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to send supplies

1 envoi

envoi [ɑ̃vwa]

masculine noun

a. ( = action) sending ; (par bateau) shipment

• faire un envoi de vivres to send supplies

• coup d'envoi (Sport) kick-off ; [de festival] opening ; [de série d'événements] start

• le film qui donnera le coup d'envoi du festival the film which will open the festival

b. ( = colis) parcel

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ɑ̃vwa
nom masculin

1) ( expédition)

tous les envois de colis sont suspendus — parcel post is suspended

date d'envoi — dispatch date GB, mailing date US

faire un envoi de — to send [fleurs, livres]

date limite d'envoi de quelque chose — deadline for posting GB ou mailing US something

frais d'envoi — postage

2) ( ce qui est expédié)

nous attendons un envoi important — we're expecting a large consignment

les envois de plus de deux kilos — parcels over two kilos

3) ( déplacement)

demander l'envoi (immédiat) de troupes — to ask for troops to be dispatched (immediately)

4) Sport

coup d'envoi — kick-off

donner le coup d'envoi de — to kick off [match, campagne]; to open [festival, fête]

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Phrasal Verbs:

- envoi en nombre

- envoi recommandé

- envoi contre remboursement

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ɑ̃vwa nm
1) (= action) sending

envoi contre remboursement COMMERCE — cash on delivery

2) (= paquet) parcel, consignment

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envoi nm

1 Postes ( expédition) tous les envois de colis sont suspendus parcel post is suspended; date d'envoi dispatch date GB, mailing date US; faire un envoi de to send [fleurs, livres]; date limite d'envoi des dossiers d'inscription deadline for posting GB ou mailing US registration forms; frais d'envoi postage;

2 ( ce qui est expédié) recevoir un envoi postal to receive something through the post GB ou mail US; nous attendons un envoi important we're expecting a large consignment; quelle est la nature de l'envoi? what are you sending?; nous n'acceptons pas les envois de plus de deux kilos we cannot accept parcels over two kilos;

3 (déplacement de personnes, matériel, nourriture) demander l'envoi de troupes/d'une délégation/d'une force de paix to ask for troops/a delegation/a peace keeping force to be dispatched; décider l'envoi immédiat de vivres/d'hélicoptères to decide to dispatch food supplies/helicopters immediately;

4 ( lancement) l'envoi de la fusée sera reporté the rocket launch will be postponed; coup d'envoi Sport kick-off; donner le coup d'envoi de to kick off [match, campagne]; to open [festival, fête];

5 Littérat ( strophe dédicatoire) envoi; ( dédicace manuscrite) inscription.

Composés

envoi de fonds remittance of cash; faire un envoi de fonds to dispatch cash; envoi en nombre bulk dispatch GB, bulk mailing US; envoi recommandé registered post ¢ GB, registered mail ¢ US; faire un envoi recommandé to send something by registered post GB ou mail US; envoi contre remboursement cash on delivery, COD; faire un envoi contre remboursement to send something COD; envoi en touche ( au football) throw.

[ɑ̃vwa] nom masculin

1. [de marchandises, d'argent] sending

faire un envoi

a. [colis] to send a parcel

b. [lettre] to send a letter

envoi contre remboursement cash on delivery

contre envoi de on receipt of

2. [d'un messager, de soldats] sending in, dispatching, dispatch

3. [colis] parcel, consignment

[lettre] letter

envoi franco de port postage-paid consignment

envoi recommandé

a. [colis] registered parcel

b. [lettre] registered letter

envoi recommandé avec accusé de réception

a. [colis] recorded delivery parcel (UK), registered package with return receipt (US)

b. [lettre] recorded delivery letter (UK), registered letter with return receipt (US)

envoi contre remboursement guaranteed delivery

envoi groupé joint consignment

un envoi en nombre a (mass) mailing

4. SPORT

coup d'envoi kick-off

donner le coup d'envoi d'un match

a. [arbitre] to give the sign for the match to start

b. [joueur] to kick off

donner le coup d'envoi d'une campagne (figuré) to get a campaign off the ground

5. LITTÉRATURE envoi

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > envoi
2 Hilfe

f; -, -n

1. help; (Beistand) auch finanziell etc.: auch aid, assistance; (Unterstützung) support; (Mitwirkung) cooperation; (zu) Hilfe! help!; mit jemandes Hilfe with s.o.’s help; ohne ( fremde) Hilfe (selbstständig) without any help, single-handed, (by) himself etc.; erste Hilfe ( leisten) (give) first aid; jemandem Hilfe leisten help s.o.; Hilfe suchen seek help; Hilfe suchend nachgestellt: seeking help; Blick: beseeching; eine Hilfe bringende Maßnahme a helpful measure; um Hilfe bitten ask for help; jemanden um Hilfe bitten ask s.o. to help one, ask for s.o.’s help; um Hilfe rufen call ( oder shout) for help; jemandem zu Hilfe kommen come to s.o.’s assistance ( oder aid); etw. zu Hilfe nehmen make use of; mit Hilfe mithilfe; Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe helping people to help themselves

2. meist Pl.; (Hilfsmittel) aid Sg.; Handlung, Reiten: aids Pl.; Turnen: support Sg.; mechanische Hilfen mechanical aids

3. Person: help; du bist mir eine schöne Hilfe iro. you’re a great help(, I must say)

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die Hilfe

succor; succour; relief; aid; help

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Hịl|fe ['hɪlfə]
f -, -n

1) no pl help; (finanzielle) aid, assistance, help; (für Notleidende) aid, relief

zu Hilfe! — help!

um Hilfe rufen/schreien — to call/shout for help

jdm zu Hilfe kommen — to come to sb's aid or assistance or rescue

jdn um Hilfe bitten — to ask sb for help or assistance

jdm Hilfe leisten — to help sb

bei jdm Hilfe suchen — to seek sb's help or assistance

Hilfe suchend (Mensch) — seeking help; Blick imploring, beseeching

sich Hilfe suchend umsehen or umblicken — to look (a)round for help

täglich wenden sich Hunderte or hunderte Hilfe suchend an diese Organisation — hundreds turn every day to this organization seeking help

mit Hilfe — with the help or aid (gen of)

ohne Hilfe — without help or assistance

etw zu Hilfe nehmen — to use sth

ohne fremde Hilfe gehen —

jds Gedächtnis (dat) zu Hilfe kommen — to jog sb's memory

See:

→ erste(r, s), mithilfe

2) (= Hilfsmittel, Hilfestellung) aid; (= Haushaltshilfe) (domestic) help

Hilfen geben (beim Turnen) (beim Reiten) — to give support to give aids

du bist mir eine schöne Hilfe! (iro) — a fine help YOU are( to me)! (iro)

3) (COMPUT) help

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die

1) (help: Rich countries give aid to developing countries; The teacher uses visual aids; He came to my aid when my car broke down.) aid

2) (help: Do you need assistance?) assistance

3) (help; assistance: Can I lend a hand?; Give me a hand with this box, please.) hand

4) (help (eg food) given to people in need of it: famine relief; ( also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.) relief

5) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) help

6) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) help

7) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) help

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Hil·fe

<-, -n>

[ˈhɪlfə]

f

1. kein pl (Beistand, Unterstützung) help no pl, assistance no pl

lauf und hole \Hilfe! go and get help!

jds Gedächtnis zu \Hilfe kommen to jog sb's memory

eine \Hilfe für das Gedächtnis sein to jog the memory

jdm seine \Hilfe anbieten to offer sb one's help

auf jds \Hilfe angewiesen sein to be dependent on sb's help

jds \Hilfe bedürfen (geh) to need sb's help

jdn um \Hilfe bitten to ask sb for help [or assistance]

jdm eine [wertvolle] \Hilfe sein to be a [great] help to sb

jdm zu \Hilfe kommen to come to sb's assistance

[jdm] \Hilfe leisten (geh) to help [or assist] [sb]

etw zu \Hilfe nehmen to use [or make use of] sth

um \Hilfe rufen [o schreien] to call [or shout] for help

jdn zu \Hilfe rufen to call sb [to help]

sich akk \Hilfe suchend umsehen to look round for help

sich akk \Hilfe suchend an jdn/etw wenden to turn to sb/sth for help

ein \Hilfe suchender Blick a pleading look

ein \Hilfe suchender Mensch a person seeking help

jdm seine \Hilfe verweigern to refuse to help sb

mit jds \Hilfe with sb's help [or assistance]

mit \Hilfe einer S. gen with [the help of] sth

ohne [jds] \Hilfe without [sb's] help

[zu] \Hilfe! help!

du bist mir eine schöne \Hilfe! (iron) well, you're a great help! iron

ohne fremde \Hilfe without outside help

erste \Hilfe first aid

jdm erste \Hilfe leisten to give sb first aid

2. (Zuschuss)

finanzielle \Hilfe financial assistance; (für Notleidende) relief, aid

wirtschaftliche \Hilfe economic aid

3. (Hilfsmittel) aid

4. (Haushaltshilfe) help

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die; Hilfe, Hilfen

1) help; (für Notleidende) aid; relief

wirtschaftliche/finanzielle Hilfe — economic aid/financial assistance

jemandem Hilfe leisten — help somebody

sein Hilfe suchender Blick ging zum Fenster — he looked towards the window, seeking help

sich Hilfe suchend umsehen — look round for help

mit Hilfe — (+ Gen.) with the help or aid of

jemanden um Hilfe bitten — ask somebody for help or assistance

um Hilfe rufen — shout for help

jemanden zu Hilfe rufen — call on somebody for help

jemandem zu Hilfe kommen/eilen — come/hurry to somebody's aid or assistance

[zu] Hilfe! — help!

erste Hilfe — first aid

2) (Hilfskraft) help; (im Geschäft) assistant

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Hilfe f; -, -n

1. help; (Beistand) auch finanziell etc: auch aid, assistance; (Unterstützung) support; (Mitwirkung) cooperation;

(zu) Hilfe! help!;

mit jemandes Hilfe with sb’s help;

ohne (fremde) Hilfe (selbstständig) without any help, single-handed, (by) himself etc;

Erste Hilfe (leisten) (give) first aid;

jemandem Hilfe leisten help sb;

Hilfe suchen seek help;

Hilfe suchend nachgestellt: seeking help; Blick: beseeching;

Hilfe Suchende → Hilfesuchende;

eine Hilfe bringende Maßnahme a helpful measure;

um Hilfe bitten ask for help;

jemanden um Hilfe bitten ask sb to help one, ask for sb’s help;

um Hilfe rufen call ( oder shout) for help;

jemandem zu Hilfe kommen come to sb’s assistance ( oder aid);

etwas

zu Hilfe nehmen make use of;

mit Hilfe → mithilfe;

Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe helping people to help themselves

2. meist pl; (Hilfsmittel) aid sg; Handlung, Reiten: aids pl; Turnen: support sg;

mechanische Hilfen mechanical aids

3. Person: help;

du bist mir eine schöne Hilfe iron you’re a great help(, I must say)

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die; Hilfe, Hilfen

1) help; (für Notleidende) aid; relief

wirtschaftliche/finanzielle Hilfe — economic aid/financial assistance

jemandem Hilfe leisten — help somebody

sein Hilfe suchender Blick ging zum Fenster — he looked towards the window, seeking help

sich Hilfe suchend umsehen — look round for help

mit Hilfe — (+ Gen.) with the help or aid of

jemanden um Hilfe bitten — ask somebody for help or assistance

um Hilfe rufen — shout for help

jemanden zu Hilfe rufen — call on somebody for help

jemandem zu Hilfe kommen/eilen — come/hurry to somebody's aid or assistance

[zu] Hilfe! — help!

erste Hilfe — first aid

2) (Hilfskraft) help; (im Geschäft) assistant

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-n f.

agency n.

aid n.

ancilla n.

assistance n.

help n.

relief n.

succor n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Hilfe
3 relief

[rəˈliːf] noun
1) a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc:

When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief

He gave a sigh of relief

It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen.
إسْعاف، راحَه
2) help (eg food) given to people in need of it:

famine relief

( also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.
إغاثَه، نَجْدَه
3) a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time:

The bus-driver was waiting for his relief

( also adjective) a relief driver.
بَدَل
4) the act of freeing a town etc from siege:

the relief of Mafeking.
تَحْرير
5) a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background:

a carving in relief.
نَقْش نافِر

Arabic-English dictionary > relief
4 porte

m.

1 carriage, transport costs (gasto de transporte).

portes debidos (commerce) carriage forward (British), freight collect (United States)

portes pagados (commerce) carriage paid (British), freight paid (United States)

2 carriage, transport (transport).

una empresa de portes y mudanzas a removal firm (British), a moving firm (United States)

3 bearing, demeanor (aspecto).

4 conduct, behaviour, bearing, behavior.

5 appearance, air.

pres.subj.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: portar.

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porte

► nombre masculino

1 (aspecto - de una persona) bearing; (- de un edificio etc) appearance

2 (transporte) carriage, freight

■ ¿quién va a pagar los portes? who will pay the cost of freight?

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FRASEOLOGÍA

portes debidos carriage due

portes pagados carriage paid

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noun m.

1) bearing

2) carriage

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SM

1) (Com) (=acto) carriage, transport; (=costos) carriage; (Correos) postage

franco de porte — (Com) carriage paid; (Correos) post free

porte debido — (Com) freight C.O.D.

porte pagado — (Com) carriage paid; (Correos) post paid

porte por cobrar — freight forward

2) ( esp Náut) (=tonelaje) capacity

3) (=presencia) bearing, demeanour, demeanor (EEUU)

de porte distinguido — with a distinguished bearing o air

4) (=conducta) behaviour, behavior (EEUU), conduct frm

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masculino

1) (aspecto, aire) bearing, demeanor*

un joven de porte distinguido — a distinguished-looking young man

una mansión de porte señorial — a very grand-looking mansion

2) ( tamaño) size

es de este porte — (AmL) it's about this big

3)

a) ( costo) carriage

la mercancía se envía a porte pagado — the goods are sent freight paid o postage paid

b) ( acción de portar) carrying

4) portes masculino plural ( transporte) transport

portes pagados — freight/postage paid

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= set, porterage, deportment, cartage, haulage, drayage.

Ex. From the way his left shoulder is tipped forward, from the set of his head and the length of his stride, one gets the feeling that he is a fully clothed sprinter just leaving the starting blocks.

Ex. The price includes porterage based on one suitcase per person.

Ex. Our deportment depends upon our dress.

Ex. Haulage, also called cartage or drayage, is the horizontal transport of ore, coal, supplies, and waste.

Ex. Haulage, also called cartage or drayage, is the horizontal transport of ore, coal, supplies, and waste.

Ex. Haulage, also called cartage or drayage, is the horizontal transport of ore, coal, supplies, and waste.

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masculino

1) (aspecto, aire) bearing, demeanor*

un joven de porte distinguido — a distinguished-looking young man

una mansión de porte señorial — a very grand-looking mansion

2) ( tamaño) size

es de este porte — (AmL) it's about this big

3)

a) ( costo) carriage

la mercancía se envía a porte pagado — the goods are sent freight paid o postage paid

b) ( acción de portar) carrying

4) portes masculino plural ( transporte) transport

portes pagados — freight/postage paid

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= set, porterage, deportment, cartage, haulage, drayage.

Ex: From the way his left shoulder is tipped forward, from the set of his head and the length of his stride, one gets the feeling that he is a fully clothed sprinter just leaving the starting blocks.

Ex: The price includes porterage based on one suitcase per person.

Ex: Our deportment depends upon our dress.

Ex: Haulage, also called cartage or drayage, is the horizontal transport of ore, coal, supplies, and waste.

Ex: Haulage, also called cartage or drayage, is the horizontal transport of ore, coal, supplies, and waste.

Ex: Haulage, also called cartage or drayage, is the horizontal transport of ore, coal, supplies, and waste.

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porte

masculine

A (aspecto, aire) bearing, demeanor*

un joven de porte distinguido a distinguished-looking young man, a young man of distinguished bearing o with a distinguished air

una mansión de porte señorial a mansion of extremely grand appearance

B (tamaño) size

un buque de gran porte a vessel of enormous size

es de este porte ( AmL); it's about this big

del porte de una casa or catedral ( Chi fam); huge, enormous, tremendous

C

1 (precio, costo) carriage

la mercancía se envía a porte pagado the goods are sent freight paid o postage paid o ( BrE) carriage paid

2 (acción de portar) carrying

no se permite el porte de armas it is forbidden to carry arms, the carrying of arms is forbidden

D portes mpl (transporte) transport

portes pagados freight/postage paid, carriage paid ( BrE)

[ S ] se hacen portes freight delivery service

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Del verbo portar: ( conjugate portar)

porté es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

porte es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
portar
porte
portar ( conjugate portar) verbo transitivo (frml) ‹arma/bandera› to carry, bear (frml)
portarse verbo pronominal
a) ( comportarse):

◊ portese bien to behave (oneself);

portese mal to behave badly;
portese bien/mal CON algn to treat sb well/badly
b) ( cumplir):

◊ el Zaragoza se portó en la final Zaragoza delivered the goods in the final;

hoy te portaste you've really excelled today
porte sustantivo masculino
1 ( tamaño) size;
◊ es de este porte (AmL) it's about this big

2 ( acción de portar) carrying;
( costo) carriage;
◊ portes pagados freight/postage paid

portar verbo transitivo frml to carry, bear
porte sustantivo masculino
1 (presencia, apariencia) bearing, appearance: tiene el porte de un caballero, he looks like a gentleman
2 (transporte) carriage, freight: no te cobran los portes, they don't charge you for carriage
' porte' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
transporte
- franco
English:
Arabian
- bearing
- carriage
- poise
- demeanor
- deportment
- handling

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porte nm

1. [gasto de transporte] transport costs, carriage;

los portes corren a cargo del destinatario transport o carriage is payable by the addressee

Comp
Com portes debidos Br carriage forward, US freight collect;
enviar algo a portes debidos to send sth Br carriage forward o US freight collect;
Com portes pagados Br carriage paid, US freight paid;
enviar algo a portes pagados to send sth Br carriage paid o US freight paid

2. [transporte] carriage, transport;

una empresa de portes y mudanzas Br a removal firm, US a moving firm

3. [capacidad, tamaño] size, capacity;
Am
llegó una caja de este porte [muy grande] a box arrived that was THIS big

4. [aspecto] bearing, demeanour;

su padre tiene un porte distinguido your father has a very distinguished air;

un edificio de porte majestuoso a very grand-looking building

5. RP [permiso] permit, licence;

¿usted tiene porte de armas? do you have a gun licence?

6. RP [acción] carrying;

se prohíbe el porte de armas the carrying of weapons o arms is forbidden

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porte

m

1 ( aspecto) appearance, air

2 ( gasto de correo) postage;

a portes debidos collect on delivery, Br cash on delivery;

a portes pagados freight paid, Br carriage paid

3

:

de este porte about this big

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porte nm

1) aspecto: bearing, demeanor

2) transporte: transport, carrying

porte pagado: postage paid

Spanish-English dictionary > porte
5 venir

venir [v(ə)niʀ]

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1. intransitive verb

2. auxiliary verb

3. impersonal verb

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► venir is conjugated with être.

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1. <

   a. to come

• je viens ! I'm coming!

• je viens dans un instant I'll be there in a moment

• comment est-il venu ? -- en voiture how did he get here? -- by car

• le voisin est venu the man from next door came round

• il vient chez nous tous les jeudis he comes round to our house every Thursday

• il est venu vers moi he came up to me

► faire venir [+ médecin, plombier] to call

• tu nous as fait venir pour rien you got us to come for nothing

• il fait venir son vin de Provence he has his wine sent from Provence► venir (jusqu')à ( = atteindre) (vers le haut) to come up to ; (vers le bas) to come down to ; (en longueur, en superficie) to reach

• l'eau nous venait aux genoux the water came up to our knees► venir de to come from

• ils viennent de Paris (en voyage) they're coming from Paris ; (origine) they are from Paris

• d'où vient que... ? how is it that...?

• d'où vient cette hâte soudaine ? why the hurry all of a sudden?

• ça vient de ce que... it comes from the fact that...

   b. ( = arriver, survenir) to come

• la nuit vient vite night comes fast

• cela vient à point this has come just at the right moment

• les idées ne viennent pas I'm short of ideas

• une idée m'est venue I had an idea

• l'idée lui est venue de téléphoner he thought of phoning

• il ne sait pas encore nager, mais ça va venir he can't swim yet, but it'll come

• ça vient ? come on!

• alors ce dossier, ça vient ? so when's that file going to be ready?

• et ma bière ? -- ça vient ! where's my beer? -- it's coming!

   c. (dans le temps, dans une série) to come

• ça vient après it comes after

• le moment viendra où... the time will come when...

• le moment est venu d'agir the time has come to act

• la semaine qui vient the coming week

• samedi qui vient this Saturday

► à venir

• les années à venir the years to come

• nous le saurons dans les jours à venir we'll know in the next few days

   d. ( = pousser) cette plante vient bien dans un sol argileux this plant does well in a clayey soil

   e. (locutions)

► en venir à

• j'en viens maintenant à votre question I shall now come to your question

• venons-en au fait let's get to the point

• en venir aux mains to come to blows

• où voulez-vous en venir ? what are you getting at?

• j'en viens à me demander si... I'm beginning to wonder if...

• il en est venu à haïr ses parents he has got to the stage where he hates his parents

• comment les choses en sont-elles venues là ? how did things come to this?► y venir

• il faudra bien qu'il y vienne he'll just have to get used to it

• et le budget ? -- j'y viens and the budget? -- I'm coming to that

2. <

• je suis venu travailler I have come to work

• il va venir la voir he's going to come to see her

• viens voir ! come and see!

• viens m'aider come and help me

• après cela ne viens pas te plaindre ! and don't come complaining afterwards!

► venir de + infinitif to have just

• il vient d'arriver he has just arrived

• elle venait de m'appeler she had just called me► venir à + infinitif

• s'il venait à mourir if he were to die

• s'il venait à passer par là if he should happen to go that way

3. <

• il vient beaucoup d'enfants there are a lot of children coming

• il ne lui viendrait pas à l'idée que j'ai besoin d'aide it wouldn't occur to him that I might need help

• il m'est venu un doute I had a doubt

• il vient un moment où... the time comes when...

• s'il vient à pleuvoir if it should rain

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vəniʀ
1.

verbe auxiliaire

1) ( marque l'occurrence)

venir aggraver la situation — to make the situation worse

2) ( marque le mouvement)

le ballon est venu rouler sous mes pieds — the ball rolled up to my feet

3) ( marque le développement)

s'il venait à pleuvoir — if it should rain

s'il venait à l'apprendre — if he ever got to hear about it

il en vint à la détester — he came to hate her

2.

verbe intransitif

1) ( dans l'espace) to come

je viens or suis venu pour m'excuser — I've come to apologize

il vient beaucoup de gens le samedi — lots of people come on Saturdays

allez, viens! — come on!

d'où viens-tu? — ( reproche) where have you been?

j'en viens — I've just been there

je viens de sa part — he/she sent me to see you

faire venir quelqu'un — ( demander) to send for somebody, to get somebody (colloq); ( en le convainquant) to get somebody to come; ( attirer) to attract somebody [client]

faire venir le médecin — to call the doctor

faire venir quelque chose — ( commander) to order something; ( par la poste) to send for something

faire venir ses chaussures d'Italie — to get one's shoes from Italy

plantes venues d'ailleurs — plants from far-off places

gens venus d'ailleurs — ( de l'étranger) foreigners; ( de l'extérieur) outsiders

le nom ne me vient pas à l'esprit — the name escapes me

les mots ne venaient pas — he/she etc couldn't find the words

l'inspiration ne venait pas — inspiration failed him/her etc

l'idée lui vint que — the idea occurred to him/her that

ça ne m'est jamais venu à l'idée or l'esprit — it never crossed my mind ou occurred to me

il lui est venu une idée bizarre — he/she had a weird idea

2) ( dans le temps)

il faut prendre les choses comme elles viennent — you must take things as they come

ça vient, ça vient! — (colloq) it's coming!, it's on its way!

dans les jours à venir — in the next few days

le moment venu — ( au futur) when the time comes; ( au passé) when the time came

la nuit va bientôt venir — it'll soon be dark

dans l'heure qui vient — within the hour

les difficultés à venir — future problems

je préfère laisser or voir venir (les choses) — I'd rather wait and see how things turn out

comment êtes-vous venu à l'enseignement? — how did you come to take up teaching?

venir loin derrière — to trail a long way behind

il est venu un moment où j'étais trop fatigué — I got to the point when I was too tired

3) ( marquant l'origine)

venir d'une famille protestante — to come from a Protestant family

cette bague me vient de ma tante — my aunt left me this ring

le succès du roman vient de son style — the novel's success is due to its style

ça vient de ce qu'ils ne se parlent pas — it's all because they don't talk to each other

ça me vient naturellement or tout seul — that's just the way I am

4) ( dans une hiérarchie)

venir après/avant — to come after/before

5)

en venir à — to come to

j'en viens au problème qui vous préoccupe — I now come to your problem

en venir à abandonner ses études — to get to the point of dropping out of college

s'il faut en venir là — if it gets to that point, if it comes to that

il en était venu à la faire suivre — he even had her followed

venons-en à l'ordre du jour — let's get down to the agenda

où veut-il en venir (au juste)? — what's he driving at?

en venir aux mains or aux coups — to come to blows

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venir de + infinitif

venir verbe auxiliaire servant à former le passé immédiat: venir de faire = to have just done; elle vient (tout juste) de partir = she's (only) just left; il venait de se marier = he'd just got married; je viens de te le dire = I've just told you. Attention aux exceptions du genre vient de paraître = ( pour un livre) ‘new!’; = ( pour un disque) ‘new release’

venir + infinitif

La traduction de la construction dépend du temps: j'ai demandé au plombier de venir vérifier la chaudière = I asked the plumber to come and check the boiler; le plombier viendra vérifier la chaudière = the plumber will come and check the boiler; le plombier vient vérifier la chaudière aujourd'hui = the plumber is coming to check the boiler today; te rappelles-tu quel jour le plombier est venu vérifier la chaudière? = can you remember which day the plumber came to check the boiler?; il était venu vérifier la chaudière et il en a profité pour réparer le robinet de l'évier = he had come to check the boiler and took the opportunity to mend the tap on the sink; viens voir = come and see

Cependant, pour les activités sportives, on aura: elle a décidé de venir nager/faire du cheval = she has decided to come swimming/riding. On pourra aussi avoir: viens déjeuner = come for lunch, lunch étant un nom, ou encore: venez nous voir un de ces jours = come over ou round GB sometime

Exemples supplémentaires et exceptions sont présentés ci-dessous aussi bien pour venir verbe auxiliaire I, que pour venir verbe intransitif II

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v(ə)niʀ
1. vi

1) (provenance) to come

Il viendra demain. — He'll come tomorrow.

Il est venu nous voir. — He came to see us.

venir de — to come from

2)

faire venir [docteur, plombier] — to call, to call out

faire venir quelqu'un — to call somebody out

On a fait venir le médecin. — We called the doctor., We called the doctor out.

3) (pour exprimer le passé immédiat)

venir de faire — to have just done

Je viens d'y aller. — I've just been there.

Je viens de le voir. — I've just seen him.

Je viens de lui téléphoner. — I've just phoned him.

4) (autres locutions)

en venir à faire — to come to do

j'en viens à croire que — I'm coming to think that

il en est venu à mendier — he has been reduced to begging

où veux-tu en venir? — what are you getting at?, what are you driving at?

en venir aux mains — to come to blows

à venir; les années à venir — the years to come

les générations à venir — the generations to come

je te vois venir — I know what you're after, I can see where you're going

d'où vient que...? — how is it that...?

venir au monde — to come into the world

2. vb impers

1) (pour exprimer une éventualité)

s'il vient à...; s'il vient à pleuvoir — if it should rain, if it happens to rain

s'il venait à neiger — if it should snow, if it happens to snow

2)

il me vient...; Il me vient une idée. — An idea has just occurred to me.

Il m'est venu des soupçons. — I was beginning to be suspicious.

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venir ⇒ Note d'usage verb table: venir

A v aux

1 ( marque l'occurrence) venir aggraver la situation to make the situation worse; venir contribuer au chômage to push unemployment up;

2 ( marque le mouvement) le ballon est venu rouler sous mes pieds/atterrir○ dans notre jardin the ball rolled up to my feet/landed in our garden;

3 ( marque le développement) et si je venais à tomber malade? what if I should fall ill GB ou get sick US?; s'il venait à pleuvoir if it should rain; même s'il venait à changer d'avis even if he were to change his mind; s'il venait à l'apprendre if he ever got to hear about it; s'il venait à la quitter if he ever left her; quand il venait à sortir when he happened to go out; la maladie vint à s'aggraver the illness became more serious; il en vint à la détester he came to hate her.

B vi

1 ( dans l'espace) to come; viens quand tu veux come whenever you like; je viens or suis venu pour m'excuser I've come to apologize; il est venu (droit) sur moi he came straight up to me; tu peux toujours venir chez moi/dans mon bureau/à Londres/au Canada/en Irlande you can always come to my house/to my office/to London/to Canada/to Ireland; il vient beaucoup de gens le samedi lots of people come on Saturdays; la route vient jusqu'ici the road comes this far; l'eau leur venait aux genoux the water came up to their knees; venir de loin/de Hongkong to come from far away/from Hong Kong; allez, viens! come on!; d'où viens-tu? ( reproche) where have you been?; j'en viens I've just been there; il est venu quelqu'un pour toi ( encore là) someone's here to see you; ( reparti) someone came to see you; je viens de sa part he/she sent me to see you; faire venir qn ( demander) to send for sb, to get sb○; ( obtenir) to get sb to come; ( attirer) to attract sb; faire venir le plombier to send for the plumber, to get the plumber in; tu ne pourras jamais la faire venir you'll never get her to come; faire venir les clients to attract customers, to bring in the customers; faire venir le médecin to call the doctor; c'est le champagne qui le fait venir he comes for the champagne; pourquoi nous avoir fait venir si tôt? why did they get us to come here so early?; faire venir qch ( commander) to order sth; ( par la poste) to send for sth; faire venir son thé du Yunnan/ses chaussures d'Italie to get one's tea from Yunnan province/one's shoes from Italy; je suis venu ce soir vous parler du racisme I've come here tonight to talk to you about racism; plantes venues d'ailleurs plants from far-off places; produits venus d'ailleurs imported products; gens venus d'ailleurs ( étrangers) foreigners; ( des extérieurs) outsiders; le nom ne me vient pas à l'esprit the name escapes me; les mots ne venaient pas he/she etc couldn't find the words; l'inspiration ne venait pas inspiration failed him/her etc; ça m'est venu tout d'un coup ( une idée) it suddenly came to me; l'idée lui vint que the idea occurred to him/her that; ça ne m'est jamais venu à l'idée or l'esprit it never crossed my mind ou occurred to me; il ne m'est jamais venu à l'idée or l'esprit de te mentir/qu'il pourrait mentir it never occurred to me to lie to you/that he would lie; il lui est venu une idée bizarre he/she had a weird idea; un sourire lui vint aux lèvres, il lui vint un sourire aux lèvres he/she gave a smile;

2 ( dans le temps) il faut prendre les choses comme elles viennent you must take things as they come; ça vient, ça vient○! it's coming!, it's on its way!; l'année qui vient the coming year; dans les années à venir in the years to come; dans les jours à venir in the next few days; le moment venu ( au futur) when the time comes; ( au passé) when the time came; quand le printemps viendra when spring comes; (il) viendra un jour où il le regrettera the day will come when ou there'll come a day when he'll regret it; la nuit va bientôt venir it'll soon be dark; le moment du départ est venu it's time to leave; dans l'heure qui vient within the hour; les difficultés à venir future problems; attends, ça va venir wait, it's coming; je préfère laisser or voir venir (les choses) I'd rather wait and see how things turn out; alors, ça vient○?, ça vient oui ou non○? ( une réponse) am I ever going to get an answer○?; ( une personne) are you ever coming?; comment êtes-vous venu à l'enseignement? how did you come to take up teaching?; venir en troisième position to come third; venir loin derrière to trail a long way behind; venir ensuite to follow, to come next; il est venu un moment où j'étais trop fatigué I got to the point when I was too tired;

3 ( marquant l'origine) venir d'une famille protestante to come from a Protestant family; venir du grec to come from the Greek; de quelle école vient-il? what school did he go to?; cette bague me vient de ma tante my aunt left me this ring; le succès du roman vient de son style the novel's success is due to its style; ça vient du fait que la situation a changé it stems from the fact that the situation has changed; ça vient de ce qu'ils ne se parlent pas it's all because they don't talk to each other; d'où vient qu'il ne comprend jamais? how is it that he never understands?, how come he never understands?; d'où vient que vous êtes triste? why are you sad?; de là vient qu'il est toujours angoissé hence his continual anxiety, that's why he's always anxious; ça me vient naturellement or tout seul that's just the way I am;

4 ( dans une hiérarchie) venir après/avant to come after/before; la famille vient avant le reste the family comes before everything else;

5 en venir à to come to; j'en viens au problème qui vous préoccupe I now come to your problem; en venir à abandonner ses études to get to the point of dropping out; s'il faut en venir là if it gets to that point, if it comes to that; il en était venu à la faire suivre/vouloir se suicider he even had her followed/considered suicide; comment a-t-elle pu en venir à de telles extrémités? how could she have resorted to such desperate measures?; ils y viendront d'eux-mêmes ( à une idée) they'll come round of their own accord; venons-en à l'ordre du jour let's get down to the agenda; où veut-il en venir (au juste)? what's he driving at?; en venir aux mains to come to blows; ils en sont venus aux coups they came to blows.

[vənir] verbe auxiliaire

1. [se rendre quelque part pour] to come and ou to

Roger viendra me chercher Roger will come and collect me

je suis venu m'excuser I've come to apologize

venez manger! dinner's ready!

venir voir quelqu'un to come and see ou to visit somebody, to visit with somebody (US)

venir voir quelque chose to come and see something

(à valeur d'insistance)

tu l'as bien cherché, alors ne viens pas te plaindre! you asked for it, so now don't come moaning to me about it!

qu'est-ce que tu viens nous raconter ou chanter là? (familier) what on earth are you on about (UK) ou talking about?

2. [avoir fini de]

venir de: venir de faire quelque chose to have just done something

je viens de l'avoir au téléphone I was on the phone to her just a few minutes ou a short while ago

3. (soutenu)

venir à [exprime un hasard] to happen to

si les vivres venaient à manquer should food supplies run out, if food supplies were to run out

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[vənir] verbe intransitif

A.[AVEC IDÉE DE MOUVEMENT]

1. [se déplacer, se rendre] to come

viens plus près come closer

ils sont venus nombreux they came in droves

il est reparti ou il s'en est allé comme il était venu

a. (sens propre) he left just as he had come

b. [il est mort] he died without having made his mark

comment êtes-vous venus? how did you get here?

je l'ai rencontrée en venant ici I met her on my way here

viens au lit come to bed

alors, tu viens? are you coming?

on va au restaurant, tu viens avec nous? we're off to the restaurant, are you coming with us ou along?

venir de: d'où viens-tu? where have you been?

je viens de Paris et je repars à New York I've just been in Paris and now I'm off to New York

venir sur [prédateur, véhicule] to move in on, to bear down upon

la moto venait droit sur nous the motorbike was heading straight for us

venir vers quelqu'un [s'approcher] to come up to ou towards somebody

venir à quelqu'un

a. [s'adresser à quelqu'un] to come to somebody

b. [atteindre quelqu'un] to reach somebody

2. [emmener, appeler]

faire venir

a. [médecin, police, réparateur] to send for, to call

b. [parasites, touristes] to attract

faire venir une personne chez soi to have somebody come round

faites venir le prévenu chez le juge bring the accused to the judge's office

je fais venir mon foie gras directement du Périgord I have my foie gras sent straight from Périgord

faire venir les larmes aux yeux de quelqu'un to bring tears to somebody's eyes

B.[SANS IDÉE DE MOUVEMENT] [distance]

venir à ou jusqu'à

a. [vers le haut] to come up to, to reach (up to)

b. [vers le bas] to come down to, to reach (down to)

c. [en largeur, en longueur] to come out to, to stretch to, to reach

C.[SURGIR, SE MANIFESTER]

1. [arriver - moment, saison] to come

le moment est venu de the time has come to

quand vient l'hiver when winter comes

l'aube vint enfin dawn broke at last

voici venir la nuit it's nearly night ou nighttime

puis il vient un âge/moment où... then comes an age/a time when...

ça va venir: je ne suis jamais tombé amoureux — non, mais ça va venir! I've never fallen in love — (no, but) you will one day!

alors, elle vient cette bière? am I getting that beer or not?, how long do I have to wait for my beer?

alors, ça vient? hurry up!

ça vient, ça vient! alright, it's coming!

2. [apparaître - inspiration, idée, boutons] to come

la prudence vient avec l'âge wisdom comes with age

prendre la vie comme elle vient ou les choses comme elles viennent ou les événements comme ils viennent to take things in one's stride ou as they come, to take life as it comes

venir à quelqu'un: l'envie m'est soudain venue d'aller me baigner I suddenly felt like going swimming ou fancied a swim

une idée géniale m'était venue a great idea had dawned on me

les mots semblaient lui venir si facilement! her words seemed to flow so effortlessly!

les mots ne me venaient pas I was at a loss for words, I couldn't find the words

des rougeurs me sont venues sur tout le corps I came out in red blotches all over

venir à l'esprit de quelqu'un ou à l'idée de quelqu'un to come to ou to dawn on somebody

rien ne lui venait à l'esprit ou l'idée her mind was a blank

3. [dans une chronologie, un ordre, une hiérarchie] to come

le mois/l'année/la décennie qui vient the coming month/year/decade

le trimestre qui vient next term

venir après: fais tes devoirs, la télé viendra après do your homework, we'll see about TV later on

dans ce jeu, l'as vient après le valet in this game, the ace is worth less than the jack

4. [se développer] to come along ou up (well), to do well

venir à fruit to (go into) fruit

venir à maturité to reach maturity, to ripen

5. IMPRIMERIE & PHOTOGRAPHIE

venir bien/mal: les verts viennent bien sur la photo the green shades come out beautifully in the photograph

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[vənir] verbe impersonnel

1. [se déplacer]

il vient peu de touristes en hiver few tourists come in winter

2. [idée, réflexion]

il me/te etc. vient: il me vient une idée I've got an idea

il m'est venu à l'idée de faire I suddenly thought of doing, it dawned on me to do

il m'est venu une envie de tout casser I suddenly felt like smashing the place up

3. [exprime un hasard]

s'il venait à pleuvoir should it (happen to) rain

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venir à verbe plus préposition

1. [choisir] to come to

vous êtes venu tôt à la politique you started your political career early

2. [atteindre]

en venir à

a. [thème, problème] to come ou to turn to

b. [conclusion] to come to, to reach

c. [décision] to come to

en venir au fait ou à l'essentiel to come ou to go straight to the point

je sais certaines choses... — où veux-tu en venir? I know a thing or two... — what do you mean by that ou are you getting at ou are you driving at?

en venir aux mains ou coups to come to blows

en venir à faire

a. [finir par] to come to

b. [en dernière extrémité] to resort ou to be reduced to

j'en viens à me demander si... I'm beginning to wonder whether...

j'en viendrais presque à souhaiter sa mort I've reached the stage where I almost wish he were dead

si j'en suis venu à voler, c'est que... I resorted to stealing because...

y venir [dans une discussion]: et l'argent? — j'y viens what about the money? — I'm coming to that

y venir [s'y résoudre] to come round to it

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venir de verbe plus préposition

1. [être originaire de - suj: personne] to come from, to be from, to be a native of ; [ - suj: plante, fruit, animal] to come ou to be ou to originate from

une mode qui vient d'Espagne a fashion which comes from ou originated in Spain

le mot vient du latin the word comes ou derives from Latin

2. [provenir de - suj: marchandise] to originate from ; [ - suj: bruit, vent] to come from

ces images nous viennent de Tokyo these pictures come to you from Tokyo

3. [être issu de] to come from

venant d'elle, c'est presque un compliment coming from her it's almost a compliment

4. [être dû à - suj: problème] to come ou to stem from, to lie in ou with

le problème vient de la prise it's the plug

il y a une grosse erreur dans la comptabilité — ça ne vient pas de moi there's a big discrepancy in the books — it's got nothing to do with me

c'est de là que vient le mal/problème this is the root of the evil/problem

de là vient son indifférence hence her indifference, that's why she's indifferent

de là vient que: les travaux sont finis, de là vient que tout est calme the building work is over, hence the peace and quiet

d'où vient que: je dois terminer pour demain, d'où vient que je n'ai pas de temps à vous consacrer my deadline is tomorrow, that's why I can't give you any of my time

d'où vient que...? how is it that...?

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s'en venir verbe pronominal intransitif

(littéraire) to come

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à venir locution adjectivale

dans les jours/semaines/mois à venir in the days/weeks/months to come

les années à venir the coming years ou years to come

les générations à venir future ou coming generations

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > venir

6 servir

v.

1 to serve.

¿te sirvo más patatas? would you like some more potatoes?

¿me sirve un poco más, por favor? could I have a bit more, please?

¿en qué puedo servirle? what can I do for you?

la polémica está servida the gloves are off

La ley sirve su propósito The law serves its purpose..

No servimos a los menores de edad We do not serve kids under age.

Este lugar sirve buen pescado This restaurant serves good fish.

María sirvió y llamó a comer Mary served and called us to eat.

Esto sirve This serves.

2 to serve (prestar servicio).

servir en el Ejército to serve in the Army

3 to be in service (como criado).

4 to suit someone's purposes, to suit, to serve someone's purposes.

El estante sirve The shelf suits one's purposes.

5 to serve the ball.

El tenista sirvió The tennis player served the ball.

6 to be useful for.

Este sistema me sirve This system is useful for me.

7 to process, to fill.

El chico sirve la órden de compra The boy processes the purchase order.

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SERVIR

CONJUGACIÓN

(e weakens to i in certain persons of certain tenses)

Present Indicative

sirvo, sirves, sirve, servimos, servís, sirven.

Past Indicative

serví, serviste, sirvió, servimos, servisteis, sirvieron.

Present Subjunctive

sirva, sirvas, sirva, sirvamos, sirváis, sirvan.

Imperfect Subjunctive

sirviera, sirvieras, sirviera, sirviéramos, sirvierais, sirvieran;

sirviese, sirvieses, sirviese, sirviésemos, sirvieseis, sirviesen.

Future Subjunctive

sirviere, sirvieres, sirviere, sirviéremos, sirviereis, sirvieren.

Imperative

sirve (tú), sirva (él/Vd.), sirvamos (nos.), servid (vos.), sirvan (ellos/Vds.).

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verb

1) to serve

2) be of use

3) work

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- servirse
- servirse de
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1. VT

1) [+ persona, intereses, causa] to serve

seguiré sirviendo al pueblo — I will continue to serve the people

están sirviendo a su interés personal — they are furthering o serving their own interests

servir a Dios — to serve God

servir a la patria — to serve one's country

¿en qué puedo servirle? — how can I help you?

- para servirle

- no se puede servir a Dios y al diablo

2) [para comer]

a) [en la mesa] [+ comida] to serve; [+ bebida] to serve, pour

¿a qué hora sirven el desayuno? — what time is breakfast served?

se negaron a servirnos — they refused to serve us

¿me ayudas a servir la mesa? — can you help me serve (the food)?

la cena está servida — dinner's on the table, dinner is served frm

¿te sirvo un poco más? — would you like some more?, can I give you some more?

había cinco criados para servir la mesa — there were five servants waiting at o serving at table

b) (=proporcionar) to give, serve frm

ese día sirven una comida especial a la tropa — the troops are given o frm served a special meal that day

sirvieron unos canapés tras la inauguración — after the opening ceremony there were canapés, canapés were served after the opening ceremony frm

3) (Com) [+ pedido] to process

4) (Tenis) to serve

5) (Mec) [+ máquina, cañón] to man

6) (Naipes) [+ cartas] to deal

2. VI

1) (=ser útil) to be useful

todavía puede servir — it might still be useful

este mismo me servirá — this one will do

siempre que lo he necesitado me ha servido — whenever I've needed it, it's done the job

• eso no sirve — that's no good o use

este sistema ya no sirve — this system is no good o use any more

ya no me sirve — it's no good o use to me now

la distinción entre derechas e izquierdas ya no sirve — the distinction between right and left is no longer valid

• servir para algo, puede servir para limpiar el metal — it can be used for o it is suitable for cleaning metal

¿para qué sirve? — what is it for?

¿para qué sirve este aparato? — what's this gadget for?

la nueva normativa solo ha servido para crear polémica — the new regulation has only served to stir up controversy frm, the only thing the new rule has done is to stir up controversy

el acuerdo no ha servido para alcanzar la paz — the agreement has not succeeded in achieving peace

esta huelga no está sirviendo para nada — this strike is not achieving anything

no sirves para nada — you're completely useless

yo no serviría para médico — I'd be no good as a doctor

2)

• servir de algo, la legislación italiana puede servirnos de guía — we can use Italian law as a guide, Italian law can serve a guide

servir de ejemplo a algn — to be an example to sb

esa experiencia le ha servido de lección — that experience taught him a lesson

por si sirve de algo — in case that's any use

• no sirve de nada quejarse — it's no good o use complaining, there's no point in complaining

no sirve de nada que vaya él — it's no good o use him going *, there's no point in him going

• ¿de qué sirve mentir? — what's the good o use of lying?, what's the point in lying?
precedente 2.
3) [en el servicio doméstico] to work as a servant

estuvo sirviendo en Madrid — she was a servant in Madrid

• ponerse a servir — to become a servant

4) [camarero] to serve

vete a servir en la barra — go and serve at the bar

5) (Mil) to serve frm

yo serví en la Marina — I was in the Navy, I served in the Navy frm

está sirviendo — he's doing his military service

6) (Tenis) to serve

7) (Naipes) (tb: servir del palo) to follow suit

3.

See:

servirse

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1) ( ser útil)

esta caja no sirve — this box won't do o is no good

tíralo, ya no me sirve — throw it away, it's (of) no use to me anymore

servir para algo: ¿para qué sirve este aparato? what's this device for?; no lo tires, puede servir para algo don't throw it away, it might come in useful for something; este cuchillo no sirve para cortar pan this knife is no good for cutting bread; no sirves para nada you're useless; no creo que sirva para este trabajo I don't think he's right o suitable for this job; yo no sirvo para mentir I'm a hopeless liar, I'm not good at lying; servir de algo: de nada sirve llorar it's no use o good crying; ¿de qué sirve hablarle si no te escucha? what's the point in o the use of talking to him if he doesn't listen to you?; esto te puede servir de mesa — you can use this as a table

2)

a) ( en la mesa) to serve

se sirve a los invitados primero — guests are served first

b) ( trabajar de criado) to be in (domestic) service

empezó a servir a los catorce años — she went into service at the age of fourteen

c) (Mil) to serve (frml)

3) (Dep) ( en tenis) to serve
2.
servir vt

1) < comida> to serve; < bebida> to serve, pour

servir la comida — to serve (out) o (colloq) dish out the food

la cena está servida — dinner is served

servir a temperatura ambiente — serve at room temperature

2)

a) ( estar al servicio de)

servir a algo/alguien — to serve something/somebody

se cree que todos la tienen que servir — she expects to be waited on hand and foot

¿en qué puedo servirle? — (frml) how can I help you?

para servirle — at your service

no se puede servir a Dios y al diablo — no man can serve two masters

b) (Com) < pedido> to process; < cliente> to serve; < mercancías> to send
3.
servirse v pron

1) (refl) < comida> to help oneself to; < bebida> to pour oneself, help oneself to

sírvete otro trozo — help yourself to another piece

2) (frml) ( hacer uso)

servirse de algo — to make use of something, use something

3) (frml) ( hacer el favor de)

servirse + inf: sírvase rellenar la solicitud please fill in the application form; les rogamos se sirvan enviarnos esta información — we would ask you to send us this information (frml)

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= be of use, do, serve, do + the trick, host, dish out, serve up.

Ex. Libraries sometimes also find it useful to prepare leaflets which deal with a particular category of information source which might be of use to various users.

Ex. It needs a name, and, to coin one at random, 'memex' will do.

Ex. This broader consideration of descriptive cataloguing problems serves to set a context for the consideration of cataloguing problems associated with nonbook materials.

Ex. We are currently in the process of looking at two products that seem to do the trick.

Ex. Most computer bureaux which host the factual data bases have their own world-wide networks.

Ex. One has only to turn on the television to see that educated people still have little influence on the trash dished out to the uneducated masses.

Ex. A watering hole in Spain is serving up free beer and tapas to recession-weary customers who insult its bartenders as a way to let off steam.

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* ¿para qué sirve... ? = what's the use of... ?.

* no servir de mucho = be little more than an interesting exercise.

* no servir de nada = be of no avail, be to no avail.

* no servir de nada que + Subjuntivo = no use + Ving.

* no servir para nada = be good for nothing, pissing into the wind, be of no avail, be to no avail, all + be for + naught.

* por si sirve de algo = for what it's worth [FWIW].

* servir a = be of service to.

* servir al mismo tiempo como = double up as.

* servir al mismo tiempo de = double as.

* servir a los usuarios = serve + patrons.

* servir a un público de = serve + a population of.

* servir como = serve as.

* servir de apoyo a = inform.

* servir de ayuda = be of assistance.

* servir de catalizador = serve as + a catalyst.

* servir de contrapeso = counterpoise.

* servir de experiencia = chart + the waters.

* servir de factor de predicción de = be predictive of.

* servir de guía = carry + the torch.

* servir de introducción = set + the backdrop, set + the framework, set + the context.

* servir de introducción a = provide + a background to.

* servir de modelo = serve as + a model.

* servir de poco = be of little use.

* servir de poco o nada = be of little or no avail.

* servir de puente = act as + a bridge.

* servir de puente entre = serve as + a bridge between.

* servir de punto de partida = point + the way to.

* servir de telón de fondo = set + the backdrop.

* servir los intereses = serve + interests.

* servir muy bien = take + Nombre + a long way.

* servir para = be instrumental in/to.

* servir para nada = count + for nothing.

* servir repetidamente = ply + Nombre + with + Bebida.

* servirse = help + Reflexivo.

* servirse de la experiencia = draw on/upon + background.

* servirse de la experiencia de = draw on/upon + experience of.

* servirse de la formación de Uno = draw on/upon + background.

* servir una Bebida = pour + Bebida.

* servir un documento = deliver + document.

* servir un fin = serve + end.

* servir un pedido = fulfil + order, fill + order.

* utensilio para servir = serving utensil.

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1) ( ser útil)

esta caja no sirve — this box won't do o is no good

tíralo, ya no me sirve — throw it away, it's (of) no use to me anymore

servir para algo: ¿para qué sirve este aparato? what's this device for?; no lo tires, puede servir para algo don't throw it away, it might come in useful for something; este cuchillo no sirve para cortar pan this knife is no good for cutting bread; no sirves para nada you're useless; no creo que sirva para este trabajo I don't think he's right o suitable for this job; yo no sirvo para mentir I'm a hopeless liar, I'm not good at lying; servir de algo: de nada sirve llorar it's no use o good crying; ¿de qué sirve hablarle si no te escucha? what's the point in o the use of talking to him if he doesn't listen to you?; esto te puede servir de mesa — you can use this as a table

2)

a) ( en la mesa) to serve

se sirve a los invitados primero — guests are served first

b) ( trabajar de criado) to be in (domestic) service

empezó a servir a los catorce años — she went into service at the age of fourteen

c) (Mil) to serve (frml)

3) (Dep) ( en tenis) to serve
2.
servir vt

1) < comida> to serve; < bebida> to serve, pour

servir la comida — to serve (out) o (colloq) dish out the food

la cena está servida — dinner is served

servir a temperatura ambiente — serve at room temperature

2)

a) ( estar al servicio de)

servir a algo/alguien — to serve something/somebody

se cree que todos la tienen que servir — she expects to be waited on hand and foot

¿en qué puedo servirle? — (frml) how can I help you?

para servirle — at your service

no se puede servir a Dios y al diablo — no man can serve two masters

b) (Com) < pedido> to process; < cliente> to serve; < mercancías> to send
3.
servirse v pron

1) (refl) < comida> to help oneself to; < bebida> to pour oneself, help oneself to

sírvete otro trozo — help yourself to another piece

2) (frml) ( hacer uso)

servirse de algo — to make use of something, use something

3) (frml) ( hacer el favor de)

servirse + inf: sírvase rellenar la solicitud please fill in the application form; les rogamos se sirvan enviarnos esta información — we would ask you to send us this information (frml)

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= be of use, do, serve, do + the trick, host, dish out, serve up.

Ex: Libraries sometimes also find it useful to prepare leaflets which deal with a particular category of information source which might be of use to various users.

Ex: It needs a name, and, to coin one at random, 'memex' will do.

Ex: This broader consideration of descriptive cataloguing problems serves to set a context for the consideration of cataloguing problems associated with nonbook materials.

Ex: We are currently in the process of looking at two products that seem to do the trick.

Ex: Most computer bureaux which host the factual data bases have their own world-wide networks.

Ex: One has only to turn on the television to see that educated people still have little influence on the trash dished out to the uneducated masses.

Ex: A watering hole in Spain is serving up free beer and tapas to recession-weary customers who insult its bartenders as a way to let off steam.

* ¿para qué sirve... ? = what's the use of... ?.

* no servir de mucho = be little more than an interesting exercise.

* no servir de nada = be of no avail, be to no avail.

* no servir de nada que + Subjuntivo = no use + Ving.

* no servir para nada = be good for nothing, pissing into the wind, be of no avail, be to no avail, all + be for + naught.

* por si sirve de algo = for what it's worth [FWIW].

* servir a = be of service to.

* servir al mismo tiempo como = double up as.

* servir al mismo tiempo de = double as.

* servir a los usuarios = serve + patrons.

* servir a un público de = serve + a population of.

* servir como = serve as.

* servir de apoyo a = inform.

* servir de ayuda = be of assistance.

* servir de catalizador = serve as + a catalyst.

* servir de contrapeso = counterpoise.

* servir de experiencia = chart + the waters.

* servir de factor de predicción de = be predictive of.

* servir de guía = carry + the torch.

* servir de introducción = set + the backdrop, set + the framework, set + the context.

* servir de introducción a = provide + a background to.

* servir de modelo = serve as + a model.

* servir de poco = be of little use.

* servir de poco o nada = be of little or no avail.

* servir de puente = act as + a bridge.

* servir de puente entre = serve as + a bridge between.

* servir de punto de partida = point + the way to.

* servir de telón de fondo = set + the backdrop.

* servir los intereses = serve + interests.

* servir muy bien = take + Nombre + a long way.

* servir para = be instrumental in/to.

* servir para nada = count + for nothing.

* servir repetidamente = ply + Nombre + with + Bebida.

* servirse = help + Reflexivo.

* servirse de la experiencia = draw on/upon + background.

* servirse de la experiencia de = draw on/upon + experience of.

* servirse de la formación de Uno = draw on/upon + background.

* servir una Bebida = pour + Bebida.

* servir un documento = deliver + document.

* servir un fin = serve + end.

* servir un pedido = fulfil + order, fill + order.

* utensilio para servir = serving utensil.

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servir [ I14 ]

vi

A

(ser útil): esta caja no sirve, trae una más grande this box won't do o is no good, can you bring a bigger one?

tíralo, ya no me sirve throw it away, it's (of) no use to me o it's no good to me any more

servir PARA algo:

¿para qué sirve este aparato? what's this device for?, what does this device do?

¿esto sirve para algo? is this any use?

no lo tires, puede servir para algo don't throw it away, it might come in useful for something

este cuchillo no sirve para cortar pan this knife is no good for cutting bread

no creo que sirva para este trabajo I don't think he's right o suitable for this job

yo no sirvo para mentir I'm a hopeless liar, I'm no good at lying

servir DE algo:

de nada sirve llorar/que me lo digas ahora it's no use o good crying/telling me now

¿de qué sirve hablarle si no te escucha? what's the point in o the use of talking to him if he doesn't listen to you?

esto te puede servir de manto para el disfraz you can use this as a cloak for your fancy dress costume

B

1 (en la mesa) to serve

en este restaurante no saben servir the service is very poor in this restaurant

se sirve a los invitados primero guests are served first

no esperes a que te sirva help yourself, don't wait

2 (trabajar de criado) to be in (domestic) service

empezó a servir a los catorce años she went into service at the age of fourteen

3 ( Mil) to serve ( frml)

sirvió en Infantería he was in o he served in the Infantry

C ( Dep) (en tenis) to serve

■ servir

vt

A ‹comida› to serve; ‹bebida› to serve, pour

los alumnos mayores ayudan a servir la comida the older pupils help serve o serve out o ( colloq) dish out the food

a mí no me sirvas salsa no sauce for me, thanks o I won't have any sauce, thank you

sírvele otro jerez a Pilar will you pour Pilar another sherry?

¿te sirvo un poco más de arroz? can I give you a little more rice?, can I help you to a little more rice?

la cena está servida dinner is served

servir frío/a temperatura ambiente serve cold/at room temperature

B

1 (estar al servicio de) servir A algo/algn to serve sth/sb

servir a la patria/la comunidad/Dios to serve one's country/the community/God

ella se sienta y espera que la sirvan she sits down and expects to be waited on

para servir a usted ( frml); at your service ( frml)

¿en qué puedo servirla? ( frml); how can I help you?

no se puede servir a dos señores or a Dios y al diablo no man can serve two masters

2 ( Com) ‹pedido› to process; ‹cliente› to serve; ‹mercancías› to send

serviremos el pedido a la mayor brevedad we will process your order as soon as possible

C ( Agr) to service

■ servirse

v pron

A ( refl) ‹comida› to help oneself to; ‹bebida› to pour oneself, help oneself to

sírvete otro trozo help yourself to another piece

B ( frml) (hacer uso) servirse DE algo to make use of sth, use sth

C ( frml) (hacer el favor de) servirse + INF:

si el señor se sirve firmar aquí … if you would be kind enough to o would care to sign here, Sir … ( frml)

sírvase rellenar la solicitud que se adjunta please fill in the enclosed application form

sírvase pasar por caja donde le harán efectivo el pago if you would like to go over to the cashier, they will give you the money

les rogamos se sirvan enviarnos esta información a la brevedad we would ask you to send us this information at your earliest convenience ( frml)

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servir ( conjugate servir) verbo intransitivo
1 ( ser útil):
◊ esta caja no sirve this box won't do o is no good;

ya no me sirve it's (of) no use to me anymore;
¿para qué sirve este aparato? what's this device for?;
no lo tires, puede servir para algo don't throw it away, it might come in useful for something;
este cuchillo no sirve para cortar pan this knife is no good for cutting bread;
no sirves para nada you're useless;
no creo que sirva para este trabajo I don't think he's right o suitable for this job;
servir de algo: de nada sirve llorar it's no use o good crying;
¿de qué sirve? what's the point o the use?;
esto te puede servir de mesa you can use this as a table
2
a) ( en la mesa) to serve

b) ( trabajar de criado) to be in (domestic) service

c) (Mil) to serve (frml)

3 (Dep) ( en tenis) to serve
verbo transitivo
1 ‹ comida› to serve;
‹ bebida› to serve, pour
2 ( estar al servicio de) ‹persona/a la patria› to serve;
◊ ¿en qué puedo servirla? (frml) how can I help you?

servirse verbo pronominal ( refl) ‹ comida› to help oneself to;
‹ bebida› to pour oneself, help oneself to
servir
I verbo intransitivo
1 to serve
servir a la patria, to serve one's country
2 (ser útil) to be useful, be suitable: su fracaso no me sirve de consuelo, his failure is no consolation to me
el cine te servirá de distracción, the film will keep you amused
ahora ya no sirve para nada, it's no use at all
¿para qué sirve?, what is it (used) for?
3 (ropa, objetos) los pantalones ya no le sirven, the trousers don't fit him now
4 (tener capacidad) este muchacho sirve para estudiar, this boy is good at studying
5 (actuar como sustituto) esta cacerola me servirá de casco, this pot will serve as a helmet
II verbo transitivo
1 to serve
¿en qué puedo servirle?, what can I do for you? o may I help you?
2 (comida) to serve
(bebida) to pour
' servir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bar
- cafetera
- cuchara
- fuente
- pala
- carrito
- echar
- hacer
- helado
- huevera
- jarra
- jarro
- lechera
- panera
- poner
- servicio
- tetera
- valer
English:
act
- attend
- disagree
- dish
- dish out
- dish up
- do
- fix
- help
- off-chance
- pour
- pour out
- purpose
- rim
- serve
- serve out
- serve up
- server
- tablespoon
- venue
- wait
- wait on
- deterrent
- duty
- fat
- serving
- spatula
- table

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servir

♦ vt

1. [comida, bebida] to serve;

todavía no nos han servido we haven't been served yet;

la cena se servirá o [m5] será servida a las ocho dinner will be served at eight;

sírvanos dos cervezas two beers, please;

¿te sirvo más patatas? would you like some more potatoes?;

¿me sirve un poco más, por favor? could I have a bit more, please?;

servir mesas Br to wait at table, US to wait tables;

la polémica está servida the gloves are off

2. [prestar servicio a] to serve;

¿en qué puedo servirle? [en tienda, mostrador] what can I do for you?;

servir a la patria/a Dios to serve one's country/God;
Formal
para servirle, para servir a usted [como respuesta] at your service

3. [suministrar] [mercancías] to supply;

le serviremos el pedido en el acto we'll bring you your order immediately;

nuestra empresa sirve a toda la zona our company serves o supplies the whole area

4.
voy servido [en naipes] stick, I'm sticking;
Fig [tengo de sobra] I've got plenty
♦ vi

1. [prestar servicio] to serve;

sirvió de ministro en el gobierno socialista he served as o was a minister in the socialist government;

servir en el ejército to serve in the Army

2. [valer, ser útil]
esta batidora ya no sirve/aún sirve this mixer is no good any more/can still be used;

esta mesa no me sirve, necesito una mayor this table's no good o use to me, I need a bigger one;

servir de algo [cumplir la función de] to serve as sth;

el desván le sirve de oficina he uses the attic as an office, the attic serves as his office;

la radio me servía de distracción the radio kept me entertained o served to entertain me;

servir de guía to act as a guide;

servir para [utensilio, máquina, objeto] to be for;

¿para qué sirve esto? what's this for?;

este líquido sirve para limpiar la plata this liquid is for cleaning silver;

¿te sirven estos papeles para algo? are these papers any use to you?;

este pegamento no sirve para la madera this glue is no good for wood;

yo no serviría para sacerdote I wouldn't be any good as a priest;

no sirve para estudiar he's no good at studying;

no servir de o [m5] para nada to be useless;

nuestro esfuerzo no sirvió de o [m5] para nada our effort was in vain;

de nada sirve que se lo digas it's no use telling him;

¿de qué sirve quejarse si no nos hacen caso? what's the point in o what's the good of complaining if they never take any notice of us?

3. [como criado] to be in service;

tuvo que ponerse a servir she had to go into service;

servir en palacio/en una casa to be a servant at a palace/in a household

4. [en tenis, squash] to serve

♦ See also the pronominal verb servirse

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servir

I v/t serve;

¿le sirven ya? are you being served?;

¿en qué puedo servirle? what can I do for you?;

¡para servirle! at your service!

II v/i

1 be of use;

servir de serve as;

esta habitación sirve de trastero we use this room as a junk room;

servir para be (used) for;

¿para qué sirve esto? what is this (used) for?;

no servir de nada be no use at all

2 MIL, DEP serve

3 fig

:

ir servido fam have another think coming

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servir {54} vt

1) : to serve, to be of use to

2) : to serve, to wait

3) surtir: to fill (an order)

servir vi

1) : to work

mi radio no sirve: my radio isn't working

2) : to be of use, to be helpful

esa computadora no sirve para nada: that computer's perfectly useless

♦ See also the reflexive verb servirse

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servir vb

1. (atender, poner comida) to serve

la dependienta que me sirvió the assistant who served me

¿ya le sirven? are you being served?

2. (poner bebida) to pour

¿sirvo yo? shall I pour?

3. (trabajar) to serve / to work

se puso a servir en una familia rica she began working for a rich family

sirve en el ejército he's in the army

4. (en tenis) to serve

5. (hacer las veces) to serve

el cuchillo me sirvió de destornillador the knife served as a screwdriver

6. (ser útil) to be useful

el inglés te servirá de mucho para viajar English will be very useful for travelling

7. (valer) to do

creo que esta caja servirá I think this box will do

8. (emplearse) to be for

esta máquina sirve para picar carne this machine is for mincing meat

¿para qué sirve esto? what's this for?

9. (ser apto) to be good

es evidente que sirves para los negocios it's obvious that you're good at business

no sirvo para ser actor I'm no good at acting

Spanish-English dictionary > servir

7 rifornimento

m civil aviation refuelling

rifornimenti pl supplies, provisions

fare rifornimento di cibo stock up on food

fare rifornimento di benzina fill up

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rifornimento s.m.

1 ( il rifornire) supplying (with sthg.), providing (with sthg.); replenishment, restocking; (aer., aut., mar.) refuelling: rifornimento in volo, in navigazione, refuelling in flight, at sea; (aut.) stazione, posto di rifornimento, filling station, (amer.) gas station; fare rifornimento di benzina, to fill up the tank; fare rifornimento di acqua, to take on water (o to water)

2 ( scorta) supply; stock, store: i rifornimenti non sono ancora arrivati, the supplies have not yet arrived; ha un buon rifornimento di medicinali, he has a large supply (o stock) of medicines; rifornimento di cibo, food supply; inviare, ricevere rifornimenti, to send, to receive supplies of goods; esaurire i rifornimenti, to run out of provisions (o to deplete the stores).

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[riforni'mento] 1.
sostantivo maschile (di viveri, acqua, ecc.) supply; (di carburante) refuelling BE, refueling AE

stazione di rifornimento — filling station, petrol BE o gas AE station
2.
sostantivo maschile plurale rifornimenti (provviste) (food) supplies; scherz. (per una gita) provisions

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rifornimento

/riforni'mento/

I sostantivo m.

(di viveri, acqua, ecc.) supply; (di carburante) refuelling BE, refueling AE; stazione di rifornimento filling station, petrol BE o gas AE station

II rifornimenti m.pl.

(provviste) (food) supplies; scherz. (per una gita) provisions.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > rifornimento

8 renfort

renfort [ʀɑ̃fɔʀ]

masculine noun

help

• renforts (Military) (en hommes) reinforcements ; (en matériel) (further) supplies

► en renfort

• envoyer qn en renfort to send sb to augment the numbers

• les 500 soldats appelés en renfort the 500 soldiers called in as reinforcements► à grand renfort de

• produit lancé à grand renfort de publicité product launched amid a blaze of publicity

• à grand renfort de gestes/d'explications with a great many gestures/explanations

• à grand renfort de citations/d'arguments with the help of a great many quotations/arguments

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ʀɑ̃fɔʀ
nom masculin

1) Armée reinforcement

en renfort — as reinforcements

2) gén support [U]

en renfort — in support

à grand renfort de quelque chose — with a lot of something

annoncé à grand renfort de publicité — much heralded

3) Sport substitute

4) Technologie support

une pièce de renfort — a support piece

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ʀɑ̃fɔʀ
1. nm

1) MILITAIRE reinforcements pl

Un renfort de 500 hommes est arrivé. — Reinforcements of 500 men arrived.

2) fig (= contribution, soutien) backing

Il ne pourra pas être élu sans le renfort de ses alliés. — He can't be elected without the backing of his allies.

venir en renfort — to back up

à grand renfort de — with a great deal of

en renfort — as a back-up

2. renforts nmpl

reinforcements

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renfort nm

1 Mil reinforcement; envoyer/attendre des renforts to send/wait for reinforcements; en renfort as reinforcements;

2 gén support ¢; avoir besoin de renfort to need support; aller chercher/attendre des renforts to go and get/to wait for support; en renfort in support; à grand renfort de qch with a lot of sth; la campagne a débuté à grand renfort de publicité the campaign started with a lot of publicity; annoncé à grand renfort de publicité much heralded;

3 Sport substitute;

4 Tech support; une pièce de renfort a support piece;

5 Cout ( de coude) elbow patch; ( de genou) knee patch; ( d'ourlet) hemming tape; ( de poche) reinforcement.

[rɑ̃fɔr] nom masculin

1. [aide] reinforcement

il amène toujours sa sœur en renfort he always brings his sister along to back him up

2. [pièce de tissu] lining

collant avec renforts aux talons/à l'entrejambe tights with reinforced heels/gusset

3. TECHNOLOGIE reinforcement

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renforts nom masculin pluriel

MILITAIRE [soldats] reinforcements

[matériel] (fresh) supplies

à grand renfort de locution prépositionnelle

with a lot of, with much

il s'expliquait à grand renfort de gestes he expressed himself with the help of a great many gestures

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de renfort locution adjectivale

reinforcement (modificateur)

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > renfort

9 soccorso

1. past part vedere soccorrere

2. m rescue

venire in soccorso a qualcuno come to someone's rescue

pronto soccorso first aid

soccorso stradale breakdown service, AE wrecking service

segnale m di soccorso distress signal

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soccorso s.m.

1 help, aid; ( assistenza) assistance, relief; ( salvataggio) rescue: invocazione di soccorso, call for help; andare in soccorso di qlcu., to go to s.o.'s rescue; domandare soccorso, to ask for help; portare soccorso, to bring help; organizzare i soccorsi, to organize relief (o aid); lavori di soccorso, rescue work // uscita di soccorso, emergency door (o emergency exit) // soccorso aereo, navale, air, sea rescue // soccorso stradale, breakdown service // (mar.): soccorso a una nave, salvage of a ship; operazione di soccorso, salvage operation // (dir.) omissione di soccorso, failure to rescue

2 (med.) aid: primo soccorso, first aid; ( posto di) pronto soccorso, first aid (station): farsi medicare al pronto soccorso, to get treated at a first aid station; prestare i primi soccorsi a un ferito, to give first aid to an injured person

3 ( rinforzo) reinforcement: andare in soccorso di un battaglione, una nave, to go in support of a battalion, of a ship; attendere i soccorsi, to wait for reinforcements

4 ( sovvenzione) (financial) assistance: soccorso in denaro, financial aid; fondo di soccorso, relief fund // società di mutuo soccorso, mutual aid (o friendly) society.

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[sok'korso] soccorso (-a)
1. pp

See:

soccorrere

2. sm

(gen) help, assistance, aid, (di vittime di terremoto ecc) rescue

organizzare soccorsi per i terremotati — to organize relief o aid for the earthquake victims

prestare soccorso a qn — to help o assist sb

nessuno si è fermato a prestare soccorso — nobody stopped to help

venire in soccorso di qn — to help sb, come to sb's aid

operazioni di soccorso — rescue operations

omissione di soccorso — failure to offer assistance

pronto soccorso — (assistenza) first aid, (reparto) casualty

- soccorso stradale

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[sok'korso] 1.
sostantivo maschile

1) (aiuto) help, aid, relief, rescue

richiesta di soccorso — cry for help, distress call

prestare o portare soccorso a qcn. to help o rescue sb.; andare, venire in soccorso di qcn. to go, come to sb.'s aid; di soccorso [squadra, operazioni] rescue attrib.; società di mutuo soccorso friendly society BE, benefit association AE; omissione di soccorso — failure to (stop and) offer assistance

2) med.

pronto soccorso — first aid; (reparto) emergency ward
2.
sostantivo maschile plurale soccorsi

1) (soccorritori) rescuers, rescue team sing.

attendere i -i — to wait for rescue

2) (viveri, medicine) relief supplies

inviare -i — to send relief; (aiuti)

prestare i primi -i a qcn. — to give sb. first aid

•

soccorso stradale — road o recovery service

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soccorso

/sok'korso/

I sostantivo m.

1 (aiuto) help, aid, relief, rescue; richiesta di soccorso cry for help, distress call; prestare o portare soccorso a qcn. to help o rescue sb.; andare, venire in soccorso di qcn. to go, come to sb.'s aid; di soccorso [squadra, operazioni] rescue attrib.; società di mutuo soccorso friendly society BE, benefit association AE; omissione di soccorso failure to (stop and) offer assistance

2 med. pronto soccorso first aid; (reparto) emergency ward

II soccorsi m.pl.

1 (soccorritori) rescuers, rescue team sing.; attendere i -i to wait for rescue

2 (viveri, medicine) relief supplies; inviare -i to send relief; (aiuti) prestare i primi -i a qcn. to give sb. first aid

COMPOUNDS

soccorso stradale road o recovery service.

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10 transporter

transporter [tʀɑ̃spɔʀte]

➭ TABLE 1

1. transitive verb

   a. (à la main, à dos) to carry ; (avec un véhicule) [+ marchandises, voyageurs] to transport

• le train transportait des touristes the train was carrying tourists

• on l'a transporté d'urgence à l'hôpital he was rushed to hospital

• transporter qch par mer to ship sth

• transporter des marchandises par terre/train/avion to transport goods by land/train/plane

• elle transportait une forte somme d'argent she was carrying a large sum of money on her

• ce roman nous transporte dans un autre monde this novel transports us into another world

• on se retrouve transporté au seizième siècle we find ourselves transported back to the sixteenth century

   b. ( = exalter) to send into raptures

• transporter qn de joie to send sb into transports of delight

• être or se sentir transporté d'admiration to be beside o.s. with admiration

• se laisser transporter par la musique to let o.s. be carried away by the music

2. reflexive verb

► se transporter ( = se déplacer) to go

• se transporter quelque part par la pensée to let one's imagination carry one away somewhere

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tʀɑ̃spɔʀte
verbe transitif

1) ( déplacer) ( sur soi) to carry; ( avec un véhicule) to transport

transporter quelque chose sur son dos — to carry something on one's back

être transporté à l'hôpital — to be taken to hospital

2) ( transférer) to carry [pollen, virus, maladie]

3) ( en imagination) to transport

être transporté dans un monde féerique — to be transported to a magical world

4) ( ravir) liter

être transporté de joie — to be beside oneself with joy

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tʀɑ̃spɔʀte vt
1) (= déplacer) to carry, to move

Le train transportait des marchandises. — The train was carrying freight.

Je ne sais pas comment je vais transporter mes affaires. — I don't know how I'm going to move my stuff.

2) COMMERCE to transport, to convey

3) (psychologiquement) [personne]

transporter qn; transporter qn de joie — to send sb into raptures

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transporter verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( déplacer) ( sur soi) to carry [personne, objet]; ( avec un véhicule) to transport [passagers, marchandises]; transporter qch sur son dos/dans ses bras to carry sth on one's back/in one's arms; transporter un million de passagers par an to transport one million passengers a year; marchandises transportées par rail/bateau goods transported by rail/ship; être transporté à l'hôpital to be taken to hospital; être transporté d'urgence à l'hôpital to be rushed to hospital; l'avion qui transportait le président à Bastia the plane which was taking the president to Bastia; le taxi/l'avion/le bateau transportant Madame Leroy the taxi/the plane/the boat carrying Mrs Leroy; avion qui peut transporter 500 passagers plane which can carry 500 passengers;

2 ( transférer) to carry [pollen, virus, maladie];

3 ( en imagination) to transport; être transporté dans un monde féerique/au Moyen Âge to be transported to a magical world/to the Middle Ages;

4 liter ( ravir) être transporté de joie/rage to be beside oneself with joy/rage.

B se transporter vpr

1 fml ( aller) to take oneself; se transporter sur les lieux [juge d'instruction] to visit the scene of the crime;

2 ( en imagination) transportez-vous à Venise/au Moyen Âge/200 ans en arrière imagine you are in Venice/in the Middle Ages/200 years in the past.

[trɑ̃spɔrte] verbe transitif

1. [faire changer d'endroit - cargaison, passager, troupes] to carry, to transport, to convey (soutenu) ; [ - blessé] to move

transporter des vivres par avion/par bateau to fly/to ship food supplies

transporter quelque chose par camion to send something by lorry (UK) ou by truck (US)

transporter quelque chose par train to transport something by rail

transporter quelqu'un à l'hôpital/d'urgence à l'hôpital to take/to rush somebody to hospital

(figuré) [par l'imaginaire] to take

le premier acte nous transporte en Géorgie/au XVI^e siècle the first act takes us to Georgia/takes us back to the 16th century

2. [porter] to carry

les alluvions transportées par le fleuve the sediment carried (along) by the river

3. PHYSIQUE to convey

4. (littéraire) [enthousiasmer] to carry away (separable), to send into raptures

être transporté de joie to be overjoyed ou in transports of delight

5. FINANCE [fonds] to transfer

6. HISTOIRE [condamné] to transport

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se transporter verbe pronominal intransitif

1. [se déplacer] to move

2. (figuré) [en imagination] to imagine oneself

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11 submisse

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
I.
With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
1.
In gen.
a.
To set, put, or place under or below:
singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,
Col. 7, 4, 3:
vaccas tauris (for breeding),
Pall. Jul. 4:
vaccas in feturam,
id. ib. 4, 1:
equas alternis annis,
id. Mart. 13, 6:
canterium vitibus,
Col. 4, 14, 1.—
b.
To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:
tellus submittit flores,
puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:
pabula pascendis equis (tellus),
Luc. 4, 411:
quo colores (humus formosa),
Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:
summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,
upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,
palmas,
id. 4, 411:
manus,
Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.
in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,
Sil. 1, 673.—
2.
In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):
arictes,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:
tauros,
Verg. E. 1, 46:
pullos equorum,
id. G. 3, 73:
vitulos,
id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:
materiam vitis constituendae causā,
Col. Arb. 5, 1:
frutices in semen,
id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;
3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,
to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
3.
Trop.
(α).
To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):
huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?
Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:
interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,
Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:
necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,
ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
(β).
To cherish, court:
aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,
Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
B.
To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
1.
Lit.:
se ad pedes,
Liv. 45, 7:
se patri ad genua,
Suet. Tib. 20:
latus in herbā,
Ov. M. 3, 23:
caput in herbā,
id. ib. 3, 502; cf.
verticem,
id. ib. 8, 638:
genu,
id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:
poplitem in terrā,
Ov. M. 7, 191:
aures (opp. surrigere),
Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:
oculos,
Ov. F. 3, 372:
faciem,
Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:
fasces,
Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:
capillum,
to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:
crinem barbamque,
Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:
Tiberis aestate summittitur,
sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
2.
Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:
ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,
condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:
tributim summisi me et supplicavi,
id. Planc. 10, 24:
summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,
Liv. 38, 52, 2:
summittere se in privatum fastigium,
id. 27, 31, 6:
ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,
to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:
inceptum frustra submitte furorem,
Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:
ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,
Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:
quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,
id. 1, 8, 1:
(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,
id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:
ad calamitates animos,
to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:
animos amori,
to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:
se temporibus,
Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
verba summittere,
to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:
alicui se,
to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:
se culpae,
i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:
furorem,
to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:
neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:
proinde ne submiseris te,
be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:
nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,
yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
neutri fortunae se submittere,
id. Ep. 66, 6:
animum saevienti fortunae,
Tac. A. 2, 72:
ut ei aliquis se submitteret,
accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
II.
The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:
summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,
secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:
iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:
summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,
suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
B.
In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):
summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,
Caes. B. G. 5, 58:
subsidium alicui,
id. ib. 2, 6; so,
subsidium,
id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:
auxilium laborantibus,
id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:
sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,
to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:
vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,
furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
A.
Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):
scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,
stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:
Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,
Ov. M. 8, 638:
bracchia,
id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:
capillo summissiore,
hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:
purpura,
Quint. 11, 3, 159:
oculi,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
B.
Trop. (class. and freq.).
1.
Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:
lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,
Cic. Or. 17, 56:
vox (with lenis),
Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:
murmur,
Quint. 11, 3, 45:
oratio placida, summissa, lenis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,
oratio,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:
lenior atque summissior oratio,
Quint. 11, 1, 64:
(sermo) miscens elata summissis,
id. 11, 3, 43:
actio,
id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:
forma summissi oratoris,
Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:
in prooemiis plerumque summissi,
Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
2.
Of character or disposition.
a.
In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):
videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:
vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,
id. Off. 1, 34, 124:
adulatio,
Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
b.
In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:
humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,
Verg. A. 3, 93:
causae reorum,
Quint. 11, 3, 154:
civitates calamitate summissiores,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:
preces,
Luc. 8, 594; cf.:
summissa precatur,
Val. Fl. 7, 476:
tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,
yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
2.
(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:
summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,
Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
1.
Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:
dicere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):
sciscitari,
Petr. 105 fin. —
2.
Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:
alicui summisse supplicare,
Cic. Planc. 5, 12:
scribere alicui,
Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:
loqui (opp. aspere),
Quint. 6, 5, 5:
agere (opp. minanter),
Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:
summissius se gerere,
Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:
dolere,
Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

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12 submitto

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
I.
With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
1.
In gen.
a.
To set, put, or place under or below:
singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,
Col. 7, 4, 3:
vaccas tauris (for breeding),
Pall. Jul. 4:
vaccas in feturam,
id. ib. 4, 1:
equas alternis annis,
id. Mart. 13, 6:
canterium vitibus,
Col. 4, 14, 1.—
b.
To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:
tellus submittit flores,
puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:
pabula pascendis equis (tellus),
Luc. 4, 411:
quo colores (humus formosa),
Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:
summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,
upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,
palmas,
id. 4, 411:
manus,
Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.
in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,
Sil. 1, 673.—
2.
In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):
arictes,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:
tauros,
Verg. E. 1, 46:
pullos equorum,
id. G. 3, 73:
vitulos,
id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:
materiam vitis constituendae causā,
Col. Arb. 5, 1:
frutices in semen,
id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;
3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,
to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
3.
Trop.
(α).
To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):
huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?
Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:
interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,
Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:
necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,
ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
(β).
To cherish, court:
aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,
Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
B.
To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
1.
Lit.:
se ad pedes,
Liv. 45, 7:
se patri ad genua,
Suet. Tib. 20:
latus in herbā,
Ov. M. 3, 23:
caput in herbā,
id. ib. 3, 502; cf.
verticem,
id. ib. 8, 638:
genu,
id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:
poplitem in terrā,
Ov. M. 7, 191:
aures (opp. surrigere),
Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:
oculos,
Ov. F. 3, 372:
faciem,
Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:
fasces,
Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:
capillum,
to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:
crinem barbamque,
Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:
Tiberis aestate summittitur,
sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
2.
Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:
ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,
condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:
tributim summisi me et supplicavi,
id. Planc. 10, 24:
summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,
Liv. 38, 52, 2:
summittere se in privatum fastigium,
id. 27, 31, 6:
ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,
to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:
inceptum frustra submitte furorem,
Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:
ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,
Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:
quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,
id. 1, 8, 1:
(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,
id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:
ad calamitates animos,
to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:
animos amori,
to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:
se temporibus,
Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
verba summittere,
to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:
alicui se,
to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:
se culpae,
i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:
furorem,
to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:
neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:
proinde ne submiseris te,
be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:
nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,
yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
neutri fortunae se submittere,
id. Ep. 66, 6:
animum saevienti fortunae,
Tac. A. 2, 72:
ut ei aliquis se submitteret,
accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
II.
The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:
summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,
secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:
iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:
summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,
suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
B.
In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):
summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,
Caes. B. G. 5, 58:
subsidium alicui,
id. ib. 2, 6; so,
subsidium,
id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:
auxilium laborantibus,
id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:
sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,
to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:
vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,
furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
A.
Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):
scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,
stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:
Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,
Ov. M. 8, 638:
bracchia,
id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:
capillo summissiore,
hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:
purpura,
Quint. 11, 3, 159:
oculi,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
B.
Trop. (class. and freq.).
1.
Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:
lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,
Cic. Or. 17, 56:
vox (with lenis),
Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:
murmur,
Quint. 11, 3, 45:
oratio placida, summissa, lenis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,
oratio,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:
lenior atque summissior oratio,
Quint. 11, 1, 64:
(sermo) miscens elata summissis,
id. 11, 3, 43:
actio,
id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:
forma summissi oratoris,
Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:
in prooemiis plerumque summissi,
Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
2.
Of character or disposition.
a.
In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):
videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:
vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,
id. Off. 1, 34, 124:
adulatio,
Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
b.
In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:
humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,
Verg. A. 3, 93:
causae reorum,
Quint. 11, 3, 154:
civitates calamitate summissiores,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:
preces,
Luc. 8, 594; cf.:
summissa precatur,
Val. Fl. 7, 476:
tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,
yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
2.
(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:
summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,
Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
1.
Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:
dicere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):
sciscitari,
Petr. 105 fin. —
2.
Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:
alicui summisse supplicare,
Cic. Planc. 5, 12:
scribere alicui,
Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:
loqui (opp. aspere),
Quint. 6, 5, 5:
agere (opp. minanter),
Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:
summissius se gerere,
Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:
dolere,
Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > submitto

13 summissa

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
I.
With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
1.
In gen.
a.
To set, put, or place under or below:
singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,
Col. 7, 4, 3:
vaccas tauris (for breeding),
Pall. Jul. 4:
vaccas in feturam,
id. ib. 4, 1:
equas alternis annis,
id. Mart. 13, 6:
canterium vitibus,
Col. 4, 14, 1.—
b.
To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:
tellus submittit flores,
puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:
pabula pascendis equis (tellus),
Luc. 4, 411:
quo colores (humus formosa),
Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:
summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,
upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,
palmas,
id. 4, 411:
manus,
Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.
in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,
Sil. 1, 673.—
2.
In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):
arictes,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:
tauros,
Verg. E. 1, 46:
pullos equorum,
id. G. 3, 73:
vitulos,
id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:
materiam vitis constituendae causā,
Col. Arb. 5, 1:
frutices in semen,
id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;
3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,
to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
3.
Trop.
(α).
To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):
huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?
Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:
interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,
Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:
necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,
ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
(β).
To cherish, court:
aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,
Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
B.
To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
1.
Lit.:
se ad pedes,
Liv. 45, 7:
se patri ad genua,
Suet. Tib. 20:
latus in herbā,
Ov. M. 3, 23:
caput in herbā,
id. ib. 3, 502; cf.
verticem,
id. ib. 8, 638:
genu,
id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:
poplitem in terrā,
Ov. M. 7, 191:
aures (opp. surrigere),
Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:
oculos,
Ov. F. 3, 372:
faciem,
Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:
fasces,
Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:
capillum,
to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:
crinem barbamque,
Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:
Tiberis aestate summittitur,
sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
2.
Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:
ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,
condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:
tributim summisi me et supplicavi,
id. Planc. 10, 24:
summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,
Liv. 38, 52, 2:
summittere se in privatum fastigium,
id. 27, 31, 6:
ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,
to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:
inceptum frustra submitte furorem,
Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:
ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,
Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:
quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,
id. 1, 8, 1:
(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,
id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:
ad calamitates animos,
to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:
animos amori,
to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:
se temporibus,
Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
verba summittere,
to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:
alicui se,
to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:
se culpae,
i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:
furorem,
to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:
neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:
proinde ne submiseris te,
be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:
nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,
yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
neutri fortunae se submittere,
id. Ep. 66, 6:
animum saevienti fortunae,
Tac. A. 2, 72:
ut ei aliquis se submitteret,
accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
II.
The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:
summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,
secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:
iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:
summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,
suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
B.
In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):
summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,
Caes. B. G. 5, 58:
subsidium alicui,
id. ib. 2, 6; so,
subsidium,
id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:
auxilium laborantibus,
id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:
sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,
to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:
vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,
furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
A.
Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):
scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,
stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:
Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,
Ov. M. 8, 638:
bracchia,
id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:
capillo summissiore,
hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:
purpura,
Quint. 11, 3, 159:
oculi,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
B.
Trop. (class. and freq.).
1.
Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:
lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,
Cic. Or. 17, 56:
vox (with lenis),
Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:
murmur,
Quint. 11, 3, 45:
oratio placida, summissa, lenis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,
oratio,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:
lenior atque summissior oratio,
Quint. 11, 1, 64:
(sermo) miscens elata summissis,
id. 11, 3, 43:
actio,
id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:
forma summissi oratoris,
Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:
in prooemiis plerumque summissi,
Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
2.
Of character or disposition.
a.
In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):
videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:
vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,
id. Off. 1, 34, 124:
adulatio,
Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
b.
In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:
humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,
Verg. A. 3, 93:
causae reorum,
Quint. 11, 3, 154:
civitates calamitate summissiores,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:
preces,
Luc. 8, 594; cf.:
summissa precatur,
Val. Fl. 7, 476:
tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,
yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
2.
(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:
summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,
Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
1.
Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:
dicere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):
sciscitari,
Petr. 105 fin. —
2.
Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:
alicui summisse supplicare,
Cic. Planc. 5, 12:
scribere alicui,
Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:
loqui (opp. aspere),
Quint. 6, 5, 5:
agere (opp. minanter),
Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:
summissius se gerere,
Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:
dolere,
Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > summissa

14 summitto

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
I.
With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
1.
In gen.
a.
To set, put, or place under or below:
singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,
Col. 7, 4, 3:
vaccas tauris (for breeding),
Pall. Jul. 4:
vaccas in feturam,
id. ib. 4, 1:
equas alternis annis,
id. Mart. 13, 6:
canterium vitibus,
Col. 4, 14, 1.—
b.
To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:
tellus submittit flores,
puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:
pabula pascendis equis (tellus),
Luc. 4, 411:
quo colores (humus formosa),
Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:
summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,
upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,
palmas,
id. 4, 411:
manus,
Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.
in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,
Sil. 1, 673.—
2.
In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):
arictes,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:
tauros,
Verg. E. 1, 46:
pullos equorum,
id. G. 3, 73:
vitulos,
id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:
materiam vitis constituendae causā,
Col. Arb. 5, 1:
frutices in semen,
id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;
3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,
to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
3.
Trop.
(α).
To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):
huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?
Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:
interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,
Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:
necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,
ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
(β).
To cherish, court:
aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,
Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
B.
To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
1.
Lit.:
se ad pedes,
Liv. 45, 7:
se patri ad genua,
Suet. Tib. 20:
latus in herbā,
Ov. M. 3, 23:
caput in herbā,
id. ib. 3, 502; cf.
verticem,
id. ib. 8, 638:
genu,
id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:
poplitem in terrā,
Ov. M. 7, 191:
aures (opp. surrigere),
Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:
oculos,
Ov. F. 3, 372:
faciem,
Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:
fasces,
Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:
capillum,
to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:
crinem barbamque,
Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:
Tiberis aestate summittitur,
sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
2.
Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:
ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,
condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:
tributim summisi me et supplicavi,
id. Planc. 10, 24:
summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,
Liv. 38, 52, 2:
summittere se in privatum fastigium,
id. 27, 31, 6:
ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,
to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:
inceptum frustra submitte furorem,
Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:
ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,
Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:
quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,
id. 1, 8, 1:
(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,
id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:
ad calamitates animos,
to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:
animos amori,
to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:
se temporibus,
Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
verba summittere,
to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:
alicui se,
to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:
se culpae,
i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:
furorem,
to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:
neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:
proinde ne submiseris te,
be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:
nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,
yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
neutri fortunae se submittere,
id. Ep. 66, 6:
animum saevienti fortunae,
Tac. A. 2, 72:
ut ei aliquis se submitteret,
accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
II.
The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:
summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,
secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:
iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:
summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,
suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
B.
In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):
summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,
Caes. B. G. 5, 58:
subsidium alicui,
id. ib. 2, 6; so,
subsidium,
id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:
auxilium laborantibus,
id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:
sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,
to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:
vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,
furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
A.
Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):
scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,
stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:
Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,
Ov. M. 8, 638:
bracchia,
id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:
capillo summissiore,
hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:
purpura,
Quint. 11, 3, 159:
oculi,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
B.
Trop. (class. and freq.).
1.
Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:
lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,
Cic. Or. 17, 56:
vox (with lenis),
Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:
murmur,
Quint. 11, 3, 45:
oratio placida, summissa, lenis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,
oratio,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:
lenior atque summissior oratio,
Quint. 11, 1, 64:
(sermo) miscens elata summissis,
id. 11, 3, 43:
actio,
id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:
forma summissi oratoris,
Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:
in prooemiis plerumque summissi,
Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
2.
Of character or disposition.
a.
In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):
videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:
vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,
id. Off. 1, 34, 124:
adulatio,
Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
b.
In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:
humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,
Verg. A. 3, 93:
causae reorum,
Quint. 11, 3, 154:
civitates calamitate summissiores,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:
preces,
Luc. 8, 594; cf.:
summissa precatur,
Val. Fl. 7, 476:
tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,
yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
2.
(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:
summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,
Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
1.
Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:
dicere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):
sciscitari,
Petr. 105 fin. —
2.
Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:
alicui summisse supplicare,
Cic. Planc. 5, 12:
scribere alicui,
Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:
loqui (opp. aspere),
Quint. 6, 5, 5:
agere (opp. minanter),
Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:
summissius se gerere,
Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:
dolere,
Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > summitto

15 wys|łać1

pf — wys|yłać impf vt 1. (przekazać) to send [list, paczkę, pieniądze, faks]
- wysłać głodującym pomoc żywnościową to send food supplies to the starving people

- wysłać wiadomość przez posłańca to send a note by messenger

- wysłać wojska to dispatch troops

- wysłała go na zakupy she sent him to do some shopping

- wysłać dzieci do szkoły/łóżka to send the children to school/bed
3. (emitować) to give off [światło, ciepło]
- wysyłać energię to radiate energy

- wysyłać sygnały to emit signals

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > wys|łać1

16 παραπέμπω

παρα-πέμπω,

A send past, ἀλλ' Ἥρη παρέπεμψεν conveyed [the Argo] past or through the Symplegades, Od.12.72 : metaph., σαρκὶ καὶ γάλακτι π. τὸν βίον support life, Agatharch.30, cf. 99, Hyp.Fr. 219a ; π. τὴν νύκτα pass the night, Poll.6.109 :—[voice] Med., π. τὸν κάματον while it away, Sch.Ar. Nu. 1360.

2 send by or along the coast, Th.8.61 ([voice] Pass.).

3 escort, of ships of war convoying merchant vessels, D.21.167, cf. 8.25 ([voice] Pass.) ; π. τὰ ἱερὰ στρατεύματα IGRom.3.1421.7
(Prusias, iii A. D.): generally, escort, Lyr.Alex.Adesp.1.12, etc. ; π. τινὰ πρὸς τὴν οἰκίαν Plu.Per.5
; π. τὰ ἱερά IG22.1078
(iii A. D.) ; esp. escort to the grave, χορῷ.. τὸ σῶμα Posidon.14J.
(so in [voice] Med., τὸ σῶμα παραπέμψασθαι ἐπὶ τὴν κηδείαν IG12(7).53.19
([place name] Amorgos)):—[voice] Pass., ἐτάφη καὶ παρεπέμφθη πανδημεί D.L.3.41
; of a bridal procession, to be escorted to the bridechamber, Luc.DMar.5.1.

b attend a person, of Roman clients, Epict.Ench.25.2 ; escort, attend to or from the forum, D.C.43.22, 58.11 : metaph., of philosophy, τὸ -πέμψαι δυνάμενον M.Ant.2.17
; τὸν ὑπόλοιπον βίον ὑπὸ δόξης χρηστῆς παραπεμφθῆναι Hyp.Dem.21
.

4 convoy supplies, provisions, etc., to an army, π. τισὶ παραπομπήν X. HG7.2.18
; σῖτον Philipp. ap. D.18.77, cf. 50.58.

5 send troops along the line or along the flanks, in support, ἐπ' οὐρὰν καὶ τὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος ἱππικόν X.HG4.3.4
; εὐζώνους εἰς τὰ πλάγια Id.An.6.3.15
, cf. Ages.2.3.

6 bring also or besides, φέρε, παῖ,.. ὕδωρ, π. τὸ χειρόμακτρον Ar.Fr. 502
:—[voice] Pass., to be sent in addition, SIG613.19 (Delph., ii B. C.).

7 swallow, Dionys.Av.2.6.

II of voice, etc., pass on, send to, of an echo, π. στόνον τινί S.Ph. 1459
(anap.) ; θόρυβον π. τινί waft him applause, Ar.Eq. 546 ; μουσικῇ π. ἑαυτόν give oneself up to.., Plu.Sol.29, cf. Phld.Mus.p.108K. ; χάριτι π. ἀτύφῳ Plu. Cat.Mi.46
:—[voice] Med., φωνὴν π. D.C.74.14.

b of light, reflect, M.Ant. 8.57.

c metaph., δόγματα φαντάζεσθαι καὶ π. Id.10.9.

III dismiss, Philipp. ap. D.18.166, Plb.30.19.17, D.S.26.1, etc.:—[voice] Med., dismiss one's pupil, D.L.8.87 ; put away one's wife, Apollod.1.9.28.

2 give up, omit, τὸ λουτρόν Sor.1.46
, cf. Phld.Rh.1.181 S. ; reject, Sor.1.118, M.Ant.1.8 ; τὰς δεήσεις J.AJ6.3.5
:—[voice] Med., reject, A.D. Synt. 6.7, al. ; omit, πλείονα.. ἱστορούμενα Philum. Ven. 36.3
.

IV transmit an inheritance, Arg.Is.10, Procop.Arc.11 : metaph., π. ἔχθος εἰς τριγονίαν ib.15 ; μνήμην εἰς τοὺς ἐπιγόνους Id.Aed.1
Praef.

Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > παραπέμπω

17 secours

secours [s(ə)kuʀ]

masculine noun

   a. ( = aide) help

• demander du secours to ask for help

• crier au secours to shout for help

• au secours ! help!

• aller au secours de qn to go to sb's aid

• porter secours à qn to give sb help

• cela m'a été/ne m'a pas été d'un grand secours this has been a great help/of little help to me

• le Secours catholique Catholic charity organization giving assistance to the poor

• le Secours populaire charity organization giving assistance to the poor

   b. ( = vivres, argent) aid uncount

• secours humanitaire humanitarian aid

   c. ( = sauvetage) le secours en montagne/en mer mountain/sea rescue

• équipe de secours rescue team

• quand les secours arrivèrent when help arrived

• porter secours à un alpiniste to rescue a mountaineer

• les premiers secours sont arrivés très rapidement the emergency services were soon at the scene

• apporter les premiers secours à qn to give first aid to sb

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səkuʀ
1.

nom masculin invariable ( aide) help

au secours! — help!

appeler or crier au secours — to shout for help

appel au secours — cry for help

être d'un grand secours — to be a great help

il l'a appelée à son secours — he got her to help him

porter secours à, se porter au secours de — to help [blessé, réfugié]; to come to the aid of [personne critiquée, entreprise]; to rescue [animal]

voler au secours de quelqu'un — to rush to somebody's aid

le secours en mer — sea rescue operations (pl)

de secours — ( de rechange) [roue] spare; ( d'urgence) [sortie] emergency; ( de soins) [trousse] first-aid; ( de sauvetage) [équipe] rescue; ( de sécurité) [matériel] back up

2.

nom masculin pluriel

1) ( personnes) ( secouristes) rescuers, rescue team (sg); ( renforts) reinforcements

2) (vivres, médicaments) relief supplies

secours humanitaires — humanitarian aid [U]

premiers secours, secours d'urgence — first aid [U]

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s(ə)kuʀ
1. nm

help

d'un grand secours; Cela lui a été d'un grand secours. — This was a great help to him.

au secours! — help!

appeler au secours — to shout for help, to call for help

appeler qn à son secours — to call sb to one's assistance

porter secours à qn — to give sb assistance, to help sb

Il est allé chercher du secours. — He went to get help.

le secours en montagne — mountain rescue

une sortie de secours — an emergency exit

la roue de secours — the spare wheel

2. nmpl

aid sg

les premiers secours — first aid sg

3. vb

See:

secourir

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secours

A nm inv ( aide) help; au secours! help!; appeler or crier au secours to shout for help; appel au secours cry for help; avec/sans le secours de with/without the help of; être d'un grand secours to be a great help; porter secours à to help; il l'a appelée à son secours he got her to help him; porter secours à, se porter au secours de to help [blessé, réfugié]; to come to the aid of [personne critiquée, entreprise]; to rescue [animal]; aller/voler au secours de qn to go/to rush to sb's aid; venir au secours de qn to come to sb's aid; le secours en mer/en montagne sea/mountain rescue operations (pl); secours financier financial aid ¢; de secours ( de rechange) [roue] spare; ( d'urgence) [sortie] emergency; ( de soins) [matériel] first aid; ( de sauvetage) [équipe, opération] rescue; ( de sécurité) [matériel] back up.

B nmpl

1 ( personnes) ( secouristes) rescuers, rescue team (sg); ( renforts) reinforcements;

2 (vivres, médicaments) relief supplies; secours médicaux medical supplies; secours humanitaires humanitarian aid ¢; premiers secours, secours d'urgence first aid ¢;

3 Relig les secours de la religion the consolation of religion.

[səkur] nom masculin

1. [assistance] help, assistance, aid

appeler ou crier au secours to call out for help

au secours! help!

appeler quelqu'un à son secours [blessé, entreprise] to call upon somebody for help, to call somebody to the rescue

porter secours à quelqu'un to give somebody assistance

porter secours à un blessé to give first aid to an injured person

venir au secours de quelqu'un to come to somebody's aid

venir au secours d'une entreprise to rescue a company

le Secours catholique, le Secours populaire (français) charity organizations giving help to the poor

2. [sauvetage] aid, assistance

le ou les secours aux brûlés aid ou assistance for burn victims

envoyer des secours à quelqu'un to send relief to somebody

les secours ne sont pas encore arrivés aid ou help hasn't arrived yet

le secours en montagne/en mer sea/mountain rescue

le ou les secours d'urgence emergency aid

3. [appui] help

être d'un grand secours à quelqu'un to be of great help to somebody

la calculette ne m'a pas été d'un grand secours the calculator was of (very) little help ou use to me

4. DROIT emergency payment ou allowance

————————

de secours locution adjectivale

[équipement, porte, sortie] emergency (modificateur)

[équipe, poste] rescue (modificateur)

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > secours

18 bestellen

bestellen v 1. GEN order; book, reserve (Eintrittskarte, Platz); 2. RECHT appoint, nominate (Buchprüfer); create (Hypothek); 3. WIWI commission; 4. COMP, KOMM subscribe (Newsletter); 5. MEDIA subscribe (Zeitschrift abonnieren) • es ist schlecht um die Firma bestellt GEN, MGT things are looking bad for the firm • jmdn. zu sich bestellen GEN, PERS ask sb to come, send for sb
* * *

v 1. < Geschäft> order, Eintrittskarte, Platz book, reserve; 2. < Recht> Buchprüfer appoint, nominate, Hypothek create; 3. <Vw> commission; 4. <Comp, Komm> Newsletter subscribe; 5. < Medien> Zeitschrift abonnieren subscribe

* * *
bestellen
(Auftrag erteilen) to [give an] order, to commission, to send for, (anbauen) to cultivate, to crop, to farm, (ernennen) to appoint, to constitute;
• etw. bei jem. bestellen to place an order with s. o.;
• Anwalt bestellen to brief (retain) a lawyer;
• Artikel bei einer Firma bestellen to place an order with a firm;
• j. zu seinem Bevollmächtigten bestellen to give s. o. power of attorney;
• seinen Boden im Rahmen einer ordnungsgemäßen Bewirtschaftung bestellen to cultivate one’s land in a good and husbandlike manner;
• j. zu seinem Erben bestellen to appoint s. o. one’s heir;
• in Euro bestellen to book in euros;
• per Fingerdruck bestellen to order at one touch;
• Flugkarte (Flugticket) bestellen to book a flight;
• Hypothek bestellen to create (register) a mortgage;
• per Mausklick bestellen to order by mouse klick;
• laut Muster bestellen to order goods from sample;
• als Pfand bestellen to pledge;
• schriftlich bestellen to write for;
• Sicherheiten bestellen to surrender (register) securities;
• sofort bestellen to place an order at once;
• telefonisch bestellen to order, to book by telephone;
• telegrafisch bestellen to order by cable;
• Treuhänder bestellen to appoint a custodian;
• Vertreter bestellen to appoint a proxy;
• im Voraus bestellen to book in advance (beforehand);
• Vorräte bestellen to order in supplies;
• unter Vorzugsbedingungen bestellen to order on preferential terms;
• Waren bestellen to order goods, to put goods on order.

Business german-english dictionary > bestellen

19 terminar

v.

1 to end, to finish.

terminamos el viaje en San Francisco we ended our journey in San Francisco

¿cómo termina la historia? how does the story end o finish?

terminar con to put an end to (pobreza, corrupción)

terminar de hacer algo to finish doing something

terminar en to end in (objeto)

Ella termina la obra She finishes the play.

Ya terminé I already finished

La película acabó The film finished.

María terminó a Ricardo Mary finished=ruined Richard.

2 to finish, to split up.

¡hemos terminado! it's over!

3 to finish off, to complete, to culminate, to end off.

María terminó la gira Mary finished off the tour.

4 to end up, to wind up, to end up by.

María terminó pintando Mary ended up painting.

María terminó muy cansada Mary ended up all in.

5 to break up.

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terminar

► verbo transitivo

1 (acabar) to finish, complete

■ ha terminado la novela he's finished the novel

2 (dar fin) to end

■ los resultados terminaron su mandato the results ended his term of office

► verbo intransitivo

1 (acabar) to finish, end

■ terminó a las cuatro it finished at four

■ termina en dos it ends with a two

■ he terminado de leer I've finished reading

2 (acabar de) to have just (de, -)

■ termina de marchar he has just left

3 (final de una acción, de un estado) to end up

■ terminó marchándose he ended up leaving

■ terminó por marcharse he ended up leaving

■ terminó loco he went mad

4 (eliminar) to put an end ( con, to)

■ quieren terminar con la violencia they want to put an end to violence

5 (estropear) to damage ( con, -), ruin ( con, -)

■ la lluvia terminó con la cosecha the rain damaged the crops

6 (reñir) to break up ( con, with)

■ ha terminado con su novio she's broken up with her boyfriend

7 (enfermedad) to come to the final stage

► verbo pronominal terminarse

1 (acabarse) to finish, end, be over

■ la reunión se ha terminado the meeting is over

2 (agotarse) to run out

■ se ha terminado el azúcar the sugar has run out

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

terminar bien to have a happy ending

terminar mal (historia) to have an unhappy ending 2 (personas - relación) to end up on bad terms 3 (- destino) to come to a sticky end

* * *

verb

1) to end

2) conclude

3) complete

4) finish

5) expire

* * *

1.

VT to finish

he terminado el libro — I've finished the book

no me ha dado tiempo a terminar el vestido — I haven't had time to finish the dress

quiso terminar sus días en Marbella — she wanted to end her days in Marbella

2. VI

1) [persona]

a) [en una acción, un trabajo] to finish

¿todavía no has terminado? — haven't you finished yet?

¿quieres dejar que termine? — would you mind letting me finish?

• terminar de hacer algo — to finish doing sth, stop doing sth

cuando termine de hablar — when he finishes o stops speaking

terminó de llenar el vaso con helado — he topped o filled the glass up with ice-cream

terminaba de salir del baño — she had just got out of the bath

• no termino de entender por qué lo hizo — I just can't understand why she did it

no me cae mal, pero no termina de convencerme — I don't dislike him, but I'm not too sure about him

b) [de una forma determinada] to end up

terminé rendido — I ended up exhausted

terminaron peleándose — they ended up fighting

terminó mal — he ended up badly

terminó diciendo que... — he ended by saying that...

c)

• terminar con, han terminado con todas las provisiones — they've finished off all the supplies

hace falta algo que termine con el problema del paro — we need something to put an end to the problem of unemployment

un cáncer terminó con su vida — cancer killed him

he terminado con Andrés — I've broken up with o finished with Andrés

¡estos niños van a terminar conmigo! — these children will be the death of me!

d)

• terminar por hacer algo — to end up doing sth

seguro que terminará por dimitir — I bet he ends up resigning

2) [obra, acto] to end

¿cómo termina la película? — how does the film end?

la ceremonia terminó con un baile — the ceremony ended with a dance

esto va a terminar en tragedia — this will end in tragedy

estoy deseando que termine este año — I can't wait for this year to be over o to end

¿a qué hora termina la clase? — what time does the class finish o end?

3) [objeto, palabra]

• terminar en algo — to end in sth

termina en punta — it ends in a point

termina en vocal — it ends in o with a vowel

4) (Inform) to quit

3.

See:

terminarse

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1.
verbo transitivo <trabajo/estudio> to finish; <casa/obras> to finish, complete

terminó sus días en Sicilia — he ended his days in Sicily

dar por terminado algo — <discusión/conflicto> to put an end to something

dieron por terminada la sesión — they brought the session to a close

termina esa sopa — finish up that soup
2.
terminar vi

1) persona

a) ( de hacer algo) to finish

terminar DE + INF — to finish -ing

déjame terminar de hablar — let me finish (speaking)

salió nada más terminar de comer — he went out as soon as he'd finished eating

b) (en estado, situación) to end up

terminé muy cansada — I ended up feeling very tired

va a terminar mal — he's going to come to a bad end

terminar DE algo: terminó de camarero he ended up (working) as a waiter; terminar + GER or terminar POR + INF to end up -ing; terminó marchándose or por marcharse — he ended up leaving

2)

a) reunión/situación to end, come to an end

todo ha terminado — it's all over

el caso terminó en los tribunales — the case ended up in court

esto va a terminar mal — this is going to turn out o end badly

y para terminar nos sirvieron... — and to finish we had...

b) ( rematar)

terminar EN algo — to end in something

la palabra termina en consonante — the word ends in a consonant

3) terminar con

a) (acabar, consumir)

terminar con algo — <con libro/tarea> to finish with something; <con problema/abuso> to put an end to something

terminaron con todo lo que había en la nevera — they polished off everything in the fridge

b)

terminar con alguien — ( pelearse) to finish with somebody; ( destruir) to kill somebody

ocho años de cárcel terminaron con él — eight years in prison destroyed him

4) ( llegar a)

terminar DE + INF: no termina de convencerme I'm not totally convinced; no terminaba de gustarle — she wasn't totally happy about it
3.
terminarse v pron

1) azúcar/pan to run out; (+ me/te/le etc)

se me terminó la lana — I've run out of wool

2) curso/reunión to come to an end, be over

3) (enf) <libro/comida> to finish, polish off

* * *

= be over, cease, conclude, discontinue, end, end up, exit, quit, see through + to its completion, terminate, finish up, break up, finish, wind up (in/at), get through, call it quits, carry through to + completion, finish off, top + Nombre + off, wind down, close + the book on.

Ex. Alternatively, the loan policy may be changed to make documents due when the vacation is over.

Ex. After collection has ceased (because a point of diminishing returns appears to have been reached), the cards must be put into groups of 'like' terms.

Ex. Thus chapter 21 concludes with a number of special rules.

Ex. Systems like OCLC are going from classical catalogs in the direction of online catalogs, and at least one institution on the OCLC system has discontinued adding cards to its catalog.

Ex. Each field also ends with a special delimiter, which signals the end of the fields.

Ex. But if you have a certain feeling about language, then language ends up becoming very, very important.

Ex. Enter the lesson number you wish, or press the letter 'X' to exit the tutorial.

Ex. If you decide not to send or save the message, replace the question mark in front of ' Quit' with another character.

Ex. I would like to thank all those who at various times throughout the course of the project assisted so ably in seeing the work through to its completion.

Ex. An SDI profile can be terminated at any future time by the commands.

Ex. In trying to get the best of both worlds, we may have finished up with the worst.

Ex. Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.

Ex. Activities can be plotted to allow the librarian to determine the most expeditious route that can be taken to finish the event.

Ex. Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.

Ex. Some children cannot get through a longer story or novel in less time.

Ex. 'Professional people don't live by the clock: you wouldn't tell a doctor or a lawyer that he couldn't make a decision to call it quits on a particular day'.

Ex. The author discusses the development process which began with a concept, continued with the formulation of objectives, and has been carried through to completion.

Ex. His statement is a serious threat to the cooperative sector and was aimed at finishing off the movement.

Ex. Top it off with spicy yacamole and it's worth the nosh.

Ex. As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.

Ex. Obama, who tries to steer clear of the political thicket of race and politics, accepted the apology and said he wanted to close the book on the episode.

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* estar casi terminado = be nearing completion, reach + near completion.

* estar terminándose = be on + Posesivo + last legs, be on the way out.

* no terminar nunca de tener problemas con = have + no end of problems with.

* para terminar = in closing.

* sin terminar = unfinished.

* terminar con Algo = be done with it.

* terminar con mejor cara = end up on + a high note.

* terminar con una nota de optimismo = end + Nombre + on a high (note).

* terminar con un broche de oro = end + Nombre + on a high (note).

* terminar de forma positiva = end + Nombre + on a high (note).

* terminar de + Infinitivo = complete + Gerundio.

* terminar de trabajar = clock off + work.

* terminar en empate = end in + a draw, result in + a draw.

* terminar en un tono + Adjetivo = end on + a + Adjetivo + note.

* terminar formando parte de = find + Posesivo + way into/onto.

* terminar la jornada laboral = clock off + work.

* terminar los estudios = graduate.

* terminar mal = come to + a bad end.

* terminar mejor de lo que + empezar = end up on + a high note.

* terminar repentinamente = come to + a swift end, come to + an abrupt end.

* terminarse = draw to + a close, run + short (of), be gone, come to + an end, draw to + an end, be all gone.

* terminarse el tiempo = time + run out.

* terminarse la (buena) suerte = run out of + luck, luck + run out.

* terminar turno de trabajo = come off + duty.

* terminar un embarazo = terminate + pregnancy.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo <trabajo/estudio> to finish; <casa/obras> to finish, complete

terminó sus días en Sicilia — he ended his days in Sicily

dar por terminado algo — <discusión/conflicto> to put an end to something

dieron por terminada la sesión — they brought the session to a close

termina esa sopa — finish up that soup
2.
terminar vi

1) persona

a) ( de hacer algo) to finish

terminar DE + INF — to finish -ing

déjame terminar de hablar — let me finish (speaking)

salió nada más terminar de comer — he went out as soon as he'd finished eating

b) (en estado, situación) to end up

terminé muy cansada — I ended up feeling very tired

va a terminar mal — he's going to come to a bad end

terminar DE algo: terminó de camarero he ended up (working) as a waiter; terminar + GER or terminar POR + INF to end up -ing; terminó marchándose or por marcharse — he ended up leaving

2)

a) reunión/situación to end, come to an end

todo ha terminado — it's all over

el caso terminó en los tribunales — the case ended up in court

esto va a terminar mal — this is going to turn out o end badly

y para terminar nos sirvieron... — and to finish we had...

b) ( rematar)

terminar EN algo — to end in something

la palabra termina en consonante — the word ends in a consonant

3) terminar con

a) (acabar, consumir)

terminar con algo — <con libro/tarea> to finish with something; <con problema/abuso> to put an end to something

terminaron con todo lo que había en la nevera — they polished off everything in the fridge

b)

terminar con alguien — ( pelearse) to finish with somebody; ( destruir) to kill somebody

ocho años de cárcel terminaron con él — eight years in prison destroyed him

4) ( llegar a)

terminar DE + INF: no termina de convencerme I'm not totally convinced; no terminaba de gustarle — she wasn't totally happy about it
3.
terminarse v pron

1) azúcar/pan to run out; (+ me/te/le etc)

se me terminó la lana — I've run out of wool

2) curso/reunión to come to an end, be over

3) (enf) <libro/comida> to finish, polish off

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= be over, cease, conclude, discontinue, end, end up, exit, quit, see through + to its completion, terminate, finish up, break up, finish, wind up (in/at), get through, call it quits, carry through to + completion, finish off, top + Nombre + off, wind down, close + the book on.

Ex: Alternatively, the loan policy may be changed to make documents due when the vacation is over.

Ex: After collection has ceased (because a point of diminishing returns appears to have been reached), the cards must be put into groups of 'like' terms.

Ex: Thus chapter 21 concludes with a number of special rules.

Ex: Systems like OCLC are going from classical catalogs in the direction of online catalogs, and at least one institution on the OCLC system has discontinued adding cards to its catalog.

Ex: Each field also ends with a special delimiter, which signals the end of the fields.

Ex: But if you have a certain feeling about language, then language ends up becoming very, very important.

Ex: Enter the lesson number you wish, or press the letter 'X' to exit the tutorial.

Ex: If you decide not to send or save the message, replace the question mark in front of ' Quit' with another character.

Ex: I would like to thank all those who at various times throughout the course of the project assisted so ably in seeing the work through to its completion.

Ex: An SDI profile can be terminated at any future time by the commands.

Ex: In trying to get the best of both worlds, we may have finished up with the worst.

Ex: Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.

Ex: Activities can be plotted to allow the librarian to determine the most expeditious route that can be taken to finish the event.

Ex: Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.

Ex: Some children cannot get through a longer story or novel in less time.

Ex: 'Professional people don't live by the clock: you wouldn't tell a doctor or a lawyer that he couldn't make a decision to call it quits on a particular day'.

Ex: The author discusses the development process which began with a concept, continued with the formulation of objectives, and has been carried through to completion.

Ex: His statement is a serious threat to the cooperative sector and was aimed at finishing off the movement.

Ex: Top it off with spicy yacamole and it's worth the nosh.

Ex: As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.

Ex: Obama, who tries to steer clear of the political thicket of race and politics, accepted the apology and said he wanted to close the book on the episode.

* estar casi terminado = be nearing completion, reach + near completion.

* estar terminándose = be on + Posesivo + last legs, be on the way out.

* no terminar nunca de tener problemas con = have + no end of problems with.

* para terminar = in closing.

* sin terminar = unfinished.

* terminar con Algo = be done with it.

* terminar con mejor cara = end up on + a high note.

* terminar con una nota de optimismo = end + Nombre + on a high (note).

* terminar con un broche de oro = end + Nombre + on a high (note).

* terminar de forma positiva = end + Nombre + on a high (note).

* terminar de + Infinitivo = complete + Gerundio.

* terminar de trabajar = clock off + work.

* terminar en empate = end in + a draw, result in + a draw.

* terminar en un tono + Adjetivo = end on + a + Adjetivo + note.

* terminar formando parte de = find + Posesivo + way into/onto.

* terminar la jornada laboral = clock off + work.

* terminar los estudios = graduate.

* terminar mal = come to + a bad end.

* terminar mejor de lo que + empezar = end up on + a high note.

* terminar repentinamente = come to + a swift end, come to + an abrupt end.

* terminarse = draw to + a close, run + short (of), be gone, come to + an end, draw to + an end, be all gone.

* terminarse el tiempo = time + run out.

* terminarse la (buena) suerte = run out of + luck, luck + run out.

* terminar turno de trabajo = come off + duty.

* terminar un embarazo = terminate + pregnancy.

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terminar [A1 ]

vt

‹trabajo/estudio› to finish

¿has terminado el libro que te presté? have you finished the book I lent you?

no han terminado las obras they haven't finished o completed the work

terminó el viaje en La Paz he ended his journey in La Paz, his journey finished in La Paz

terminó sus días en Sicilia he ended his days in Sicily

dieron por terminada la sesión they brought the session to a close

este año no pudimos terminar el programa we didn't manage to get through o finish o complete the syllabus this year

termina esa sopa inmediatamente finish up that soup at once

puedes terminarlo, nosotros ya comimos you can finish it off, we've already had some

terminala/termínenla ( RPl fam); stop it!, cut it out! ( colloq)

■ terminar

vi

A «persona»

1 (de hacer algo) to finish

termina de una vez hurry up and finish

terminar DE + INF to finish -ING

estoy terminando de leerlo I'm reading the last few pages, I'm coming to the end of it, I've nearly finished reading it

déjame terminar de hablar let me finish (speaking)

salió nada más terminar de comer he went out as soon as he'd finished eating

2 (en un estado, una situación) to end up

terminé muy cansada I ended up feeling very tired

va a terminar mal he's going to come to a bad end

terminar DE algo:

terminó de camarero en Miami he ended up (working) as a waiter in Miami

terminar + GER or terminar POR + INF to end up -ING

terminará aceptando or por aceptar la oferta she'll end up accepting the offer, she'll accept the offer in the end

B

1 «reunión/situación» to end, come to an end

al terminar la clase when the class ended, at the end of the class

llegamos cuando todo había terminado we arrived when it was all over

el caso terminó en los tribunales the case ended up in court

esto va a terminar mal this is going to turn out o end badly

la historia termina bien the story has a happy ending

las huellas terminan aquí the tracks end o stop here

y para terminar nos sirvieron un excelente coñac and to finish we had an excellent brandy

2 (rematar) terminar EN algo to end IN sth

palabras que terminan en consonante words that end in a consonant

zapatos terminados en punta pointed shoes o shoes with pointed toes

C terminar con

1

(agotar, acabar): terminaron con todo lo que había en la nevera they polished off everything in the fridge

terminó con su salud it ruined his health

ocho años de cárcel terminaron con él eight years in prison destroyed him

una solución que termine con el problema a solution that will put an end to the problem

2 (pelearse) terminar CON algn to finish WITH sb

ha terminado con el novio she's finished with o split up with her boyfriend

D (llegar a) terminar DE + INF:

no termina de convencerme I'm not totally convinced

no terminaba de gustarle she wasn't totally happy about it

■ terminarse

v pron

A «azúcar/pan» to run out

el café se ha terminado we've run out of coffee, the coffee's run out

(+ me/te/le etc): se me terminó la lana azul I've run out of blue wool

se nos han terminado, señora we've run out (of them), madam o we've sold out, madam

B «curso/reunión» to come to an end, be over

otro año que se termina another year comes to an end o another year is over

se terminó la discusión, aquí el que manda soy yo that's the end of the argument, I'm in charge here

C ( enf) ‹libro/comida› to finish, polish off

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terminar ( conjugate terminar) verbo transitivo ‹trabajo/estudio› to finish;
‹casa/obras› to finish, complete;
‹discusión/conflicto› to put an end to;
◊ termina esa sopa finish up that soup;

terminar la comida con un café to end the meal with a cup of coffee
verbo intransitivo
1 [ persona]
a) ( de hacer algo) to finish;

terminar de hacer algo to finish doing sth;
◊ déjame terminar de hablar let me finish (speaking)

b) (en estado, situación) to end up;

◊ terminé muy cansada I ended up feeling very tired;

va a terminar mal he's going to come to a bad end;
terminó marchándose or por marcharse he ended up leaving
2
a) [reunión/situación] to end, come to an end;

◊ al terminar la clase when the class ended;

esto va a terminar mal this is going to turn out o end badly
b) ( rematar) terminar EN algo to end in sth;

◊ termina en consonante it ends in a consonant

c) ( llegar a):

◊ no termina de convencerme I'm not totally convinced;

no terminaba de gustarle she wasn't totally happy about it
3
◊ terminar con

a) ( acabar) terminar con algo ‹con libro/tarea› to finish with sth;

‹con problema/abuso› to put an end to sth
b) terminar con algn ( pelearse) to finish with sb;

( matar) to kill sb
terminarse verbo pronominal
1 [azúcar/pan] to run out;
◊ se me terminó la lana I've run out of wool

2 [curso/reunión] to come to an end, be over
3 ( enf) ‹libro/comida› to finish, polish off
terminar
I verbo transitivo
1 (una tarea, objeto) to finish: ya terminó el jersey, she has already finished the pullover ➣ Ver nota en finish 2 (de comer, beber, gastar) to finish: te compraré otro cuando termines este frasco, I'll buy you another one when you finish this bottle
II verbo intransitivo
1 (cesar, poner fin) to finish, end: mi trabajo termina a las seis, I finish work at six o'clock
no termina de creérselo, he still can't believe it
(dejar de necesitar, utilizar) ¿has terminado con el ordenador?, have you finished with the computer?
(acabar la vida, carrera, etc) to end up: terminó amargada, she ended up being embittered
2 (eliminar, acabar) este niño terminará con mi paciencia, this boy is trying my patience
tenemos que terminar con esta situación, we have to put an end to this situation
3 (estar rematado) to end: termina en vocal, it ends with a vowel
terminaba en punta, it had a pointed end
' terminar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
egresar
- emplear
- enterrar
- fijarse
- frenesí
- gastar
- parar
- rematar
- sin
- ventilarse
- zanjar
- acabar
- completar
- concluir
- faltar
- hasta
- medio
- mucho
- para
- pelear
- por
- último
English:
break up
- cease
- charge off
- clock
- close
- complete
- cooperation
- crop up
- drink up
- eat up
- end
- end up
- expire
- finish
- finish off
- finish up
- finish with
- get through
- graduate
- knock off
- leeway
- near
- stop
- time limit
- vain
- wind up
- and
- break
- concentrate
- conclude
- draw
- drink
- eat
- finished
- get
- leave
- nowhere
- round
- see
- undone
- unfinished
- wind

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terminar

♦ vt
[acabar] to finish;
termina la cerveza, que nos vamos finish your beer, we're going;

terminamos el viaje en San Francisco we ended our journey in San Francisco;

dar por terminado algo [discurso, reunión, discusión, visita] to bring sth to an end o a close;

está sin terminar it isn't finished;

Comp
RP Fam
¡terminala! that's enough!

♦ vi

1. [acabar] to end, to finish;
[tren, autobús, línea de metro] to stop, to terminate;
¿cómo termina la historia? how does the story end o finish?;

todo ha terminado it's all over;

deja que termine, déjame terminar [al hablar] let me finish;

terminar con la pobreza/la corrupción to put an end to poverty/corruption;

¿has terminado con las tijeras? have o are you finished with the scissors?;

han terminado con toda la leche que quedaba they've finished off o used up all the milk that was left;

terminar con algo/alguien [arruinar, destruir] to destroy sth/sb;
[matar] to kill sth/sb;
terminar de hacer algo to finish doing sth;

terminamos de desayunar a las nueve we finished having breakfast at nine;

terminar en [objeto] to end in;

termina en punta it ends in a point;

las sílabas que terminan en vocal syllables that end in a vowel;

para terminar, debo agradecer… [en discurso] finally, I would like to thank…

2. [reñir] to finish, to split up ( con with);
¡hemos terminado! it's over!

3. [en cierto estado o situación] to end up;

terminamos de mal humor/un poco deprimidos we ended up in a bad mood/(feeling) rather depressed;

terminó loco he ended up going mad;

vas a terminar odiando la física you'll end up hating physics;

este chico terminará mal this boy will come to a bad end;

este asunto terminará mal no good will come of this matter;

terminó de camarero/en la cárcel he ended up as a waiter/in jail;

la discusión terminó en pelea the argument ended in a fight;

terminar por hacer algo to end up doing sth

4. [llegar a]
no termino de entender lo que quieres decir I still can't quite understand what you mean;

no terminábamos de ponernos de acuerdo we couldn't quite seem to come to an agreement;

no termina de gustarme I'm not crazy about it

♦ See also the pronominal verb terminarse

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terminar

I v/t end, finish

II v/i

1 end, finish;

terminar con algo/alguien finish with sth/s.o.;

terminar de hacer algo finish doing sth

2 ( parar) stop

3

:

terminar por hacer algo end up doing sth

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terminar vt

1) concluir: to end, to conclude

2) acabar: to complete, to finish off

terminar vi

1) : to finish

2) : to stop, to end

♦ See also the reflexive verb terminarse

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terminar vb

1. (en general) to finish

las clases terminan a las cinco de la tarde classes finish at five in the afternoon

se ha terminado la reunión the meeting has finished

2. (al final) to end up

todo terminó bien everything ended up all right

Spanish-English dictionary > terminar

20 Geld

Geld n 1. BANK, BÖRSE buyer’s rate (Geldkurs, Börsenkurs); 2. FIN, GEN, WIWI (infrml) bread, (infrml) dough, (BE) (infrml) dosh, money, (AE) (infrml) wampum • am Geld BÖRSE at the money (Optionen) • aus dem Geld BÖRSE out of the money (Optionen) • etw. für sein Geld bekommen WIWI get good value for money • Geld abführen STEUER pay over, transfer • Geld anlegen GEN invest money, put money down • Geld auf Abruf BANK, FIN money at call • Geld auf eine Hypothek aufnehmen GEN raise money on a mortgage • Geld auf etw. aufnehmen GEN raise money on sth • Geld aufnehmen BANK borrow funds, borrow money • Geld ausgeben GEN spend • Geld großzügiger ausgeben FIN loosen one’s belt • Geld investieren FIN invest money, put money down • Geld leihen 1. FIN lend money; 2. BANK borrow money • Geld scheffeln GEN (infrml) rake it in • Geld sparen BANK save • Geld spielt keine Rolle GEN money is no object • Geld von jmdm. borgen GEN borrow money from sb • Geld von jmdm. leihen GEN borrow money from sb • Geld vorübergehend anlegen BÖRSE park money • Geld wie Heu haben GEN (infrml) have money to burn • im Geld BÖRSE in the money (Optionen) • im Geld schwimmen GEN (infrml) awash with cash • (richtig) Geld in die Hand nehmen GEN (infrml) (really) go to great expense • um Geld ersuchen GEN appeal for funds • zu Geld kommen GEN come into money
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n 1. < Börse> buyer's rate; 2. <Finanz, Geschäft, Vw> bread infrml, dough infrml, dosh infrml (BE), money, wampum infrml (AE) ■ am Geld < Börse> Optionen at the money ■ aus dem Geld < Börse> out of the money (Optionen) ■ etw. für sein Geld bekommen <Vw> get good value for money ■ Geld abführen < Steuer> pay over, transfer ■ Geld anlegen < Geschäft> invest money, put money down ■ Geld auf Abruf <Bank, Finanz> money at call ■ Geld auf eine Hypothek aufnehmen < Geschäft> raise money on a mortgage ■ Geld auf etw. aufnehmen < Geschäft> raise money on sth ■ Geld aufnehmen < Bank> borrow funds, borrow money ■ Geld ausgeben < Geschäft> spend ■ Geld großzügiger ausgeben < Finanz> loosen one's belt ■ Geld investieren < Finanz> invest money, put money down ■ Geld leihen 1. < Finanz> lend money; 2. < Bank> borrow money ■ Geld scheffeln infrml < Geschäft> rake it in infrml ■ Geld sparen < Bank> save ■ Geld spielt keine Rolle < Geschäft> money is no object ■ Geld von jmdm. borgen < Geschäft> borrow money from sb ■ Geld von jmdm. leihen < Geschäft> borrow money from sb ■ Geld vorübergehend anlegen < Börse> park money ■ Geld wie Heu haben infrml < Geschäft> have money to burn infrml ■ im Geld < Börse> in the money (Optionen) ■ im Geld schwimmen infrml < Geschäft> awash with cash infrml ■ um Geld ersuchen < Geschäft> appeal for funds ■ zu Geld kommen infrml < Geschäft> come into money

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Geld
money, furniture of one’s pocket (coll.), gold, dimes, scales (US), (Bargeld) cash, (Börse) buyers, bid, prices negotiated, (Hartgeld) coin, (Kleingeld) small change, (Papiergeld) paper money (currency, notes), (Wechselgeld) change;
• für Geld mercenarily;
• gegen bares Geld for cash;
• hinter dem Geld her on the make (pitch, sl.);
• in Geld ausgedrückt in cash terms;
• in gutem Geld in good money;
• keinen Pfennig Geld not a shot in the locker;
• knapp an Geld low in cash, short of money;
• nur mit wenig Geld versehen scant of money;
• mit Geld wohl versehen moneyed, flush of money;
• ohne Geld moneyless, out of funds, without means, hard up for money;
• ohne jedes Geld out of cash, penniless, broke (sl.);
• so gut wie bares Geld as good as (equal to) cash;
• viel Geld verschlingend money-guzzling;
• Gelder means, sums of money, funds, purse;
• abgenutztes Geld worn currency;
• angelegtes Geld money put up, funds (money) invested, investment;
• fest angelegtes Geld tied-up (locked-up, Br.) money, lockup (Br.);
• mit Kündigungsfrist angelegtes Geld term (time, US) deposit;
• langfristig angelegte Gelder long-term (funded) capital;
• nicht angelegtes Geld unemployed money;
• sicher angelegtes Geld money safely invested;
• auf einem Sparkonto angelegtes Geld money on deposit account;
• anvertrautes Geld consigned (trust) money, money held on trust, trust fund;
• aufgebrauchtes Geld spent money;
• aufgenommene Gelder borrowed funds, borrowings, debts, accounts payable (US);
• aufgewandte Gelder money employed;
• in den Ferien ausgegebenes Geld holiday expenses;
• ausgeliehenes Geld money lent;
• an Kunden ausgeliehene Gelder (Bilanz) advances against customers;
• ausgezahltes Geld cash disbursements;
• ausstehendes Geld money due, outstanding money, outstandings;
• ausstehende Gelder outstanding debts, outs, accounts receivable (US);
• bares Geld [spot] cash, present (dry, ready, cash, US) money, ready coin (cash), specie, money down (sl.);
• auf dem Transport (unterwegs) befindliches Geld bullion in transit, money in the post (Br.) (mail, US);
• befristete Gelder tied-up funds, lockup (Br.) time deposits (US);
• benötigte Gelder necessary funds;
• bereitliegendes Geld cash in hand;
• vom Parlament bewilligte Gelder money provided by Parliament (Br.);
• billiges Geld cheap (light, easy[-terms]) money;
• ein bisschen Geld a little money;
• brachliegendes Geld dead money, money paying no interest (lying idle);
• brachliegende Gelder idle funds;
• durchlaufende Gelder cash in transit;
• eigenes Geld own money;
• eingeforene Gelder blocked funds, frozen money;
• eingegangene Gelder [cash] receipts, takings;
• eingehende Gelder money pouring (coming) in, receipt of money, receipts, takings;
• eingesammeltes Geld purse;
• mittels Zwangsvollstreckung eingetriebenes Geld money made;
• eingezahltes Geld deposit;
• einlaufende Geld receipts;
• einzelnes Geld loose change (money);
• erspartes Geld money put aside;
• erspartes (erübrigtes) Geld savings, spare money;
• fakultatives Geld facultative money;
• täglich fälliges Geld money at (on) call, money at short notice (Br.), call (day-to-day) money (Br.), money on current account, sight (demand, US) deposit;
• falsches Geld counterfeit coin (money), bad (Br.) (bogus, base, Br.) money;
• festes Geld time loan (US) (money), deposit account (US), fixed (time) deposit (US);
• festgelegte (festliegende) Gelder tied-up funds, immobilized money, lockup (Br.), time deposits (US);
• flüssige Gelder available capital (funds), funds in hand, disposable funds, ready money, liquid funds (assets), cash, liquid resources, spare capital;
• fremde Gelder trust money, (Bankbilanz) funds from outside sources, third-party funds, deposit by customers;
• gangbares Geld current (good) money;
• mein ganzes Geld the whole of my money;
• gefälschtes Geld counterfeit coin (money), counterfeits, bad (base, Br.) money;
• gefundenes Geld windfall;
• gehortetes Geld inactive money;
• geliehenes Geld borrowed money;
• gepumptes Geld touch (sl.);
• aus dem Verkehr (Umlauf) gezogenes Geld money withdrawn from circulation;
• hartes Geld hard currency, coin[ed] money, hard (US) (solid) cash, specie;
• heißes Geld hot money, refugee capital;
• herausgegebenes Geld change, small coin;
• hinausgeworfenes Geld money down the drain, wasted money;
• hinterlegtes Geld trust money;
• gerichtlich hinterlegtes Geld cash under the control of the (money in) court;
• investiertes Geld capital invested;
• irreguläres Geld non-standard money;
• konvertierbares Geld convertible money;
• frei konvertierbares Geld hard money;
• täglich kündbares Geld money at call, call (day-to-day) money (Br.), demand deposits (US);
• kursierendes Geld current money;
• kurzfristig kündbare (kurzfristige) Gelder money on (at) short notice, demand deposits (US), short-term loans (US);
• langfristige Gelder time money (loan, deposit, US), call (long-term, US) money, street (long-term, demand, US) loans, deposit accounts (US);
• leichteres Geld easier money;
• ungeheure Menge Geld enormous amount of money;
• mündelsichere Gelder trustee investment (Br.), trust fund (US);
• nachbewilligte Gelder additional funds;
• öffentliche Gelder public monies (funds, Br.), the public purse;
• originäres Geld primary money;
• gerade passendes Geld even money;
• privates Geld private funds;
• restliches (überzähliges) Geld odd money;
• schlechtes Geld counterfeit money, base coin;
• schwarzes Geld black money;
• stillgelegtes Geld tied- (locked-, Br.) up money, lock-up (Br.);
• stillgelegte Gelder non-earning reserve;
• tägliches Geld demand loan (deposit, money) (US), sight deposit, call loan (money, Br.), overnight credit, day-to-day money (Br.);
• teures Geld dear (close, tight, high, US) money;
• überschüssiges Geld surplus money;
• postalisch überwiesenes Geld postal money;
• telegrafisch überwiesenes Geld telegraphic money;
• überzähliges Geld overpayment, payment in excess;
• übriges Geld spare cash;
• mein übriges Geld the rest of my money;
• umlaufendes Geld current (effective) money, currency;
• ungültiges Geld money that is no longer current;
• unverzinsliche Gelder dormant funds;
• im Drogenhandel verdientes Geld drug money;
• leicht verdientes Geld easy money, money easily earned, money for jam (Br. sl.) (for old rope, sl.), soft (sl.);
• sauer (schwer, mühsam) verdientes Geld hard earnings, hard-earned money, tough buck (sl.);
• schnell verdientes Geld fast buck (US sl.), turkey (sl.);
• vereinnahmtes und verausgabtes Geld money received and expended;
• jederzeit verfügbare Gelder money on hand, floating money, disposable funds;
• tatsächlich verfügbares Geld effective money supply;
• von einer Bank verwaltete Gelder banker’s (bank) funds;
• treuhänderisch verwaltetes (verwahrtes) Geld trustee investment (Br.), trust funds;
• viel Geld plenty (good deal) of money;
• sehr viel Geld no end of money;
• vollwertiges Geld sterling money;
• weggeworfenes Geld money thrown away;
• wertbeständiges Geld store-of-value money;
• restlos zurückgezahltes Geld money refunded in full;
• Geld auf Abruf (auf tägliche Kündigung) call loan (money, Br.), day-to-day loan (money) (Br.), street (demand, US) loan, money at call;
• Brief und Geld (Börse) bills and money, bid and asked, bids and offers, sellers and buyers;
• mehr Geld als Brief (Kursbericht) more buyers than sellers, buyer’s market (over, Br.);
• Geld wie Heu (Mist) oodles of money;
• Geld in der Ladenkasse till money;
• Gelder mit Laufzeit time deposits;
• Geld und sofort fällige Staatsbankguthaben treasury cash;
• Geld der Steuerzahler taxpayers’ money;
• Geld in der Tasche shot in the locker (coll.);
• Geld mit gleich bleibendem Wert stable money;
• Geld auf eine Woche weekly fixtures;
• Geld mit Zwangskurs legal tender, lawful money (US);
• Geld-aus-der-Tasche-ziehen shakedown (US sl.);
• Geld sparend money-saving;
• Geld verdienend money-making;
• Geld abheben to [with]draw money;
• Geld von der Bank (seinem Bankkonto) abheben to draw money from the bank;
• Geld mittels Scheck abheben to check out (US);
• jem. Geld abknöpfen to stint s. o. of money, to squeeze money out of s. o.;
• jem. sein Geld bis zum letzten Heller abnehmen to fleece s. o. of every halfpenny;
• Geld abzweigen to divert money;
• jem. Geld anbieten to offer s. o. money;
• j. um Geld angehen to draw on s. o. for money;
• j. fortlaufend um Geld angehen to keep at s. o. with appeals for money;
• j. um Geld anhauen to touch s. o. for s. th. (sl.);
• Geld anlegen to embark money, to put money out, to invest funds, to make an investment;
• sein Geld in Aktien anlegen to invest one’s money in stocks and shares;
• sein ganzes Geld in Büchern anlegen to spend a small fortune on books;
• sein Geld falsch anlegen to misemploy one’s money;
• Geld fest anlegen to place money on deposit;
• sein Geld in Grundstücken anlegen to invest one’s money (make investments) in real estate;
• sein Geld gut anlegen to invest one’s money to good account, to get good value for one’s money (coll.);
• Geld im Hausbesitz anlegen to put money into houses;
• sein Geld klug anlegen to bestow one’s money wisely;
• sein Geld nutzbringend anlegen to lay out one’s money profitably;
• sein Geld in mündelsicheren Papieren anlegen to invest one’s money in a safe stock;
• Geld in Rentenwerten anlegen to sink money in an annuity;
• sein Geld schlecht anlegen to make bad use of one’s money;
• Geld auf Sparkonten anlegen to place money in savings accounts;
• Geld spekulativ anlegen to venture money in a speculation;
• Geld in Staatsanleihen (Staatspapieren) anlegen to fund (Br.);
• Geld vernünftig anlegen to put money to good use;
• Geld verzinslich anlegen to put one’s money out at interest;
• sein Geld vorteilhaft anlegen to lay out one’s money to advantage;
• Geld zinsbringend anlegen to place money on interest;
• um Geld anpumpen to touch (pump) for money (sl.);
• sein Geld einer Bank anvertrauen to give money to the bank for safe-keeping;
• Geld anweisen to remit money;
• Geld aufbringen to put up funds, to put up (borrow, raise, take up) money, to raise cash, to finance;
• Geld für ein Unternehmen aufbringen to put up the money for an undertaking;
• Geld durch Zeichnung aufbringen to raise funds by subscriptions;
• Geld aufnehmen to borrow (raise, take up) money, to take the rate;
• Geld auf ein Grundstück aufnehmen to raise money on an estate;
• Geld gegen hypothekarische Sicherheiten aufnehmen to borrow on a mortgage;
• Geld gegen Verpfändung der Anlagenwerte aufnehmen to raise money on the security of the assets;
• Geld auftreiben to raise (scare up, US coll.) money, to raise cash, to finance;
• Geld für ein Unternehmen auftreiben to find the money for an undertaking, to finance an institution;
• Geld für j. aufwenden to spend money on s. o.;
• Geld aufzählen to count up money;
• Geld ausgeben to lay out (spend) money;
• sein ganzes Geld ausgeben to go through all one’s money;
• eine Menge Geld ausgeben to spend lots of money;
• scheffelweise Geld ausgeben to squander away money, to be off on a spending spree, to spend money like water;
• verschwenderisch Geld ausgeben to spend lavishly;
• wenig Geld für sein Auto ausgeben to run a car at small cost;
• öffentliche Gelder bestimmungsgemäß ausgeben to use public money only for legitimate purposes;
• viel Geld für Bücher ausgeben to spend a small fortune on books;
• Geld falsch ausgeben to misspend money;
• Geld mit vollen Händen (hemmungslos) ausgeben to go the paces, to be on a big spending binge, to be off on a spending spree, to make the money fly, to spend money with both hands (without stint, like water);
• Geld leicht ausgeben to spend money with a free hand;
• sein Geld für nichts und wieder nichts ausgeben to throw away one’s money for nothing;
• Geld spekulativ ausgeben to venture money in speculation;
• sein Geld umsonst ausgeben to spend one’s money for no purpose;
• viel Geld für Werbung ausgeben to advertise in a big way;
• jem. mit Geld aushelfen to aid s. o. with money;
• mit seinem Geld auskommen to live within one’s means;
• mit wenig Geld auskommen to live on little money;
• Geld ausleihen to lend money, to put money out to loan;
• Geld auf Bodmerei ausleihen to lend money on bottomry;
• Geld gegen Sicherheiten ausleihen to lend money on security;
• Geld auf Zinsen ausleihen to put out money (borrow) at interest, to place money on interest;
• Geld zinsfrei ausleihen to lend money free of interest;
• Geld ausspucken to spill money (fam.);
• jem. gegen Vorlage seines Personalausweises Geld auszahlen to pay s. o. a sum upon submission of proof of identity;
• sich um Geld balgen to scramble for money;
• restliches Geld behalten to keep the odd money;
• Teil des Geldes behalten to retain part of the money;
• Geld beiseiteschaffen to finance money away;
• für sein Geld etw. [Gleichwertiges] bekommen to get one’s money’s-worth;
• etw. für sein Geld geboten bekommen to have a run for one’s money;
• von jem. keinen Pfennig Geld bekommen not to see the colo(u)r of s. one’s money;
• Verfügungsgewalt über sein Geld bekommen to come into one’s own money;
• Geld abgezählt bereithalten no change given;
• Geld bereitstellen to finance;
• öffentliche Gelder bereitstellen to make the necessary public funds available;
• Geld beschaffen to furnish (procure) money, to provide funds;
• das erforderliche Geld beschaffen (auftreiben) to find the money;
• jem. Geld besorgen to provide s. o. with money;
• aus lauter Geld bestehen to be made of money;
• j. um sein ganzes Geld betrügen to fleece s. o. of (jockey, do s. o. out of) all his money;
• Geld bewilligen to grant money, (parl.) to vote supplies (funds);
• jem. für sein Geld etw. bieten to give s. o. a run for his money;
• j. eilig um Geld bitten to rush s. o. for money;
• j. um sein Geld bringen to relieve s. o. of his money;
• j. um sein ganzes Geld bringen to bilk s. o. out of his money;
• das große Geld bringen to bring in big money;
• Geld unter die Leute bringen to put money into circulation;
• Geld in Verkehr bringen to pass the coin;
• Geld bei einer Bank deponieren to deposit money with a bank;
• Geld durchbringen to waste money;
• Geld einfordern to demand payment;
• Geld einkassieren to pocket cash;
• Geld einnehmen to receive money;
• Geld einschießen to give in, to put into, to contribute capital;
• Geld in den Wirtschaftskreislauf einschleusen to pump money into the economic system;
• mit Geld einspringen to chip in (US);
• Geld einstecken (einstreichen) to pocket money;
• sich sein Geld sehr genau einteilen to make a penny go a long way;
• Geld eintreiben to enforce payment, to recover a debt;
• Geld bei einer Bank einzahlen to put money in[to] (deposit money with) a bank;
• Geld auf ein Konto einzahlen to pay money into an account;
• schlechtes Geld einziehen to call in coins;
• seine Gelder einziehen to call in one’s money;
• Geld durch Zahlkarte überwiesen erhalten to be paid out in cash by the postman;
• Geld erheben to raise money;
• Geld auf betrügerische Weise erlangen to get money by fraud;
• j. um sein Geld erleichtern to part s. o. from his money;
• Geld erpressen to ramp (Br. sl.);
• gestohlenes Geld ersetzen to replace stolen money;
• im Geld ersticken to be rolling in money;
• aus öffentlichen Geldern fördern to subsidize;
• gesperrte Gelder freigeben to release funds;
• Geld auf Bodmerei geben to advance money on bottomry;
• ins Geld gehen to run into money (coll.);
• erheblich ins Geld gehen to run into large amounts;
• mit seinem Geld geizen to be very near with one’s money;
• Geld haben to be worth money (in stock, in cash);
• dicke Gelder haben to have a fat income;
• eigenes Geld haben to have money of one’s own;
• genügend Geld haben to have money in sufficiency;
• nicht genügend Geld haben to feel the need of money;
• haufenweise Geld (Geld wie Heu, Mist) haben to have scads (lots, coll., piles, coll.) of money, to be simply coining money, to have money to burn, to have money galore;
• kaum Geld haben to be hard up [for money];
• kein (Mangel an) Geld haben to get aground, to be short of stuff (pressed for funds);
• massenhaft Geld haben to have loads (scads, US) of money;
• scheffelweise Geld haben to have lots of money (coll.);
• Taschen voller Geld haben to have one’s pockets full of money;
• Unmenge Geld (unermessliche Geld er) haben to have lots (a pot) of money;
• viel Geld haben to have a large income;
• sehr wenig Geld haben to have very little money;
• für sein Geld etw. haben to have a run for one’s money;
• Geld bei sich haben to have (carry) money on one;
• kein Geld bei sich haben not to have any money on one, to have no cash on o. s.;
• sein Geld gut angelegt haben to get good value for one’s money;
• Geld in Staatspapieren angelegt haben to have money in the funds (Br.);
• Geld ausstehen haben to have money owing;
• Geld auf der Bank haben to have funds with (money in) a bank;
• genügend Geld zum Bauen haben to have ample means for building;
• etw. Geld beiseite gelegt haben to have a little money in reserve;
• schönes Stück Geld gespart haben to have saved a nice bit of money;
• Geld in der Kasse haben to have cash in hand;
• Geld bei jem. stehen haben to have money lodged with s. o.;
• Geld bei einer Bank stehen haben to keep money at a bank;
• Geld im Überfluss haben to have scads (lots, piles) of money, to have money to burn;
• Geld zur Verfügung haben to have money at one’s disposal;
• viel Geld zur Verfügung haben to have a big bankroll;
• so viel Geld zur Verfügung haben to have so much money in hand;
• Geld zurückgelegt haben to have money laid aside (put by);
• Geld zu jds. Verfügung halten to hold money to s. one’s order;
• am Geld hängen to be a slave to money;
• nach Geld heiraten to marry money;
• Geld herausbekommen to get change;
• Geld herausgeben to give change;
• Geld aus jem. herausholen to get money out of s. o.;
• Geld aus jem. herauskitzeln (herauslocken) to elicit (entice, worm) money out of s. o.;
• Geld aus jem. herauspressen to wring money out of s. o.;
• Geld herausrücken to part with one’s money, to fork out, to cough up (sl.);
• Geld bei jem. herausschinden to extract money from s. o.;
• Geld aus etw. herausschlagen to make money out of s. th.;
• Geld zum Fenster herauswerfen to throw money down the drain;
• Geld aus einem Geschäft herausziehen to withdraw money from a business;
• Geld herbeischaffen to raise money;
• sein ganzes Geld hergeben to part with all one’s money;
• mit seinem Geld nur so herumschmeißen to play ducks and drakes with one’s money;
• Satz für tägliches Geld hinaufsetzen to mark up call money (US);
• sein Geld mit beiden Händen zum Fenster hinauswerfen to throw money down the drain;
• Geld hineinstecken to embark money;
• Geld bei jem. hinterlegen to lodge (deposit) money with s. o.;
• Geld bei einer Bank hinterlegen to place money on deposit with a bank;
• Geld bei Gericht hinterlegen to bring money into the court;
• Geld horten to hoard money;
• Geld investieren to invest capital;
• Geld in Häusern investieren to put money into houses;
• für billiges Geld kaufen to buy at a moderate price;
• mit Geld klimpern to chink;
• mit dem Geld knausern to stint money;
• um sein Geld kommen to lose one’s money;
• plötzlich zu Geld kommen to strike a lead (it rich);
• plötzlich zu viel Geld kommen to come into the big money;
• schnell zu Geld kommen to make a quick buck (sl.);
• schwer Geld auftreiben können to be hard set to find money;
• sich von seinem Geld schwer trennen können not to like to part with one’s money;
• nicht mit Geld umgehen können not to know how to handle money;
• Geld kosten to require money;
• Haufen Geld kosten to cost a packet of money;
• heilloses Geld kosten to cost an unholy amount of money;
• schweres Geld kosten to cost a great deal of money, to cost a lot (pot) of money;
• j. schweres Geld kosten to be a heavy burden on s. o.;
• anständige Stange (schönes Stück) Geld kosten (fam.) to run to (cost) a pretty penny, to come to a deal of money;
• sein Geld arbeiten lassen to put one’s money out at interest;
• sein Geld nicht arbeiten lassen to let one’s money lie idle;
• j. um sein Geld betteln lassen to let s. o. whistle for his money;
• Geld springen lassen to bleed well (sl.);
• sehr ins Geld laufen to run into very large sums;
• von seinem Geld leben to live on one’s capital;
• Geld auf die Bank legen to put money in[to] a bank;
• Geld auf die hohe Kante legen to put money by;
• Geld auf den Tisch legen to put down the money (fam.);
• Geld leihen (jem.) to loan (lend) money, (von jem.) to borrow [money];
• sein Geld loswerden to get rid of one’s money, to drop money (US sl.);
• Geld machen to make money;
• zu Geld machen to convert (turn) into cash, to turn (run) into money, to coin;
• Geld flüssig machen to ease money free;
• Geld locker machen to spring money (Br. coll.);
• aus seinem Geld mehr machen to manage one’s money more effectively;
• Geld nachschießen to pay an additional amount (sum);
• gutes Geld schlechtem Geld nachwerfen (hinterherwerfen) to throw good money after bad (coll.);
• herausgegebenes Geld nachzählen to count one’s change;
• Geld aus der Ladenkasse nehmen to take money from the till;
• bei Freunden hemmungslos Geld pumpen to feel no qualms about borrowing money from friends;
• Geld reinbuttern to kick in (sl.);
• Geld zu einem bestimmten Zweck sammeln to make up a purse;
• Geld für wohltätige Zwecke sammeln to canvass on (Br.) (in, US) behalf of charity;
• Geld auf die Seite schaffen to finance money away;
• Geld scheffeln to coin (coll.) (scoop up) money, to be simply coining money (Br.);
• monatlich Geld nach Hause schicken to remit money home each month;
• mit dem Geld nur so um sich schmeißen to scatter money broadcast, to fling one’s money about, to blow one’s money (sl.);
• [sein] Geld aus dem Fenster schmeißen to fling one’s money out of the window, to throw money down the drain;
• Geld schöpfen to create money;
• Geld schulden to owe money;
• viel Geld schulden to be involved in debts;
• im Geld [nur so] schwimmen to be rolling in cash (money, wealth, coll.), to bucket money, to have loads of money;
• bei Geld sein to be flush of money (in funds), to be in cash (the chips, sl.);
• knapp bei Gelde sein to be hard up (in low water), to be short of money;
• nicht bei Geld sein to be out of cash (funds);
• scharf aufs Geld aus sein to be keen on money making;
• völlig ohne Geld sein to be penniless (broke);
• aufs Geld aus sein to be after (out for) money, to be on the make (sl.);
• nicht mit Geld zu bezahlen sein to be worth its weight in gold;
• mit Geld freigebig sein to be open-handed with money;
• mit Geld reichlich (wohl) versehen sein to have a well-lined purse, to be flush of money;
• Geld sparen to save money;
• um Geld spielen to play for money, to game;
• Geld in ein Geschäft stecken to put capital into a business;
• sein Geld ins Geschäft stecken to lock up one’s cash in one’s trade;
• sein ganzes Geld ins Geschäft stecken to sink all one’s money in the concern;
• enorm viel Geld in sein Geschäft stecken to spend a fortune over one’s business;
• Geld aus der Ladekasse stehlen to abstract money from a till;
• Geld für ein Unternehmen zur Verfügung stellen to put up money for an undertaking;
• nach Geld stinken to stink of money (sl.);
• sich Geld in die Taschen stopfen to shove money into one’s pocket;
• viel Geld zu verdienen suchen to go in for money;
• sein letztes Geld mit jem. teilen to share one’s last crust with s. o.;
• Geld zur Sparkasse tragen to put money into the savings bank;
• Geld unmittelbar übergeben to hand over the money direct;
• Geld überweisen to transmit (transfer) money;
• jem. Geld überweisen to put s. o. in cash, to send s. o. a remittance;
• telegrafisch Geld überweisen to transfer money by cable;
• großzügig mit fremden Geld umgehen to be generous with other people’s property;
• leichtsinnig mit Vaters Geld umgehen to play fast and loose with father’s money;
• sorglos mit seinem Geld umgehen to be very flush with one’s money;
• sparsam mit seinem Geld umgehen to husband one’s money
• [fremdes] Geld umrechnen to reduce money;
• in [bares] Geld umsetzen to turn into money (cash), to realize;
• sein Geld dreimal jährlich umsetzen to turn one’s money three times a year;
• Geld ohne zusätzliche Gebühren gegen die landesübliche Währung umtauschen to change the currency without having to pay an extra charge;
• falsches Geld unterbringen to fob off false coin;
• Geld unterschlagen to convert money to one’s own use;
• öffentliche Gelder unterschlagen (veruntreuen) to misappropriate public funds, to misapply public money;
• j. mit Geld unterstützen to assist s. o. with money;
• Geld verauslagen to disburse money;
• Geld verdienen to make money;
• Haufen Geld verdienen to make stacks of money;
• schweres Geld verdienen to earn big (heavy) money, to line one’s pocket, to make money hand over fist;
• schöne Stange Geld verdienen to make piles of money;
• an einer Sache ein schönes Stück Geld verdienen to make a pretty penny out of s. th.;
• viel Geld verdienen to earn big money, to have a large income, to do well;
• enorm viel Geld verdienen to be simply coining money;
• auf einen Schlag viel Geld verdienen to earn a lot of money in one scoop;
• sein Geld auf anständige Art und Weise (ehrlich) verdienen to turn an honest penny;
• Geld wie Heu (Mist) verdienen to be simply coining money, to make money hand over fist;
• Geld vereinnahmen to receive money;
• Geld vergeuden to trifle away one’s money;
• schrankenlos Geld verleihen to lend money without limits;
• Geld bei etw. verlieren to lose money on s. th;
• bei etw. sehr viel Geld verlieren to drop a lot of money;
• jem. sein ganzes Geld vermachen to leave one’s money to s. o.;
• sein Geld verplempern to muddle away one’s money;
• Geld verpulvern to blow money (sl.);
• sich Geld verschaffen to procure money;
• sich Geld durch Betrug verschaffen to obtain money by fraud;
• sich das nötige Geld verschaffen to raise the wind (fam.);
• sein Geld verschleudern to make pots and pans of one’s property, to throw one’s money about;
• viel Geld verschlingen to cost a mint of money;
• j. mit Geld versehen to keep s. o. in money, to supply s. o. with funds, to finance s. o.;
• sein Geld verspekulieren to finance one’s money away (US);
• Geld gleichmäßig verteilen to divide money equally;
• sein Geld gut verwenden to make good use of one’s money;
• jem. sein Geld vorenthalten to keep s. o. out of money;
• Geld vorschießen (vorstrecken) to advance money;
• Geld für einen Hausbau vorsehen to destine money to build a house;
• jem. Geld vorzählen to count money before s. o.;
• ausländisches Geld wechseln to change foreign currency;
• von allen Leuten (Seiten) um Geld angegangen werden to be pressed for money from all quarters;
• mit Geld nur so um sich werfen to fling one’s money about, to throw money about like dirt;
• sein Geld auf die Straße werfen to throw money down the drain;
• sein Geld nicht wiederbekommen to be put out of pocket;
• für sein Geld etw. haben wollen to want one’s money’s-worth;
• im Gelde wühlen to be wallowing (rolling) in money;
• in barem Geld zahlen to pay in cash;
• in deutschem Geld zahlen to pay in German money;
• sein Geld zählen to tell one’s money (US);
• jem. Geld aus der Tasche ziehen to relieve s. o. of his money, to shake s. o. down (US sl.);
• Geld seiner Zweckbestimmung zuführen to appropriate money;
• sein Geld zurückbekommen to recover (get back) one’s money;
• Geld an den Eigentümer zurückgeben to restore (refund) money to the owner;
• zu viel gezahltes Geld zurückgeben to return an overpaid amount;
• schönes Stück Geld zurücklegen to put a good deal of money aside;
• Geld für unvorhergesehene Ereignisse zurücklegen to reserve money for unforeseen contingencies, to put aside for a rainy day;
• sein Geld zurückverlangen to want [to get] one’s money back;
• sein Geld zusammenhalten to take care of one’s money;
• Geld zusammenkratzen to scrape up a sum of money, to scratch together, to scramble up money;
• ein bisschen Geld zusammenkratzen to rake together a little money;
• Geld zusammenscharren to scramble up money;
• sein Geld zusammenwerfen to pool one’s resources;
• Geld zuschießen to contribute money;
• Gelder zweckbestimmen to earmark funds;
• Gelder zweckentfremden (anderen als den vorhergesehenen Zwecken zuführen) to alienate funds from their proper destination;
• Geld gesucht (Kurszettel) wanted, inquired matter;
• ohne Geld geht nichts money talks;
• damit kann man viel Geld verdienen there is money in it;
• Geld spielt keine Rolle, auf Geld wird nicht gesehen (Anzeige) money is no object;
• Geldabfindung monetary indemnity, pecuniary compensation (satisfaction), cash settlement;
• Geldabfluss drain of money, efflux of funds;
• Geldabfluss zu einer Flut anschwellen lassen to turn the outflow of money into a flood;
• Geldabhebung draft [of money], withdrawal of [a sum of] money, drawing, cashing;
• Geldabschöpfung absorption of purchasing power;
• kreditäre Geldabschöpfung creation of currency (money);
• Geldabwertung devaluation (devalorization) of the currency;
• Geldabzug drain of money;
• Geldadel moneyed aristocracy, plutocracy.
herbeischaffen, Geld
to raise funds (the wind, sl.).
vorstrecken, Geld
to advance money.
zusammenkratzen, Geld
to scrape up a sum of money;
• Pfennige zusammenkratzen to scrabble the pennies together.
zusammenschießen, Geld
to club together;
• Gelder (Kapitalien) zusammenschießen to pool funds;
• sein Kapital zusammenschießen to join stock with s. o.

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to send supplies

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