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to disappear into the crowd

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1 disappear into the crowd

Макаров: смешаться с толпой

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > disappear into the crowd
2 disappear

disappear [‚dɪsə'pɪə(r)]

intransitive verb

(a) (vanish → person, snow) disparaître; (→ object) disparaître, s'égarer; Linguistics s'amuïr;

∎ she disappeared from sight on l'a perdue de vue;

∎ he disappeared into the crowd il s'est perdu dans la foule;

∎ to disappear over the horizon disparaître à l'horizon;

∎ to make sth disappear (gen) faire disparaître qch; (magician) escamoter qch

(b) (cease to exist → pain, tribe) disparaître; (→ problem) disparaître, s'aplanir; (→ memory) s'effacer, s'estomper; (→ tradition) disparaître, tomber en désuétude;

∎ as a species, the turtle is fast disappearing les tortues sont une espèce en voie de disparition

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > disappear
3 disappear

[͵dısəʹpıə] v
1. исчезать, скрываться

to disappear from smb.'s sight - скрыться из виду

to disappear in the darkness - исчезнуть во тьме; ≅ растаять в темноте

to disappear in /into/ the crowd - смешаться с толпой

the ship disappeared - корабль скрылся (вдали)

to disappear into thin air - исчезнуть без следа

2. пропадать, теряться; стираться

this distinction disappeared - это различие стёрлось

3. разг. отлучаться

may I disappear for a moment? - позвольте мне отлучиться на минуту; извините, я на минуточку (исчезну)

НБАРС > disappear
4 disappear

ˌdɪsəˈpɪə гл.
1) а) исчезать( из поля зрения) ;
пропадать, теряться б) исчезнуть (перестать существовать) ∙ to disappear completely ≈ полностью исчезать to disappear from view ≈ исчезать из виду My blue bag has disappeared from the shelf where I left it. ≈ Я оставил свою синюю сумку на полке, и вот она пропала. The airliner disappeared off their radar. ≈ Авиалайнер исчез с их радара. Syn: vanish Ant: appear
2) перех. заставить исчезнуть;
сделать невидимым исчезать, скрываться - to * from smb.'s sight скрыться из виду - to * in the darkness исчезнуть во тьме;
растаять в темноте - to * in /into/ the crowd смешаться с толпой - the ship *ed корабль скрылся (вдали) - to * into thin air исчезнуть без следа пропадать, теряться;
стираться - this distinction *ed это различие стерлось (разговорное) отлучаться - may I * for a moment? позвольте мне отлучиться на минуту;
извините, я на минуточку ( исчезну) disappear исчезать;
скрываться ~ исчезать ~ пропадать

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > disappear
5 menyadap

disappear into the crowd. 2 become confused.

Malay-English dictionary > menyadap
6 perderse

perderse

► verbo pronominal

1 (extraviarse - persona) to get lost; (- animal) to go missing

■ se me ha perdido un pendiente I've lost an earring

2 (confundirse) to get confused, get mixed up

■ en cuanto hablan de política me pierdo when they talk about politics I get lost

3 (desaparecer) to disappear, take off

■ en cuanto ve problemas, se pierde as soon as there's a problem, he disappears

4 (dejar escapar) to miss

■ ¡no te lo pierdas! don't miss it!

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1) to get lost

2) miss

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VPR

1) [persona] to get lost

tenía miedo de perderme — I was afraid of getting lost o losing my way

se perdieron en el bosque — they got lost in the wood

se perdió en un mar de contradicciones — he got lost in a mass of contradictions

¡piérdete! — * get lost! *

2) [objeto]

se me han perdido las llaves — I've lost my keys

¿qué se les ha perdido en Alemania? — what business have they in Germany?

3) [+ programa, fiesta] to miss

perderse algo interesante — to miss something interesting

¡no te lo pierdas! — don't miss it!

no se pierde ni una — she doesn't miss a thing

4) (=desaparecer) to disappear

el tren se perdió en la niebla — the train disappeared into the fog

el arroyo se pierde en la roca — the stream disappears into the rock

5) (=desperdiciarse) to be wasted, go to waste

se pierde mucho tiempo — a lot of time is wasted

se pierden muchos talentos naturales — a lot of natural talent goes to waste

nada se pierde con intentar — there's no harm in trying

6) (=arruinarse) [persona] to lose one's way; [cosecha] to be ruined, get spoiled

se perdió por el juego — gambling was his ruin o undoing

con la lluvia se ha perdido la cosecha — the rain has ruined the crops

7)

• perderse por algo/algn — to be mad about sth/sb

perderse por hacer algo — to be dying to do sth, long to do sth

8) LAm (=prostituirse) to go on the streets

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(v.) = go astray, get + lost, lose + Posesivo + way, go + missing, miss out on, slip through + the cracks, get out of + Posesivo + depth, wander off + route, disorient, disorientate, wander off + track, lose + Posesivo + bearings

Ex. If you have a different answer check to see where you went astray.

Ex. Like Theseus in the Labyrinth we need to be able to follow well trodden pathways through hypermedia materials and re-track our journey along an imaginary thread when we get lost.

Ex. They had lost their way; most had completely lost sight of the founders' vision, and the few who could still see it had lost their faith in its potential for fulfillment.

Ex. This article describes the consequences of a burglary of a during which the desktop system, computer, image setter, and a FAX machine went missing.

Ex. The author regrets the struggle which Greco-Roman studies have to survive in the USA arguing that US students miss out on understanding the origins of much of their culture and government.

Ex. The author discusses the factors which have led to early adolescent services slipping through the cracks.

Ex. It sounds like it could be quite easy for you to get out of your depth with this problem.

Ex. If one with route knowledge wanders off the route, it would be very difficult for them to backtrack to the route of their own.

Ex. The author illustrates a method of organising the hypertext files so as to prevent the user from becoming disoriented in the system.

Ex. Being disorientated or lost is one of the fundamental difficulties which users experience when trying to navigate within hypertext systems.

Ex. You may find that it is easy to find ourself wandering off track, following something that really interests you, and ultimately not answering the question.

Ex. Around and around she went, becoming disoriented and losing her bearings, buffeted to and fro by the awesome power of Mother Nature.

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(v.) = go astray, get + lost, lose + Posesivo + way, go + missing, miss out on, slip through + the cracks, get out of + Posesivo + depth, wander off + route, disorient, disorientate, wander off + track, lose + Posesivo + bearings

Ex: If you have a different answer check to see where you went astray.

Ex: Like Theseus in the Labyrinth we need to be able to follow well trodden pathways through hypermedia materials and re-track our journey along an imaginary thread when we get lost.

Ex: They had lost their way; most had completely lost sight of the founders' vision, and the few who could still see it had lost their faith in its potential for fulfillment.

Ex: This article describes the consequences of a burglary of a during which the desktop system, computer, image setter, and a FAX machine went missing.

Ex: The author regrets the struggle which Greco-Roman studies have to survive in the USA arguing that US students miss out on understanding the origins of much of their culture and government.

Ex: The author discusses the factors which have led to early adolescent services slipping through the cracks.

Ex: It sounds like it could be quite easy for you to get out of your depth with this problem.

Ex: If one with route knowledge wanders off the route, it would be very difficult for them to backtrack to the route of their own.

Ex: The author illustrates a method of organising the hypertext files so as to prevent the user from becoming disoriented in the system.

Ex: Being disorientated or lost is one of the fundamental difficulties which users experience when trying to navigate within hypertext systems.

Ex: You may find that it is easy to find ourself wandering off track, following something that really interests you, and ultimately not answering the question.

Ex: Around and around she went, becoming disoriented and losing her bearings, buffeted to and fro by the awesome power of Mother Nature.

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■perderse verbo reflexivo
1 (extraviarse) to get lost: es fácil perderse en el metro, it's easy to get lost on the underground
2 (desaparecer) to disappear
perderse entre la multitud, to disappear into the crowd
3 (pervertirse) to go to rack and ruin
' perderse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
despistarse
- perder
- vista
English:
astray
- lose
- lost
- miss out
- way
- fail
- lapse
- miss
- recede
- stray

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vpr

1. [extraviarse] to get lost;

me he perdido I'm lost;

se han perdido las tijeras the scissors have disappeared;

se me ha perdido el reloj I've lost my watch;
Fig
a mí no se me ha perdido nada por allí I've no desire to go there

2. [desaparecer] to disappear;

se perdió entre el gentío she disappeared amongst the crowd;
Fam
¡piérdete! get lost!

3. [distraerse, no seguir el hilo]
me he perdido, ¿podría repetir? I'm lost, would you mind repeating what you just said?;

cuando empiezan a hablar de toros yo me pierdo when they start talking about bullfighting, I get completely lost;

uno se pierde entre tantas siglas de partidos políticos all these acronyms for the different political parties are so confusing;

explícamelo otra vez, que me he perdido explain it to me again, you lost me

4. [desaprovechar]
perderse algo to miss out on sth;

¡no te lo pierdas! don't miss it!;

me he perdido el principio I missed the beginning;

no te has perdido gran cosa you didn't miss much

5. [desperdiciarse] to be wasted

6. [por los vicios, las malas compañías] to be beyond salvation

7. [anhelar]
perderse por to be mad about

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perderse

v/r get lost;

no se te ha perdido nada aquí fig there’s nothing here for you

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vr

extraviarse: to get lost, to stray

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perderse vb

1. (extraviarse) to get lost

nos perdimos en el bosque we got lost in the forest

¡piérdete! get lost!

2. (concierto, película, etc) to miss

¡no te lo pierdas! don't miss it!

Spanish-English dictionary > perderse
7 Gedränge

n; -s, kein Pl.

1. Vorgang: pushing (and shoving)

2. (Menge) crowd, crush umg.; (Ansturm) rush (nach, um for)

3. fig.: ins Gedränge kommen get into a (mad) rush; damit wir nicht ins Gedränge kommen so that we don’t have to rush things ( oder don’t get pushed for time)

4. Rugby: scrummage

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das Gedränge

squash; concourse; scrum; throng; press; crowd; lock; jostle

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Ge|drạ̈n|ge [gə'drɛŋə]
nt -s, no pl
(= Menschenmenge) crowd, crush; (= Drängeln) jostling; (SPORT) bunching; (RUGBY) scrum(-mage)
vor der Theaterkasse herrschte Gedränge — there was a big crowd at the ticket office

ein offenes Gedränge (Rugby) — a loose scrum

ins Gedränge kommen or geraten (fig) — to get into a fix (inf)

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das

1) (squeezing or crowding together: There's always a crush in the supermarket on Saturdays.) crush

2) (a state of being squashed or crowded: There was a great squash in the doorway.) squash

3) (a condition of being squeezed: We all got into the car, but it was a squeeze.) squeeze

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Ge·drän·ge

<-s>

[gəˈdrɛŋə]

nt kein pl

1. (drängende Menschenmenge) crowd, crush

es herrscht ein \Gedränge there is a crowd

im \Gedränge untertauchen [o verschwinden] to disappear into the crowd

2. (das Drängen) jostling; SPORT bunching

ein offenes \Gedränge an open scrum[mage]

3.

▶ [mit etw dat] ins \Gedränge geraten [o kommen] to get into [or a fix] difficulties [with sth]

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das; Gedränges

1) pushing and shoving; (Menschenmenge) crush; crowd

2)

ins Gedränge kommen od. geraten — (fig. ugs.) get into difficulties

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Gedränge n; -s, kein pl

1. Vorgang: pushing (and shoving)

2. (Menge) crowd, crush umg; (Ansturm) rush (

nach, um for)

3. fig:

ins Gedränge kommen get into a (mad) rush;

damit wir nicht ins Gedränge kommen so that we don’t have to rush things ( oder don’t get pushed for time)

4. Rugby: scrummage

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das; Gedränges

1) pushing and shoving; (Menschenmenge) crush; crowd

2)

ins Gedränge kommen od. geraten — (fig. ugs.) get into difficulties

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n.

crowd n.

jostle n.

throng n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Gedränge
8 perdre

perdre [pεʀdʀ(ə)]

➭ TABLE 41

1. transitive verb

   a. to lose ; ( = égarer) to mislay ; [+ habitude] to get out of ; (volontairement) to break

• il a perdu son père à la guerre he lost his father in the war

• j'ai perdu le goût de rire I don't feel like laughing any more

• n'avoir rien à perdre to have nothing to lose

• l'ouvrage n'a rien perdu de son actualité the work has lost none of its topicality

• le Président perd trois points dans le dernier sondage the President is down three points in the latest poll

• perdre sa page (en lisant) to lose one's place

• perdre du poids to lose weight

• perdre l'appétit/la mémoire/la vie to lose one's appetite/one's memory/one's life

• perdre l'équilibre to lose one's balance

• perdre espoir/patience to lose hope/patience

• il perd son pantalon his trousers are falling down

   b. ( = gaspiller) [+ temps, peine, argent] to waste ( à qch on sth ) ; ( = abîmer) [+ aliments] to spoil

• tu as du temps/de l'argent à perdre ! you've got time to waste/money to burn!

• sans perdre une minute without wasting a minute

   c. ( = manquer) [+ occasion] to miss

• il n'a pas perdu une miette de la conversation he didn't miss a single syllable of the conversation

• il ne perd rien pour attendre ! he's got it coming to him! (inf)

• rien n'est perdu ! nothing is lost!

   d. ( = porter préjudice à) to ruin

• son ambition l'a perdu ambition was his downfall

• ta bonté te perdra ! (ironic) you're too kind! (ironique)

   e. (locutions) perdre le nord (inf) to lose one's way

• il ne perd pas le nord (inf) he keeps his wits about him

• perdre les pédales (inf) ( = s'affoler) to lose one's head

• perdre ses moyens to crack up (inf)

• perdre la tête ( = s'affoler) to lose one's head ; [vieillard] to lose one's marbles (inf)

2. intransitive verb

to lose

• vous y perdez (dans une transaction) you lose by it

3. reflexive verb

► se perdre

   a. ( = s'égarer) to get lost

• se perdre dans les détails to get bogged down in details

• je m'y perds I'm all confused

   b. ( = disparaître) to disappear ; [coutume] to be dying out

• se perdre dans la foule to disappear into the crowd

   c. ( = devenir inutilisable) to be wasted ; [denrées] to go bad

• rien ne se perd nothing is wasted

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pɛʀdʀ
1.

verbe transitif

1) gén to lose

perdre quelque chose/quelqu'un de vue — lit, fig to lose sight of something/somebody

il a perdu de son arrogance — he's become more humble

perdre de l'importance — to become less important

leurs actions ont perdu 9% — their shares have dropped 9%

sans perdre le sourire, elle a continué — still smiling, she went on

2) to shed [feuilles, fleurs]

ton chien perd ses poils — your dog is moulting GB ou molting US

la brosse perd ses poils — the brush is losing its bristles

3) ( manquer) to miss [chance]

tu n'as rien perdu (en ne venant pas) — you didn't miss anything (by not coming)

ne pas perdre un mot de ce que quelqu'un dit — to hang on somebody's every word

4) ( gaspiller) to waste [journée, années]

perdre son temps — to waste one's time

tu as de l'argent à perdre! — you've got money to burn!

elle a du temps à perdre — she's got nothing better to do

sans perdre un instant — immediately

5) ( mal retenir)

je perds mes chaussures — my shoes are too big

je perds mon pantalon — my trousers are falling down

6) ( ruiner) to bring [somebody] down

cet homme te perdra — that man will be your undoing

2.

verbe intransitif

1) ( être perdant) to lose

j'y perds — I lose out

2) ( diminuer)

perdre en gentillesse — to be less kind

3.

se perdre verbe pronominal

1) ( s'égarer) to get lost

2) ( s'embrouiller) to get mixed up

ne vous perdez pas dans des détails — don't get bogged down in details

3) ( être absorbé)

se perdre dans ses pensées — to be lost in thought

4) ( disparaître) ( cesser d'être vu) to disappear; ( cesser d'être entendu) to be lost

5) [aliment, récolte] to go to waste

il y a des claques qui se perdent! — (colloq) somebody's looking for a good smack!

6) [tradition] to die out

••

perdre la tête or la raison or l'esprit — ( devenir fou) to go out of one's mind; ( paniquer) to lose one's head

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pɛʀdʀ
1. vt

1) [objet, faculté, somme] to lose

Cécile a perdu ses clés. — Cécile has lost her keys.

Il a perdu la vue à la suite d'un accident. — He lost his sight following an accident.

On a perdu plus de 1000 euros sur ces actions. — We lost more than 1000 euros on these shares.

J'ai perdu mon chemin. — I've lost my way.

perdre qn de vue fig — to lose sight of sb

2) [match, bataille, élection] to lose

perdre un match — to lose a match

3) (= gaspiller) [temps, argent] to waste, [occasion] to waste, to miss

perdre du temps — to waste time

J'ai perdu beaucoup de temps ce matin. — I've wasted a lot of time this morning.

Nous avons perdu notre temps à cette réunion. — That meeting was a waste of time.

faire perdre du temps — to be a waste of time

C'est inutile et cela fait perdre du temps. — It's pointless and it's a waste of time.

faire perdre du temps à qn — to waste sb's time

Ne me faites pas perdre mon temps! — Don't waste my time!

4) [proche, ami] to lose

Elle a perdu son mari très tôt. — She lost her husband at a very young age.

5) (moralement) [personne] to cause the downfall of

Son goût du luxe l'a perdu. — His taste for luxury was his downfall.

6) (autre locution)

il ne perd rien pour attendre — he'll get what he deserves

tu ne perds rien pour attendre — just you wait

2. vi

1) (= être vaincu) to lose

2) (sur une vente) to lose out

3) [récipient] to leak

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perdre verb table: rendre

A vtr

1 ( égarer) to lose; perdre un bouton à sa chemise to lose a button from one's shirt; perdre qch/qn de vue lit, fig to lose sight of sth/sb;

2 ( ne pas conserver) to lose [argent, ami, emploi, droit, place, tour, vue, voix]; perdre 1 000 euros sur une vente to lose 1,000 euros on a sale; perdre la vie/la mémoire to lose one's life/one's memory; perdre du poids/du sang to lose weight/blood; je perds mes cheveux I'm losing my hair; j'ai quelques kilos à perdre I need to lose a few kilos; tu n'as rien/tu as tout à perdre you've got nothing/you've got everything to lose; perdre le soutien/l'estime de qn to lose sb's support/respect; j'en ai perdu le sommeil/l'appétit I've lost sleep/my appetite over it; perdre patience/courage to lose patience/heart; perdre son calme to lose one's temper; il a perdu de son arrogance he's become more humble; perdre le contrôle de son véhicule to lose control of one's vehicle; perdre de l'importance to become less important; perdre toute son importance to lose all importance; leurs actions ont perdu 9% their shares have dropped 9%; sans perdre le sourire, elle a continué still smiling, she went on; ⇒ dix;

3 ( se débarrasser de) to shed [feuilles, fleurs, emplois]; ton chien perd ses poils your dog is moulting GB ou molting US; ton manteau perd ses poils your coat is shedding (its) hairs;

4 ( voir mourir) to lose [parents, ami];

5 ( ne pas remporter) to lose [élections, bataille, procès];

6 ( manquer) to miss [chance]; tu n'as rien perdu (en ne venant pas) you didn't miss anything (by not coming); tu ne les connais pas? tu n'y perds rien don't you know them? you're not missing much; ne pas (vouloir) perdre un mot de ce que qn dit to hang on sb's every word;

7 ( gaspiller) to waste [journée, mois, années]; perdre son temps to waste one's time; il n'y a pas de temps à perdre there's no time to lose; tu as de l'argent à perdre! you've got money to burn!; elle a du temps à perdre she's got nothing better to do; sans perdre un instant immediately; il est venu sans perdre une minute he didn't waste any time in coming; venez sans perdre une minute ou un instant come straight away;

8 ( ne plus suivre) to lose; perdre son chemin or sa route to lose one's way, to get lost; perdre la trace d'une bête to lose the trail of an animal;

9 ( mal retenir) je perds mon bracelet my bracelet is coming off; je perds mes chaussures my shoes are too big; je perds mon pantalon my trousers are coming down ou falling down;

10 ( ruiner) to bring [sb] down; cet homme te perdra that man will be your undoing.

B vi

1 ( être perdant) to lose; perdre aux élections to lose the election; j'y perds I lose out;

2 ( diminuer) perdre en gentillesse/crédibilité to be less kind/credible; perdre en anglais to lose ou forget (some of) one's English.

C se perdre vpr

1 ( s'égarer) to get lost;

2 ( s'embrouiller) to get mixed up; toutes ces dates, je m'y perds all these dates, I'm all mixed up ou confused; ne vous perdez pas dans des détails don't get bogged down in details; je me perdais dans mes explications I was getting bogged down in my explanation;

3 ( être absorbé) se perdre dans ses pensées to be lost in thought; se perdre dans la contemplation de qch to gaze contemplatively at sth;

4 ( disparaître) ( cesser d'être vu) to disappear; ( cesser d'être entendu) [cri, appel] to be lost; une tradition dont les origines se perdent dans la nuit des temps a tradition whose origins are lost in the mists of time;

5 ( ne pas être utilisé) [aliment, récolte] to go to waste; il y a des claques qui se perdent○! somebody's looking for a good smack!;

6 ( tomber en désuétude) [coutume, tradition] to die out; le sens littéral s'est perdu the literal meaning has been lost.

Idiome

perdre la tête or la raison or l'esprit ( devenir fou) to go out of one's mind; ( paniquer) to lose one's head.

[pɛrdr] verbe transitif

1. [égarer - clefs, lunettes] to lose, to mislay

2. [laisser tomber]

perdre de l'eau/de l'huile to leak water/oil

des sacs de sable qui perdaient leur contenu sandbags spilling their contents

la brosse perd ses poils the brush is losing ou shedding its bristles

il perd son pantalon his trousers are falling down

tu perds des papiers/un gant! you've dropped some documents/a glove!

[laisser échapper] to lose

perdre sa page to lose one's page ou place

perdre la trace de quelqu'un (sens propre & figuré) to lose track of somebody

perdre quelqu'un/quelque chose de vue (sens propre & figuré) to lose sight of somebody/something, to lose track of somebody/something

ne pas perdre un mot/une miette de: je n'ai pas perdu un mot/une miette de leur entretien I didn't miss a (single) word/scrap of their conversation

perdre les pédales

a. (familier) [ne plus comprendre] to be completely lost

b. [céder à la panique] to lose one's head

perdre pied (sens propre & figuré) to get out of one's depth

3. [être privé de - bien, faculté] to lose

perdre son emploi ou sa situation ou sa place to lose one's job

n'avoir rien à perdre to have nothing to lose

perdre des/ses forces to lose strength/one's strength

perdre la mémoire/l'appétit to lose one's memory/appetite

perdre la parole

a. [la voix] to lose one's voice

b. [dans une réunion] to lose the floor

perdre un œil/ses dents to lose an eye/one's teeth

perdre du sang/poids to lose blood/weight

elle a perdu les eaux MÉDECINE her waters broke

perdre le contrôle de to lose control of

perdre connaissance to pass out, to faint

perdre le goût/sens de to lose one's taste for/sense of

perdre espoir to lose hope

perdre l'habitude de (faire) to get out of the habit of (doing)

perdre patience to run out of ou to lose patience

perdre (tous) ses moyens to panic

perdre la tête ou le nord (familier) ou la boule (familier) to go mad

celui-là, il perd pas le nord! (familier) he's certainly got his head screwed on!

en perdre le boire et le manger: il en a perdu le boire et le manger it worried him so much he lost his appetite

j'y perds mon latin I'm totally confused ou baffled

4. [avoir moins]

perdre de: la tapisserie n'a rien perdu de ses couleurs the wallpaper has lost none of its colour

les actions ont perdu de leur valeur the shares have partially depreciated

elle a beaucoup perdu de son anglais she's forgotten a lot of her English

5. [être délaissé par] to lose

il a perdu toute sa clientèle he has lost all his customers

un de perdu, dix de retrouvés (familier) there's plenty more fish in the sea

6. [par décès] to lose

7. [contre quelqu'un] to lose

perdre l'avantage to lose the ou one's advantage

perdre la partie JEUX: il a perdu la partie he lost the game

perdre du terrain to lose ground

SPORT [set] to drop, to lose

8. [gâcher - temps, argent] to waste

9. (soutenu) [causer la ruine de] to ruin (the reputation of)

c'est le jeu qui le perdra gambling will be the ruin of him ou his downfall

toi, c'est la curiosité qui te perdra (humoristique) you're far too inquisitive for your own good!

10. (locution)

tu ne perds rien pour attendre! just (you) wait and see!

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[pɛrdr] verbe intransitif

1. [dans un jeu, une compétition, une lutte etc] to lose

perdre à la loterie/aux élections to lose at the lottery/polls

je vous le vends 500 euros mais j'y perds I'm selling it to you for 500 euros but I'm losing (money) on it

perdre au change (sens propre & figuré) to lose out

je n'ai pas perdu au change (sens propre & figuré) I've come out of it quite well

jouer à qui perd gagne to play (a game of) loser takes all

2. [en qualité, psychologiquement] to lose (out)

perdre à: ces vins blancs perdent à être conservés trop longtemps these white wines don't improve with age

on perd toujours à agir sans réfléchir you're bound to be worse off if you act without thinking

perdre en [avoir moins de]: le récit perd en précision ce qu'il gagne en puissance d'évocation what the story loses in precision, it gains in narrative power

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se perdre verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)

se perdre de vue to lose sight of each other

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se perdre verbe pronominal (emploi passif)

[crayon, foulard, clef] to get lost, to disappear

il y a des coups de pied au cul qui se perdent (très familier) somebody needs a good kick up the arse (UK) ou ass (US & très familier)

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se perdre verbe pronominal intransitif

1. [s'égarer - personne] to get lost, to lose one's way ; [ - avion, bateau] to get lost

(figuré)

se perdre dans les détails to get bogged down in too much detail

se perdre dans ses calculs to get one's calculations muddled up

se perdre en conjectures to be lost in conjecture

2. [disparaître] to disappear, to become lost, to fade

ses appels se perdirent dans la foule her calls were swallowed up by the crowd

se perdre dans la nuit des temps to be lost in the mists of time

3. [devenir désuet] to become lost, to die out

la coutume s'est perdue the custom is (now) lost

4. [nourriture, récolte - par pourrissement] to rot ; [ - par surabondance] to go to waste

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > perdre
9 confundirse

confundirse

► verbo pronominal

1 (mezclarse) to mingle; (colores, formas) to blend

■ los ladrones se confundieron con la multitud the thieves mingled with the crowd

■ la figura se confunde con los árboles the figure blends into the trees

2 (equivocarse) to get mixed up, make a mistake

■ me he confundido I have made a mistake

■ me confundí de calle I got the wrong street

■ se ha confundido de número you've got the wrong number

3 (turbarse) to be confused, be embarrassed

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to make a mistake

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VPR

1) (=equivocarse) to make a mistake

me he confundido al mandar el mensaje — I made a mistake when I sent the message

• confundirse de, lo siento, se ha confundido de número — I'm sorry, you have the wrong number

• confundirse en, se confundió en un cero al hacer la multiplicación — he got a zero wrong o he made a mistake over a zero when doing the multiplication

para no confundirme en la espesa niebla — so as not to lose my way o get lost in the thick fog

es bastante normal confundirse en los aparcamientos — it's quite easy to get mixed up in car parks

2) (=mezclarse)

realidad y fantasía se confunden en la mente del protagonista — reality and fantasy become confused in the mind of the main character

• confundirse con algo, el mar se confundía con el cielo — the sea blended with the sky

los policías se confundían con los manifestantes — the police mingled with the demonstrators

se confundió con la multitud — he disappeared into the crowd

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■confundirse verbo reflexivo
1 (cometer una equivocación) to be mistaken: Tel lo siento, se ha confundido, sorry, you've got the wrong number
2 (desaparecer, mezclarse) to mingle: se confundió entre la multitud, he disappeared into the crowd
' confundirse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cable
- equivocarse
- tomar
- atarantar
- atolondrar
- aturdir
- confundir
- despistar
- marear
- turbar
English:
confuse
- confused
- mix
- muddle

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vpr

1. [equivocarse] to make a mistake;

confundirse de piso/tren to get the wrong floor/train;

me confundí en los cálculos I made a mistake in the figures, I got the figures wrong;

se ha confundido [al teléfono] (you've got the) wrong number;

no te confundas… yo no soy un mentiroso don't get the wrong idea… I'm no liar

2. [liarse] to get confused;

me confundo con tanta información I get confused by all that information

3. [mezclarse] [colores, siluetas] to merge (en into);
confundirse entre la gente [personas] to lose oneself in the crowd;

se han confundido las maletas the suitcases have got mixed up;

se confundió en la multitud para poder escapar he mingled with the crowd to make his escape

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confundirse

v/r

1 make a mistake;

confundirse de calle get the wrong street

2 fig

mingle with;

confundirse entre la gente disappear into the crowd

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vr

: to make a mistake, to be confused

confundirse de número: to get the wrong number

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confundirse vb (equivocarse) to make a mistake

me confundí de teléfono I got the wrong number

nos confundimos de camino we took the wrong path

Spanish-English dictionary > confundirse
10 смешаться с толпой

1) General subject: mingle in the crowd, mix with the crowd, vanish in the crowd

2) Makarov: mingle with the crowd, disappear in the crowd, disappear into the crowd

3) Phraseological unit: blend in with a crowd

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > смешаться с толпой
11 Menge

f; -, -n

1. quantity; amount

2. (große Menge) lot (of); umg. lots (of); eine Menge Autos a lot (umg. lots) of cars; eine Menge zu essen a lot (umg. lots) to eat; ... in Mengen... in abundance, plenty of...; ... in großen Mengen... in large quantities, large quantities of...; stärker: vast amounts of...; Menschen etc.: a large number of..., crowds of...; jede Menge Geld oder Geld in rauen Mengen umg. piles ( oder stacks oder heaps) of money; Arbeit gibt es jede Menge there is any amount (oder umg. masses) of work

3. (Menschenmenge) crowd; mit der Menge laufen fig. follow the crowd

4. MATH. set

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die Menge

(Anzahl) amount; quantum; store; lot; multitude; quantity;

(Haufen) pile; heap;

(Mathematik) set;

(Menschenmenge) concourse; crowd;

eine Menge

a good many (Pron.); lots of (Pron.); plenty of (Pron.); a lot of (Pron.)

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Mẹn|ge ['mɛŋə]
f -, -n

1) (= Quantum) amount, quantity

in Mengen zu — in quantities of

2) (inf) (= große Anzahl) lot, load (inf); (= Haufen) pile (inf), heap (inf)

eine Menge — a lot, lots (inf)

eine Menge Zeit/Häuser — a lot or lots (inf) of time/houses

jede Menge — masses pl (inf), loads pl (inf)

jede Menge Zeit/Geld — masses (inf) or loads (inf) of time/money

wir haben jede Menge getrunken — we drank an enormous amount, we drank a hell of a lot (inf)

es gab Wein jede Menge or jede Menge Wein — there was masses or loads of wine (inf)

eine ganze Menge — quite a lot

sie bildet sich eine Menge auf ihre Schönheit ein — she's incredibly conceited about her looks

Bücher in Mengen — any amount of books

See:

→ rau

3) (= Menschenmenge) crowd; (geh) (= Masse) mass; (= das Volk) people; (pej = Pöbel) mob

in der Menge untertauchen — to disappear into the crowd

4) (MATH) set

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die

1) (a number of things made, delivered etc, all at one time: a batch of bread; The letters were sent out in batches.) batch

2) (a large amount of: He's got bags of money.) bags of

3) (a very large number of people or things.) host

4) ((usually in plural with of) many, much or plenty: We've got heaps of time; I've done that heaps of times.) heap

5) (a great number or crowd: a multitude of reasons; multitudes of people.) multitude

6) (the size, weight, number etc of something, especially a large size etc: What quantity of paper do you need?; I buy these goods in quantity; a small quantity of cement; large quantities of tinned food.) quantity

7) (a crowd: Throngs of people gathered to see the queen.) throng

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Men·ge

<-, -n>

[ˈmɛŋə]

f

1. (bestimmtes Maß)

▪ eine bestimmte \Menge [einer S. gen] a certain amount [or quantity] [of sth]

eine gewisse \Menge enthalten to contain a certain amount [or quantity]

eine große \Menge Kies/Wasser a large amount of gravel/water

in ausreichender [o genügender] \Menge in sufficient quantities

2. (viel)

▪ eine \Menge [einer S. gen] a large amount [of sth]

eine \Menge Geld a lot of money

eine \Menge zu sehen a lot to see

eine ganze \Menge [einer S. gen] quite a lot [of sth]

eine ganze \Menge Geld/Glück a large amount [or great deal] of money/luck

in rauen [o großen] \Mengen in huge [or vast] quantities, by the ton

in \Mengen plenty of

Eissorten in \Mengen any amount of different sorts of ice cream

jede \Menge einer S. gen loads [or masses] [or tons] of sth fam

▪ eine \Menge an etw dat a lot of sth

3. (fam: viele)

▪ eine \Menge einer S. gen lots of sth fam

4. (Menschenmenge) crowd

5. MATH set

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die; Menge, Mengen

1) (Quantum) quantity; amount

die dreifache Menge — three times or triple the amount

2) (große Anzahl) large number; lot (coll.)

eine Menge Leute — a lot or lots pl. of people (coll.)

er weiß eine [ganze] Menge — (ugs.) he knows [quite] a lot (coll.) or a great deal

sie bildet sich eine Menge ein — (ugs.) she is very conceited

jede Menge Arbeit/Alkohol — usw. (ugs.) masses pl. or loads pl. of work/alcohol etc. (coll.); s. auch rauh 1. 8)

3) (MenschenMenge) crowd; throng

4) (Math.) set

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Menge f; -, -n

1. quantity; amount

2. (große Menge) lot (of); umg lots (of);

eine Menge Autos a lot (umg lots) of cars;

eine Menge zu essen a lot (umg lots) to eat;

… in Mengen … in abundance, plenty of …;

… in großen Mengen … in large quantities, large quantities of …; stärker: vast amounts of …; Menschen etc: a large number of …, crowds of …;

jede Menge Geld oder

Geld in rauen Mengen umg piles ( oder stacks oder heaps) of money;

Arbeit gibt es jede Menge there is any amount (oder umg masses) of work

3. (Menschenmenge) crowd;

mit der Menge laufen fig follow the crowd

4. MATH set

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die; Menge, Mengen

1) (Quantum) quantity; amount

die dreifache Menge — three times or triple the amount

2) (große Anzahl) large number; lot (coll.)

eine Menge Leute — a lot or lots pl. of people (coll.)

er weiß eine [ganze] Menge — (ugs.) he knows [quite] a lot (coll.) or a great deal

sie bildet sich eine Menge ein — (ugs.) she is very conceited

jede Menge Arbeit/Alkohol — usw. (ugs.) masses pl. or loads pl. of work/alcohol etc. (coll.); s. auch rauh 1. 8)

3) (MenschenMenge) crowd; throng

4) (Math.) set

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-n (Mathematik) f.

set n. -n f.

amount n.

assemblage n.

crowd n.

heap n.

host n.

lot n.

mass n.

(§ pl.: masses)

multitude n.

plenty n.

quantity n.

quantum n.

(§ pl.: quanta)

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Menge
12 noyer

I.

noyer¹ [nwaje]

masculine noun

( = arbre) walnut tree ; ( = bois) walnut

II.

noyer² [nwaje]

➭ TABLE 8

1. transitive verb

to drown ; [+ moteur] to flood

• les yeux noyés de larmes eyes brimming with tears

• noyer son chagrin dans l'alcool to drown one's sorrows

• noyer le poisson to evade the issue

• quelques bonnes idées noyées dans des détails inutiles a few good ideas lost in a mass of irrelevant detail

• être noyé dans la brume to be shrouded in mist

• être noyé dans la foule to be lost in the crowd

2. reflexive verb

► se noyer (accidentellement) to drown ; (volontairement) to drown o.s.

• se noyer dans les détails to get bogged down in details

• se noyer dans la foule to disappear into the crowd

• se noyer dans un verre d'eau to make a mountain out of a molehill

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I
1. nwaje
verbe transitif

1) ( tuer) to drown [personne, animal]

2) ( inonder) to flood [village, champ]

3) ( mettre trop de liquide) to flood [moteur]; to drown [pastis, whisky]; to douse [feu, incendie]

noyer son chagrin or sa peine dans l'alcool — to drown one's sorrows (in drink)

4) (accabler, étourdir)

noyer quelqu'un sous un flot de paroles — to talk somebody's head off

5) ( faire disparaître)

noyer une idée dans quelque chose — to lose ou bury an idea in something

6) Art to blend [couleurs]; to merge [contours]

2.

se noyer verbe pronominal

1) ( accidentellement) to drown; ( volontairement) to drown oneself

mourir noyé — to die by drowning

2) fig

mes cris se sont noyés dans le brouhaha général — my shouts were drowned (out) in the general hubbub

quelques acteurs connus noyés dans la foule — some well-known actors lost in the crowd

se noyer dans des détails — to get bogged down in details

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se noyer dans un verre d'eau — to make a mountain out of a molehill

II nwaje
nom masculin

1) ( arbre) walnut (tree)

2) ( bois) walnut

table en noyer — walnut table

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I nwaje nm
1) (= arbre) walnut tree, walnut

2) (= bois) walnut

II nwaje vt
1) (= tuer) [personne, animal] to drown

2) (= inonder) [endroit] to flood

3) AUTOMOBILES, [moteur] to flood

4) (= plonger) to submerge

5) (autres locutions)

noyer le poisson — to duck the issue

noyer son chagrin — to drown one's sorrows

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noyer verb table: employer

A nm

1 ( arbre) walnut (tree);

2 ( bois) walnut; noyer noir (d'Amérique) black walnut; table en noyer walnut table.

B vtr

1 ( tuer) to drown [personne, animal]; ⇒ poisson, rage;

2 ( inonder) to flood [village, champ, mine];

3 ( mettre trop de liquide) to flood [moteur]; to drown [pastis, whisky]; to douse [feu, incendie]; noyer son chagrin or sa peine dans l'alcool hum to drown one's sorrows;

4 (accabler, étourdir) noyer qn sous une multitude de renseignements to swamp sb with a mass of information; noyer qn sous un flot de paroles to talk sb' s head off;

5 ( faire disparaître) noyer une idée dans qch to lose ou bury an idea in sth; noyer une révolte dans le sang to spill blood in quashing a revolt;

6 Tech ( intégrer) to embed [armature]; ( mettre à niveau) to countersink [vis, clou]; noyer une poutrelle dans du béton to embed a girder in concrete;

7 Art to blend [couleurs]; to merge [contours].

C se noyer vpr

1 ( accidentellement) to drown; ( volontairement) to drown oneself; noyé en mer drowned at sea; mourir noyé to die by drowning;

2 ( pour oublier) se noyer dans les plaisirs to throw oneself into a life of mindless enjoyment;

3 ( disparaître) se noyer dans la foule to get swallowed up in the crowd; mes cris se sont noyés dans le brouhaha général my shouts were drowned in the general hubbub; quelques acteurs connus noyés dans la foule some well-known actors lost in the crowd;

4 ( être dépassé) to get bogged down (dans in); se noyer dans des détails to get bogged down in details.

Idiome

se noyer dans un verre d'eau to make a mountain out of a molehill.

I

[nwaje] nom masculin

1. [arbre] walnut (tree)

2. [bois] walnut

II

[nwaje] verbe transitif

1. [personne, animal] to drown

[moteur, vallée] to flood

noyer une sédition/mutinerie dans le sang to bloodily suppress a revolt/mutiny

noyer son chagrin (dans l'alcool) to drown one's sorrows (in drink)

noyer le poisson PÊCHE to play the fish

ne cherche pas à noyer le poisson (familier & figuré) don't try to confuse the issue

qui veut noyer son chien l'accuse de la rage (proverbe) give a dog a bad name (and hang him) (proverbe)

2. [faire disparaître]

une épaisse brume noie la vallée the valley is shrouded in fog

le piano est noyé par les violons the violins are drowning out the piano

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se noyer verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)

[se suicider] to drown oneself

elle a essayé de se noyer she tried to drown herself

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se noyer verbe pronominal intransitif

[accidentellement] to drown

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se noyer dans verbe pronominal plus préposition

1. [se plonger dans] to bury ou to absorb oneself in

2. [s'empêtrer dans] to get tangled up ou bogged down ou trapped in

vous vous noyez dans des considérations hors sujet you're getting tangled up in ou lost in a series of side issues

se noyer dans un verre d'eau to make a mountain out of a molehill

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > noyer
13 Masse

f; -, -n

1. (Materie, ungeformter Stoff) mass

2. umg. (große Menge) masses ( oder loads) Pl. of; von Dingen: auch umg. heaps ( oder piles) of; sie verdient eine Masse Geld she earns stacks of money; in Massen in masses; sie kommen in Massen they come in droves; ... in Massen masses of...; Dinge: auch loads ( oder heaps, piles) of...; die Masse bringts it’s quantity that counts

3. (Großteil) bulk, majority

4. (Menschenmasse) crowd, mass of people; die breite Masse the great mass of the population; die arbeitende Masse the working masses Pl.

5. ETECH. earth, Am. ground; etw. an Masse legen earth (Am. ground) s.th.

6. (Brei) mixture, (Mischung) compound

7. PHYS. mass

8. JUR. Erbmasse, Konkursmasse etc.; mangels

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die Masse

(Elektrizität) ground; earth;

(Menschenmenge) crowd; the masses;

(Substanz) mass;

(Volumen) shoal; bulk

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Mạs|se ['masə]
f -, -n

1) (= Stoff) mass; (COOK) mixture

2) (= große Menge) heaps pl (inf), stacks pl (inf); (von Besuchern etc) host

die ( breite) Masse der Bevölkerung — the bulk of the population

eine ganze Masse (inf) — a lot, a great deal

sie kamen in wahren Massen — they came in droves, they came in their thousands

die Masse muss es bringen (Comm) — the profit only comes with quantity

die wenigen guten Bücher gehen in der Masse der Neuerscheinungen unter — the few good books are lost in the mass of new titles

3) (= Menschenmenge) crowd

in der Masse untertauchen — to disappear into the crowd

4) (= Bevölkerungsmasse) masses pl (auch pej)

die namenlose or graue or breite Masse — the masses pl

der Geschmack der Masse — the taste of the masses

mit der Masse gehen — to go with the flow (inf)

5) (= Konkursmasse) assets pl; (= Erbmasse) estate

6) (PHYS) mass

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die

1) (a mass: a huge body of evidence.) body

2) ((great) size or mass: the bulk of a parcel; His huge bulk appeared round the corner.) bulk

3) (a large quantity or number: lots of people; She had lots and lots of food left over from the party.) lots

4) (a large lump or quantity, gathered together: a mass of concrete/people.) mass

5) (a large quantity: I've masses of work / things to do.) mass

6) ((a) measure of the quantity of matter in an object: The mass of the rock is 500 kilos.) mass

7) (amount: A large volume of work remains to be done.) volume

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Mas·se

<-, -n>

[ˈmasə]

f

1. (breiiges Material) mass

eine klebrige/träge \Masse a sticky/viscous mass

2. (Backteig) mixture

3. (große Anzahl) crowd; Besucher host

\Massen von Tauben hundreds/thousands, etc. [or fam loads] of pigeons

in \Massen in droves, in their [or AM by the] hundreds/thousands, etc.

eine [ganze] \Masse [etw] (fam) a lot [or great deal] [of sth]

mangels \Masse ÖKON for lack of assets

4. (Mehrheit) majority

die breite [o große] [o überwiegende] \Masse the majority

5. PHYS mass

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die; Masse, Massen

1) mass; (Kochk.) mixture

2) (Menge) mass

die Masse macht's — (ugs.) it's quantity that's important

sie kamen in Massen — they came in their masses or in droves

das ist eine ganze Masse — (ugs.) that's a lot (coll.) or a great deal

3) (MenschenMasse)

die breite Masse — the bulk or broad mass of the population

4) (Physik) mass

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Masse f; -, -n

1. (Materie, ungeformter Stoff) mass

2. umg (große Menge) masses ( oder loads) pl of; von Dingen: auch umg heaps ( oder piles) of;

sie verdient eine Masse Geld she earns stacks of money;

in Massen in masses;

sie kommen in Massen they come in droves;

… in Massen masses of …; Dinge: auch loads ( oder heaps, piles) of …;

die Masse bringts it’s quantity that counts

3. (Großteil) bulk, majority

4. (Menschenmasse) crowd, mass of people;

die breite Masse the great mass of the population;

die arbeitende Masse the working masses pl

5. ELEK earth, US ground;

etwas an Masse legen earth (US ground) sth

6. (Brei) mixture, (Mischung) compound

7. PHYS mass

8. JUR → Erbmasse, Konkursmasse etc; → mangels

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die; Masse, Massen

1) mass; (Kochk.) mixture

2) (Menge) mass

die Masse macht's — (ugs.) it's quantity that's important

sie kamen in Massen — they came in their masses or in droves

das ist eine ganze Masse — (ugs.) that's a lot (coll.) or a great deal

3) (MenschenMasse)

die breite Masse — the bulk or broad mass of the population

4) (Physik) mass

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-n (elektrisch) f.

earth n.

ground (US) n. -n f.

bulk n.

majority n.

mass n.

(§ pl.: masses)

masses n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Masse
14 Gedränge

Ge·drän·ge <-s> [gəʼdrɛŋə] nt

kein pl

1) ( drängende Menschenmenge) crowd, crush;

es herrscht ein \Gedränge there is a crowd;

im \Gedränge untertauchen [o verschwinden] to disappear into the crowd

2) ( das Drängen) jostling; sport bunching;

ein offenes \Gedränge an open scrum[mage]

WENDUNGEN:

[mit etw dat] ins \Gedränge geraten [o kommen] to get into [or a fix] difficulties [with sth]

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15 tra prep

[tra]
1) (fra due) between, (fra più di due) among(st)

c'è un giardino tra le due case — there's a garden between the two houses

era seduto tra il padre e lo zio — he was sitting between his father and his uncle

era tra gente sconosciuta — he was among strangers

tra i presenti c'era anche il sindaco — the mayor was also among those present

tra i feriti c'era anche il pilota dell'aereo — the pilot of the plane was among the injured

esitare tra il sì e il no — to hesitate between yes and no

avrà tra i 15 e i 20 anni — he must be between 15 and 20 years old

costerà tra i 20 e i 25 euro — it'll cost between 20 and 25 euros

(sia) detto tra noi... — between you and me...

detto tra noi, non piace neanche a me — between you and me, I don't like it either

mi raccomando, che resti tra noi — remember, that's between you and me

tra sé e sé — (parlare, riflettere) to oneself

scomparire tra la folla/gli alberi — to disappear into the crowd/among the trees

tra una cosa e l'altra — what with one thing and another

tra vitto e alloggio fanno 450 euro — food and accommodation together come to 450 euros

tra casa mia e casa loro ci sono 10 minuti di strada — it's 10 minutes from my house to theirs

2) (attraverso) through

il sole filtrava tra le persiane — the sun filtered through the shutters

una strada tra i campi — a road through the fields

farsi strada tra la folla — to make one's way through the crowd

3) (in) in

prendere qn tra le braccia — to take sb in one's arms

tra venti chilometri c'è un'area di servizio — it's twenty kilometres to the next service area

4) (tempo) in, within

torno tra un'ora — I'll be back in an hour

tra qualche giorno — in a few days

tra 5 giorni — in 5 days' time

tra poco — soon

sarà qui tra poco — he'll be here soon o shortly

tra breve — soon, shortly

5)

tra l'altro — (inoltre) besides which, what is more

tra tutti non saranno più di venti — there won't be more than twenty in all

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > tra prep
16 tra

prep [tra]
1) (fra due) between, (fra più di due) among(st)

c'è un giardino tra le due case — there's a garden between the two houses

era seduto tra il padre e lo zio — he was sitting between his father and his uncle

era tra gente sconosciuta — he was among strangers

tra i presenti c'era anche il sindaco — the mayor was also among those present

tra i feriti c'era anche il pilota dell'aereo — the pilot of the plane was among the injured

esitare tra il sì e il no — to hesitate between yes and no

avrà tra i 15 e i 20 anni — he must be between 15 and 20 years old

costerà tra i 20 e i 25 euro — it'll cost between 20 and 25 euros

(sia) detto tra noi... — between you and me...

detto tra noi, non piace neanche a me — between you and me, I don't like it either

mi raccomando, che resti tra noi — remember, that's between you and me

tra sé e sé — (parlare, riflettere) to oneself

scomparire tra la folla/gli alberi — to disappear into the crowd/among the trees

tra una cosa e l'altra — what with one thing and another

tra vitto e alloggio fanno 450 euro — food and accommodation together come to 450 euros

tra casa mia e casa loro ci sono 10 minuti di strada — it's 10 minutes from my house to theirs

2) (attraverso) through

il sole filtrava tra le persiane — the sun filtered through the shutters

una strada tra i campi — a road through the fields

farsi strada tra la folla — to make one's way through the crowd

3) (in) in

prendere qn tra le braccia — to take sb in one's arms

tra venti chilometri c'è un'area di servizio — it's twenty kilometres to the next service area

4) (tempo) in, within

torno tra un'ora — I'll be back in an hour

tra qualche giorno — in a few days

tra 5 giorni — in 5 days' time

tra poco — soon

sarà qui tra poco — he'll be here soon o shortly

tra breve — soon, shortly

5)

tra l'altro — (inoltre) besides which, what is more

tra tutti non saranno più di venti — there won't be more than twenty in all

Nuovo dizionario Italiano-Inglese > tra
17 perderse

■perderse verbo reflexivo
1 (extraviarse) to get lost: es fácil perderse en el metro, it's easy to get lost on the underground
2 (desaparecer) to disappear
perderse entre la multitud, to disappear into the crowd
3 (pervertirse) to go to rack and ruin ' perderse' also found in these entries: Spanish: despistarse - perder - vista English: astray - lose - lost - miss out - way - fail - lapse - miss - recede - stray

English-spanish dictionary > perderse
18 sparire

disappear

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sparire v. intr. to disappear: sparì in un baleno, he disappeared in an instant; appena messa in tavola la torta sparì, the cake disappeared as soon as it was put on the table; gli è sparito il portafoglio, his wallet has disappeared; il gruzzolo sparì in pochi mesi, the savings disappeared in a few months; il sole sparì dietro una nuvola, the sun disappeared behind a cloud; sparì tra la folla, he disappeared into the crowd; molti prodotti sono spariti dal mercato, many products have gone off (o disappeared from) the market // dove eri sparito? é una settimana che ti cerco!, where did you get to? I've been looking for you for a week! // sparire dalla faccia della terra, (fig.) to vanish from the face of the earth // Sparisci! Non ti voglio più vedere!, (fam.) Get lost! I never want to see you again!

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[spa'rire]
verbo intransitivo (aus. essere)

1) to disappear, to vanish

sparire nel nulla — to vanish into thin air

è sparita dalla circolazione — I haven't seen hide nor hair of her

il sole sparì dietro una nuvola — the sun disappeared behind a cloud

dove è sparita la mia borsa? — fig. where has my bag got to? where did my bag go?

i soldi sono spariti — the money has all gone

2) (passare) [dolore, febbre] to go* away

3) colloq. (levarsi di torno)

sparisci! — get lost!

fallo sparire! — get it out of the way!

4) eufem.

fare sparire — (uccidere) to blow away, to do in, to polish off [ persona]

5) (cessare un'attività)

sparire dalla scena politica — to leave the political scene

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sparire

/spa'rire/ [102]

verbo intransitivo

(aus. essere)

1 to disappear, to vanish; sparire nel nulla to vanish into thin air; è sparita dalla circolazione I haven't seen hide nor hair of her; il sole sparì dietro una nuvola the sun disappeared behind a cloud; dove è sparita la mia borsa? fig. where has my bag got to? where did my bag go? i soldi sono spariti the money has all gone

2 (passare) [dolore, febbre] to go* away

3 colloq. (levarsi di torno) sparisci! get lost! fallo sparire! get it out of the way!

4 eufem. fare sparire (uccidere) to blow away, to do in, to polish off [ persona]

5 (cessare un'attività) sparire dalla scena politica to leave the political scene.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > sparire
19 desaparecer

v.

1 to disappear.

me ha desaparecido la pluma my pen has disappeared

será mejor que desaparezcas de escena durante una temporada you'd better make yourself scarce for a while

desaparecer de la faz de la tierra to vanish from the face of the earth

¡desaparece de mi vista ahora mismo! get out of my sight this minute!

La tristeza desaparece al amanecer Sadness disappears at dawn.

Sus dudas desaparecieron His doubts disappeared.

2 to go missing.

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desaparecer

Conjugation model [ AGRADECER], like link=agradecer agradecer

► verbo intransitivo

1 (dejar de estar) to disappear

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FRASEOLOGÍA

desaparecer del mapa figurado to vanish off the face of the earth

hacer desaparecer to cause to disappear, hide 2 (quitar) to get rid of

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verb

to disappear, vanish

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1. VI

1) [persona, objeto] to disappear, go missing

han desaparecido dos niños en el bosque — two children have disappeared o gone missing in the wood

me han desaparecido diez euros — ten euros of mine have disappeared o gone missing

con él desapareció toda una ideología — a whole ideology died with him

el mago hizo desaparecer una paloma — the magician made a dove disappear

¡desaparece de mi vista! — get out of my sight!
mapa
2) [mancha, olor, síntoma] to disappear, go (away)

3) euf (=morir) to pass away

2.

VT LAm (Pol) to disappear

desaparecieron a los disidentes — they disappeared the dissidents, the dissidents were disappeared

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1.
verbo intransitivo

a) ( de lugar) to disappear

hizo desaparecer el sombrero — he made the hat disappear o vanish

b) dolor/síntoma/cicatriz to disappear, go; costumbre to disappear, die out; mancha to come out

tenía que hacer desaparecer las pruebas — he had to get rid of the evidence

c) ( de la vista) to disappear

desapareció entre la muchedumbre — he disappeared o vanished into the crowd

desaparece de mi vista — (fam) get out of my sight
2.
desaparecerse v pron (Andes) to disappear

se desaparecieron mis anteojos — my glasses have disappeared

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= disappear, disband, fade (away/out), fall into + obscurity, vanish, die out, evaporate, go away, dissolve, pass on, go + missing, sweep away, slip through + the cracks, swallow up, slip from + the scene, go out of + existence, go + the way of the dodo, follow + the dodo, go + the way of the horseless carriage, go + the way of the dinosaur(s), blow away, wither away, drop from + sight, pass away, fizzle out, efface, fade into + obscurity, fade into + oblivion, go + forever, peter out, skulk off, sneak off, sneak away, go into + hiding, wear off, be all gone.

Ex. This feature, portability, can be a mixed blessing-things which can be moved have a habit of disappearing.

Ex. With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.

Ex. Trails that are not frequently followed are prone to fade, items are not fully permanent, memory is transitory.

Ex. The acid rain literature illustrated the 1st paradigm, where journals from the unadjusted literature were thrust forward in the adjusted literature, and no unadjusted journal fell into obscurity.

Ex. She seized her sweater and purse and vanished.

Ex. These changes accelerated through much of the nineteenth century, with the older material such as the chivalric romance dying out about the 1960s.

Ex. It is pointless to create interest if it is then allowed to evaporate because the books cannot be obtained.

Ex. Not surprisingly, the girls went away embarrassed, and the mother, if she was any better informed, was certainly none the wiser.

Ex. He adjusted himself comfortably in the chair, overlapped his legs, and blew a smoke ring that dissolved two feet above her head.

Ex. Further, it is true in nature that organisms are born, grow and mature, decline and pass on.

Ex. This article describes the consequences of a burglary of a during which the desktop system, computer, image setter, and a FAX machine went missing.

Ex. Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.

Ex. The author discusses the factors which have led to early adolescent services slipping through the cracks.

Ex. The growing complexity of computing environments requires creative solutions to prevent the gain in productivity promised by computing advances from being swallowed up by the necessity of moving information from one environment to another.

Ex. With their numbers and their prices, serials in the paper format are as a spring fog slipping from the scene.

Ex. The volunteer fire companies went out of existence, as did their library associations.

Ex. Today, all of the early independents have gone the way of the dodo = En la actualidad, todas las empresas independientes originales han desaparecido.

Ex. It has the choice: to follow the dodo or to rise again like the phoenix.

Ex. When databases of information (particularly in full text) first became available on the Internet, many users felt that thesauri and subject classifications were no longer needed and would go the way of horseless carriages.

Ex. The library will have to learn to cope with new technology and even larger amounts of material if it wishes to avoid going the way of the dinosaur.

Ex. Its prediction that, with the passing of years, the taint of scandal will blow away, looks over-optimistic.

Ex. He concludes that public libraries will wither away, together with the rights of the individual member of the public to information.

Ex. The older material, such as the chivalric romances, dropped from sight.

Ex. These tools are useable for analytical studies of how technologies emerge, mature and pass away.

Ex. Over the weekend, she started three articles and each one fizzled out for lack of inspiration.

Ex. The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.

Ex. But he may be put under house arrest, a dire fate for a man who is terrified of fading into obscurity.

Ex. The music industry as we know it is slowly fading into oblivion.

Ex. Those were the good old days and now they have gone forever.

Ex. Press demands for information soon petered out but enquiries from the general public continued for many months.

Ex. Good attendance with 21 people there though a few skulked off without paying!.

Ex. One of the great joys in life is sneaking off.

Ex. So I decided to take my chances and sneak away quietly on a day when Fabiola had a group meeting at her lab.

Ex. The three have been jailed for more than two weeks while a fourth journalist went into hiding after receiving a judicial summons.

Ex. We're all familiar with the idea of novelty value and how it wears off with time.

Ex. The hall is quiet, the band has packed up, and the munchies are all gone.

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* aparecer y desaparecer = come and go.

* barreras + desaparecer = boundaries + dissolve.

* desaparecer de la faz de la tierra = vanish from + the face of the earth, disappear from + the face of the earth.

* desaparecer en el horizonte cabalgando al atardecer = ride off + into the sunset.

* desaparecer en la distancia = disappear in + the distance.

* desaparecer gradualmente = fade into + the sunset.

* desaparecer las diferencias = blur + distinctions, blur + the lines between, blur + the boundaries between.

* desaparecer poco a poco = fade into + the sunset.

* desaparecer sin dejar huella = evaporate into + thin air, vanish into + thin air, disappear into + thin air, disappear without + a trace, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue.

* desaparecer sin dejar rastro = evaporate into + thin air, vanish into + thin air, disappear into + thin air, disappear without + a trace, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue.

* desear fuertemente que Algo desaparezca = will + Nombre + away.

* estar desapareciendo = be on the way out.

* hacer desaparecer = eradicate, dispel, banish.

* hacer desaparecer un mito = dispel + myth.

* hacer mucho tiempo que Algo ha desaparecido = be long gone.

* límites + desaparecer = boundaries + crumble.

* problema + desaparecer = problem + go away.

* que no desaparece = lingering.

* viejas costumbres nunca desaparecen, las = old ways never die, the.

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1.
verbo intransitivo

a) ( de lugar) to disappear

hizo desaparecer el sombrero — he made the hat disappear o vanish

b) dolor/síntoma/cicatriz to disappear, go; costumbre to disappear, die out; mancha to come out

tenía que hacer desaparecer las pruebas — he had to get rid of the evidence

c) ( de la vista) to disappear

desapareció entre la muchedumbre — he disappeared o vanished into the crowd

desaparece de mi vista — (fam) get out of my sight
2.
desaparecerse v pron (Andes) to disappear

se desaparecieron mis anteojos — my glasses have disappeared

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= disappear, disband, fade (away/out), fall into + obscurity, vanish, die out, evaporate, go away, dissolve, pass on, go + missing, sweep away, slip through + the cracks, swallow up, slip from + the scene, go out of + existence, go + the way of the dodo, follow + the dodo, go + the way of the horseless carriage, go + the way of the dinosaur(s), blow away, wither away, drop from + sight, pass away, fizzle out, efface, fade into + obscurity, fade into + oblivion, go + forever, peter out, skulk off, sneak off, sneak away, go into + hiding, wear off, be all gone.

Ex: This feature, portability, can be a mixed blessing-things which can be moved have a habit of disappearing.

Ex: With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.

Ex: Trails that are not frequently followed are prone to fade, items are not fully permanent, memory is transitory.

Ex: The acid rain literature illustrated the 1st paradigm, where journals from the unadjusted literature were thrust forward in the adjusted literature, and no unadjusted journal fell into obscurity.

Ex: She seized her sweater and purse and vanished.

Ex: These changes accelerated through much of the nineteenth century, with the older material such as the chivalric romance dying out about the 1960s.

Ex: It is pointless to create interest if it is then allowed to evaporate because the books cannot be obtained.

Ex: Not surprisingly, the girls went away embarrassed, and the mother, if she was any better informed, was certainly none the wiser.

Ex: He adjusted himself comfortably in the chair, overlapped his legs, and blew a smoke ring that dissolved two feet above her head.

Ex: Further, it is true in nature that organisms are born, grow and mature, decline and pass on.

Ex: This article describes the consequences of a burglary of a during which the desktop system, computer, image setter, and a FAX machine went missing.

Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.

Ex: The author discusses the factors which have led to early adolescent services slipping through the cracks.

Ex: The growing complexity of computing environments requires creative solutions to prevent the gain in productivity promised by computing advances from being swallowed up by the necessity of moving information from one environment to another.

Ex: With their numbers and their prices, serials in the paper format are as a spring fog slipping from the scene.

Ex: The volunteer fire companies went out of existence, as did their library associations.

Ex: Today, all of the early independents have gone the way of the dodo = En la actualidad, todas las empresas independientes originales han desaparecido.

Ex: It has the choice: to follow the dodo or to rise again like the phoenix.

Ex: When databases of information (particularly in full text) first became available on the Internet, many users felt that thesauri and subject classifications were no longer needed and would go the way of horseless carriages.

Ex: The library will have to learn to cope with new technology and even larger amounts of material if it wishes to avoid going the way of the dinosaur.

Ex: Its prediction that, with the passing of years, the taint of scandal will blow away, looks over-optimistic.

Ex: He concludes that public libraries will wither away, together with the rights of the individual member of the public to information.

Ex: The older material, such as the chivalric romances, dropped from sight.

Ex: These tools are useable for analytical studies of how technologies emerge, mature and pass away.

Ex: Over the weekend, she started three articles and each one fizzled out for lack of inspiration.

Ex: The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.

Ex: But he may be put under house arrest, a dire fate for a man who is terrified of fading into obscurity.

Ex: The music industry as we know it is slowly fading into oblivion.

Ex: Those were the good old days and now they have gone forever.

Ex: Press demands for information soon petered out but enquiries from the general public continued for many months.

Ex: Good attendance with 21 people there though a few skulked off without paying!.

Ex: One of the great joys in life is sneaking off.

Ex: So I decided to take my chances and sneak away quietly on a day when Fabiola had a group meeting at her lab.

Ex: The three have been jailed for more than two weeks while a fourth journalist went into hiding after receiving a judicial summons.

Ex: We're all familiar with the idea of novelty value and how it wears off with time.

Ex: The hall is quiet, the band has packed up, and the munchies are all gone.

* aparecer y desaparecer = come and go.

* barreras + desaparecer = boundaries + dissolve.

* desaparecer de la faz de la tierra = vanish from + the face of the earth, disappear from + the face of the earth.

* desaparecer en el horizonte cabalgando al atardecer = ride off + into the sunset.

* desaparecer en la distancia = disappear in + the distance.

* desaparecer gradualmente = fade into + the sunset.

* desaparecer las diferencias = blur + distinctions, blur + the lines between, blur + the boundaries between.

* desaparecer poco a poco = fade into + the sunset.

* desaparecer sin dejar huella = evaporate into + thin air, vanish into + thin air, disappear into + thin air, disappear without + a trace, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue.

* desaparecer sin dejar rastro = evaporate into + thin air, vanish into + thin air, disappear into + thin air, disappear without + a trace, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue.

* desear fuertemente que Algo desaparezca = will + Nombre + away.

* estar desapareciendo = be on the way out.

* hacer desaparecer = eradicate, dispel, banish.

* hacer desaparecer un mito = dispel + myth.

* hacer mucho tiempo que Algo ha desaparecido = be long gone.

* límites + desaparecer = boundaries + crumble.

* problema + desaparecer = problem + go away.

* que no desaparece = lingering.

* viejas costumbres nunca desaparecen, las = old ways never die, the.

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desaparecer [E3 ]

vi

1 (de un lugar) to disappear

desapareció sin dejar huella he disappeared o vanished without trace, he did a vanishing trick o a disappearing act ( hum)

hizo desaparecer el sombrero ante sus ojos he made the hat disappear o vanish before their very eyes

en esta oficina las cosas tienden a desaparecer things tend to disappear o go missing in this office

mapa

2 «dolor/síntoma» to disappear; «cicatriz» to disappear, go; «costumbre» to disappear, die out

lo dejé en remojo y la mancha desapareció I left it to soak and the stain came out

tenía que hacer desaparecer las pruebas he had to get rid of the evidence

3 (de la vista) to disappear

el sol desapareció detrás de una nube the sun disappeared o went behind a cloud

el ladrón desapareció entre la muchedumbre the thief disappeared o vanished into the crowd

desaparece de mi vista antes de que te pegue ( fam); get out of my sight before I wallop you ( colloq)

■ desaparecerse

v pron

( Andes)

1 (de un lugar) to disappear

se desaparecieron mis gafas my glasses have disappeared

2 (de la vista) to disappear

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desaparecer ( conjugate desaparecer) verbo intransitivo [persona/objeto] to disappear;
[dolor/síntoma/cicatriz] to disappear, go;
[ costumbre] to disappear, die out;
[ mancha] to come out
desaparecerse verbo pronominal (Andes) to disappear
desaparecer verbo intransitivo to disappear: me ha desaparecido la cartera, I can't find my wallet
el sol desapareció detrás de las nubes, the sun vanished behind the clouds
♦ Locuciones: desaparecer del mapa/de la faz de la tierra, to vanish off the face of the earth
' desaparecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
confundirse
- disipar
- escabullirse
- lance
- magia
- mapa
- obliterar
- perderse
- volar
- volatilizarse
- camino
- comer
- ir
- pasar
- quitar
- sacar
English:
disappear
- dissipate
- linger
- lost
- magic away
- melt away
- sink away
- trace
- vanish
- face
- melt
- missing

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desaparecer

♦ vi

1. [de la vista] to disappear (de from);

desapareció tras las colinas it dropped out of sight behind the hills;

me ha desaparecido la pluma my pen has disappeared;

hizo desaparecer una paloma y un conejo he made a dove and a rabbit vanish;

será mejor que desaparezcas de escena durante una temporada you'd better make yourself scarce for a while;

desaparecer de la faz de la tierra to vanish from the face of the earth;

¡desaparece de mi vista ahora mismo! get out of my sight this minute!

2. [dolor, síntomas, mancha] to disappear, to go;
[cicatriz] to disappear; [sarpullido] to clear up
3. [en guerra, accidente] to go missing, to disappear;

muchos desaparecieron durante la represión many people disappeared during the crackdown

♦ vt
Am [persona] = to detain extrajudicially during political repression and possibly kill
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desaparecer

I v/i disappear, vanish

II v/t L.Am.

disappear fam, make disappear

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desaparecer {53} vt

: to cause to disappear

desaparecer vi

: to disappear, to vanish

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desaparecer vb to disappear

me han desaparecido las llaves my keys have disappeared

Spanish-English dictionary > desaparecer
20 perder

v.

1 to lose (dinero, objeto, amigo).

Ella pierde She loses.

Ella pierde su cartera She loses her purse.

Ella perdió la oportunidad She lost the opportunity.

2 to lose (salir derrotado).

no te pelees con él, que llevas las de perder don't get into a fight with him, you're bound to lose

3 to waste.

no pierdas el tiempo con o en tonterías don't waste your time on nonsense like that

no hay tiempo que perder there's no time to lose

4 to miss (tren, vuelo).

Ella perdió el bus She missed the bus.

5 to be the ruin of.

le pierde su pasión por el juego his passion for gambling is ruining him

6 to lose, to leak (tener un escape de) (agua).

ese camión va perdiendo aceite this lorry is losing o leaking oil

7 to go downhill.

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perder

Conjugation model [ ENTENDER], like link=entender entender

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to lose

■ he perdido el bolígrafo I've lost my pen

2 (malgastar, desperdiciar) to waste

■ se pasa el día perdiendo el tiempo he's always wasting time

3 (tren etc) to miss

4 (ser causa de daños) to be the ruin of

■ le perdió su afición al juego gambling was his downfall

► verbo intransitivo

1 (gen) to lose; (salir perdiendo) to lose out

2 (empeorar) to get worse

■ esta ciudad ha perdido mucho, ya no es lo que era this city has gone downhill, it isn't what it used to be

► verbo pronominal perderse

1 (extraviarse - persona) to get lost; (- animal) to go missing

■ se me ha perdido un pendiente I've lost an earring

2 (confundirse) to get confused, get mixed up

■ en cuanto hablan de política me pierdo when they talk about politics I get lost

3 (desaparecer) to disappear, take off

■ en cuanto ve problemas, se pierde as soon as there's a problem, he disappears

4 (dejar escapar) to miss

■ ¡no te lo pierdas! don't miss it!

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FRASEOLOGÍA

echar a perder to spoil

perder agua to leak

perder color to fade

perder de vista to lose sight of

perderse por algo/alguien familiar to give up everything for somebody/something

perdérselo familiar

■ tú te lo pierdes it's your loss

salir perdiendo to come off worse, lose out

tener buen perder to be a good loser

tener mal perder to be a bad loser

¡piérdete! familiar get lost!

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verb

1) to lose

2) miss

3) waste

•

- perderse

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1. VT

1) [+ objeto, dinero, peso] to lose

he perdido el monedero — I've lost my purse

a los seis años perdió a su padre — she lost her father when she was six

he perdido cinco kilos — I've lost five kilos

había perdido mucha sangre — she had lost a lot of blood

ha perdido mucho dinero en la bolsa — she has lost a lot of money on the stock market

no tienes nada que perder — you have nothing to lose

• perder el conocimiento — to lose consciousness

• perder la costumbre — to get out of the habit

• perder algo de vista — to lose sight of sth

nunca pierde de vista el fin que persigue — he never loses sight of his goal

no lo pierdas de vista — don't let him out of your sight

conviene no perder de vista que... — we mustn't forget that..., we mustn't lose sight of the fact that...

2) [+ tiempo] to waste

¡me estás haciendo perder el tiempo! — you're wasting my time!

sin perder un momento — without wasting a moment

3) [+ aire, aceite] to leak

el vehículo pierde aceite — the car is leaking oil, the car has an oil leak

la pelota perdió aire — the ball went flat

4) (=no coger) [+ tren, avión] to miss; [+ oportunidad] to miss, lose

no pierde detalle — he doesn't miss a thing

5) (=destruir) to ruin

ese vicio le perderá — that vice will ruin him, that vice will be his ruin

ese error le perdió — that mistake was his undoing

lo que le pierde es... — where he comes unstuck is...

6) (Jur) to lose, forfeit

2. VI

1) [en competición, disputa] to lose

el equipo perdió por 5-2 — the team lost 5-2

• tienen o llevan todas las de perder — they look certain to lose

• saber perder — to be a good loser

• salir perdiendo, salí perdiendo en el negocio — I lost out on the deal

salí perdiendo en la discusión — I came off worst in the argument

2) (=empeorar)

era un buen cantante, pero ha perdido mucho — he was a good singer, but he's gone downhill

era muy guapo, pero ha perdido bastante — he isn't nearly as good-looking as he used to be

ha perdido mucho en mi estimación — he has gone down a lot in my estimation

3) [tela] to fade

4)

• echar a perder — [+ comida, sorpresa] to ruin, spoil; [+ oportunidad] to waste

• echarse a perder — [comida] to go off; [sorpresa] to be ruined, be spoiled

3.

See:

perderse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( extraviar) <llaves/documento/guante> to lose

b) <señal/imagen/contacto> to lose

2) ( ser la ruina de)

lo perdió la curiosidad — his curiosity was his undoing o his downfall

3)

a) <dinero/propiedad/cosecha> to lose

con preguntar no se pierde nada — we've/you've nothing to lose by asking, there's no harm in asking

más se perdió en la guerra — (fr hecha) it's not the end of the world

b) <derecho/trabajo> to lose

c) <brazo/sangre/vista> to lose

el susto le hizo perder el habla — the fright rendered him speechless

perder la vida — to lose one's life, to perish; cabeza, vista II, III

d) <hijo/marido> to lose

4)

a) <interés/entusiasmo/paciencia> to lose

no hay que perder el ánimo — you mustn't lose heart

yo no pierdo las esperanzas — I'm not giving up hope

llegas tarde, para no perder la costumbre — (iró) you're late, just for a change (iro)

perder la práctica/la costumbre — to get out of practice/the habit

tienes que perderles el miedo a los aviones — you have to get over o to overcome your fear of flying

perder el equilibrio — to lose one's balance

perder el conocimiento — to lose consciousness, to pass out

b) <fuerza/intensidad/calor/altura> to lose

perder el ritmo — (Mús) to lose the beat; ( en trabajo) to get out of the rhythm

c) <peso/kilos> to lose

5)

a) <autobús/tren/avión> to miss

b) <ocasión/oportunidad> to miss

sin perder detalle — without missing any detail

c) < tiempo> to waste

no me hagas perder (el) tiempo! — don't waste my time!

no hay tiempo que perder — there's no time to lose

no pierdas (el) tiempo intentándolo — don't waste your time trying

llámalo sin perder un minuto — call him immediately

perdimos dos días por lo de la huelga — we lost two days because of the strike

6)

a) <guerra/pleito/partido> to lose

b) <curso/año> to fail; < examen> (Ur) to fail

7) <agua/aceite/aire> to lose
2.
perder vi

1) ( ser derrotado) to lose

no sabes perder — you're a bad loser

perdieron 3 a 1 — they lost 3-1

llevar las de perder — to be onto a loser

la que sale perdiendo soy yo — I'm the one who loses out o comes off worst

2)

a) cafetera/tanque to leak

b) (RPl) color ( aclararse) to fade

3)

echar(se) a perder — ver echar I 1) a), echarse I 1) a)
3.
perderse v pron

1)

a) ( extraviarse) persona/objeto to get lost; (+ me/te/le etc)

se le perdió el dinero — he's lost the money

que no se te pierda — don't lose it

¿y a tí que se te ha perdido por allí? — whatever possessed you to go there

no hay por dónde perderse — (Chi fam) there's no question about it

b) ( desaparecer) to disappear

se perdió entre la muchedumbre — she disappeared into the crowd

c) (en tema, conversación)

cuando se ponen a hablar rápido me pierdo — when they start talking quickly I get lost

las cifras son tan enormes que uno se pierde — the figures are so huge that they start to lose all meaning

empieza otra vez, ya me perdí — start again, you've lost me already

d) ( en espacio)

los sillones se pierden en ese salón — the armchairs are rather lost in the sitting room

2) <fiesta/película/espectáculo> to miss

no te perdiste nada — you didn't miss anything

3) persona

a) ( acabar mal) to get into trouble, lose one's way (liter)

b) (Per fam) ( prostituirse) to go on the streets (colloq)

* * *

= lose, misplace, forfeit, mislay, lose out, miss, suffer + loss.

Ex. One of the hardest tasks of a curator is to make a precis of the information about a particular object without losing any essential information.

Ex. This article discusses the common abuses of circulation privileges by a few faculty members: removing books from the library without checking them out; misplacing books after they have been checked out; and failing to return books when needed by others = Este artículo analiza los abusos comunes de los privilegios de préstamo por parte de unos pocos profesores: coger libros de la biblioteca sin sacarlos en préstamo, perder libros tras haberlos sacados en préstamo y no dever libros cuando otros los necesitan.

Ex. In addition, it enables the library to respond to the needs of the new popular culture without forfeiting its traditional cultural purpose.

Ex. Workflow systems automate business processes, such as the management of a housing benefit claim, to ensure all tasks are completed on time and no information can be lost or mislaid.

Ex. Libraries, in the crush to pay journal invoices, are losing out, as other services as well as staffing and pay all end up unfunded = Las bibliotecas, ante la presión de tener que pagar las facturas de las revistas, salen perdiendo ya que otros servicios así como el personal y los salarios terminanan todos con insuficientes fondos.

Ex. Thus the browser may miss valuable items, although some browsers will find browsing a perfectly adequate method of gauging the extent of a library collection.

Ex. They played their third game of the season today and suffered another loss but the team continues to improve.

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* echar a perder = ruin, bungle, bring out + the worst in, cast + a blight on, blight, go off.

* echarlo todo a perder = upset + the applecart.

* echar + Posesivo + planes a perder = upset + Posesivo + plans.

* ganar cuando todo parece estar perdido = victory from the jaws of defeat.

* hacer perder el conocimiento = knock + Nombre + out, knock + Nombre + unconscious.

* hacer perder el entusiasmo = dampen + Posesivo + enthusiasm.

* hacer perder el sentido a = make + nonsense of.

* hacer perder la agilidad física = stale.

* hacer perder la agilidad mental = stale.

* hacer perder las esperanzas = dampen + Posesivo + hopes.

* hacer que Alguien pierda el empleo = put + Nombre + out of work.

* hacer que pierda el interés = take + the shine off things.

* llevar todas las de perder = odds + be stacked against, not have a leg to stand on.

* lo que se gana por un lado se pierde por otro = swings and roundabouts.

* lo que se pierda en una cosa se gana en la otra = what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.

* ni ganar ni perder = break + even.

* no perder de vista = keep + an eye on, keep + a beady eye on, keep in + sight.

* no perder el ánimo = keep + Posesivo + chin up.

* no perder el control = stay on top of, stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.

* no perder el trabajo = stay in + work.

* no perder la cabeza = keep + a cool head, remain + cool-headed, play it + cool.

* no perder la calma = keep + a cool head, remain + cool-headed, play it + cool.

* no perderse = keep on + the right track.

* no perderse en/por = find + Posesivo + way round/through.

* no perderse mucho = be no great loss.

* no perderse nada = be no great loss.

* no tener nada que perder = have + nothing to lose.

* perder agua = lose + water, leak.

* perder Algo = take + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + hands.

* perder confianza = lose + confidence (in).

* perder contacto con la realidad = lose + touch with reality.

* perder control = lose + control (of).

* perder credibilidad = destroy + credence.

* perder de vista = lose from + sight, drop from + sight, lose + sight of.

* perder de vista el hecho de que = lose + sight of the fact that.

* perder eficacia = lose + clout.

* perder el alma = lose + Posesivo + soul.

* perder el ánimo = lose + heart.

* perder el apetito = lose + Posesivo + appetite.

* perder el atractivo = lose + Posesivo + allure, lose + Posesivo + savour.

* perder el color = fade.

* perder el conocimiento = lose + Posesivo + senses, pass out, lose + Posesivo + consciousness.

* perder el contacto con = lose + touch with.

* perder el control = slip beyond + the grasp of, lose + Posesivo + grip, run + amok, sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go to + pieces, go + wild.

* perder el control de Algo = get out of + hand.

* perder el control de la situación = things + get out of hand.

* perder el culo = go into + raptures.

* perder el encanto = lose + Posesivo + allure, lose + Posesivo + savour, lose + Posesivo + shine.

* perder el entusiasmo = lose + heart.

* perder el equilibrio = lose + Posesivo + balance.

* perder el favor de = lose + popularity with.

* perder el hábito = lose + the habit.

* perder el hilo = lose + the plot, lose + the thread.

* perder el interés = pall.

* perder el juicio = lose + Posesivo + sanity.

* perder el norte = be off course, fly off + course.

* perder el pie = lose + Posesivo + footing.

* perder el rumbo = be off course, fly off + course.

* perder el sentido = faint, lose + Posesivo + senses, lose + Posesivo + consciousness, pass out.

* perder el sentido del humor = lose + sense of humour.

* perder el sueño por = lose + sleep over/on.

* perder el tiempo = dawdle, mess around, pissing into the wind, mess about, faff (about/around), pootle, sit + idle, muck around/about, piddle around.

* perder el tiempo, hacer esto y aquello de un modo relajado = piddle around.

* perder el valor = lose + Posesivo + nerve.

* perder entusiasmo = lose + enthusiasm.

* perder esperanza = lose + hope.

* perder fuerza = lose + power, lose + steam.

* perder gas = lose + steam.

* perder hasta la camisa = lose + Posesivo + shirt.

* perder ímpetu = lose + momentum, run out of + steam, lose + impetus.

* perder influencia = lose + clout.

* perder interés = lapse, lose + interest.

* perder la cabeza = lose + Posesivo + mind, lose + Posesivo + head, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, fly off + the handle, go (right) off + Posesivo + rocker, go out of + Posesivo + mind, go + soft in the head.

* perder la calma = blow + a fuse.

* perder la chaveta = go + bonkers, go (right) off + Posesivo + rocker, go + berserk, go + postal, go + haywire.

* perder la chaveta por = have + a crush on.

* perder la compostura = lose + Posesivo + balance, break down + in disarray.

* perder la conciencia = lose + Posesivo + consciousness, pass out.

* perder la cordura = lose + Posesivo + sanity.

* perder la credibilidad = lose + face.

* perder la cuenta (de) = lose + count (of).

* perder la esperanza = despair, throw in + the towel, give up + hope, throw in/up + the sponge.

* perder la fe = lose + Posesivo + faith.

* perder la identidad de uno = lose + Posesivo + identity.

* perder la ilusión = lose + heart.

* perder la motivación = lose + motivation.

* perder la noción del tiempo = lose + track of time, lose + all notion of time, lose + all sense of time.

* perder la oportunidad = miss + the boat.

* perder la paciencia = lose + Posesivo + temper.

* perder la pista de = lose + track of.

* perder la presión = depressurise [depressurize, -USA].

* perder la razón = lose + Posesivo + sanity.

* perder las facultades = lose + Posesivo + faculties.

* perder la sincronización = get out of + step.

* perder las riendas = go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy.

* perder la timidez con = warm up to.

* perder la vida = lose + Posesivo + life.

* perder la virginidad = lose + Posesivo + virginity.

* perder la visión = lose + Posesivo + sight.

* perder la vista = become + blind.

* perder la voz = lose + Posesivo + voice.

* perder los estribos = lose + Posesivo + cool, fly off + the handle, lose + Posesivo + head, go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, lose + Posesivo + temper.

* perder los nervios = lose + Posesivo + cool, fly off + the handle, lose + Posesivo + head.

* perder los papeles = lose + control (of), lose + Posesivo + cool, lose + Posesivo + head, fly off + the handle, freak out, flip out.

* perder nota = lose + marks.

* perder para siempre = lose to + posterity.

* perder peso = lose + weight.

* perder poder = lose + power.

* perder prestigio = lose + face.

* perder propiedades = lose + property.

* perder protagonismo = fade into + the background.

* perderse = go astray, get + lost, lose + Posesivo + way, go + missing, miss out on, slip through + the cracks, get out of + Posesivo + depth, wander off + route, disorient, disorientate, wander off + track, lose + Posesivo + bearings.

* perderse entre el gentío = lose + Reflexivo + amid the crowd.

* perderse entre la muchedumbre = lose + Reflexivo + amid the crowd.

* perderse entre la multitud = lose + Reflexivo + amid the crowd.

* perder sentido = lose + purpose.

* perderse por = wander through.

* perderse por los caminos secundarios = go + off-road.

* perderse una clase = miss + class.

* perder terreno = lose + ground.

* perder tiempo = waste + time, lose + time.

* perder (toda/la) esperanza = abandon + (all) hope.

* perder una batalla = lose + battle.

* perder una guerra = lose + war.

* perder un amigo = lose + a friend.

* perder una oportunidad = miss + opportunity, lose + opportunity, miss + chance, waste + opportunity.

* perder una venta = lose + sale.

* perder una votación = outvote.

* perder un objeto personal = lose + property.

* perder un partido = lose + match.

* perder valor = lose + Posesivo + value.

* perder ventas = lose + sales.

* perder vigor = run out of + steam, lose + steam.

* perder vitalidad = run out of + steam.

* por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.

* que no se puede uno perder = unmissable.

* que pierde agua = leaking, leaky [leakier -comp., leakiest -sup].

* salir perdiendo = victimise [victimize, -USA], come off + worst, lose out, compare + unfavourably, lose + neck, be a little worse off.

* salir sin ganar ni perder = break + even.

* se pierda o se gane = win or lose.

* sin perder de vista = with an eye on.

* sin perder un (solo) minuto = without a moment wasted, without a wasted moment, without a minute wasted, without a wasted minute.

* sin tiempo que perder = without a minute to spare.

* tener todas las de perder = fight + a losing battle.

* un arte que se está perdiendo = a dying art.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( extraviar) <llaves/documento/guante> to lose

b) <señal/imagen/contacto> to lose

2) ( ser la ruina de)

lo perdió la curiosidad — his curiosity was his undoing o his downfall

3)

a) <dinero/propiedad/cosecha> to lose

con preguntar no se pierde nada — we've/you've nothing to lose by asking, there's no harm in asking

más se perdió en la guerra — (fr hecha) it's not the end of the world

b) <derecho/trabajo> to lose

c) <brazo/sangre/vista> to lose

el susto le hizo perder el habla — the fright rendered him speechless

perder la vida — to lose one's life, to perish; cabeza, vista II, III

d) <hijo/marido> to lose

4)

a) <interés/entusiasmo/paciencia> to lose

no hay que perder el ánimo — you mustn't lose heart

yo no pierdo las esperanzas — I'm not giving up hope

llegas tarde, para no perder la costumbre — (iró) you're late, just for a change (iro)

perder la práctica/la costumbre — to get out of practice/the habit

tienes que perderles el miedo a los aviones — you have to get over o to overcome your fear of flying

perder el equilibrio — to lose one's balance

perder el conocimiento — to lose consciousness, to pass out

b) <fuerza/intensidad/calor/altura> to lose

perder el ritmo — (Mús) to lose the beat; ( en trabajo) to get out of the rhythm

c) <peso/kilos> to lose

5)

a) <autobús/tren/avión> to miss

b) <ocasión/oportunidad> to miss

sin perder detalle — without missing any detail

c) < tiempo> to waste

no me hagas perder (el) tiempo! — don't waste my time!

no hay tiempo que perder — there's no time to lose

no pierdas (el) tiempo intentándolo — don't waste your time trying

llámalo sin perder un minuto — call him immediately

perdimos dos días por lo de la huelga — we lost two days because of the strike

6)

a) <guerra/pleito/partido> to lose

b) <curso/año> to fail; < examen> (Ur) to fail

7) <agua/aceite/aire> to lose
2.
perder vi

1) ( ser derrotado) to lose

no sabes perder — you're a bad loser

perdieron 3 a 1 — they lost 3-1

llevar las de perder — to be onto a loser

la que sale perdiendo soy yo — I'm the one who loses out o comes off worst

2)

a) cafetera/tanque to leak

b) (RPl) color ( aclararse) to fade

3)

echar(se) a perder — ver echar I 1) a), echarse I 1) a)
3.
perderse v pron

1)

a) ( extraviarse) persona/objeto to get lost; (+ me/te/le etc)

se le perdió el dinero — he's lost the money

que no se te pierda — don't lose it

¿y a tí que se te ha perdido por allí? — whatever possessed you to go there

no hay por dónde perderse — (Chi fam) there's no question about it

b) ( desaparecer) to disappear

se perdió entre la muchedumbre — she disappeared into the crowd

c) (en tema, conversación)

cuando se ponen a hablar rápido me pierdo — when they start talking quickly I get lost

las cifras son tan enormes que uno se pierde — the figures are so huge that they start to lose all meaning

empieza otra vez, ya me perdí — start again, you've lost me already

d) ( en espacio)

los sillones se pierden en ese salón — the armchairs are rather lost in the sitting room

2) <fiesta/película/espectáculo> to miss

no te perdiste nada — you didn't miss anything

3) persona

a) ( acabar mal) to get into trouble, lose one's way (liter)

b) (Per fam) ( prostituirse) to go on the streets (colloq)

* * *

= lose, misplace, forfeit, mislay, lose out, miss, suffer + loss.

Ex: One of the hardest tasks of a curator is to make a precis of the information about a particular object without losing any essential information.

Ex: This article discusses the common abuses of circulation privileges by a few faculty members: removing books from the library without checking them out; misplacing books after they have been checked out; and failing to return books when needed by others = Este artículo analiza los abusos comunes de los privilegios de préstamo por parte de unos pocos profesores: coger libros de la biblioteca sin sacarlos en préstamo, perder libros tras haberlos sacados en préstamo y no dever libros cuando otros los necesitan.

Ex: In addition, it enables the library to respond to the needs of the new popular culture without forfeiting its traditional cultural purpose.

Ex: Workflow systems automate business processes, such as the management of a housing benefit claim, to ensure all tasks are completed on time and no information can be lost or mislaid.

Ex: Libraries, in the crush to pay journal invoices, are losing out, as other services as well as staffing and pay all end up unfunded = Las bibliotecas, ante la presión de tener que pagar las facturas de las revistas, salen perdiendo ya que otros servicios así como el personal y los salarios terminanan todos con insuficientes fondos.

Ex: Thus the browser may miss valuable items, although some browsers will find browsing a perfectly adequate method of gauging the extent of a library collection.

Ex: They played their third game of the season today and suffered another loss but the team continues to improve.

* echar a perder = ruin, bungle, bring out + the worst in, cast + a blight on, blight, go off.

* echarlo todo a perder = upset + the applecart.

* echar + Posesivo + planes a perder = upset + Posesivo + plans.

* ganar cuando todo parece estar perdido = victory from the jaws of defeat.

* hacer perder el conocimiento = knock + Nombre + out, knock + Nombre + unconscious.

* hacer perder el entusiasmo = dampen + Posesivo + enthusiasm.

* hacer perder el sentido a = make + nonsense of.

* hacer perder la agilidad física = stale.

* hacer perder la agilidad mental = stale.

* hacer perder las esperanzas = dampen + Posesivo + hopes.

* hacer que Alguien pierda el empleo = put + Nombre + out of work.

* hacer que pierda el interés = take + the shine off things.

* llevar todas las de perder = odds + be stacked against, not have a leg to stand on.

* lo que se gana por un lado se pierde por otro = swings and roundabouts.

* lo que se pierda en una cosa se gana en la otra = what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.

* ni ganar ni perder = break + even.

* no perder de vista = keep + an eye on, keep + a beady eye on, keep in + sight.

* no perder el ánimo = keep + Posesivo + chin up.

* no perder el control = stay on top of, stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.

* no perder el trabajo = stay in + work.

* no perder la cabeza = keep + a cool head, remain + cool-headed, play it + cool.

* no perder la calma = keep + a cool head, remain + cool-headed, play it + cool.

* no perderse = keep on + the right track.

* no perderse en/por = find + Posesivo + way round/through.

* no perderse mucho = be no great loss.

* no perderse nada = be no great loss.

* no tener nada que perder = have + nothing to lose.

* perder agua = lose + water, leak.

* perder Algo = take + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + hands.

* perder confianza = lose + confidence (in).

* perder contacto con la realidad = lose + touch with reality.

* perder control = lose + control (of).

* perder credibilidad = destroy + credence.

* perder de vista = lose from + sight, drop from + sight, lose + sight of.

* perder de vista el hecho de que = lose + sight of the fact that.

* perder eficacia = lose + clout.

* perder el alma = lose + Posesivo + soul.

* perder el ánimo = lose + heart.

* perder el apetito = lose + Posesivo + appetite.

* perder el atractivo = lose + Posesivo + allure, lose + Posesivo + savour.

* perder el color = fade.

* perder el conocimiento = lose + Posesivo + senses, pass out, lose + Posesivo + consciousness.

* perder el contacto con = lose + touch with.

* perder el control = slip beyond + the grasp of, lose + Posesivo + grip, run + amok, sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go to + pieces, go + wild.

* perder el control de Algo = get out of + hand.

* perder el control de la situación = things + get out of hand.

* perder el culo = go into + raptures.

* perder el encanto = lose + Posesivo + allure, lose + Posesivo + savour, lose + Posesivo + shine.

* perder el entusiasmo = lose + heart.

* perder el equilibrio = lose + Posesivo + balance.

* perder el favor de = lose + popularity with.

* perder el hábito = lose + the habit.

* perder el hilo = lose + the plot, lose + the thread.

* perder el interés = pall.

* perder el juicio = lose + Posesivo + sanity.

* perder el norte = be off course, fly off + course.

* perder el pie = lose + Posesivo + footing.

* perder el rumbo = be off course, fly off + course.

* perder el sentido = faint, lose + Posesivo + senses, lose + Posesivo + consciousness, pass out.

* perder el sentido del humor = lose + sense of humour.

* perder el sueño por = lose + sleep over/on.

* perder el tiempo = dawdle, mess around, pissing into the wind, mess about, faff (about/around), pootle, sit + idle, muck around/about, piddle around.

* perder el tiempo, hacer esto y aquello de un modo relajado = piddle around.

* perder el valor = lose + Posesivo + nerve.

* perder entusiasmo = lose + enthusiasm.

* perder esperanza = lose + hope.

* perder fuerza = lose + power, lose + steam.

* perder gas = lose + steam.

* perder hasta la camisa = lose + Posesivo + shirt.

* perder ímpetu = lose + momentum, run out of + steam, lose + impetus.

* perder influencia = lose + clout.

* perder interés = lapse, lose + interest.

* perder la cabeza = lose + Posesivo + mind, lose + Posesivo + head, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, fly off + the handle, go (right) off + Posesivo + rocker, go out of + Posesivo + mind, go + soft in the head.

* perder la calma = blow + a fuse.

* perder la chaveta = go + bonkers, go (right) off + Posesivo + rocker, go + berserk, go + postal, go + haywire.

* perder la chaveta por = have + a crush on.

* perder la compostura = lose + Posesivo + balance, break down + in disarray.

* perder la conciencia = lose + Posesivo + consciousness, pass out.

* perder la cordura = lose + Posesivo + sanity.

* perder la credibilidad = lose + face.

* perder la cuenta (de) = lose + count (of).

* perder la esperanza = despair, throw in + the towel, give up + hope, throw in/up + the sponge.

* perder la fe = lose + Posesivo + faith.

* perder la identidad de uno = lose + Posesivo + identity.

* perder la ilusión = lose + heart.

* perder la motivación = lose + motivation.

* perder la noción del tiempo = lose + track of time, lose + all notion of time, lose + all sense of time.

* perder la oportunidad = miss + the boat.

* perder la paciencia = lose + Posesivo + temper.

* perder la pista de = lose + track of.

* perder la presión = depressurise [depressurize, -USA].

* perder la razón = lose + Posesivo + sanity.

* perder las facultades = lose + Posesivo + faculties.

* perder la sincronización = get out of + step.

* perder las riendas = go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy.

* perder la timidez con = warm up to.

* perder la vida = lose + Posesivo + life.

* perder la virginidad = lose + Posesivo + virginity.

* perder la visión = lose + Posesivo + sight.

* perder la vista = become + blind.

* perder la voz = lose + Posesivo + voice.

* perder los estribos = lose + Posesivo + cool, fly off + the handle, lose + Posesivo + head, go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, lose + Posesivo + temper.

* perder los nervios = lose + Posesivo + cool, fly off + the handle, lose + Posesivo + head.

* perder los papeles = lose + control (of), lose + Posesivo + cool, lose + Posesivo + head, fly off + the handle, freak out, flip out.

* perder nota = lose + marks.

* perder para siempre = lose to + posterity.

* perder peso = lose + weight.

* perder poder = lose + power.

* perder prestigio = lose + face.

* perder propiedades = lose + property.

* perder protagonismo = fade into + the background.

* perderse = go astray, get + lost, lose + Posesivo + way, go + missing, miss out on, slip through + the cracks, get out of + Posesivo + depth, wander off + route, disorient, disorientate, wander off + track, lose + Posesivo + bearings.

* perderse entre el gentío = lose + Reflexivo + amid the crowd.

* perderse entre la muchedumbre = lose + Reflexivo + amid the crowd.

* perderse entre la multitud = lose + Reflexivo + amid the crowd.

* perder sentido = lose + purpose.

* perderse por = wander through.

* perderse por los caminos secundarios = go + off-road.

* perderse una clase = miss + class.

* perder terreno = lose + ground.

* perder tiempo = waste + time, lose + time.

* perder (toda/la) esperanza = abandon + (all) hope.

* perder una batalla = lose + battle.

* perder una guerra = lose + war.

* perder un amigo = lose + a friend.

* perder una oportunidad = miss + opportunity, lose + opportunity, miss + chance, waste + opportunity.

* perder una venta = lose + sale.

* perder una votación = outvote.

* perder un objeto personal = lose + property.

* perder un partido = lose + match.

* perder valor = lose + Posesivo + value.

* perder ventas = lose + sales.

* perder vigor = run out of + steam, lose + steam.

* perder vitalidad = run out of + steam.

* por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.

* que no se puede uno perder = unmissable.

* que pierde agua = leaking, leaky [leakier -comp., leakiest -sup].

* salir perdiendo = victimise [victimize, -USA], come off + worst, lose out, compare + unfavourably, lose + neck, be a little worse off.

* salir sin ganar ni perder = break + even.

* se pierda o se gane = win or lose.

* sin perder de vista = with an eye on.

* sin perder un (solo) minuto = without a moment wasted, without a wasted moment, without a minute wasted, without a wasted minute.

* sin tiempo que perder = without a minute to spare.

* tener todas las de perder = fight + a losing battle.

* un arte que se está perdiendo = a dying art.

* * *

perder [E8 ]

vt

A

1 (extraviar) ‹llaves/documento/guante› to lose

he perdido su dirección I've lost her address

perdió las tijeras y se pasó una hora buscándolas she mislaid o lost the scissors and spent an hour looking for them

me perdiste la página you lost my place o page

perdí a mi marido en la muchedumbre I lost my husband in the crowd

no pierdas de vista al niño don't let the child out of your sight

hilo

2 ‹señal/imagen/contacto› to lose

hemos perdido el contacto con el avión we've lost contact with the plane

B

(ser la ruina de): lo perdió la curiosidad his curiosity was his undoing o his downfall

C

1 ‹dinero/propiedad/cosecha› to lose

perdió mil pesos jugando al póker she lost a thousand pesos playing poker

perdió una fortuna en ese negocio he lost a fortune in o on that deal

con preguntar no se pierde nada we've/you've nothing to lose by asking, there's no harm in asking, we/you can but ask

más se perdió en la guerra ( fr hecha); things could be worse!, worse things happen at sea, it's not the end of the world

terreno² (↑ terreno (2))

2 ‹derecho/trabajo› to lose

si te vas pierdes el lugar en la cola if you go away you lose your place in the line ( AmE) o ( BrE) queue

3 ‹ojo/brazo› to lose; ‹vista/oído› to lose

ha perdido mucho peso/mucha sangre she's lost a lot of weight/blood

el susto le hizo perder el habla the fright rendered him speechless

perder la vida to lose one's life, to perish

cabeza

4 ‹hijo/marido› to lose

perder un niño or un bebé (en el embarazo) to lose a baby, to have a miscarriage

D

1 ‹interés/entusiasmo› to lose; ‹paciencia› to lose

no hay que perder el ánimo you mustn't lose heart

yo no pierdo las esperanzas I'm not giving up hope

he perdido la costumbre de levantarme temprano I've got(ten) out of o I've lost the habit of getting up early

llegas tarde, para no perder la costumbre ( iró); you're late, just for a change ( iro)

trata de no perder la práctica try not to get out of practice

tienes que perderles el miedo a los aviones you have to get over o to overcome your fear of flying

perder el equilibrio to lose one's balance

perder el conocimiento to lose consciousness, to pass out

2 ‹fuerza/intensidad/calor› to lose

el avión empezó a perder altura the plane began to lose height

perder el ritmo ( Mús) to lose the beat

estás trabajando muy bien, no pierdas el ritmo you're working well, keep it up!

3 ‹peso/kilos› to lose

E

1 ‹autobús/tren/avión› to miss

2 ‹ocasión› to miss

sería tonto perder esta estupenda oportunidad it would be stupid to miss o to pass up this marvelous opportunity

no pierde oportunidad de recordarnos cuánto le debemos he never misses a chance to remind us how much we owe him

3 ‹tiempo›

¡no me hagas perder (el) tiempo! don't waste my time!

no hay tiempo que perder there's no time to lose

no pierdas (el) tiempo, no lo vas a convencer don't waste your time, you're not going to convince him

llámalo sin perder un minuto call him immediately

perdimos dos días por lo de la huelga we lost two days because of the strike

F

1 ‹guerra/pleito› to lose; ‹partido› to lose

2 ‹curso/año› to fail

perder un examen (Ur); to fail an exam

G ‹agua/aceite/aire› to lose

el coche pierde aceite the car has an oil leak o is losing oil

el globo perdía aire air was escaping from the balloon

■ perder

vi

A (ser derrotado) to lose

perdimos por un punto we lost by one point

no sabes perder you're a bad loser

no discutas con él porque llevas las de perder don't argue with him because you'll lose

la que sale perdiendo soy yo I lose out o come off worst

B

1 ( RPl) «cafetera/tanque» to leak

2 «color» (aclararse) to fade; (tiñiendo otras prendas) to run

C

echar(se) a perder ver echar vt Sense I A 1. (↑ echar), echar v pron Sense I A 1. (↑ echar)

■ perderse

v pron

A

1 (extraviarse) «persona/objeto» to get lost

siempre me pierdo en esta ciudad I always get lost in this town

no te pierdas, llámanos de vez en cuando don't lose touch, call us now and then

(+ me/te/le etc): se le perdió el dinero he's lost the money

guárdalo bien para que no se te pierda keep it safe so you don't lose it

no hay por dónde perderse ( Chi fam); there's no question about it

2 (desaparecer) to disappear

se perdió entre la muchedumbre she disappeared into the crowd

3

(en un tema, una conversación): cuando se ponen a hablar rápido me pierdo when they start talking quickly I get lost

me distraje un momento y me perdí my attention wandered for a moment and I lost the thread

las cifras son tan enormes que uno se pierde the figures are so huge that they start to lose all meaning

empieza otra vez, ya me perdí start again, you've lost me already

4

(en una prenda, un espacio): te pierdes en ese vestido you look lost in that dress

los sillones quedan perdidos en ese salón tan grande the armchairs are rather lost in such a big sitting room

B ‹fiesta/película/espectáculo› to miss

no te perdiste nada you didn't miss anything

te perdiste una excelente oportunidad de callarte la boca ( hum); you could have kept your big mouth shut ( colloq)

C «persona»

1 (acabar mal) to get into trouble, lose one's way ( liter)

2 ( Per fam) (prostituirse) to go on the streets o the game ( colloq)

* * *

perder ( conjugate perder) verbo transitivo
1 ( en general) to lose;
◊ perdí el pasaporte I lost my passport;

quiere perder peso he wants to lose weight;
con preguntar no se pierde nada we've/you've nothing to lose by asking;
perder la vida to lose one's life, to perish;
See also→ cabeza 1 e, vista 2 3;
yo no pierdo las esperanzas I'm not giving up hope;
perder la práctica to get out of practice;
perder el equilibrio to lose one's balance;
perder el conocimiento to lose consciousness, to pass out;
perder el ritmo (Mús) to lose the beat;

( en trabajo) to get out of the rhythm
2
a) ‹autobús/tren/avión› to miss

b) ‹ocasión/oportunidad› to miss;

◊ sin perder detalle without missing any detail

c) ‹ tiempo› to waste;

◊ ¡no me hagas perder (el) tiempo! don't waste my time!;

no hay tiempo que perder there's no time to lose
3
a) ‹guerra/pleito/partido› to lose

b) ‹curso/año› to fail;

‹ examen› (Ur) to fail
4 ‹agua/aceite/aire› to lose
verbo intransitivo
1 ( ser derrotado) to lose;
◊ perdieron 3 a 1 they lost 3-1;

no sabes perder you're a bad loser;
llevar las de perder to be onto a loser;
la que sale perdiendo soy yo I'm the one who loses out o comes off worst
2 [cafetera/tanque] to leak
3
◊ echar(se) a perder ver echar I 1a, echarse 1a

perderse verbo pronominal
1 [persona/objeto] to get lost;
◊ siempre me pierdo en esta ciudad I always get lost in this town;

se le perdió el dinero he's lost the money;
cuando se ponen a hablar rápido me pierdo when they start talking quickly I get lost
2 ‹fiesta/película/espectáculo› to miss
perder
I verbo transitivo
1 (un objeto) to lose
2 (un medio de transporte) to miss
3 (el tiempo) to waste
4 (oportunidad) to miss ➣ Ver nota en miss
5 (cualidad, costumbre, sentido) to lose: tienes que perder tus miedos, you have to overcome your fears
6 (agua, aceite) to leak
II verbo intransitivo
1 (disminuir una cualidad) to lose
2 (estropear) to ruin, go off
3 (en una competición, batalla) to lose
♦ Locuciones: echar (algo) a perder, to spoil (sthg)
llevar las de perder, to be onto a loser
' perder' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adormecerse
- aflojar
- baño
- borda
- brújula
- cabeza
- cabo
- clarear
- conciencia
- conocimiento
- costumbre
- cuenta
- declinar
- descuidarse
- desesperarse
- desfallecer
- desgracia
- desinflarse
- desnaturalizar
- despedirse
- despintar
- despistar
- destinada
- destinado
- desvanecerse
- deteriorarse
- distraerse
- don
- enloquecer
- estribo
- facultad
- flaquear
- granizada
- hilo
- infortunio
- innecesaria
- innecesario
- interés
- joderse
- juicio
- llevar
- norte
- papel
- pasarse
- peso
- razón
- resbalar
- rumbo
- saber
- sentida
English:
avoid
- balance
- black out
- blow
- boat
- bound
- break
- bungle
- cool
- course
- crush
- danger
- dawdle
- decline
- dignity
- dilly-dally
- erode
- even
- face
- fade
- fiddle around
- flag
- footing
- forfeit
- freak out
- gamble away
- gazump
- ground
- grow out of
- handle
- hang about
- hang around
- heart
- keep
- leak
- lose
- mislay
- miss
- muck about
- muck around
- muck up
- pall
- piece
- pot
- rack
- rag
- reason
- rise
- risk
- shape

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perder

♦ vt

1. [extraviar] to lose;

he perdido el paraguas I've lost my umbrella

2. [dejar de tener] [dinero, amigo, empleo, interés] to lose;

he perdido el contacto con ellos I've lost touch with them;

la policía ha perdido la pista o [m5] el rastro de los secuestradores the police have lost track of the kidnappers;

no sé nada de Ana, le he perdido la pista o [m5] el rastro I don't know anything about Ana, I've lost touch with her;

el accidente le hizo perder la visión he lost his sight in the accident;

ya hemos perdido toda esperanza de encontrarlo we've now given up o lost all hope of finding him;

he perdido bastante práctica I'm rather out of practice;

perder el equilibrio/la memoria to lose one's balance/memory;

perder peso to lose weight;

perder el miedo/el respeto a alguien to lose one's fear of/respect for sb;

cientos de personas perdieron la vida hundreds of people lost their lives;

no tienes/tiene/ etc[m5]. nada que perder you have/he has/ etc nothing to lose;

Comp
Esp
más se perdió en Cuba o [m5] en la guerra it's not as bad as all that, it's not the end of the world

3. [ser derrotado en] [batalla, partido, campeonato, elecciones] to lose;

este error podría hacerle perder el partido this mistake could lose her the game

4. [desperdiciar] [tiempo] to waste;
[oportunidad, ocasión] to miss;
no pierdas el tiempo con o [m5] en tonterías don't waste your time on nonsense like that;

he perdido toda la mañana en llamadas de teléfono I've wasted all morning making phone calls;

no pierda la ocasión de ver esta fantástica película don't miss this wonderful movie;

no hay tiempo que perder there's no time to lose

5. [no alcanzar] [tren, vuelo, autobús] to miss

6. [tener un escape de] [agua] to lose, to leak;

la bombona pierde aire air is escaping from the cylinder;

ese camión va perdiendo aceite that truck o Br lorry is losing o leaking oil

7. [perjudicar] to be the ruin of;

le pierde su pasión por el juego his passion for gambling is ruining him

8. Urug [examen] to fail

♦ vi

1. [salir derrotado] to lose;

perder al póquer/billar to lose at poker/billiards;

perdimos (por) dos a cero we lost Br two-nil o US two-zero;

no te pelees con él, que llevas las de perder don't get into a fight with him, you're bound to lose;

sabe/no sabe perder he's a good/bad loser;

salir perdiendo to lose out, to come off worse

2. [empeorar] to go downhill;

este restaurante ha perdido mucho this restaurant has really gone downhill;

estas alfombras pierden bastante al lavarlas these rugs don't wash very well

3. [tener un escape] [de agua, aceite] to have a leak;

esa bombona pierde that gas cylinder is leaking;

una de las ruedas pierde por la válvula the air's coming out of one of the tyres

4. [en frases]
echar algo a perder to spoil sth;

echarse a perder [alimento] to spoil, Br to go off

♦ See also the pronominal verb perderse

* * *

perder

I v/t

1 objeto lose;

¡piérdete! get lost!;

no te lo pierdas película, acontecimiento don’t miss it;

no tener nada que perder have nothing to lose

2 tren, avión etc miss

3 el tiempo waste

II v/i lose;

echar a perder ruin;

echarse a perder de alimento go bad;

llevar o

tener las de perder be at a disadvantage;

salir perdiendo come off worst

* * *

perder {56} vt

1) : to lose

2) : to miss

perdimos la oportunidad: we missed the opportunity

3) : to waste (time)

perder vi

: to lose

♦ See also the reflexive verb perderse

* * *

perder vb

1. (en general) to lose [pt. & pp. lost]

he perdido las llaves I've lost my keys

deberías perder peso you should lose weight

2. (tren, avión, oportunidad, etc) to miss

he perdido el autobús I've missed the bus

3. (tiempo) to waste

estás perdiendo el tiempo you're wasting your time

4. (líquido, gas) to leak

la caldera pierde agua the boiler is leaking

echar a perder algo to ruin something / to spoil something

echarse a perder to go off / to go bad

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