo — we took the longer route

¿por dónde has venido? — which way did you come?

¿puedes pasar por la tintorería? — could you call in at o drop by the drycleaner's?

17)

a) ( expresando lugar indeterminado)

está por ahí — he's over there somewhere

¿por dónde está or queda el hotel? — whereabouts is the hotel?

viven por mi barrio — they live around my area

¿qué tal te fue por Londres? — how did you get on in London?

por todos lados or por todas partes — everywhere

b) ( expresando lugar determinado)

corta por aquí — cut here

voy por la página 15 — I'm up to o I'm on page 15

empieza por el principio — start at the beginning

agárralo por el mango — hold it by the handle

c) ( indicando extensión)

por todo el país — throughout the (whole) country

viajamos por el norte de Francia — we travelled around o in the North of France

pasa un trapo por el piso — give the floor a quick wipe; ver tb afuera, adentro, dentro, fuera, encima, etc

Sentido IV

18) ( expresando tiempo aproximado)

por aquella época or por aquel entonces — at that time

sucedió allá por 1960 — it happened some time back around 1960

19) (Esp) ( indicando una ocasión) for

me lo regaló por mi cumpleaños — she gave it to me for my birthday

20) ( durante) for

por los siglos de los siglos — for ever and ever

por el momento or por ahora — for the time being o for now; ver tb mañana III, tarde II, noche

* * *

= across, along, around, because of, by, by, down, for the sake of, in connection with, in the gift of, on account of, on the grounds that/of, per, through, times, under, x, as a matter of, out of, through the agency of.

Ex: This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.

Ex: This means that a large number of messages can be combined together along the same line, giving economies of scales.

Ex: I wouldn't expect you to be detailed in your report in terms of where the bookmible would stop around town and where you'd park it.

Ex: This makes him feel somehow defficient and all because of his difficulty in making sense out of words in print with which his troubles began.

Ex: A set of government publications could be filed alphabetically by the issuing bureau, and then by title of the particular series in numerical order.

Ex: Micrographic and computer technologies and their integration will become increasingly efficacious as agents for change with respect to the continued existence of the traditional 75 by 125 millimeter card.

Ex: Some users find the format of KWIC indexes unacceptable, they find alphabetical arrangement by keywords down the centre of a page, and wrapped-round titles awkward.

Ex: The advocates of ISBD originally argued that it was for the sake of the computer.

Ex: There is an index to the schedules, but this has been criticised in connection with the size of the entry vocabulary.

Ex: Its notability is seen to lie in the fact that it has significantly broken the stranglehold upon postgraduate studentships in the gift of the Science and Engineering Research Council.

Ex: Partly on account of the variety of bases for coverage there is significant overlap between the assortment of abstracting and indexing services.

Ex: AACR2 has been criticised on the grounds that it does not identify the cataloguing unit to which the rules refer.

Ex: Indexing can thus be achieved at a detailed level, with often many terms per document, with almost no indexing effort.

Ex: The contributions are input to the data base, then referred and any suggestion made by the referee are communicated through the data base to the editor.

Ex: 4 days times 30 cents per day = 120 cents.

Ex: One of the outcomes of entry under title has been the proliferation of serials titles.

Ex: Card catalogues or indexes comprise a set of cards often 5x3 inches (122x72 mm), with each entry on a separate card.

Ex: Most drivers stop at stop signs: Some do under duress -- there may be a policeman concealed in nearby bushes, others as a matter of prudence -- a fast car with the right of way can be injurious.

Ex: But these and other interested people collected this type of books out of a mixture of curiosity and sentiment.

Ex: This article argues that critical thinking, a long sought after goal in the US educational system, may be taught efficiently through the agency of library use instructions within the college environment.

* actuar por impulso = act on + impulse.

* aprendizaje por medio del ordenador = computer-based learning (CBL).

* aunque por otro lado = but otherwise.

* búsqueda por medio de menús = menu-assisted searching.

* coger por sorpresa = catch out.

* Día + por la tarde = late + Día.

* digamos por ejemplo = let us say.

* dominar por completo = sweep + the board.

* encontrar por casualidad = come across.

* encuadernación por encargo = bespoke binding.

* error por omisión = omission failure.

* estar por delante de = be ahead of.

* hecho por encargo = bespoke.

* introducir por primera vez = pioneer.

* leer por encima = browse.

* llamar por teléfono = call up.

* muy por encima de todo = over and above all.

* Nombre + por primera vez = Nombre + ever.

* ordenado por fecha = in date order.

* pasar por alto = bypass [by-pass], skip over, pass + Nombre/Pronombre + by.

* pongamos por ejemplo = let us say.

* por accidente = accidentally.

* por adelantado = advance, in advance (of), up-front [up front].

* por ahí = out there.

* por ahora = as of right now, as yet, at present, at the moment, at this point, for the present, for the time being, just yet, for now, at this time, as of now, at the present, by now, for the nonce.

* por ahora todo va bien = so far, so good.

* por alguna razón = for some reason, for whatever reason.

* por algún motivo = for whatever reason.

* por algún tiempo = for sometime.

* por allí = nearby [near-by].

* por amor al arte = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por analogía = by analogy.

* por anticipado = in advance (of).

* por antonomasia = quintessential, unique.

* por añadidura = in addition (to), on top of everything else.

* por aquel entonces = at the time, about that time, by this time.

* por aquí = around here, nearby [near-by], round here.

* por aquí y por allí = hanging about.

* por así decir = as it were.

* por boca de = by word of mouth.

* por bondad = out of the goodness of + Posesivo + heart.

* por buena dirección = a step in the right direction.

* por buen camino = a step in the right direction.

* por cabeza = per person.

* por cable = wireline, corded.

* por caminos apartados = off-road.

* por capas = multilayered [multi-layered/multi layered], layered, tiered.

* por casualidad = by chance, coincidentally, fortuitously, by accident, by happenstance, happen to + Infinitivo, chance to + Infinitivo, accidentally, by a fluke, by luck, by a stroke of (good) luck.

* por chiripa = by chance, by a fluke, by luck, by a stroke of (good) luck.

* por ciento = per cent [percent] (%).

* por cierto = coincidentally, incidentally, by the way, anecdotally, by the by(e), speaking of which.

* por coincidencia = by coincidence.

* por comodidad = for convenience, for the sake of + convenience.

* por completo = fully.

* por confirmar = to be announced, to be confirmed.

* por consideración a = out of respect for.

* por consideración a = out of consideration for.

* por consiguiente = consequently, then, thence, by implication, therefore.

* por contra = in contrast.

* por conveniencia = for convenience, for the sake of + convenience.

* por correo = by post, mailed.

* por cortesía de = courtesy of.

* por cualquier motivo = for whatever reason.

* por cualquier razón = for whatever reason.

* por cuanto que = because.

* por cuenta ajena = vicariously.

* por cuenta de uno = privately.

* por cuenta propia = freelance, self-employed, at + Posesivo + own expense.

* por cuenta y riesgo de Uno = at + Posesivo + peril.

* por curiosidad = out of curiosity.

* por debajo de = below, beneath, underneath.

* por debajo de + Cantidad = under + Cantidad.

* por debajo de cero = sub-zero, below-freezing.

* por debajo del 10 por ciento = single digit, single figure.

* por debajo de la media = sub-par, below-average.

* por debajo de las posibilidades = below + Posesivo + capabilities.

* por debajo de lo normal = below-normal.

* por debajo de lo óptimo = sub-optimal [suboptimal].

* por debajo del peso nomral = underweight.

* por décadas = ten-yearly.

* por decidir = to be decided.

* por decirlo así = so to speak, in a manner of speaking.

* por decirlo de alguna manera = so to speak.

* por decirlo de algún modo = in a manner of speaking, so to speak.

* por decisión propia = by choice.

* por defecto = by default, default.

* por deferencia a = in deference to.

* por definición = by definition.

* por delante = ahead.

* por delante de = ahead of.

* por delante de la competencia = ahead of the game.

* por delante y por detrás = front and back.

* por dentro = inwardly.

* por desgracia = unfortunately, sadly, unhappily, disappointingly.

* por despecho = spitefully, out of spite.

* ¡por dios! = in heaven's name, for God's sake, gosh.

* ¡por Dios! = for crying out loud!.

* por diversión = for sport, for fun, (just) for the hell of (doing) it, for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it.

* por divertirse = for kicks.

* por doquier = all around.

* por dos años = two-year.

* por ejemplo = e.g. (latín - exempli gratia), for example, for instance, say, to illustrate, for the sake of + argument.

* por (el) amor a = for the love of.

* ¡por el amor de Dios! = for crying out loud!.

* por el bien del saber = for knowledge's sake.

* por el contrario = by contrast, conversely, however, in contrast, instead, on the contrary, by way of contrast, to the contrary, quite the opposite, by comparison, contrariwise, quite the contrary, quite the reverse.

* por el cual = whereby, whereupon.

* por el detalle = for detail.

* por el día = by day, daytime [day-time], during the daytime, in the daytime, during daytime.

* por el día o por la noche = day or night.

* por el día y por la noche = day and night, night and day.

* por elección propia = by choice.

* por el gobierno = governmentally + Adjetivo.

* por el gobierno federal = federally.

* por el hecho de que = because of the fact that.

* por el hombre = humanly.

* por ello = on this basis, on that basis, accordingly.

* por el mero hecho de saber = for knowledge's sake.

* por el método de ensayo y error = by trial and error, trial and error.

* por el modo = by the way.

* por el momento = for the time being, momentarily, at the moment, for the nonce, for the present.

* por el placer de hacerlo = (just) for the fun of (doing) it.

* por el que se puede cobrar = chargeable.

* por el receptor = at the receiving end.

* por el sexo = gendered.

* por encargo = custom, bespoke.

* por encima = overhead, cursorily.

* por encima de = across, beyond, beyond all, over, over and above, beyond the range of, well over + Expresión Numérica, overarching, above.

* por encima de + Cantidad = in excess of + Cantidad.

* por encima de eso = beyond that.

* por encima del 10 por ciento = double digit, double figure.

* por encima de la media = above average.

* por encima de la tierra = aboveground.

* por encima de toda crítica = beyond reproach, above reproach.

* por encima de toda duda = beyond reproach, above reproach.

* por encima de toda razón = beyond reason.

* por encima de toda sospecha = above suspicion.

* por encima de todo = at all costs, at any cost, at any price.

* por ende = thereby, accordingly, therefore.

* por enfado = out of anger.

* por enojo = out of anger.

* por error = by mistake.

* por esa razón = thereby, for that reason.

* por escrito = in writing, in print, written.

* por eso = on that score, therefore.

* por eso que = hence.

* por esta razón = for this reason.

* por esta única razón = for this reason alone.

* por este motivo = for this reason.

* por esto = thus, accordingly, therefore.

* por etapas = staged.

* por excelencia = par excellence, quintessential, unique.

* por exceso = excessively, to excess.

* por explotar = untapped.

* por + Expresión Temporal = by the + Expresión Temporal.

* por extensión = by extension.

* por extenso = in full, at length.

* por falta de = for want of, for lack of.

* por fases = staged.

* por favor = please.

* por favor, responda = RSVP [R.S.V.P.].

* por fin = at length, at last, finally, at long last.

* por fin llegó la hora (de) = it's about time (that).

* por frustración = out of frustration.

* por fuera = outwardly, outwardly.

* por grupos = in batches.

* por gusto = for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por hora = hourly.

* por horas = on an hourly basis.

* por igual = alike, on an equitable basis, equally, in equal measure(s).

* por imitación = copycat.

* por incremento gradual = incremental.

* por incrementos graduales = incrementally.

* por individuo = per capita, per person.

* por iniciativa de = at the instigation of, under the auspices of.

* por instinto = instinctively.

* por interés = out of interest.

* por interés personal = self-interested.

* por investigar = unresearched.

* por invitación = invitational.

* por invitación de = at the invitation of.

* por la borda = overboard.

* por la cantidad de + Número = amounting to + Cantidad.

* por la forma = by the way.

* por la friolera de + Cantidad = to the tune of + Cantidad.

* por la fuerza = forcibly.

* por la mala fortuna = by ill fate.

* por la mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by ill fate.

* por la manera = by the way.

* por la mañana = in the morning.

* por la mañana y por la noche = morning and night.

* por la noche = overnight, at night, night-time, after dark, by night.

* por la posibilidad de = at the prospect of.

* por la presente = hereby.

* por las buenas o por las malas = by hook or by crook.

* por la sencilla razón = for no other reason.

* por las nubes = soaring.

* por la tarde = in the evening.

* por ley = mandated.

* por libre = freelance.

* por línea telefónica = over the telephone line.

* por lo general = on the whole, all in all, in general, generally, generally speaking, in the normal run of events, in the normal run of things.

* por lo pronto = for the time being.

* por lo que = so.

* por lo que concierne a = as far as + Nombre + be + concerned, so far as + Nombre + be concerned.

* por lo que concierne a Uno = on + Posesivo + side.

* por lo que dicen todos = by all accounts.

* por lo que es = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por lo que incumbe a Uno = on + Posesivo + side.

* ¡Por lo que más quieras! = for God's sake.

* por lo que se refiere a = moving on to.

* por lo que son = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por lo que yo sé = to the best of my knowledge.

* por los pelos = by the skin of + Posesivo + teeth, close call, close shave.

* por los siguientes motivos = on the following counts.

* por los suelos = in tatters.

* por lo tanto = consequently, ergo, so, then, thereby, therefore, thus, it follows that.

* por lo visto = apparently, apparently.

* por mala fortuna = unfortunately, unhappily, sadly.

* por mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by a stroke of bad luck, by ill fate.

* por mal camino = astray.

* por más que lo intento = for the life of me.

* por materias = subject-based, topically.

* por mecionar sólo unos cuantos = to mention only a few.

* por medio = out of.

* por medio de = by means of, by way of, in the form of, through, via, via the medium of, by dint of, through the agency of.

* por medio de isótopos = isotopically.

* por medio de otro(s) = by proxy.

* por medio de una agencia = on a bureau basis.

* por mencionar sólo algunos = to mention but a few of, to mention only a few.

* por mencionar sólo unos cuantos = to mention but a few of, to name only some.

* por mencionar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.

* por mencionar unos pocos = just to name a few.

* por menús = menu-driven.

* por méritos = meritorious.

* por mes = per month.

* por miedo de = for fear of/that.

* por millones = in the millions, by the millions.

* por mor de = because of, out of consideration for, out of respect for.

* por motivo de = in the interest(s) of.

* por motivos de = for the sake of, on grounds.

* por motivos de + Nombre = for + Nombre's sake.

* por muchas razones = in many ways.

* por mucho que lo intento = for the life of me.

* por mucho tiempo = for long, for long periods of time.

* por muy + Adjetivo/Adverbio + Nombre + que + Subjuntivo = however + Adjetivo/Adverbio + Nombre + Verbo.

* por muy + Adjetivo/Adverbio + que sea = however + Adjetivo/Adverbio.

* por muy + Adjetivo + be = Adjetivo + though + Nombre + be.

* por muy difícil que parezca = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.

* por muy extraño que parezca = oddly enough, strangely enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.

* por muy increíble que parezca = incredible though it may seem, incredibly, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.

* por muy mentira que parezca = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, strangely enough, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, although it may seem incredible.

* por muy raro que parezca = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.

* por nada = for nothing.

* por nada del mundo = for the life of me.

* por nada or casi nada = at little or no extra cost.

* por naturaleza = by nature, by definition, characteristically, natural-born, naturally, inherently.

* por necesidad = of necessity, out of necessity.

* por niveles = multilayered [multi-layered/multi layered], multilayer, layered, tiered.

* por no decir algo peor = to put it mildly.

* por no decir nada de = to say nothing of.

* por no decir nunca = if ever.

* por no decir otra cosa peor = to say the least.

* por nombrar (sólo) + Número = to name (only) + Número.

* por nombrar sólo unos cuantos = to name only some.

* por nombrar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.

* por + Nombre = on a + Adjetivo + basis.

* por no mencionar = not to mention.

* por norma = as a rule.

* por + Número + cosas = on + Número + counts.

* por orden de = mandated.

* por orden del congreso = congressionally mandated.

* por orden de llegada = on a first come first served basis.

* por orden numérico = in numerical order.

* por otra parte = on the other hand, on the other side, on the flip side.

* por otro lado = alternatively, however, on the other hand, on the other side, for another thing, on the flip side, on another topic, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.

* por parejas = in pairs.

* por parte de = on the part of.

* por parte de uno = on + Posesivo + part.

* por pasar el rato = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por pereza = lazily.

* por + Período de Tiempo = for + Expresión Temporal.

* por persona = per person.

* por placer = for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por poco dinero = cheaply.

* por poco o nada = at little or no extra cost.

* por poderes = by proxy.

* por poner un ejemplo + Adjetivo = to take a + Adjetivo + example.

* por poner un ejemplo sobre + Nombre = to take + Nombre.

* por + Posesivo + cuenta = at + Posesivo + own expense.

* por + Posesivo + parte = for + Posesivo + part.

* por + Posesivo + propia cuenta = at + Posesivo + own expense.

* por + Posesivo + (propia) naturaleza = in + Posesivo + nature.

* por primera vez = first + Verbo, for the first time, for once.

* por principio = on principle.

* por principios = as a matter of principle.

* por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.

* por + Pronombre + mismo = all by + Reflexivo, by + Reflexivo.

* por propia iniciativa = self-directed.

* por pura curiosidad = just out of interest, (just) as a mater of interest.

* por pura diversión = for kicks.

* por puro entretenimiento = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por puro placer = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por qué = why.

* por razones + Adjetivo = for + Nombre + purposes.

* por razones de = for the sake of.

* por razones de seguridad = for security reasons, for safety reasons.

* por razones éticas = on moral grounds.

* por razones morales = on moral grounds.

* por razones personales = for personal reasons.

* por + Reflexivo + cuenta = for + Reflexivo.

* por rencor = out of spite.

* por respeto a = out of respect for, out of consideration for.

* por rumores = grapevine.

* por rutina = routinely.

* por sacos = by the sackful.

* por satélite = satellite-based.

* por segunda vez = a second time, the second time around, a second time around.

* por seguridad = for safety reasons.

* por semana = per week.

* por separado = at different times, in isolation, separately, singly.

* por ser + Adjetivo = as being + Adjetivo.

* por sexo = along gender lines.

* por si = in the chance that.

* por si acaso = in case of, on the off chance, just in case, on spec, for good measure.

* por si casualidad = in the chance that.

* por si era poco = for good measure.

* por si fuera poco = to boot, for good measure, to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* por si hace falta consultarlo en el futuro = for future reference.

* por si las moscas = just in case, on spec.

* por sí mismo = for its/their own sake, in itself, in + Posesivo + own right, itself, unto + Reflexivo, in and of + Reflexivo.

* por sí mismos = in themselves.

* por simple curiosidad = (just) as a mater of interest, just out of interest.

* por si sirve de algo = for what it's worth [FWIW].

* por sí solo = by itself, for its/their own sake, on its own, in and of + Reflexivo, in itself.

* por sí solos = by themselves, in themselves.

* por si + tener + suerte = on spec.

* por sorpresa = unawares.

* por su cuenta y riesgo = at + Posesivo + own risk.

* por suerte = luckily, fortunately, happily.

* por suerte o por desgracia = for better or (for) worse, by luck or misfortune.

* por su naturaleza = by + Posesivo + nature.

* por su papel = in its role.

* por su parte = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por su propia voluntad = of its own accord.

* por su propio derecho = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por supuesto = of course, surely, to be sure, certainly.

* ¡por supuesto que no! = heaven forbid, heaven forbid.

* por suscripción = subscriber + Nombre.

* por su volatilidad = mercurially.

* por su volubilidad = mercurially.

* por tanto = consequently, ergo, so, then, thereby, therefore, thus, it follows that.

* por teléfono = on the telephone, by tele(phone), over the phone, over the telephone.

* por temas = topically.

* por temor a = for fear of/that.

* por temor a represalias = under duress.

* por término medio = on average.

* por toda la ciudad = citywide [city-wide].

* por toda la Internet = Internet-wide.

* por toda la nación = nationwide [nation-wide].

* por toda la provincia = province-wide.

* por toda la vida = lifetime [life-time].

* por todas las instituciones oficiales = government-wide.

* por todas partes = all over the place, everywhere, widely, all around, far and wide.

* por toda una vida = lifetime [life-time].

* por todo = all over, throughout, all the way through.

* por todo el campus universitario = campus-wide [campuswide].

* por todo el continente = continent-wide.

* por todo el distrito = district-wide [districtwide].

* por todo el gobierno = government-wide.

* por todo el mundo = worldwide [world-wide], around the world, across the globe, around the globe, across the world, around the planet, the world over.

* por todo el planeta = across the planet, planet-wide.

* por todo el servicio = service-wide.

* por todo lo alto = grandly, on a grand scale.

* por todo + Lugar = up and down + Lugar.

* por todo + Nombre de Lugar = across + Nombre de Lugar.

* por todos conocido = well-known.

* por todos lados = left, right and centre, far and wide.

* por todos los medios = by all means.

* por todos sitios = everywhere.

* por triplicado = in triplicate.

* por trueque = in kind.

* por turnos = on a rotating basis, on a rota basis, on a rota system, on a rota.

* por última vez = for the last time, one last time.

* por último = finally, last, lastly, ultimately.

* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.

* por una lado... por otro = at one end... at the other.

* por unanimidad = unanimously.

* por una parte = on the one hand, on the one side.

* por un gran margen = by a huge margin.

* por un gustazo, un trancazo = a kingdom for a kiss.

* por unidad = per unit.

* por un lado = for one, on the one hand, on the one side.

* por un lado entra + Nombre + y por otro sale + Nombre = in go + Nombre + at one end, and out come + Nombre + at the other.

* por un momento = for a moment.

* por uno mismo = on + Posesivo + own, for + Reflexivo.

* por unos momentos = for a few moments, for a short time.

* por uno solo = solo.

* por un período de tiempo limitado = on a short-term basis.

* por un tiempo = for a time.

* por un tiempo indefinido = for an indefinite time to come, for indefinite time.

* por valor de + Cantidad = amounting to + Cantidad.

* por varias razones = for a variety of reasons, for a number of reasons.

* por varios motivos = for a number of reasons.

* por venganza = out of spite.

* por voluntad propia = voluntarily.

* quedar por ver = remain + to be seen.

* tirar dinero y esfuerzo por la borda = be money and effort down the drain.

* transporte por tierra = land transport.

* utilizar por primera vez = pioneer.

* venta al por mayor = wholesaling.

* * *

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Sentido I

A en relaciones causales

B según

C ¿por qué?

D en locuciones

E en expresiones concesivas

F

1 en expresiones de modo

2 indicando el medio

3 Educación

G

1 en relaciones de proporción

2 en multiplicaciones

H

1 en relaciones de sustitución etc

2 por ejemplo

I como

Sentido II

A al expresar finalidad, objetivo

B indicando consideración, favor

C indicando inclinación, elección

D en busca de

E en lo que respecta a

F indicando una situación pendiente

G estar por

Sentido III

A indicando lugar de acceso, salida

B

expresando lugar indeterminado

C expresando lugar determinado

D indicando extensión

Sentido IV

A expresando tiempo aproximado

B indicando una ocasión

C durante

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Sentido I

A (en relaciones causales) because of

he puesto esto aquí por el gato I've put this here because of the cat

nunca se lo dijo por miedo a perderla he never told her out of fear of losing her o because he was afraid of losing her

eso te pasa por crédulo that's what you get for being (so) gullible

lo conseguimos por él we got it thanks to him

ella es así por naturaleza she's like that by nature

lo hace por necesidad he does it out of necessity

no se acabó por falta de dinero it wasn't finished for o because of o owing to lack of money

el final no por conocido me resulta menos triste knowing how it ends doesn't make it any less sad

por su alto contenido en proteínas because of o owing to its high protein content

tanto por su precio como por su practicidad both for its price and its practical design

fue por eso por lo que no te llamé or fue por eso que no te llamé that was the reason o that was why I didn't call you

precisamente por eso no dije nada that's precisely why I didn't say anything

la muerte se produjo por asfixia he suffocated, death was caused by suffocation ( frml)

éste serviría si no fuera por el color this one would do if it weren't for the color

fue elogiado por su excelente actuación he was praised for his excellent performance

por + INF for -ING

me pidió perdón por haberme mentido he apologized for lying o for having lied to me

eso

B (según) from

por lo que he oído from what I've heard

por lo que parece no va a volver it seems o it would seem he's not coming back

por mi experiencia diría que … from my experience, I would say that …

C ( fam):

¿por? why?

¿con quién vas? — con Daniel ¿por? who are you going with? — with Daniel, why? o why do you want to know?

D ( en locuciones):

por qué why

¿por qué lloras? why are you crying?

¿por qué no vienes a almorzar a casa? why don't you come to my house for lunch?

por si in case

llévate una muda, por si tuvieras que quedarte take a change of clothes (just) in case you have to stay

acaso, mosca² (↑ mosca (2))

E (en expresiones concesivas) por … QUE:

por más que me esfuerzo me sigue saliendo mal no matter how hard I try o however hard I try, I still can't get it right

(+ subj): por (muy) fácil que se lo pongan, no creo que lo sepa hacer however easy o no matter how easy they make it for him I don't think he'll be able to do it

F

1

(en expresiones de modo): clasifícalos por tamaño classify them according to size o by size

colóquense por orden de altura line up in order of height

por adelantado in advance

por escrito in writing

2

(indicando el medio): se lo comunicaron por teléfono they told him over the phone

lo dijeron por la radio they said it on the radio

lo mandaron por avión/barco they sent it by air/sea

por carretera by road

la conocí por la voz I recognized the o her voice, I recognized her by her voice

me enteré por un amigo I heard from o through a friend

conocido por el nombre de Pancho known as Pancho

lo intenté por todos los medios I tried everything possible o every possible way

3 ( Educación):

es doctor honoris causa por Oxford he has an honorary doctorate from Oxford

un graduado en ciencias políticas por la universidad de Granada a graduate in political science from the university of Granada

G

1

(en relaciones de proporción): cobra $30 por clase he charges $30 a o per class

120 kilómetros por hora 120 kilometers an o per hour

lo venden por metro they sell it by the meter

tú comes por tres you eat enough for three people

había un hombre por cada dos mujeres there was one man to every two women

tiene tres metros de largo por uno de ancho it's three meters long by one meter wide

ya hemos hecho bastante por hoy we've done enough for today

los hizo entrar uno por uno she made them come in one by one o one at a time

examinar un escrito punto por punto to go through a document point by point

ciento² (↑ ciento (2))

2 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

(en multiplicaciones): tres por cuatro (son) doce three times four is twelve, three fours are twelve

H

1

(en relaciones de sustitución, intercambio, representación): su secretaria firmó por él his secretary signed for him o on his behalf

yo puedo ir por ti I can go for you o in your place

por toda respuesta se encogió de hombros all he did was shrug his shoulders

tú podrías pasar por inglesa you could pass as English o for an Englishwoman

te dan uno nuevo por dos viejos they give you one new one in exchange for two old ones

es senador por Canarias he's a senator for the Canary Islands

2

(como): por ejemplo for example

¿acepta usted por esposa a Carmen? do you take Carmen to be your (lawful wedded) wife?

I (introduciendo el agente) by

un lugar frecuentado por muchos famosos a place frequented by many famous people

se vieron sorprendidos por una tormenta they were caught in a sudden storm

la ocupación de la fábrica por (parte de) los obreros the occupation of the factory by the workers

ver tb parte² f B. (↑ parte (2))

Sentido II

A

(al expresar finalidad, objetivo): se estaban peleando por la pelota they were fighting over the ball

lo hace por el dinero he does it for the money

te lo digo por tu bien I'm telling you for your own good

por + INF:

daría cualquier cosa por verte contento I'd give anything to see you happy

no entré por no molestar I didn't go in so as not to disturb him o because I didn't want to disturb him

eso es hablar por hablar that's talking for the sake of talking o for the sake of it

por QUE + SUBJ here por que can also be written porque:

estaba ansioso por que lo escucharan he was eager for them to listen to him

recemos por que lleguen a un acuerdo let's pray that they'll come to an agreement

siguieron luchando por que se hiciera justicia they continued fighting for justice to be done

B

(indicando consideración, favor): haría cualquier cosa por ti I'd do anything for you

intercede por nosotros intercede for us

por mí no lo hagas don't do it just for me o for my sake

C

(indicando inclinación, elección): su amor por la música her love of music

demostró gran interés por el cuadro he showed great interest in the painting

no siento nada por él I don't feel anything for him

opté por no ir I chose not to go

votó por ella he voted for her

¿por la afirmativa? all those in favor?

se manifestaron por el derecho al aborto they demonstrated for the right to abortion

estar por algn ( fam); to be crazy about sb

D

(en busca de): salió/fue poror ( Esp) a por pan he went (out) for some bread, he went (out) to get some bread

E

(en lo que respecta a): por mí no hay inconveniente I don't mind

que haga lo que le dé la gana, por mí … let him do what he likes, as far as I'm concerned …

F (indicando una situación pendiente) por + INF:

tengo toda la casa por limpiar I've got the whole house to clean

estos cambios aún están por hacer these changes have still not been made o are yet to be made

ver² vt C 1. (↑ ver (2))

G

( AmL) estar por + INF (estar a punto de): deben de estar por llegar they should be arriving any minute

la leche está por hervir the milk's about to boil

Sentido III

A

(indicando lugar de acceso, salida, trayectoria): entró por la ventana he came in through the window

sal por aquí go out this way

el acceso al edificio es por la calle Lamas you enter the building from Lamas Street

el piano no va a pasar por la puerta the piano won't go through the door

se cayó por la escalera he fell down the stairs

subieron por la ladera este they went up by the east face

¿el 121 va por (la) Avenida Rosas? does the 121 go along Rosas Avenue?

fuimos por el camino más largo we took the longer route

no vayas por ahí que te vas a perder don't go that way, you'll get lost

¿por dónde has venido? which way did you come?

¿puedes pasar por la tintorería? could you call in at o drop by the drycleaner's?

B

(expresando lugar indeterminado): está por ahí he's over there somewhere

¿por dónde está or queda el restaurante? whereabouts is the restaurant?

viven por el sur/por mi barrio they live in the south somewhere/around my area

hace mucho que no lo vemos por aquí we haven't seen him around here for ages

¿qué tal te fue por Londres? how did you get on in London?

C

(expresando lugar determinado): corta por aquí cut here

voy por la página 15 I'm up to o I'm on page 15

empieza por el principio start at the beginning

agárralo por el mango hold it by the handle

D

(indicando extensión): lo he buscado por todos lados or por todas partes I've looked everywhere for it

la epidemia se extendió por todo el país the epidemic spread throughout the (whole) country

estuvimos viajando por el norte de Francia we were traveling around o in the North of France

fuimos a caminar por la playa we went for a walk along the beach

pasa un trapo por el piso give the floor a quick wipe

ver tb afuera, adentro, dentro, fuera¹ adv A 1. (↑ fuera (1)), encima, por etc

Sentido IV

A

(expresando tiempo aproximado): por aquella época at that time

por aquel entonces vivían en Pozuelo at that time they were living in Pozuelo

sucedió por allá por 1960 it happened some time back around 1960

B ( Esp) (indicando una ocasión) for

me lo regalaron por mi cumpleaños they gave it to me for my birthday

por Semana Santa pensamos ir a Londres we're thinking of going to London for Easter

C (durante) for

por los siglos de los siglos for ever and ever

no se lo confío ni por un minuto I wouldn't trust him with it for a minute

puede quedar así por el momento or por ahora it can stay like that for the time being o for now

ver tb mañana³ (↑ mañana (3)), tarde² (↑ tarde (2)), noche

* * *

por preposición
1 ( causa) because of;
◊ por falta de dinero because of o owing to lack of money;

por naturaleza by nature;
por necesidad out of necessity;
por eso no dije nada that's why I didn't say anything;
fue por eso que no te llamé that was why I didn't call you;
si no fuera por mi hijo … if it wasn't for my son …;
me pidió perdón por haberme mentido he apologized for lying o for having lied to me
2 ( en locs)
◊ por qué why;

no dijo por qué he didn't say why;
¿por qué no vienes conmigo? why don't you come with me?;
por si in case;
por si no entiende in case he doesn't understand;
See Also→ acaso 2, mosca
3 ( en expresiones concesivas):
◊ por más que me esfuerzo however hard o no matter how hard I try;

por (muy) fácil que sea however easy o no matter how easy it is
4
a) ( modo):

◊ colócalos por orden de tamaño put them in order of size;

por adelantado in advance;
por escrito in writing
b) ( medio):

◊ se lo comunicaron por teléfono they told him over the phone;

lo dijeron por la radio they said it on the radio;
por avión by air;
la conocí por la voz I recognized her by her voice;
me enteré por un amigo I heard from o through a friend
5
a) ( proporción):

◊ cobra $30 por clase he charges $30 a o per class;

120 kilómetros por hora 120 kilometers an o per hour;
por metro/docena by the meter/dozen;
tú comes por tres you eat enough for three people;
tiene tres metros de largo por uno de ancho it's three meters long by one meter wide;
uno por uno one by one;
See Also→ ciento sustantivo masculino b
b) ( en multiplicaciones):

◊ tres por cuatro (son) doce three times four is twelve, three fours are twelve

6
a) ( sustitución) for;

◊ su secretaria firmó por él his secretary signed for him o on his behalf;

pasa por inglesa she passes for an Englishwoman
b) ( como):

◊ por ejemplo for example

7 ( introduciendo el agente) by;
◊ compuesto por Mozart composed by Mozart

1 (finalidad, objetivo):
◊ pelearse por algo to fight over sth;

lo hace por el dinero he does it for the money;
no entré por no molestarlo I didn't go in because I didn't want to disturb him;
por que + subj (here por que can also be written porque): estaba ansioso por que lo escucharan he was eager for them to listen to him
2 (indicando inclinación, elección):
◊ su amor por la música her love of music;

no siento nada por él I don't feel anything for him;
votó por ella he voted for her
3 ( en busca de): salió/fue por or (Esp) a por pan he went (out) for some bread, he went (out) to get some bread
4 ( en lo que respecta a):
◊ por mí que haga lo que quiera as far as I'm concerned, he can do what he likes

5 (esp AmL) estar por + inf ( estar a punto de) to be about to + inf;
◊ está por terminar he's about to finish;

deben (de) estar por llegar they should be arriving any minute
1
a) ( lugar):

◊ entró por la ventana he came in through the window;

sal por aquí go out this way;
se cayó por la escalera he fell down the stairs;
¿el 121 va por (la) Avenida Rosas? does the 121 go along Rosas Avenue?;
¿por dónde has venido? which way did you come?;
está por ahí he's over there somewhere;
¿por dónde está el hotel? whereabouts is the hotel?;
viven por mi barrio they live around my area;
voy por la página 15 I'm up to o I'm on page 15;
empieza por el principio start at the beginning;
agárralo por el mango hold it by the handle
b) ( indicando extensión): por todos lados or por todas partes everywhere;

◊ viajamos por el norte de Francia we traveled around o in the North of France;

ver tb dentro, fuera, encima, etc
2 ( tiempo) for;
◊ por un mes for a month;

por el momento or por ahora for the time being, for now;
ver tb mañana, tarde, noche
3 (Esp) ( ocasión) for;
◊ me lo regaló por mi cumpleaños she gave it to me for my birthday

por preposición
1 (autoría) by: está escrito por mí, it was written by me
2 (camino, lugar) through: viajamos por Castilla, we travelled round Castilla
3 (medio) lo enviaron por avión, they sent it by plane
me enteré por el periódico, I read about it in the newspaper
4 (motivo, causa) because of
por tu culpa, because of you
(en favor de) for: hazlo por ellos, do it for their sake
por la libertad, for freedom
5 (en torno a) por San Juan, near Saint John's Day
6 (durante) por la mañana/noche, in the morning/at night
por el momento, for the time being
7 (a través) entramos por la puerta, we got in through the door
miramos por la ventana, we looked out (of) the window
pasamos por la ciudad, we went through the town
8 (sobre, por encima de) cruzaremos por el puente, we'll cross the bridge
9 (delante de) paso todos los días por tu casa, I go by your house every day
10 (a cambio de) for: te doy mi helado por tu yogur, I'll swap you my ice-cream for your yoghurt
11 (en una distribución, cálculo) por cabeza, a head, per person
mil pesetas por hora, a thousand pesetas per hour
dos mil revoluciones por minuto, two thousand revolutions per minute
12 (en una multiplicación) dos por dos, cuatro, two times two is four
un diez por ciento, ten per cent
13 (con infinitivo) in order to, so as to
trabajar por trabajar, to work for the sake of it
♦ Locuciones: por así decirlo, so to speak
por más/mucho que..., no matter how...
por qué, why
' por' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abogar
- abonar
- abonarse
- abotargada
- abotargado
- abuelo
- acabar
- acaso
- accidente
- acercarse
- acertar
- aclamación
- acomplejada
- acomplejado
- acomplejarse
- acoquinar
- acostumbrar
- actual
- adelantada
- adelantado
- adivinar
- admitir
- adoración
- aérea
- aéreo
- afanarse
- afectada I
- afectado
- afición
- agradecer
- aguantar
- ahí
- ahogada
- ahogado
- ahora
- ahorcarse
- ahorrar
- aire
- alegrarse
- algo
- allá
- allí
- almacén
- alquiler
- alta
- alto
- aludida
- aludido
- amarga
English:
A
- aback
- ablaze
- about
- above
- absence
- absorb
- accident
- accidentally
- acclaim
- accompany
- accord
- accordingly
- account
- accustom
- actual
- actually
- add to
- advocate
- after
- afternoon
- again
- against
- air
- airmail
- alert
- allowance
- alone
- alphabetically
- alternately
- amble
- amends
- amok
- angry
- annihilate
- annoy
- answer for
- answering service
- antipathy
- anxious
- anywhere
- apologetic
- apologize
- appal
- appall
- apparently
- appearance
- appease
- appointment
- appreciate

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por prep

1. [indica causa] because of;

llegó tarde por el tráfico she was late because of the traffic;

lo hizo por amor he did it out of o for love;

me disculpé por llegar tarde I apologized for arriving late;

miré dentro por simple curiosidad I looked inside out of pure curiosity;

accidentes por conducción temeraria accidents caused by reckless driving;

muertes por enfermedades cardiovasculares deaths from cardiovascular disease;

no quise llamar por la hora (que era) I didn't want to call because of the time;

cerrado por vacaciones/reformas [en letrero] closed for holidays/alterations;

por mí no te preocupes don't worry about me;
Esp
fue por eso por lo que tuvimos tantos problemas, Am [m5] fue por eso que tuvimos tantos problemas that's why we had so many problems;

eso te pasa por (ser tan) generoso that's what you get for being so generous;

la razón por (la) que dimite the reason (why) she is resigning;

¿por qué? why?;

¿por qué no vienes? why don't you come?;

¿por qué lo preguntas? – por nada why do you ask? – no reason;
Fam
¿por? why?;

por si in case;

por si se te olvida in case you forget

2. [indica indicio]
por lo que me dices/lo que he oído no debe de ser tan difícil from what you say/what I've heard, it can't be that difficult;

por lo que tengo entendido, viven juntos as I understand it, they live together, my understanding is that they live together;

por lo visto, por lo que se ve apparently

3. [indica finalidad] (antes de infinitivo) (in order) to;

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por

prp

1 motivo for, because of;

lo hace por mí he does it for me;

lo hizo por amor she did it out of o for love;

luchó por sus ideales he fought for his ideals;

por miedo a ofenderle for fear of upsetting her;

vino por verme he came to see me

2 medio by;

por avión by air;

por correo by mail, Br

tb by post

3 tiempo

:

por un año/un segundo for a year/a second;

por la mañana in the morning;

por Navidad around Christmas

4 movimiento

:

por la calle down the street;

por un tunel through a tunnel;

por aquí this way

5 posición aproximada around, about;

está por aquí it’s around here (somewhere);

vive por el centro de la ciudad she lives somewhere around the center of town

6 cambio

:

por cincuenta pesos for fifty pesos;

por cabeza each, a head

7 otros usos

:

por hora an o per hour;

dos por dos two times two;

¿por qué? why?;

el motivo por el cual o

por el que … the reason why …;

esa factura aún está por pagar that invoice still has to be paid;

tomar por esposa marry;

por difícil que sea however difficult it might be

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por prep

1) : for, during

se quedaron allí por la semana: they stayed there during the week

por el momento: for now, at the moment

2) : around, during

por noviembre empieza a nevar: around November it starts to snow

por la mañana: in the morning

3) : around (a place)

debe estar por allí: it must be over there

por todas partes: everywhere

4) : by, through, along

por la puerta: through the door

pasé por tu casa: I stopped by your house

por la costa: along the coast

5) : for, for the sake of

lo hizo por su madre: he did it for his mother

¡por Dios!: for heaven's sake!

6) : because of, on account of

llegué tarde por el tráfico: I arrived late because of the traffic

dejar por imposible: to give up as impossible

7) : per

60 millas por hora: 60 miles per hour

por docena: by the dozen

8) : for, in exchange for, instead of

su hermana habló por él: his sister spoke on his behalf

9) : by means of

hablar por teléfono: to talk on the phone

por escrito: in writing

10) : as for

por mí: as far as I'm concerned

11) : times

tres por dos son seis: three times two is six

12) según: from, according to

por lo que dices: judging from what you're telling me

13) : as, for

por ejemplo: for example

14) : by

hecho por mi abuela: made by my grandmother

por correo: by mail

15) : for, in order to

lucha por ganar su respeto: he struggles to win her respect

16)

estar por : to be about to

17)

por ciento : percent

18)

por favor : please

19)

por lo tanto : therefore, consequently

20)

¿por qué? : why?

21)

por que porque

22)

por... que : no matter how

por mucho que intente: no matter how hard I try

23)

por si or

por si acaso : just in case

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por prep

1. (a través de) through

entra por la puerta de la derecha go in through the door on the right

por el bosque through the wood

2. (la calle) along / down

iba por la calle I was walking down the street

3. (indica camino) via / by

fuimos por la carretera comarcal we went by the B road

4. (indica una parte concreta) by

sujeta la cacerola por el asa hold the saucepan by its handle

5. (indica el tiempo)

por la mañana in the morning

por Navidades at Christmas

por la noche at night

por unos días for a few days

6. (a causa de) because of

suspendieron el concierto por la lluvia the concert was cancelled because of the rain

7. (a fin de) to / in order to

por complacer al padre in order to please her father

8. (indica el autor) by

el cuadro fue pintado por Picasso the picture was painted by Picasso

9. (en favor o defensa de) for

haría cualquier cosa por su hijo she'd do anything for her son

es por tu propio bien it's for your own good

10. (multiplicado) times

cuatro por cuatro son dieciséis four times four is sixteen

11. (a cambio de) for

lo compré por cien pesetas I bought it for a hundred pesetas

te doy este libro por esos sellos I'll give you this book for those stamps

12. (en vez de) instead of

ya jugaré yo por Jaime I'll play instead of Jaime

13. (indica que una acción todavía no está hecha)

las camas están por hacer the beds still have to be made

ir por / ir a por to fetch

¡ve a por mis zapatillas, por favor! fetch my slippers, please!

por + adjetivo however + adjective

por barato que parezca however cheap it may seem

por mucho que te quejes however much you complain

por aquí (cerca) near here (indicando camino) this way

por ciento per cent

por correo by post

por fin at last

por la fuerza by force

por lo general generally / usually

por lo menos at least

por mí as far as I'm concerned

por si... in case...

por sorpresa by surprise

por supuesto of course

por tanto therefore

por teléfono on the telephone

¿por qué? why?

Spanish-English dictionary > por
19 pouvoir

pouvoir [puvwaʀ]

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1. auxiliary verb

2. impersonal verb

3. transitive verb

4. reflexive verb

5. masculine noun

6. compounds

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➭ TABLE 33

1. <

   a. (permission)

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► Lorsque pouvoir sert à donner la permission de faire quelque chose, il peut se traduire par can ou may ; can est le plus courant et couvre la majorité des cas.

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• tu peux le garder si tu veux you can keep it if you like

• maintenant, tu peux aller jouer now you can go and play

• vous pouvez desservir you can clear the table

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► On emploie can lorsque la permission dépend d'une tierce personne ou d'une autorité ; can étant un verbe défectif, to be able to le remplace aux temps où il ne peut être conjugué.

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• sa mère a dit qu'il ne pouvait pas rester his mother said he couldn't stay

• elle ne pourra lui rendre visite qu'une fois par semaine she'll only be able to visit him once a week

► pouvoir ne pas

• il peut ne pas venir he doesn't have to come

• tu peux très bien ne pas venir you don't have to come

   b. (demande)

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► Lorsque l'on demande à quelqu'un la permission de faire quelque chose, qu'on lui demande un service ou qu'on lui donne un ordre poli, on utilise can ou la forme plus polie could.

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• est-ce que je peux fermer la fenêtre ? can I shut the window?

• puis-je emprunter votre stylo ? could I borrow your pen?

• pourrais-je vous parler ? could I have a word with you?

• puis-je vous être utile ? can I be of assistance?

• tu peux m'ouvrir la porte, s'il te plaît ? can you or could you open the door for me, please?

• pourriez-vous nous apporter du thé ? could you bring us some tea?

   c. (possibilité)

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► Lorsque pouvoir exprime une possibilité ou une capacité, il se traduit généralement par can ou par to be able to ; can étant un verbe défectif, to be able to le remplace aux temps où il ne peut être conjugué.

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• peut-il venir ? can he come?

• ne peut-il pas venir ? can't he come?

• il ne peut pas venir he can't come

• il ne pourra plus jamais marcher he will never be able to walk again

• je ne peux que vous féliciter I can only congratulate you

• je voudrais pouvoir vous aider I wish I could help you

• il n'a pas pu venir he couldn't come

• la salle peut contenir 100 personnes the auditorium can seat 100 people

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► Lorsque pouvoir implique la notion de réussite, on emploie to manage.

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• il a pu réparer la machine à laver he managed to fix the washing machine

• tu as pu lui téléphoner ? did you manage to phone him?

• j'ai essayé de le joindre, mais je n'ai pas pu I tried to get in touch with him but I didn't manage to

   d. (probabilité, hypothèse)

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► Lorsque pouvoir exprime une probabilité, une éventualité ou une hypothèse, il se traduit par could ; might implique une plus grande incertitude.

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• il pourrait être italien he could or might be Italian

• ça peut laisser une cicatrice it might leave a scar

• ça aurait pu être un voleur ! it could or might have been a burglar!

► bien + pouvoir

• où ai-je bien pu mettre mon stylo ? where on earth can I have put my pen?

• qu'est-ce qu'il peut bien faire ? what can he be doing?

• il a très bien pu entrer sans qu'on le voie he could very well have come in without anyone seeing him

• qu'est-ce que cela peut bien lui faire ? (inf) what's it to him? (inf)

   e. (suggestion) could

• je pourrais venir te chercher I could come and pick you up

• tu aurais pu me dire ça plus tôt ! you could have told me sooner!

   f. (souhaits) puisse-t-il guérir rapidement ! let's hope he makes a speedy recovery!

• puissiez-vous dire vrai ! let's hope you're right!

2. <

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► La probabilité, l'éventualité, l'hypothèse ou le risque sont rendus par may ; might implique une plus grande incertitude.

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• il peut pleuvoir it may rain

• il pourrait pleuvoir it might rain

• il pourrait s'agir d'un assassinat it might be murder

3. <

• est-ce qu'on peut quelque chose pour lui ? is there anything we can do for him?

• il fait ce qu'il peut he does what he can

• il a fait tout ce qu'il a pu he did all he could

• que puis-je pour vous ? what can I do for you?

• je ne peux rien faire pour vous I can't do anything for you

• on n'y peut rien nothing can be done about it

• désolé, mais je n'y peux rien I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do about it

► on ne peut plus

• il a été on ne peut plus aimable he couldn't have been kinder

• il a été on ne peut plus clair he couldn't have made it clearer► n'en pouvoir plus

• je n'en peux plus (fatigue) I'm worn out ; (énervement) I've had enough ; (désespoir) I can't take it any longer

• il n'en peut plus d'attendre he's fed up with waiting (inf)

4. <

► se pouvoir

• ça se peut (inf) it's possible

• tu crois qu'il va pleuvoir ? -- ça se pourrait bien do you think it's going to rain? -- it might

• ça ne se peut pas (inf) that's not possible► il se peut que + subjonctif

• il se peut qu'elle vienne she may come► il se pourrait que + subjonctif

• il se pourrait qu'elle vienne she might come

• il se pourrait bien qu'il pleuve it might or could well rain

5. <

power ; ( = capacité) ability ; ( = influence) influence

• avoir le pouvoir de faire qch to have the power to do sth

• il a un extraordinaire pouvoir de conviction he has remarkable powers of persuasion

• il fera tout ce qui est en son pouvoir he will do everything in his power

• pouvoir absorbant absorbency

• avoir beaucoup de pouvoir to have a lot of power

• avoir du pouvoir sur qn to have power over sb

• n'avoir aucun pouvoir sur qn to have no influence over sb

• tenir qn en son pouvoir to hold sb in one's power

• le quatrième pouvoir ( = presse) the press

• en vertu des pouvoirs qui me sont conférés by virtue of the power which has been vested in me

• séparation des pouvoirs separation of powers

• avoir pouvoir de faire qch (autorisation) to have authority to do sth ; (droit) to have the right to do sth

• pouvoir central central government

• le parti au pouvoir the party in power

• avoir le pouvoir to have power

• exercer le pouvoir to rule

• prendre le pouvoir (légalement) to come to power ; (illégalement) to seize power

• des milieux proches du pouvoir sources close to the government

6. <

► pouvoir d'achat purchasing power

► pouvoir de décision decision-making powers

► le pouvoir exécutif executive power

► le pouvoir judiciaire judicial power

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Note: can et may qui peuvent traduire le verbe pouvoir ne s'emploient ni à l'infinitif, ni au futur

I
1. puvwaʀ
verbe auxiliaire

1) ( être capable de) to be able to

peux-tu soulever cette boîte? — can you lift this box?

dès que je pourrai — as soon as I can

je suis content que vous ayez pu venir — I'm glad you could come

il pourrait mieux faire — he could do better

je n'en peux plus — (épuisement, exaspération) I've had it (colloq); ( satiété) I'm full (colloq)

2) ( être autorisé à) to be allowed to

est-ce que je peux me servir de ta voiture? — can I use your car?

puis-je m'asseoir? — may I sit down?

est-ce qu'on peut fumer ici? — is smoking allowed here?

3) ( avoir le choix de)

on peut écrire clef ou clé — the word can be written clef or clé

on peut ne pas faire l'accord — the agreement is optional

il ne peut pas ne pas accepter — he has no option but to accept

4) ( avoir l'obligeance de)

pourriez-vous me tenir la porte s'il vous plaît? — can ou could you hold the door (open) for me please?

5) ( être susceptible de)

tout peut arriver — anything could happen

il ne peut pas ne pas gagner — he's bound to win

puisse cette nouvelle année exaucer vos vœux les plus chers — wishing you everything you could want for the new year

qu'est-ce que cela peut (bien) te faire? — (colloq) what business is it of yours?

on peut toujours espérer — there's no harm in wishing ou hoping

s'il croit que je vais payer il peut toujours attendre — if he thinks I'm going to pay he's got another think coming

ce qu'il peut être grand! — how tall he is!

peux-tu être bête! — you can be so silly!

2.

verbe transitif

que puis-je pour vous? — what can I do for you?

je ne peux rien pour vous/contre eux — there's nothing I can do for you/about them

je fais ce que je peux — I'm doing my best

3.

verbe impersonnel

il peut faire très froid en janvier — it can get very cold in January

il pouvait être 10 heures — it was probably about 10 o'clock

il peut neiger comme il peut faire beau — it might snow or it might be fine

c'est inimaginable ce qu'il a pu pleuvoir! — you can't imagine ou wouldn't believe how much it rained!

4.

il se peut verbe pronominal impersonnel

il se peut que les prix augmentent en juin — prices may ou might rise in June

se peut-il qu'il m'ait oublié? — can he really have forgotten me?

‘est-ce que tu viendras ce soir?’ - ‘cela se peut’ — ‘are you coming this evening?’ - ‘I may do’

ça ne se peut pas — (colloq) it's impossible

5.

on ne peut plus locution adverbiale

il est on ne peut plus timide — he is as shy as can be

il est on ne peut plus désagréable — he's thoroughly unpleasant

6.

on ne peut mieux locution adverbiale

c'est on ne peut mieux — it couldn't be better

ils s'entendent on ne peut mieux — they get on extremely well

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autant que faire se peut — as far as possible

II puvwaʀ
nom masculin

1) ( puissance) power

pouvoirs surnaturels — supernatural powers

2) ( faculté) ability

avoir le pouvoir de faire — to be able to do

3) ( ascendant) power ( sur over)

4) ( autorité) power, authority

je n'ai pas le pouvoir de décider — it's not up to me to decide

5) Politique power

pouvoir absolu — absolute power

après 15 ans au pouvoir — after 15 years in power

donner tous pouvoir à quelqu'un — to give somebody full powers

le pouvoir en place — the government in power

6) Administration, Droit power

pouvoir par-devant notaire — power of attorney

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Phrasal Verbs:

- pouvoir d'achat

- pouvoir exécutif

- le pouvoir judiciaire

- pouvoir législatif

- les pouvoir s constitués

- pouvoir s publics

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puvwaʀ
1. nm

1) (= influence, autorité) power

Le Premier ministre a beaucoup de pouvoir. — The prime minister has a lot of power.

avoir pouvoir de faire (= autorisation) — to have the authority to do, to have authority to do, (= droit) to have the right to do

2) (= dirigeants)

le pouvoir — those in power

les pouvoirs publics — the authorities

2. vb aux

1) (= avoir la possibilité de) to be able to

Je suis déçu de ne pas pouvoir le faire. — I am disappointed not to be able to do it.

Je ne pourrai pas venir samedi. — I won't be able to come on Saturday., I can't come on Saturday.

Je n'ai pas pu le réparer. — I couldn't repair it., I wasn't able to repair it.

Je peux lui téléphoner si tu veux. — I can phone her if you like.

2) (= avoir la permission de)

Vous pouvez aller au cinéma. — You can go to the pictures.

Puis-je venir vous voir samedi? — May I come and see you on Saturday?

3) (hypothèse)

Il a pu avoir un accident. — He may have had an accident., He might have had an accident., He could have had an accident.

Il aurait pu le dire! — He might have said so!, He could have said so!

4) (autres locutions)

tu ne peux pas savoir! — you have no idea!

tu peux le dire! — you can say that again!

3. vb impers

il peut arriver que — it may be that

il pourrait pleuvoir — it might rain

4. vt

J'ai fait tout ce que j'ai pu. — I did all I could.

Fais ce que tu peux. — Do what you can.

Je n'y peux rien. — I can't do anything about it.

on ne peut; Je me porte on ne peut mieux. — I'm absolutely fine., I couldn't be better.

Elle est on ne peut plus gentille. — She couldn't be nicer., She's as nice as can be.

je n'en peux plus (fatigue) — I'm exhausted, (patience) I can't take any more

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I.

pouvoir verb table: pouvoir

❢ Can et may qui peuvent traduire le verbe pouvoir ne s'emploient ni à l'infinitif, ni au futur.

A v aux

1 ( être capable de) to be able to; peux-tu soulever cette boîte? can you lift this box?; nous espérons pouvoir partir cette année we hope to be able to go away this year; dès que je pourrai as soon as I can; il ne pourra pas venir he won't be able to come; je suis content que vous ayez pu venir I'm glad you could come; il ne pouvait pas cacher son irritation he couldn't conceal his annoyance; il pourrait mieux faire he could do better; elle aurait pu le faire she could have done it; tu peux/pourrais bien me rendre ce service you can/could at least do this for me; tu ne pouvais pas me le dire tout de suite! why couldn't you have told me ou didn't you tell me that right away?; on ne pourrait mieux dire that's very well put; je n'en peux plus (épuisement, exaspération) I've had it○; ( satiété) I'm full○; ⇒ vieillesse;

2 ( être autorisé à) to be allowed to; les élèves ne peuvent pas quitter l'établissement sans autorisation pupils can't ou may not ou are not allowed to leave the school without permission; est-ce que je peux me servir de ta voiture? can I use your car?; puis-je m'asseoir? may I sit down?; est-ce qu'on peut fumer ici? is smoking allowed here?; nous ne pouvons tout de même pas les laisser faire we can't just stand by and do nothing; tu peux toujours essayer you can ou could always try; on peut dire que it can be said that; après ce qui est arrivé on peut se poser des questions after what happened questions are bound to be asked;

3 ( avoir le choix de) on peut écrire clef ou clé the word can be written clef or clé; on peut ne pas faire l'accord the agreement is optional; il ne peut pas ne pas accepter he has no option but to accept; il peut être malade après tout ce qu'il a mangé after the amount he ate it's no wonder that he is ill;

4 ( avoir l'obligeance de) pourriez-vous me tenir la porte s'il vous plaît? can ou could you hold the door (open) for me please?; si tu pouvais garder la petite, je sortirais un peu if you could keep an eye on the baby, I could go out for a while; peux-tu me dire quelle heure il est s'il te plaît? could you tell me the time please?;

5 ( être susceptible de) tout peut arriver anything could happen; cela pourrait arriver à n'importe qui it could happen to anybody; il ne peut pas ne pas gagner he's bound to win; où peut-il bien être? where can he be?; où pouvait-il bien être? where could he be?; que peut-il bien faire? what can he be doing?; tout le monde peut se tromper anyone can make a mistake; puisse cette nouvelle année exaucer vos vœux les plus chers wishing you everything you could want for the new year; puisse-t-il revenir sur sa décision we can only hope that he goes back on his decision; puissiez-vous dire vrai let us hope you are right; rien ne pourra l'arrêter nothing can stop him/her; qu'est-ce que cela peut (bien) te faire? what business is it of yours?; il peut toujours espérer there's no harm in wishing ou hoping; s'il croit que je vais payer ses dettes il peut toujours attendre if he thinks I'm going to pay his debts he's got another think coming; elle pouvait mentir, il l'aimait toujours no matter how much she lied, he still loved her; qu'est-ce qu'il peut y avoir comme monde! what a crowd there is!; qu'est-ce qu'il peut faire froid ici! it's so cold here!; ce qu'il peut être grand! how tall he is!; peux-tu être bête! how silly you can be!

B vtr que puis-je pour vous? what can I do for you?; je ne peux rien pour vous/contre eux there's nothing I can do for you/about them; je n'y peux rien I can't do anything about it, there's nothing I can do about it; je fais ce que je peux I'm doing my best; ‘je sais que c'est difficile mais qu'y puis-je?’-‘vous pouvez beaucoup’ ‘I know it's hard, but what can I do?’-‘plenty’.

C v impers il peut faire très froid en janvier it can get very cold in January; il pourrait arriver que je parte I could ou might leave; il pouvait être 10 heures it was probably about 10 o'clock; il peut neiger comme il peut faire beau it might snow or it might be fine; c'est inimaginable ce qu'il a pu pleuvoir! you can't imagine ou wouldn't believe how much it rained!; ce qu'il peut pleuvoir en ce moment! it's raining really hard at the moment.

D il se peut vpr impers il se peut que les prix augmentent en juin prices may ou might rise in June; il se peut or pourrait que j'accepte leur offre I may ou might accept their offer; se peut-il qu'il m'ait oublié? can he really have forgotten me?; se peut-il que vous ayez fait cela? how could you do such a thing?; ‘est-ce que tu viendras ce soir?’-‘cela se peut’ ‘are you coming this evening?’-‘I may do’; cela se pourrait bien very possibly so; il or cela se pourrait (bien) qu'il soit fâché he might (well) be angry; ça ne se peut pas○ it's impossible.

E on ne peut plus loc adv il est on ne peut plus timide he is as shy as can be; c'est on ne peut mieux it couldn't be better; il travaille on ne peut plus sérieusement you couldn't ask for a more conscientious worker; il est on ne peut plus désagréable he's thoroughly unpleasant.

Idiomes

qui peut le plus peut le moins if you can do something complicated, you can do something simple; autant que faire se peut as far as possible.

II.

pouvoir nm

1 ( puissance) power; pouvoirs surnaturels supernatural powers; pouvoir blanchissant d'un détergent whitening power of a detergent; pouvoir d'évocation d'un mot evocative power of a word;

2 ( faculté) ability; avoir un remarquable pouvoir d'adaptation to be remarkably adaptable; avoir le pouvoir de faire to be able to do;

3 ( ascendant) power (sur over); le pouvoir de qn sur qn sb's power over sb; il la tient en son pouvoir he's got her in his power;

4 ( autorité) power, authority; n'avoir aucun pouvoir sur qn to have no power over sb; je n'ai pas le pouvoir de décider it's not up to me to decide; il n'est pas en mon pouvoir de prendre une telle décision I'm not the one who decides;

5 Pol power; pouvoir absolu/royal absolute/royal power; après 15 ans de pouvoir after 15 years in power; avoir le pouvoir to be in power; exercer le pouvoir to exercise power; prendre le pouvoir to take power; arriver au pouvoir to come to power; se maintenir au pouvoir to stay in power; séparation des pouvoirs separation of powers; en vertu des pouvoirs qui nous sont conférés by reason of ou in exercise of the powers invested in us; avoir tous pouvoirs to have ou exercise all powers; donner tous pouvoir à qn to give sb full powers, to confer full powers on sb; les pleins pouvoirs full powers; le pouvoir en place the government in power;

6 Admin, Jur power; déléguer ses pouvoirs à qn to delegate powers to sb; pouvoir par-devant notaire power of attorney; donner pouvoir à qn to give sb a proxy.

Composés

pouvoir d'achat purchasing power; pouvoir calorifique calorific value; pouvoir exécutif executive power; le pouvoir judiciaire ( corps) the judiciary; pouvoir législatif legislative power; pouvoir séparateur Phys resolving power; pouvoir spirituel spiritual power; pouvoir temporel temporal power; les pouvoirs constitués the powers that be; pouvoirs exceptionnels emergency powers; pouvoirs publics authorities.

I

[puvwar] nom masculin

1. [aptitude, possibilité] power

avoir un grand pouvoir de concentration/de persuasion to have great powers of concentration/persuasion

je n'ai pas le pouvoir de lire l'avenir! I cannot predict the future!

il n'est plus en notre pouvoir de décider de la question we're no longer in a position to decide on this matter

je ferai tout ce qui est en mon pouvoir pour t'aider I'll do everything ou all in my power to help you

pouvoir d'achat ÉCONOMIE purchasing power

2. ADMINISTRATION & DROIT [d'un président, d'un tuteur] power

avoir pouvoir de décision to have the authority to decide

pouvoir disciplinaire disciplinary powers

3. POLITIQUE

le pouvoir

a. [exercice] power

b. [gouvernants] government

elle est trop proche du pouvoir pour comprendre she's too close to the seat of power to understand

arriver au pouvoir to come to power

être au pouvoir

a. [parti élu] to be in power ou office

b. [junte] to be in power

les gens au pouvoir ne connaissent pas nos problèmes those in power ou the powers that be don't understand our difficulties

prendre le pouvoir

a. [élus] to take office

b. [dictateur] to seize power

exercer le pouvoir to exercise power, to govern, to rule

le pouvoir central central government

le pouvoir exécutif executive power, the executive

le pouvoir judiciaire judicial power, the judiciary

le pouvoir législatif legislative power, the legislature

le pouvoir local local government, the local authorities

4. [influence] power, influence

avoir du pouvoir sur quelqu'un to have power ou influence over somebody

avoir quelqu'un en son pouvoir to have somebody in one's power

5. PHYSIQUE & TECHNOLOGIE power, quality

pouvoir calorifique (inférieur)/supérieur (net)/gross calorific value

pouvoir couvrant (d'une peinture) opacity (of a paint)

pouvoir isolant insulating capacity

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pouvoirs nom masculin pluriel

1. [fonctions] powers, authority

outrepasser ses pouvoirs to overstep ou to exceed one's authority

avoir tous pouvoirs pour faire quelque chose

a. [administrateur] to have full powers to do something

b. [architecte, animateur] to have carte blanche to do something

pouvoirs exceptionnels POLITIQUE special powers (available to the President of the French Republic in an emergency)

2. [gouvernants]

les pouvoirs constitués the legally constituted government

les pouvoirs publics the authorities

3. [surnaturels] powers

II

[puvwar] verbe auxiliaire

1. [avoir la possibilité, la capacité de]

je peux revenir en France I'm able to ou I can return to France

je peux vous aider? [généralement, dans un magasin] can I help you?

on peut toujours s'arranger some sort of an arrangement can always be worked out

comment as-tu pu lui mentir! how could you lie to him!

quand il pourra de nouveau marcher when he's able to walk again

je ne peux pas dormir I'm unable to ou I can't sleep

tout le monde ne peut pas le faire/en dire autant! not everybody can do it/say that!

le projet ne pourra pas se faire sans sa collaboration the project can't be carried out without her collaboration

tu ne peux pas ne pas l'aider you MUST help her, you can't refuse to help her

il ne peut pas la voir (en peinture) (familier) he can't stand (the sight of) her

2. [parvenir à] to manage ou to be able to

avez-vous pu entrer en contact avec lui? did you succeed in contacting ou manage to contact him?

c'est construit de telle manière que l'on ne puisse pas s'échapper it's built in such a way that it's impossible to escape ou as to make escape impossible

3. [avoir la permission de]

vous pouvez disposer you may ou can go now

si je peux ou (soutenu) si je puis m'exprimer ainsi if I may use the phrase

si on ne peut plus plaisanter, maintenant! it's a pretty sad thing if you can't have a laugh anymore!

[avoir des raisons de]

on ne peut que s'en féliciter one can't but feel happy about it

je suis désolé — ça, tu peux (l'être)! (familier) I'm so sorry — so you should be ou and with good reason ou and I should think so too!

4. [exprime une éventualité, un doute, un risque]

la maladie peut revenir the disease can ou may recur

attention, tu pourrais glisser careful, you might ou could slip

ce ne peut être déjà les invités! (surely) it can't be the guests already!

j'aurais pu l'attendre longtemps, elle n'arrive que demain! I could have waited a long time, she's not coming until tomorrow!

après tout, il pourrait bien ne pas avoir menti he may well have been telling the truth after all

c'est plus facile qu'on ne pourrait le croire it's easier than you might think

je peux toujours m'être trompé it's possible I might have got it wrong

ça aurait pu être pire it could have been worse

(tournure impersonnelle)

il pourrait s'agir d'un suicide it could ou may ou might be a suicide

il peut arriver que... it may (so) ou can happen that...

5. [exprime une approximation]

elle pouvait avoir entre 50 et 60 ans she could have been between 50 and 60 (years of age)

6. [exprime une suggestion, une hypothèse]

tu peux toujours essayer de lui téléphoner you could always try phoning him

tu pourrais au moins t'excuser! you could at least apologize!, the least you could do is (to) apologize!

il aurait pu me prévenir! he could've ou might've warned me!

on peut s'attendre à tout avec elle anything's possible with her

7. [en intensif]

où ai-je bien pu laisser mes lunettes? what on earth can I have done with my glasses?

qu'a-t-elle (bien) pu leur dire pour les mettre dans cet état? what can she possibly have said for them to be in such a state!

8. (littéraire) [exprime le souhait]

puisse-t-il vous entendre! let us hope he can hear you!

puissé-je ne jamais revivre des moments pareils! may I never have to live through that again!

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[puvwar] verbe transitif

[être capable de faire]

qu'y puis-je? what can I do about it?

vous seul y pouvez quelque chose only you can do anything about it

on n'y peut rien it can't be helped, nothing can be done about it

que puis-je pour vous? what can I do for you?

j'ai fait tout ce que j'ai pu I did my level best ou all I could

je n'en peux plus

a. [physiquement] I'm exhausted

b. [moralement] I can't take anymore ou stand it any longer

c. [je suis rassasié] I'm full (up)

ma voiture n'en peut plus (familier) my car's had it

je n'en peux plus de l'entendre se plaindre sans cesse I just can't take his continual moaning any more

regarde-le danser avec elle, il n'en peut plus! (familier & humoristique) just look at him dancing with her, he's in seventh heaven!

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se pouvoir verbe impersonnel

ça se peut it may ou could be

ça se peut, mais... that's as may be, but...

il va pleuvoir — ça se pourrait bien! it's going to rain — that's quite possible!

sois calme, et s'il se peut, diplomate keep calm and, if (at all) possible, be tactful

il ou ça se peut que: il se peut qu'il soit malade he might be ill, maybe he's ill

il se pourrait bien qu'il n'y ait plus de places it might ou could well be fully booked

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > pouvoir

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way [weɪ]

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2. adverb

3. compounds

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1. noun

   a. ( = route) chemin m

• to ask the way demander son chemin (to pour aller à)

• we went the wrong way nous avons pris le mauvais chemin

• a piece of bread went down the wrong way j'ai (or il a etc) avalé de travers

• we met several people on the way nous avons rencontré plusieurs personnes en chemin

• to lose one's way se perdre

• to make one's way towards... se diriger vers...

• he had to make his own way in Hollywood il a dû se faire sa place à Hollywood

► the way to ( = route to)

can you tell me the way to the tourist office? pouvez-vous m'indiquer le chemin du syndicat d'initiative ?

• I know the way to the station je sais comment aller à la gare

• on the way to London we met... en allant à Londres nous avons rencontré...

• it's on the way to the station c'est sur le chemin de la gare► to be on the way ( = to be coming)

he's on his way il arrive

• more snow is on the way d'autres chutes de neige sont prévues

• she's got twins, and another baby on the way (inf) elle a des jumeaux, et un bébé en route (inf)► the/one's way back/down

• on the way back he met... en revenant il a rencontré...

• he made his way back to the car il est retourné vers la voiture

• I met her on the way down je l'ai rencontrée en descendant

• inflation is on the way down l'inflation est en baisse► the way forward

• they held a meeting to discuss the way forward ils ont organisé une réunion pour discuter de la marche à suivre

• is monetary union the way forward? l'union monétaire est-elle la voie du progrès ?► the way in

• I saw her on the way in je l'ai vue à l'entrée► the way out la sortie

• I'll find my own way out ne vous dérangez pas, je trouverai (bien) la sortie

• you'll see it on the way out vous le verrez en sortant

• there's no other way out il n'y a pas d'autre solution

• there is no way out of this difficulty il n'y a pas moyen d'éviter cette difficulté► a way round

• we're trying to find a way round it nous cherchons un moyen d'éviter ce problème

   b. ( = path) their way was blocked by police la police leur barrait le passage

• to push one's way through a crowd se frayer un chemin à travers une foule

• he tried to talk his way out of it il a essayé de s'en sortir avec de belles paroles

► in the/sb's way

• to be in the way (physically) barrer le passage ; (causing problems) gêner

• am I in your way? est-ce que je vous empêche de passer ?

• to put difficulties in sb's way créer des difficultés à qn► out of the/sb's way

• to get out of the way s'écarter

• (get) out of the or my way! laisse-moi passer !

• to keep out of sb's way ( = avoid them) éviter qn

• as soon as I've got the exams out of the way (inf) dès que les examens seront finis

• I'll take you home, it's not out of my way je vous ramènerai, c'est sur mon chemin

• he went out of his way to help us il s'est donné du mal pour nous aider► to make way for

• they made way for the ambulance ils se sont rangés pour laisser passer l'ambulance

• this made way for a return to democracy ceci a ouvert la voie au rétablissement de la démocratie

   c. ( = distance) a little way off pas très loin

• he stood some way off il se tenait à l'écart

• is it far? -- yes, it's a quite a way (inf) c'est loin ? -- oui, il y a un bon bout de chemin (inf)

• to be a long way away être loin

• that's a long way from the truth c'est loin d'être vrai

• is it finished? -- not by a long way! est-ce terminé ? -- loin de là !

• they've come a long way (figurative) ils ont fait du chemin

• we've got a long way to go (long journey) nous avons beaucoup de chemin à faire ; ( = still far from our objective) nous ne sommes pas au bout de nos peines ; ( = not got enough) nous sommes encore loin du compte

• this spice is expensive, but a little goes a long way cette épice est chère mais on n'a pas besoin d'en mettre beaucoup

• it should go a long way towards improving relations between the two countries cela devrait améliorer considérablement les relations entre les deux pays

► all the way ( = the whole distance)

he had to walk all the way (to the hospital) il a dû faire tout le chemin à pied (jusqu'à l'hôpital)

• he talked all the way to the theatre il a parlé pendant tout le chemin jusqu'au théâtre

• I'm with you all the way (inf) ( = entirely agree) je suis entièrement d'accord avec vous

• I'll be with you all the way ( = will back you up) je vous soutiendrai jusqu'au bout

   d. ( = direction) are you going my way? est-ce que vous allez dans la même direction que moi ?

• he went that way il est parti par là

• which way did he go? dans quelle direction est-il parti ?

• which way do we go from here? (which direction) par où allons-nous maintenant ? ; (what shall we do) qu'allons-nous faire maintenant ?

• he looked the other way il a regardé ailleurs

• he ran this way and that il courait dans tous les sens

• there aren't many parks round our way (inf) il n'y a pas beaucoup de parcs par chez nous

• it's out or over Oxford way (inf) c'est du côté d'Oxford

• the loot was split three ways le butin a été divisé en trois

   e. ( = manner) façon f

• this/that way comme ceci/cela

• what an odd way to behave! quelle drôle de façon de se comporter !

• to do sth the right/wrong way bien/mal faire qch

• do it your own way fais comme tu veux

• everyone helped one way or another tout le monde a aidé d'une façon ou d'une autre

• he has his own way of doing things il a une façon bien à lui de faire les choses

• way to go! (inf!) bravo !

• that's just the way he is il est comme ça, c'est tout

• it's just the way things are c'est la vie !

• to get or have one's own way en faire à son idée

• I won't let him have things all his own way je ne vais pas le laisser faire tout ce qu'il veut

• you can't have it both ways il faut choisir

• there are no two ways about it (inf) il n'y a pas à tortiller (inf)

• your jersey is the wrong way out ton pull est à l'envers

• he didn't hit her, it was the other way round ce n'est pas lui qui l'a frappée, c'est le contraire

• "this way up" « haut »

• the right way up dans le bon sens

• the wrong way up à l'envers

► in a big way (inf)

he furthered my career in a big way il a beaucoup contribué à faire progresser ma carrière

• soccer is taking off in the States in a big way le football connaît un véritable essor aux États-Unis► no way! (inf) pas question !

• no way am I doing that (il n'est) pas question que je fasse ça

• I'm not paying, no way! je refuse de payer, un point c'est tout !

• will you come? -- no way! tu viens ? -- pas question !

• there's no way that's champagne! ce n'est pas possible que ce soit du champagne !

   f. ( = method, technique) solution f

• the best way is to put it in the freezer for ten minutes le mieux, c'est de le mettre au congélateur pendant dix minutes

• we'll find a way of doing it nous trouverons bien un moyen de le faire

• that's the way to do it voilà comment il faut faire

• that's the way! (inf) voilà, c'est bien !

► to have a way with

• he has a way with people il sait s'y prendre avec les gens

• he has a way with cars il s'y connaît en voitures

• to have a way with words manier les mots avec bonheur

   g. ( = situation, nature) that's always the way c'est toujours comme ça

• it's the way of the world! ainsi va le monde !

• to be in a bad way (inf) aller mal

   h. ( = habit) to get into/out of the way of doing sth prendre/perdre l'habitude de faire qch

• don't be offended, it's just his way ne vous vexez pas, il est comme ça, c'est tout

• I know his little ways je connais ses petites habitudes

• they didn't like his pretentious ways ils n'aimaient pas ses manières prétentieuses

• to mend one's ways s'amender

   i. ( = respect, particular) in some ways à certains égards

• in more ways than one à plus d'un titre

• he's right in a way il a raison dans un certain sens

• he's in no way to blame ce n'est vraiment pas de sa faute

• "I'm superstitious", she said by way of explanation « je suis superstitieuse », dit-elle en guise d'explication

• what is there in the way of kitchen utensils? qu'est-ce qu'il y a comme ustensiles de cuisine ?

2. adverb

• way down below tout en bas

• way up in the sky très haut dans le ciel

• you're way out in your calculations (inf) tu as fait une grosse erreur dans tes calculs

• it's way too big c'est beaucoup trop grand

• it's way past your bedtime ça fait longtemps que tu devrais être au lit

3. compounds

► way of life noun mode m de vie

• the French way of life le mode de vie des Français

• such shortages are a way of life de telles pénuries font partie de la vie de tous les jours ► way-out (inf) adjective excentrique

► ways and means plural noun moyens mpl ( of doing sth de faire qch)

► way station noun (US) petite gare f ; (figurative = stage) étape f

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[weɪ] 1.
noun

1) (route, road) chemin m ( from de; to à)

to live over the way — (colloq) habiter en face

the quickest way to town — le chemin le plus court pour aller en ville

if we go this way — si nous prenons cette route

to ask the way to — demander le chemin pour aller à

how did that find its way in here? — comment est-ce que c'est arrivé ici?

the way ahead — lit le chemin devant moi/eux etc

the way ahead looks difficult — fig l'avenir s'annonce difficile

there is no way around the problem — il n'y a pas moyen de contourner le problème

on the way back — sur le chemin du retour

on the way back from the meeting — en revenant de la réunion

the way forward — fig la clé de l'avenir

the way in — l'entrée (to de)

‘way in’ — ‘entrée’

the way out — la sortie (of de)

the quickest way out is through here — c'est par ici que l'on sort le plus vite

there's no way out — fig il n'y a pas d'échappatoire

a way out of our difficulties — un moyen de nous sortir de nos difficultés

the way up — la montée

on the way — en route

we're on the way to Mary's — nous allons chez Mary

on the way past — en passant

I'm on my way — j'arrive

on your way through town — en traversant la ville

his house is on your way to town — tu passes devant chez lui en allant au centre-ville

I must be on my way — il faut que je parte

to go on one's way — se remettre en route

to send somebody on his way — ( tell to go away) envoyer promener quelqu'un (colloq)

to be well on the ou one's way to doing — être bien parti pour faire

to be on the way out — fig passer de mode

she's got four kids and another one on the way — (colloq) elle a quatre gosses et un autre en route (colloq)

to be out of somebody's way — ne pas être sur le chemin de quelqu'un

don't go out of your way to do — ne t'embête pas à faire

to go out of one's way to make somebody feel uncomfortable — tout faire pour que quelqu'un se sente mal à l'aise

out of the way — ( isolated) isolé; ( unusual) extraordinaire

along the way — lit en chemin; fig en cours de route

by way of — ( via) en passant par

to go the way of somebody/something — finir comme quelqu'un/quelque chose

to make one's way towards — se diriger vers

to make one's way along — avancer le long de

to make one's own way there — se débrouiller seul pour y arriver

to lie one's way out of trouble — se sortir d'affaire en mentant

2) ( direction) direction f, sens m

which way did he go? — dans quelle direction est-il parti?

he went that way — il est parti par là

come ou step this way — suivez-moi, venez par ici

‘this way for the zoo’ — ‘vers le zoo’

‘this way up’ — ‘haut’

to look this way and that — regarder dans toutes les directions

to look the other way — ( to see) regarder de l'autre côté; ( to avoid unpleasant thing) détourner les yeux; fig ( to ignore) fermer les yeux

to go every which way — partir dans tous les sens

the other way up — dans l'autre sens

the right way up — dans le bon sens

the wrong way up — à l'envers

to turn something the other way around — retourner quelque chose

I didn't ask her, it was the other way around — ce n'est pas moi qui lui ai demandé, c'est l'inverse

the wrong/right way around — dans le mauvais/bon sens

you're Ben and you're Tom, is that the right way around? — tu es Ben, et toi tu es Tom, c'est bien ça?

if you're ever down our way — si jamais tu passes près de chez nous

she's coming our way — elle vient vers nous

an opportunity came my way — une occasion s'est présentée

to put something somebody's way — (colloq) filer quelque chose à quelqu'un (colloq)

everything's going my way — tout me sourit

3) (space in front, projected route) passage m

to be in somebody's way — empêcher quelqu'un de passer

to be in the way — gêner le passage

she won't let anything get in the way of her ambition — elle ne laissera rien entraver son ambition

to get out of the way — s'écarter (du chemin)

to get out of somebody's way — laisser passer quelqu'un

put that somewhere out of the way — mets ça quelque part où ça ne gêne pas

out of my way! — pousse-toi!

get him out of the way before the boss gets here! — fais-le disparaître d'ici avant que le patron arrive!

once the election is out of the way — une fois les élections passées

to keep out of the way — rester à l'écart

to keep out of somebody's way — éviter quelqu'un

to keep somebody out of somebody's way — ( to avoid annoyance) tenir quelqu'un à l'écart de quelqu'un

to keep something out of somebody's way — (to avoid injury, harm) garder quelque chose hors de portée de quelqu'un

to make way — s'écarter

to make way for somebody/something — faire place à quelqu'un/quelque chose

4) ( distance) distance f

it's a long way — c'est loin (to jusqu'à)

to be a short way off — lit être près

my birthday is still some way off — mon anniversaire est encore loin

we still have some way to go before doing — lit, fig nous avons encore du chemin à faire avant de faire

to go all the way to China — faire tout le voyage jusqu'en Chine

I'm with you ou behind you all the way — je suis de tout cœur avec toi

5) ( manner) façon f, manière f

do it this/that way — fais-le comme ceci/cela

let me explain it another way — laisse-moi t'expliquer autrement

to do something the French way — faire quelque chose comme les Français

to do something the right/wrong way — faire bien/mal quelque chose

you're going about it the wrong way — tu t'y prends très mal

try to see it my way — mets-toi à ma place

in his/her/its own way — à sa façon

to have a way with something — s'y connaître en quelque chose

to have a way with children — savoir s'y prendre avec les enfants

she certainly has a way with her — (colloq) GB elle sait décidément s'y prendre avec les gens

a way of doing — ( method) une façon or manière de faire; ( means) un moyen de faire

to my way of thinking — à mon avis

that's the way to do it! — voilà comment il faut s'y prendre!

that's the way! — voilà, c'est bien!

what a way to run a company! — en voilà une façon de gérer une entreprise!

I like the way he dresses — j'aime la façon dont il s'habille

whichever way you look at it — de quelque façon que tu envisages les choses

either way, she's wrong — de toute façon, elle a tort

one way or another — d'une façon ou d'une autre

one way and another it's been rather eventful — tout compte fait ça a été assez mouvementé

I don't care one way or the other — ça m'est égal

no two ways about it — cela ne fait aucun doute

you can't have it both ways — on ne peut pas avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre

no way! — (colloq) pas question! (colloq)

6) (respect, aspect) sens m

in a way it's sad — en un sens c'est triste

in a way that's true — dans une certaine mesure c'est vrai

can I help in any way? — puis-je faire quoi que ce soit?

in every way possible — dans la mesure du possible

in many ways — à bien des égards

in some ways — à certains égards

in no way, not in any way — aucunement

this is in no way a criticism — cela n'est en aucune façon une critique

not much in the way of news — il n'y a pas beaucoup de nouvelles

what have you got in the way of drinks? — qu'est-ce que vous avez comme boissons?

by way of light relief — en guise de divertissement

7) (custom, manner) coutume f, manière f

that's the modern way — c'est la coutume d'aujourd'hui

I know all her little ways — je connais toutes ses petites habitudes

that's just his way — il est comme ça

it's the way of the world — c'est la vie

8) (will, desire)

to get one's way —

to have one's own way — faire à son idée

she likes (to have) her own way — elle aime n'en faire qu'à sa tête

if I had my way... — si cela ne tenait qu'à moi...

have it your (own) way — comme tu voudras
2.
adverb

we went way over budget — le budget a été largement dépassé

to be way out — (in guess, estimate) être loin du compte

to go way beyond what is necessary — aller bien au-delà de ce qui est nécessaire

that's way out of order — je trouve ça un peu fort
3.
by the way adverbial phrase en passant

by the way,... — à propos,...

what time is it, by the way? — quelle heure est-il, au fait?

but that's just by the way — mais ce n'est qu'une parenthèse

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