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to weave before

1 praetexo

prae-texo, xŭi, xtum, 3, v. a., to weave before or in front, to fringe, edge, border.
I.
Lit. (mostly poet.):
purpura saepe tuos fulgens praetexit amictus,
Ov. P. 3, 8, 7:
glaucas comis praetexere frondes,
weave around, Val. Fl. 3, 436; Plin. 16, 1, 1, § 4:
praetexit arundine ripas Mincius,
Verg. E. 7, 12:
litora curvae Praetexunt puppes,
id. A. 6, 5:
fontem violis, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 249: limina ramis, Rapt. Pros. 2, 320: ripam ulvis,
Aus. Idyll. 10, 45:
sicubi odoratas praetexit amaracus umbras,
spreads over, Col. 10, 297.—In mid. force:
utraeque nationes Rheno praetexuntur,
border on the Rhine, Tac. G. 34.—
B.
Transf.
1.
To place before or in front (syn.:
praetendo, praepono): in his voluminibus auctorum nomina praetexui, Plin. praef. § 21: auctores quos praetexuimus volumini huic,
id. 18, 25, 57, § 212:
tibi maximus honor excubare pro templis, postibusque praetexi,
i. e. that your statues stand before the temples, Plin. Pan. 52.—
2.
To border, to furnish, provide, or adorn with any thing: ex primo versu cujusque sententiae primis litteris illius sententiae carmen omne praetexitur, the whole poem is bordered (like an acrostic) with the initial letters from the first verse of every sentence (oracle), Cic. Div. 2, 54, 112: omnia quae aguntur acerrime, lenioribus principiis natura praetexuit, has provided with, etc., id. de Or. 2, 78, 317:
praetexta quercu domus,
Ov. F. 4, 953; 5, 567:
summaque praetexat tenuis fastigia chartae, Indicet ut nomen, littera facta, meum,
let my name be inscribed upon it, Tib. 3, 1, 11.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To allege as an excuse, to pretend, to assign as a pretext (syn. causor):
cupiditatem triumphi,
Cic. Pis. 24, 56:
nomina speciosa,
Tac. H. 1, 72.—With acc. and inf.:
ubicumque ipsi essent, praetexentes esse rempublicam,
Vell. 2, 62, 3:
Tigellinus T. Vinii potentia defensus, praetexentis, servatam ab eo filiam,
Tac. H. 1, 72.—
B.
To cover, cloak, conceal, disguise with any thing:
hoc praetexit nomine culpam,
Verg. A. 4, 172:
funera sacris,
id. ib. 4, 500:
fraudem blando risu,
Claud. Ruf. 1, 99.—Hence, praetextus, a, um, P. a., clothed with or wearing the toga praetexta:
praetextus senatus (for praetextā in dutus),
Prop. 4 (5), 1, 11:
pubes,
Aus. Prof. 18, 7.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Toga praetexta, and (post-Aug.) absol.: praetexta, ae, f., the outer garment, bordered with purple, worn at Rome by the higher magistrates and by free-born children till they assumed the toga virilis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36; 2, 1, 44, § 113; id. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 2; Liv. 27, 37; 33, 42; Plin. 9, 39, 63, § 136; 33, 1, 4, § 10 et saep.: praetextā pullā nulli alii licebat uti, quam ei, qui funus faciebat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 236 Müll.—Hence,
b.
praetexta, ae, f. (sc. fabula), a tragedy, because celebrated Romans (like Brutus, Decius, Marcellus) were represented in it:
nostri vestigia Graeca Ausi deserere, et celebrare domestica facta, Vel qui praetextas vel qui docuere togatas,
Hor. A. P. 286; Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3:
praetextam legere,
id. ib. 10, 32, 5.—
2.
praetextum, i, n.
a.
An ornament, as something wrought or fastened in front (post - Aug.):
pulcherrimum reipublicae praetextum,
Sen. Ep. 71, 9.—
b.
A pretence, [p. 1436] pretext, excuse (post-Aug.; cf.:
species, simulatio): et praetextum quidem illi civilium armorum hoc fuit: causas autem alias fuisse opinantur,
Suet. Caes. 30: ad praetextum mutatae voluntatis, under pretext or color of, id. Aug. 12:
ipse Ravennam devertit praetexto classem alloquendi,
under pretext, Tac. H. 2, 100:
praetexto reipublicae,
id. ib. 3, 80; Sen. Contr. 4, 25, 14.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praetexo
2 prae-texō

prae-texō xuī, xtus, ere, to weave before, fringe, edge, border: Purpura praetexit amictūs, O.: litora Praetexunt puppes, V.: nationes Rheno praetexuntur, border on the Rhine, Ta.—To border, furnish, provide, adorn: primis litteris sententiae carmen omne praetexitur, i. e. the initial letters of the verses are those of the sentence: omnia lenioribus principiis natura praetexuit, has provided with, etc.: praetexta quercu domus, O.: praetexat fastigia chartae littera, i. e. be written on the margin, Tb.—Fig., to cover, cloak, conceal, disguise: hoc nomine culpam, V.—To assign as a pretext: servatam ab eo filiam, Ta.: nomina speciosa, Ta.

Latin-English dictionary > prae-texō
3 informal

adj.

1 informal (desenfadado, no solemne).

una reunión informal an informal meeting

vestido de manera informal casually dressed

2 unreliable (irresponsable).

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informal

► adjetivo

1 (desenfadado) informal

2 (persona) unreliable

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adj.

informal, casual

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ADJ

1) [persona] unreliable

2) [charla, lenguaje, cena] informal; [ropa] casual, informal

reunión informal — informal meeting

3) LAm (=no oficial)

el sector informal de la economía — the unofficial sector of the economy, the black economy

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adjetivo

1)

a) < persona> unreliable

b) <ropa/estilo> informal, casual; <cena/ambiente> informal

c) ( no oficial) < reunión> informal

2) (AmL) <economía/sector> black (before n), informal (before n)

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= informal, conversational, playful, unstuffy [unstuffier -comp., unstuffiest -sup.].

Ex. The staff undertake searches and enquiries for the user and educate the user by various ways, from informal discussion to fully prepared lectures.

Ex. The old expressions 'spin a yarn', 'weave a tale' suggest the anecdotal, conversational quality that must be striven for by the storyteller.

Ex. The article is a playful attempt to describe the historical determinations of the subject.

Ex. The book is often funny, occasionally heart-renderingly tragic, and written in an unstuffy modern style.

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* de manera informal = casually.

* de modo informal = informally.

* reunión informal = get together [get-together], social.

* ropa informal = informal dress, casual wear.

* sondeo informal de opinión = straw poll.

* vestimenta informal = informal dress.

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adjetivo

1)

a) < persona> unreliable

b) <ropa/estilo> informal, casual; <cena/ambiente> informal

c) ( no oficial) < reunión> informal

2) (AmL) <economía/sector> black (before n), informal (before n)

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= informal, conversational, playful, unstuffy [unstuffier -comp., unstuffiest -sup.].

Ex: The staff undertake searches and enquiries for the user and educate the user by various ways, from informal discussion to fully prepared lectures.

Ex: The old expressions 'spin a yarn', 'weave a tale' suggest the anecdotal, conversational quality that must be striven for by the storyteller.

Ex: The article is a playful attempt to describe the historical determinations of the subject.

Ex: The book is often funny, occasionally heart-renderingly tragic, and written in an unstuffy modern style.

* de manera informal = casually.

* de modo informal = informally.

* reunión informal = get together [get-together], social.

* ropa informal = informal dress, casual wear.

* sondeo informal de opinión = straw poll.

* vestimenta informal = informal dress.

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informal

adjective

A

1 ‹persona› unreliable

2 ‹ropa/estilo› informal, casual; ‹cena/ambiente› informal

3 (no oficial) ‹reunión› informal

B ( AmL) ‹economía/sector› black ( before n), informal ( before n)

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informal adjetivo
1
a) ‹ persona› unreliable

b) ‹ropa/estilo› informal, casual;

‹cena/ambiente› informal
c) ( no oficial) ‹ reunión› informal

2 (AmL) ‹economía/sector› black ( before n), informal ( before n)
informal adjetivo
1 (sin protocolo) informal: es una cena informal, it's an informal dinner
2 (ropa, estilo) casual: tiene suerte de poder ir al trabajo con un atuendo informal, she's lucky to be able to wear casual clothes to work
3 (irresponsable) unreliable: es bastante informal a la hora de cumplir lo prometido, he's quite unreliable when it comes to fulfilling commitments
' informal' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aunque
- bastante
- charla
- cita
- etiquetar
- permitirse
- chanta
- conferencia
- debate
- debatir
- deportivo
- familiar
English:
bop
- casual
- casually
- informal
- offhandedly
- relaxed
- sneak
- tone
- unbusinesslike
- unceremonious
- informally
- unreliable

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informal

♦ adj

1. [desenfadado, no solemne] informal;

una reunión informal an informal meeting;

vestido de manera informal casually dressed;

la lengua informal informal language

2. [irresponsable] unreliable

3. Am
la economía informal [no regularizada] the informal economy

♦ nmf

es un informal he's an unreliable person

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informal

adj

1 informal

2 irresponsable unreliable

* * *

informal adj

1) : unreliable (of persons)

2) : informal, casual

♦ informalmente adv

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informal adj

1. (ambiente, reunión) informal

una cena informal an informal supper

2. (ropa) casual

usa ropa informal she wears casual clothes

Spanish-English dictionary > informal
4 Linen

LINEN
Cloth made of flax. The fabrication of linen in England was not carried on to any great extent before the middle of the 16th century. It was made here in the time of the Anglo-Saxons. Linen was worn as garments for wear next to the skin. In the 14th and 15th centuries much linen was imported from abroad, cloth of Lake, cloth of Rennes, cloth of Ypres and of Gaunt, being specially mentioned. The linen most commonly noticed during the Middle Ages for wear was known as " Holland," the cloth woven in that country, and the name has descended to the present day. In the reign of Charles II an act was passed for the encouragement of the manufacturing of all kinds of linen cloth and tapestry made from hemp or flax. Linen fabrics are manufactured in numerous qualities, bleached, dyed or in natural colour. The varieties of the plain weave fabrics are: - Cambrics, handkerchiefs, lawns, pillow cloth sheetings, hollands, canvas, duck dress linens, brown linens, aeroplane linens, interlinings, sailcloth, scrims, crash, roughs and dowlas. These fabrics differ considerably in setting and yarns. Fancy weave cloths comprise diapers, damasks, honeycombs, huckabacks, drills, towels, etc. All the above fabrics are imitated in cotton and many are cheapened by using cotton warp and flax weft. ————————
LINEN
One of the oldest known fabrics is that made from flax yarn and called linen. The Egyptians thought linen was an emblem of purity, and used it as a wrapping for their dead. By the term linen is generally meant a medium weight cloth with plain weave, and one that takes the same standing in the linen trade as calico does in the cotton trade.

Dictionary of the English textile terms > Linen
5 Sponge Cloths

SPONGE CLOTHS
A piece of cloth such as unbleached duck or drill about ¹/₄ to ¹/₂ yard in size used to dampen materials before they are pressed. ————————
SPONGE CLOTHS
Cotton dress goods fabrics woven with a sponge or honeycomb weave on 10 ends which form hollows and ridges. Made in all widths and coarse yarns. Another style made with the leno weave is used for cleaning cloths or may be made plain weave, about 10 or 12 ends and 10 to 14 picks per inch, 6's to 10's warp and weft.

Dictionary of the English textile terms > Sponge Cloths
6 familiar

adj.

1 family.

reunión familiar family gathering

2 friendly (en el trato) (agradable).

3 informal, colloquial (lenguaje, estilo).

4 familiar (conocido).

su cara me es o me resulta familiar her face looks familiar

5 family-sized (tamaño).

un envase familiar a family pack

6 family-owned.

7 familial.

f. & m.

relative, relation.

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familiar

► adjetivo

1 (de la familia) family, of the family

2 (conocido) familiar, well-known

3 (tamaño) family

4 LINGÚÍSTICA colloquial

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 relation, relative

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adj.

1) familiar

2) informal

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1. ADJ

1) (=de la familia) family antes de s

lazos familiares — family ties

creció en un ambiente familiar muy alegre — he grew up in a very happy family environment

pensión Sol, ambiente familiar — pensión Sol, friendly atmosphere

coche familiar — estate car, station wagon (EEUU)

dioses familiares — household gods

envase familiar — family-sized o family pack

en la pensión recibes un trato familiar — in the guesthouse they treat you like one of the family

2) (=conocido) familiar

tu cara me resulta familiar — your face looks familiar

3) [lenguaje, término] colloquial

2.

SMF (=pariente) relative, relation

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I
adjetivo

1)

a) <vida/vínculo> family (before n); <envase/coche> family (before n)

b) <trato/tono> familiar, informal; <lenguaje/expresión> colloquial

2) ( conocido) familiar

su cara me resulta familiar — her face is familiar

el idioma no me es familiar — I'm not familiar with the language
II
masculino y femenino relative, relation

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I
adjetivo

1)

a) <vida/vínculo> family (before n); <envase/coche> family (before n)

b) <trato/tono> familiar, informal; <lenguaje/expresión> colloquial

2) ( conocido) familiar

su cara me resulta familiar — her face is familiar

el idioma no me es familiar — I'm not familiar with the language
II
masculino y femenino relative, relation

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familiar¹

= relative, next of kin, kin, kinsman [kinsmen, -pl.], family member.

Ex: Here, families from many different communities were up-rooted and resettled on greenfield sites, many miles away from relatives and friends.

Ex: Interviews were with a surviving next of kin or a nonrelative about three months after the event of death.

Ex: Marriage is prohibited with all direct kin.

Ex: The article 'Two noble kinsmen: libraries and museums' explains how libraries and museums reflect a common ancestry yet they have evolved separately.

Ex: Patients who attended with a spouse/partner/carer/ family member indicated it was helpful to them and the accompanying person.

* afligido por la muerte de un familiar cercano = bereaved.

* familiar a cargo = dependent.

* familiares = kinfolk [kinsfolk].

* familiar femenino = kinswoman [kinswomen, -pl.].

* familiar que cuida de los mayores = kinkeeper.

* muerte de un familiar = bereavement, death in the family.

familiar²

² = familiar, conversational, familial, old friend, family-oriented, colloquial, homey [homier -comp., homiest -sup.].

Ex: For anyone involved with online searching, the equipment needed for electronic mail will be familiar: in addition to the microcomputer itself (which is the terminal), an acoustic coupler or modem will be needed.

Ex: The old expressions 'spin a yarn', 'weave a tale' suggest the anecdotal, conversational quality that must be striven for by the storyteller.

Ex: These librarians are thoroughly sensitised to the social, familial, ethnic, economic and political characteristics of the people in their neighbourhoods.

Ex: The Web's full embrace of constant change means that even old friend sites may be unrecognisable after technology facelifts.

Ex: Middleborns tend to be less family-oriented than firstborns or lastborns.

Ex: Assembler is the colloquial term for assembly language which lies between the low-level machine code and high-level languages.

Ex: However, his attempt to make cultural and social history more accessible to a wider audience by adopting a homey, jokey style often seems counterproductive.

* asunto familiar = family affair.

* ayuda familiar = family income supplement, family worker.

* centro de planificación familiar = family planning clinic.

* coche familiar = family car.

* conflicto familiar = family conflict.

* desintegración familiar = family breakdown.

* dicho familiar = familiar saying.

* genealogía familiar = family genealogy.

* historia familiar = family history.

* lazo familiar = family bond.

* lazos familiares = family ties.

* lenguaje familiar = colloquial language, familiar language.

* negocio familiar = family-run business.

* nido familiar = family nest.

* permiso por razones familiares = family leave.

* planificación familiar = family planning.

* reliquia familiar = heirloom.

* responsabilidades familiares = family responsibilities.

* restaurante familiar = family restaurant.

* reunión familiar = family gathering.

* ser familiar = strike + familiar chords.

* servicio auxiliar de apoyo familiar = respite care.

* tiempo familiar = quality time.

* tradición familiar = family tradition.

* VHS (Sistema de Vídeo Familiar) = VHS (Video Home System).

* vida familiar = family life.

* violencia familiar = domestic violence.

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familiar¹

adjective

A

1 ‹vida/vínculo› family ( before n); ‹coche› family ( before n); ‹envase› family ( before n), economy-size

una botella (de) tamaño familiar an economy-size bottle

un restaurante de ambiente familiar a family restaurant

2 ‹trato/tono› familiar, informal; ‹lenguaje/expresión› colloquial

B (conocido) familiar

su cara me resulta familiar her face is familiar, she looks familiar

su voz me resulta familiar her voice sounds o is familiar

el idioma aún no me es familiar I'm still not familiar with the language

familiar²

masculine and feminine

relative, relation

sus hermanos y demás familiares her brothers and other relatives o relations

se fue a vivir con un familiar he went to live with a relative

familiar³

masculine

( Esp)

station wagon ( AmE), estate car ( BrE)

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familiar adjetivo
a) ‹vida/vínculo› family ( before n);

‹envase/coche› family ( before n)
b) ‹trato/tono› familiar, informal;

‹lenguaje/expresión› colloquial
c) ( conocido) ‹cara/lugar› familiar;

◊ su voz me resulta familiar her voice is familiar

■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
relative, relation
familiar
I adjetivo
1 (de la familia) family
planificación familiar, family planning
2 (conocido) familiar
3 (tamaño) envase familiar, economy size
II mf relation, relative: vamos a ver a unos familiares, we're going to visit some relatives
' familiar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abasto
- abrirse
- abuela
- abuelo
- abusar
- acabarse
- adiós
- advertir
- agarrada
- agarrado
- agobiarse
- ajo
- ala
- algo
- almohada
- almuerzo
- amargarse
- ambiente
- ancha
- ancho
- anillo
- apuntarse
- aquello
- arder
- armarse
- arrastre
- arreglo
- arriba
- arrimar
- arte
- aspen
- atacar
- aterrizar
- aúpa
- bailar
- barriga
- bautizar
- baza
- beber
- belén
- bellota
- bicha
- billete
- blanca
- bobalicón
- bobalicona
- boca
- bofetada
- bomba
English:
about
- age
- aggravate
- aggravating
- almighty
- bag
- ball
- banana
- banger
- barrel
- bash
- bash out
- bat
- bean
- beat
- beating
- beauty
- bellyache
- belt up
- bend
- bent
- bicycle lane
- big
- bird
- birth control
- bleed
- blowout
- blue
- blues
- body
- bolt
- bomb
- book
- bookie
- boom box
- boot
- bootlicker
- booze
- botch
- bother
- bottom
- brain
- bread
- breeze
- brew
- buck
- bucket
- bugger
- bum
- bunk

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familiar

♦ adj

1. [de familia] family;

reunión familiar family gathering

2. [en el trato] [agradable] friendly;
[en demasía] overly familiar
3. [lenguaje, estilo] informal, colloquial;

una expresión familiar an informal o colloquial expression

4. [conocido] familiar;

su cara me es o [m5] me resulta familiar her face looks familiar;

su voz me es familiar I recognize her voice, her voice sounds familiar

5. [tamaño] family-sized;

un envase familiar a family pack;

un vehículo familiar a family car

♦ nmf

relative, relation

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familiar

I adj

1 family atr ;

envase familiar family-size pack

2 ( conocido) familiar;

su cara me es o

resulta familiar his face is familiar

3 LING colloquial

II m/f relation, relative

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familiar adj

1) conocido: familiar

2) : familial, family

3) informal: informal

familiar nmf

pariente: relation, relative

* * *

familiar¹ adj

1. (de la familia) family

lazos familiares family ties

un paquete de tamaño familiar a family size packet

2. (conocido) familiar

su cara me resulta familiar his face is familiar

3. (informal) informal

4. (lenguaje) colloquial

familiar² n relative / relation

estuve visitando a un familiar I was visiting a relative

Spanish-English dictionary > familiar
7 cuento

m.

1 tale.

cuento de hadas fairy tale

el cuento de la lechera (informal) wishful thinking

cuento popular folk tale

2 short story.

3 story, lie (informal) (mentira, exageración).

cuento chino tall story, whopper

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: contar.

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cuento

► nombre masculino

1 (relato) story, tale

2 LITERATURA short story

3 familiar (chisme) gossip

4 familiar (embuste) fib, story

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

¿a cuento de qué? familiar why?, what for?

dejarse de cuentos familiar (ir al grano) to get to the point 2 (decir mentiras) to stop telling fibs

ir con el cuento a alguien to go and tell somebody

no hagas como el cuento de la lechera figurado don't count your chickens before they are hatched

tener mucho cuento familiar to make a lot of fuss

traer algo a cuento figurado to bring something up

venir a cuento to be pertinent

cuento chino tall story

cuento de hadas fairy tale

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noun m.

story, tale

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I
SM

1) (=historia corta) short story; [para niños] story, tale

el cuento de Blancanieves — the tale o story of Snow White

contar un cuento — to tell a story

• de cuento, un héroe de cuento — a storybook o fairytale hero

una casita de cuento — a fairytale house

• ir con el cuento, en seguida le fue con el cuento a la maestra — he went straight off and told the teacher

- aplicarse el cuento

el cuento de la lechera —

eso es como el cuento de la lechera — it's a case of wishful thinking

- es el cuento de nunca acabar

cuento corto — short story

cuento de hadas — a fairytale

vive en un cuento de hadas — she lives in a fairytale world

cuento infantil — children's story

2) * (=mentira)

no le duele nada, no es nada más que cuento — it doesn't hurt at all, he's just putting it on

todo eso es puro cuento para no ir al colegio — he just made it all up because he doesn't want to go to school

¡no me cuentes cuentos!, ¡no me vengas con cuentos!, ¡déjate de cuentos! — don't give me that! *

eso se me hace cuento — Cono Sur * I don't believe that for a minute, come off it! *

• tener cuento, tu hermanito tiene mucho cuento — your little brother is a big fibber *

- tener más cuento que siete viejas

- vivir del cuento

cuento chino — tall story, cock-and-bull story *

¡no me vengas con cuentos chinos! — don't give me that (rubbish)! *

el cuento del tío — And, Cono Sur confidence trick, confidence game ( EEUU)

cuento de viejas — old wives' tale

3) [otras locuciones]

• ¿a cuento de qué?, ¿a cuento de qué sacas ese tema ahora? — what are you bringing that up for now?

• traer algo a cuento — to bring sth up

• venir a cuento, eso no viene a cuento — that's irrelevant, that doesn't come into it, that has nothing to do with it

todo esto viene a cuento de lo que acaba de pasar — this all has some bearing on what has just happened

lo dijo sin venir a cuento — she said it for no reason at all

4) frm (=cómputo)

sin cuento — countless
II
SM [de bastón] point, tip

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I
masculino

1)

a) ( narración corta) short story; ( para niños) story, tale

el cuento de Cenicienta — the tale o story of Cinderella

cuéntame un cuento — tell me a story

aplícate el cuento — (fam) take note

cuento de nunca acabar: esto es el cuento de nunca acabar it just never ends, it just goes on and on; traer algo a cuento to bring something up; venir a cuento: eso no viene a cuento that doesn't come into it; sin venir a cuento — for no reason at all

b) ( chiste) joke, story

el cuento del elefante — the joke about the elephant

- cuento corto

- cuento de hadas

2)

a) (fam) ( chisme)

le fue con el cuento al profesor — she went and told the teacher (colloq)

siempre anda con cuentos — she's always gossiping

comer cuentos — (Ven fam) to fall for anything

b) (fam) (mentira, excusa) story (colloq)

no me vengas con cuentos — I'm not interested in your excuses o stories

hacerle al cuento — (Méx fam) to pretend

c) (fam) ( exageración)

todo ese llanto es puro cuento — all that crying is just put on

tú lo que tienes es mucho cuento! — you're just putting it on!

- cuento chino

- cuento del tío

- cuento de viejas

3) ( número)

sin cuento — countless, innumerable
II
see contar

* * *

= story, story book [storybook], tale, yarn, nursery story, storie.

Nota: Forma arcaica de "story".

Ex. There were lessons in this story which appear to have been ignored but remain valid for the future.

Ex. These he bound up in three volumes, and on the fly leaf of the first volume wrote 'I have always retained a kind of affection for little story books, as they recall muy early days'.

Ex. 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.

Ex. Every teacher, I suppose, has his own collection of favorite yarns based on personal experiences.

Ex. The child who has the advantage of being brought up enriched by hearing stories and reading books will have the opportunity to air his knowledge about the characters in nursery stories.

Ex. One of these collectors was a Captain Cox, stone mason of Coventry, a person with 'great oversight... in matters of storie'.

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* aplicársele el cuento a Alguien = cap + fit.

* contar un cuento = tell + story.

* cuenta-cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], storytelling [story-telling].

* cuento chino = tall tale, tall story.

* cuento de hadas = fairy story, fairy tale [fairytale].

* cuento de viejas = old wives' tale.

* cuento escrito = written story.

* cuento infantil = picture book.

* cuento popular = folk tale, folktale [folk tale].

* hora del cuento = story hour [storyhour], storytelling [story-telling], storytime [story time].

* lectura de cuentos = story reading.

* narración de cuentos = storytelling [story-telling].

* narrador de cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], story teller.

* que no viene a cuento = off-topic.

* rincón del cuento, el = storycorner, the.

* ¡se te acabó el cuento! = the jig's up!.

* sin venir a cuento = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.

* urdir un cuento = weave + a tale.

* vivir del cuento = live off + the fat of the land.

* * *
I
masculino

1)

a) ( narración corta) short story; ( para niños) story, tale

el cuento de Cenicienta — the tale o story of Cinderella

cuéntame un cuento — tell me a story

aplícate el cuento — (fam) take note

cuento de nunca acabar: esto es el cuento de nunca acabar it just never ends, it just goes on and on; traer algo a cuento to bring something up; venir a cuento: eso no viene a cuento that doesn't come into it; sin venir a cuento — for no reason at all

b) ( chiste) joke, story

el cuento del elefante — the joke about the elephant

- cuento corto

- cuento de hadas

2)

a) (fam) ( chisme)

le fue con el cuento al profesor — she went and told the teacher (colloq)

siempre anda con cuentos — she's always gossiping

comer cuentos — (Ven fam) to fall for anything

b) (fam) (mentira, excusa) story (colloq)

no me vengas con cuentos — I'm not interested in your excuses o stories

hacerle al cuento — (Méx fam) to pretend

c) (fam) ( exageración)

todo ese llanto es puro cuento — all that crying is just put on

tú lo que tienes es mucho cuento! — you're just putting it on!

- cuento chino

- cuento del tío

- cuento de viejas

3) ( número)

sin cuento — countless, innumerable
II
see contar

* * *

= story, story book [storybook], tale, yarn, nursery story, storie.

Nota: Forma arcaica de "story".

Ex: There were lessons in this story which appear to have been ignored but remain valid for the future.

Ex: These he bound up in three volumes, and on the fly leaf of the first volume wrote 'I have always retained a kind of affection for little story books, as they recall muy early days'.

Ex: 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.

Ex: Every teacher, I suppose, has his own collection of favorite yarns based on personal experiences.

Ex: The child who has the advantage of being brought up enriched by hearing stories and reading books will have the opportunity to air his knowledge about the characters in nursery stories.

Ex: One of these collectors was a Captain Cox, stone mason of Coventry, a person with 'great oversight... in matters of storie'.

* aplicársele el cuento a Alguien = cap + fit.

* contar un cuento = tell + story.

* cuenta-cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], storytelling [story-telling].

* cuento chino = tall tale, tall story.

* cuento de hadas = fairy story, fairy tale [fairytale].

* cuento de viejas = old wives' tale.

* cuento escrito = written story.

* cuento infantil = picture book.

* cuento popular = folk tale, folktale [folk tale].

* hora del cuento = story hour [storyhour], storytelling [story-telling], storytime [story time].

* lectura de cuentos = story reading.

* narración de cuentos = storytelling [story-telling].

* narrador de cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], story teller.

* que no viene a cuento = off-topic.

* rincón del cuento, el = storycorner, the.

* ¡se te acabó el cuento! = the jig's up!.

* sin venir a cuento = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.

* urdir un cuento = weave + a tale.

* vivir del cuento = live off + the fat of the land.

* * *

cuento¹

masculine

A

1 (narración corta) short story; (para niños) story, tale

escritor de cuentos a short-story writer

libro de cuentos book of short stories

el cuento de Caperucita Roja the tale o story of Little Red Riding Hood

cuéntame un cuento tell me a story

aplícate el cuento ( fam); take note

contar el cuento: un minuto más y no habría contado el cuento one minute more and I wouldn't have been here o have lived to tell the tale ( colloq)

el cuento de nunca acabar: ¿otra vez nos vamos a mudar? esto es el cuento de nunca acabar we're going to move again? this is like a neverending story o there seems to be no end to this

traer algo a cuento to bring sth up

venir a cuento: no saques a relucir cosas que no vienen a cuento don't dredge up things that have nothing to do with this o which have no bearing on this o which are irrelevant

sin venir a cuento for no reason at all

2 (chiste) joke, story

¿sabes el cuento del elefante que …? do you know the joke o ( colloq) the one about the elephant that …?

Compuestos:

● cuento corto

short story

● cuento de hadas

fairy story, fairy tale

B

1 ( fam)

(chisme): se enteró y le fue con el cuento al profesor she found out and ran off to tell the teacher ( colloq)

siempre anda con cuentos sobre todo el mundo she's always gossiping about everybody

comer cuentos ( Ven fam): ¡tú sí que comes cuentos! you're so gullible! o you'd believe anything! o ( colloq) you'd fall for anything!

2 ( fam) (mentira, excusa) story ( colloq)

no me vengas con cuentos I'm not interested in excuses o stories

hacerle al cuento ( Méx fam); to pretend, put sb on ( AmE colloq), have sb on ( BrE colloq)

3 ( fam)

(exageración): todos esos lloros son puro cuento para que te perdone all that crying is just put on to get me to forgive you

¡qué vas a estar enfermo!, ¡tú lo que tienes es mucho cuento! you're not sick, you're just putting it on! ( colloq), you're not sick, stop fibbing! ( colloq)

Compuestos:

● cuento chino

( fam):

eso de que se va a casar es un cuento chino all that stuff about getting married is a load of baloney o ( AmE) bull o ( BrE) rubbish ( colloq)

yo no soy tan ingenuo, así que no me vengas con cuentos chinos I'm not as gullible as you think, so don't give me your cock-and-bull story ( colloq)

● cuento del tío

(CS fam): el cuento del tío a con trick

me quiso hacer el cuento del tío y no me dejé he tried to con me o pull a fast one on me but I didn't fall for it ( colloq)

● cuento de viejas

( fam); old wives' tale

C

(número): sin cuento countless, innumerable

cuento²

contar

* * *

Del verbo contar: ( conjugate contar)

cuento es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

Multiple Entries:
contar
cuento
contar ( conjugate contar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹dinero/votos/días› to count;
◊ eran 6 sin cuento al conductor there were 6 of them not counting the driver;

y eso sin cuento las horas extras and that's without including overtime;
lo cuento entre mis amigos I consider him (to be) one of my friends
2 ‹cuento/chiste/secreto› to tell;
◊ no se lo cuentes a nadie don't tell anyone;

es muy largo de cuento it's a long story;
¿qué cuentas (de nuevo)? (fam) how're things? (colloq)
verbo intransitivo
1 ( en general) to count;
◊ cuento con los dedos to count on one's fingers;

¿este trabajo cuenta para la nota final? does this piece of work count toward(s) the final grade?;
ella no cuenta para nada what she says (o thinks etc) doesn't count for anything
2
◊ contar con

a) ‹persona/ayuda/discreción› to count on, rely on;

◊ cuento contigo para la fiesta I'm counting o relying on you being at the party;

sin cuento con que … without taking into account that …
b) ( prever) to expect;

◊ no contaba con que hiciera tan mal tiempo I wasn't expecting the weather to be so bad

c) (frml) ( tener) to have;

◊ cuenta con 10 años de experiencia she has 10 years of experience

contarse verbo pronominal
a) (frml) ( estar incluido):

◊ me cuento entre sus partidarios I count myself as one of their supporters;

su novela se cuenta entre las mejores his novel is among the best
b)

◊ ¿qué te cuentas? how's it going? (colloq)

cuento sustantivo masculino
a) ( narración corta) short story;

( para niños) story, tale;
◊ cuéntame un cuento tell me a story;

cuento de hadas fairy story, fairy tale;
venir a cuento: eso no viene a cuento that doesn't come into it;
sin venir a cuento for no reason at all
b) ( chiste) joke, story

c) (fam) (mentira, excusa) story (colloq);

◊ no me vengas con cuentos I'm not interested in your excuses o stories

d) (fam) ( exageración):

◊ todo ese llanto es puro cuento all that crying is just put on;

eso es un cuento chino what a load of baloney;
el cuento del tío a con trick
contar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un suceso, una historia) to tell
2 (numerar) to count
II verbo intransitivo to count
♦ Locuciones: contar con, (confiar en) to count on
(constar de) to have
cuento sustantivo masculino
1 story
2 Lit short story
contar un cuento, to tell a story
cuento de hadas, fairy tale
3 (embuste) lie: ¡déjate de cuentos!, get on with it!
4 (cotilleo, acusación) ya le fue con el cuento a la suegra, she ran off to tell the tale to her mother-in-law
5 cuento chino, tall story
♦ Locuciones: figurado eso no viene a cuento, that's beside the point
vivir del cuento, to live off other people
' cuento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
colorín
- gratuitamente
- historia
- historieta
- modular
- moraleja
- novela
- si
- tal
- alargar
- aquél
- chabacano
- chiste
- colar
- contar
- inventar
- relato
- tragar
- venir
English:
bank on
- cock and bull story
- expect
- fairy story
- fairy tale
- horror story
- lurid
- moral
- number
- racy
- relate
- run
- spin out
- story
- tale
- tall story
- tell
- unfold
- yarn
- act
- eye
- fairy
- old
- short
- tall
- way
- yet

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cuento

♦ ver contar

♦ nm

1. [narración] short story;
[fábula] tale;
un libro de cuentos a storybook;

contar un cuento to tell a story;

Comp

venir a cuento to be relevant;

sin venir a cuento for no reason at all;

y eso, ¿a cuento de qué? what's all this in aid of?;

Comp

aplicarse el cuento: ¿ves lo que le ha pasado? pues aplícate el cuento see what happened to him? well, you just have a good think about that;

Comp
Fam
ir con el cuento a alguien to go and tell sb;

Comp
Fam
ser el cuento de nunca acabar to be a never-ending story o an endless business

Comp
cuento de hadas fairy tale; Fam el cuento de la lechera:
es el cuento de la lechera that's pie in the sky

2. Fam [mentira, exageración] story, lie;

¡déjate de cuentos! stop making things up!, don't give me that!;

ése tiene mucho cuento he's always putting it on;

venir con cuentos to tell fibs o stories;

Comp
CSur
hacerle a alguien el cuento del tío to pull a scam on sb, to con sb;

Comp
Esp
tener más cuento que Calleja to be a big fibber;

Comp

vivir del cuento to live by one's wits

Comp
cuento chino:
lo del final del mundo es cuento chino that stuff about the end of the world is a load of Br rubbish o US bull;

a mí no me vengas con cuentos chinos don't give me that (US rubbish o US bull)

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cuento

m

1 (short) story;

cuento de nunca acabar fig never-ending story;

ir con el cuento a alguien tell s.o. tales

2 ( pretexto) excuse;

tener mucho cuento put it on fam ;

vivir del cuento fam live off other people

3

:

venir a cuento be relevant;

eso no viene a cuento that’s irrelevant;

traer a cuento bring up

* * *

cuento nm

1) : story, tale

2)

cuento de hadas : fairy tale

3)

sin cuento : countless

* * *

cuento n

1. (en general) story [pl. stories] / tale

cuéntame un cuento tell me a story

no me vengas con cuentos don't come to me telling tales

2. (en literatura) short story

venir a cuento to be relevant

cuento chino tall story

cuento de hadas fairy story

Spanish-English dictionary > cuento
8 encantar

v.

1 to bewitch, to cast a spell on.

La bruja encantó a Allan The witch put a spell on Allan.

2 to like very much, to like, to be keen on.

Me encantan las flores I like flowers very much.

3 to love to, to be delighted to.

Me encanta cantar I love to sing.

4 to like it.

Me encanta I like it.

5 to delight, to enchant, to charm.

Mis palabras encantaron a Ricardo My words enchanted=delighted Richard.

Su delicadeza encanta a Ricardo Her daintiness enchants Richard.

6 to be pleasing to everybody.

El pollo frito encanta Fried chicken is pleasing to everybody.

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encantar

► verbo transitivo

1 (hechizar) to cast a spell on, bewitch

2 familiar (gustar) to delight, love

■ me encanta la natación I love swimming

* * *

verb

1) to delight, charm

2) enchant, bewitch

3) love

* * *

1.

VI [con complemento personal] to love

me encanta tu casa — I love your house

me encantan las flores — I adore o love flowers

me encantaría que vinieras — I'd be delighted if you come, I'd love you to come

2.

VT to cast a spell on o over, bewitch

* * *
1.
verbo intransitivo (+ me/te/le etc)

me encantó la obra — I loved o I thoroughly enjoyed the play

me encantaría que me acompañaras — I'd love you to come with me
2.
encantar vt to cast o put a spell on, bewitch

* * *
1.
verbo intransitivo (+ me/te/le etc)

me encantó la obra — I loved o I thoroughly enjoyed the play

me encantaría que me acompañaras — I'd love you to come with me
2.
encantar vt to cast o put a spell on, bewitch

* * *

encantar¹

¹ = love, relish, thrill, get off on, love + every minute of it, get + a buzz from, get + a kick, catch + Posesivo + fancy, take + a fancy to, take + a shine to, take + a liking to, smite, be tickled pink, be chuffed to bits, thrill + Nombre + to bits.

Ex: All these novels are about young women meeting handsome men, at first disliking them and then discovering that they love them, with the inescapable 'happy ending' which means matrimony in these cases.

Ex: They all relish a fast paced working environment, rapid change and constant challenges to traditional notions of what a library and library work should be.

Ex: The abundance of information on the World Wide Web has thrilled some, but frightened others.

Ex: She sounds like she enjoys having people under her thumb and gets off on the whole control thing.

Ex: I loved every minute of it and it made me see just how poverty stricken Jamaica really is!.

Ex: How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.

Ex: I get a kick when I'm on my racing bike, and when I have my skates on it's out of this world.

Ex: At nightfall, drop anchor at any place that catch your fancy and the lullaby of the gentle waves put you to sleep.

Ex: He is a collector who wants to form a collection by making his own paintings of pictures he has taken a fancy to in other people's houses.

Ex: She took a shine to Sheldon, and before he knows what has happened, the misanthropic physicist finds himself with a girlfriend.

Ex: He quickly took a liking to American clothing stores and acquired a taste for fast-food restaurants.

Ex: It's hard to imagine a red-blooded man anywhere in the world who could look at her and not be ' smitten' with her.

Ex: She will be tickled pink with these French ticklers.

Ex: Obviously I' m chuffed to bits that I'm getting so many visitors and that the word's getting out.

Ex: The critics are divided but Rolf Harris says he's thrilled to bits with the finished product.

* encantaría = would + love to.

* ser lo que a Uno le encanta = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley, be + Posesivo + cup of tea.

encantar²

² = charm, enchant, weave + magic spell, cast + a (magic) spell, bewitch.

Ex: We will see the mountains of lobster traps and the charming crooked streets and hazy seascapes that charmed painter Fitzhugh Lane.

Ex: The article 'The power to enchant: puppets in the public library' describes the construction of a puppet theatre in a public library.

Ex: These love boats and the romantic Bahamas will no doubt continue to weave their magic spell.

Ex: The player makes choices for his characters (such as whether to fight, cast a magic spell, or run away), and then the enemy takes a turn.

Ex: In legend a potion is a concoction used to heal, bewitch or poison people, made by a magician, sorcerer or witch.

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encantar [A1 ]

vi

(+ me/te/le etc):

me encantó la obra I loved o I thoroughly enjoyed the play

me encanta como habla I love the way he talks

me encantaría que me acompañaras I'd love o I'd really like you to come with me, it would be lovely if you could come with me

■ encantar

vt

to cast o put a spell on, bewitch

* * *

encantar ( conjugate encantar) verbo intransitivo (+ me/te/le etc):
◊ me encantó la obra I loved o I really enjoyed the play;

me encantaría que me acompañaras I'd love you to come with me
verbo transitivo
to cast o put a spell on, bewitch
encantar
I vi (gustar mucho) to love: les encanta viajar, they love travelling
su manera de recitar encantó al público, the audience were enraptured by his recital ➣ Ver nota en love
II vt (embrujar) to bewitch, cast o put a spell on

' encantar' also found in these entries:
English:
captivate
- charm
- delight
- enchant
- entrance

* * *

encantar vt

1. [gustar]
me encanta el chocolate I love chocolate;

le encanta ir al cine he loves going to the cinema;

¡me encanta! I love it/him/her!;

me encantaría asistir, pero tengo otros compromisos I'd love to go, but I've got other things on

2. [embrujar] to bewitch, to cast a spell on

* * *

encantar

v/t

:

me/le encanta I love/he loves it;

me encanta el chocolate I love chocolate

* * *

encantar vt

1) : to enchant, to bewitch

2) : to charm, to delight

me encanta esta canción: I love this song

* * *

encantar vb

1. (gustar mucho) to love

le encanta ir de compras she loves going shopping

me encanta este programa I love this programme

2. (hechizar) to cast a spell on [pt. & pp. cast]

la bruja encantó al príncipe the witch cast a spell on the prince

Spanish-English dictionary > encantar
9 BREGÐA

(bregð; brá, brugðum; brugðinn), v. with dat.

1) to cause to move (quickly);

bregða sverði, knífi, to draw a sword, knife;

bregða fingri, hendi í e-t, to put (thrust) the finger, hand, into;

hón brá hárinu undir belti sér, she put (fastened) her hair under her belt;

bregða kaðli um e-t, to pass a rope round a thing;

bregða augum sundr, to open the eyes;

bregða e-m á eintal, to take one apart;

bregða sér sjúkum, to feign illness;

2) to deviate from, disregard (vér höfum brugðit af ráðum þínum);

3) to alter, change;

bregða lit, litum, to change colour, to turn pale;

bregða e-m í e-s líki, to turn one (by spell) into another shape (þú brátt þér í merar líki);

4) to break up, leave off, give up;

bregða tjöldum, to strike the tents;

bregða samvist, to leave off living together;

bregða ráðahag, to break off an engagement (wedding);

bregða boði, to countermand a feast;

bregða sýslu, to leave off working;

bregða svefni, blundi, to awake;

bregða tali, to break off talking;

bregða orrustu, kaupi, to break off a battle, bargain;

5) to break (bregða trúnaði, heiti, sáttmáli);

6) bregða e-m e-u, to upbraid, reproach one with a thing (Kálfr brá mér því í dag);

7) with prepp.,

bregða e-m á loft, to lift one aloft;

bregða e-u á, to give out, pretend (hann brá á því, at hann mundi ríða vestr til Miðfjarðar);

absol., bregða á e-t, to begin (suddenly) doing a thing;

bregða á leik, to begin playing or sporting;

Kimbi brá á gaman, took it playfully, laughed at it;

þeir brugðu á glímu ok á glens, they started wrestling and playing;

hestrinn brá á leik, broke into play, ran away;

hönd bregðr á venju, is ready for its old work;

þá brá Ingimundr til útanferðar, I. started to go abroad;

bregða e-u undan, to put it out of the way, to hide it;

bregða upp hendi, höndum, to hold up the hand;

bregða e-u við, to ward off with (bregða við skildi); fig. to put forth as an example, to praise, wonder at (þínum drengskap skal ek við bregða);

absol., bregða við, to start off, set about a thing without delay;

brá hann við skjótt ok fór, he started off at once and went;

8) refl., bregðast;

9) impers., e-u bregðr, it ceases, fails;

svá hart, at nyt bregði (to drive the ewes) so fast that they fail to give milk;

veðráttu brá eigi, there was no change in the weather;

of a sudden appearance, kláða brá á hvarmana, the eye-lids began to itch;

þá brá ljóma af Logafjöllum, then from L. there burst flashes of light;

ljósi bregðr fyrir, a light passes before the eye;

with preps., bregðr af vexti hans frá öðrum selum, his shape differs from that of other seals;

e-m bregðr í brún, one is amazed, startled (nú bregðr mönnum í brún mjök);

e-m bregðr til e-s, one person takes after, resembles another;

en því bregðr mér til foreldris míns, in that I am like my father;

þat er mælt, at fjórðungi bregði til fóstrs, the fostering makes the fourth part of a man;

e-m bregðr við e-t = e-m bregðr í brún;

brá þeim mjök við, er þeir sá hann inn ganga, it startled them much when they saw him come in;

en þó brá fóstru Melkorku mest við þessi tíðindi, this news most affected M.’s nurse.

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pret. sing. brá, 2nd pers. brátt, later brást; pl. brugðu, sup. brugðit; pres. bregð; pret. subj. brygði: reflex, (sk, z, st), pret. brásk, bráz, or brást, pl. brugðusk, etc.: poët. with the neg. suff. brá-at, brásk-at, Orkn. 78, Fms. vi. 51.

A. ACT. WITH DAT.

I. [A. S. bregdan, brædan; Old Engl. and Scot. to brade or braid; cp. bragð throughout]:—to move swiftly:

1. of a weapon, to draw, brandish; b. sverði, to draw the sword, Gísl. 55, Nj. 28, Ld. 222, Korm. 82 sqq., Fms. i. 44, ii. 306, vi. 313, Eg. 306, 505; sverð brugðit, a drawn sword, 746; cp. the alliterative phrase in Old Engl. Ballads, ‘the bright browne (= brugðinn) sword:’ absol., bregð (imperat.), Korm. l. c.: b. knífi, to slash with a knife, Am. 59; b. flötu sverði, to turn it round in the band, Fms. vii. 157; saxi, Bs. i. 629: even of a thrust, b. spjóti, Glúm. 344.

2. of the limbs or parts of the body, to move quickly; b. hendi, fingri, K. Þ. K. 10, Fms. vi. 122; b. augum sundr, to open the eyes, iii. 57, cp. ‘he bradde open his eyen two,’ Engl. Ballads; b. fótum, Nj. 253; b. fæti, in wrestling; b. grönum, to draw up the lips, 199, Fms. v. 220.

3. of other objects; b. skipi, to turn the ship (rare), Fms. viii. 145, Eb. 324; b. e-m á eintal, einmæli, to take one apart, Fms. vi. 11, Ölk. 35; b. sér sjúkum, to feign sickness, Fagrsk. ch. 51; bregða sér in mod. usage means to make a short visit, go or come for a moment; eg brá mér snöggvast til …, etc.

4. adding prepp.; b. upp; b. upp hendi, höndum, to hold up the hand, Fms. i. 167; b. upp glófa, 206, Eb. 326: b. e-m á lopt, to lift aloft, Eg. 122, Nj. 108; b. e-u undan, to put a thing out of the way, to hide it, Fas. i. 6; undir, Sturl. ii. 221, Ld. 222, Eb. 230: b. e-u við (b. við skildi), to ward off with …, Vápn. 5; but chiefly metaph. to put forth as an example, to laud, wonder at, etc.; þínum drengskap skal ek við b., Nj. 18; þessum mun ek við b. Áslaugar órunum, Fas. i. 257; nú mun ek því við b. ( I will speak loud), at ek hefi eigi fyr náð við þik at tala, Lv. 53: b. e-u á, to give out, pretend; hann brá á því at hann mundi ríða vestr til Miðfjarðar, Sturl. iii. 197, Fms. viii. 59, x. 322. β. to deviate from, disregard; vér höfum brugðit af ráðum þínum, Fær. 50, Nj. 13, 109, Ísl. ii. 198, Grág. i. 359; b. af marki, to alter the mark, 397.

5. to turn, alter, change; b. lit, litum, to change colour, to turn pale, etc., Fms. ii. 7, Vígl. 24; b. sér við e-t, to alter one’s mien, shew signs of pain, emotion, or the like, Nj. 116; b. e-m í (or b. á sik) e-s líki, to turn one (by spell) into another shape, Bret. 13; at þú brátt þér í merar líki, Ölk. 37; hann brá á sik ýmissa dýra líki, Edda (pref.) 149.

II. to break up or off, leave off, give up; b. búi, to give up one’s household, Grág. i. 153, Eg. 116, 704; b. tjöldum, to break up, strike the tents, Fms. iv. 302; b. samvist, to part, leave off living together, ii. 295; b. ráðahag, to break off an engagement, esp. wedding, 11; b. boði, to countermand a feast, 194; b. kaupi, to break off a bargain, Nj. 51, Rd. 251; b. sýslu, to leave off working, Fms. vi. 349; b. svefni, blundi, to awake, Sdm. 2; smátt bregðr slíkt svefni mínum, Lv. 53; b. tali, to break off talking, Vápn. 22; b. orustu, to break off the battle, Bret.: esp. freq. in poetry, b. hungri, föstu, sulti, to break or quell the hunger (of the wolf); b. gleði; b. lífi, fjörvi, to put to death, etc., Lex. Poët.

2. to break faith, promise, or the like; b. máli, Grág. i. 148; trúnaði, Nj. 141; brugðið var öllu sáttmáli, Hkr. ii. 121; b. heiti, Alvm. 3: absol., ef bóandi bregðr við griðmann ( breaks a bargain), Grág. i. 153.

3. reflex., bregðask e-m (or absol.), to deceive, fail, in faith or friendship; Gunnarr kvaðsk aldri skyldu b. Njáli né sonum hans, Nj. 57; bregðsk þú oss nú eigi, do not deceive us, Fms. vi. 17; vant er þó at vita hverir mér eru trúir ef feðrnir b., ii. 11; en þeim brásk framhlaupit, i. e. they failed in the onslaught, vii. 298; þat mun eigi bregðask, that cannot fail, Fas. ii. 526, Rb. 50; fáir munu þeir, at einörð sinni haldi, er slíkir brugðusk við oss, Fms. v. 36, Grett. 26 new Ed.

III. [A. S. brædan, to braid, braider], to ‘braid,’ knot, bind, the band, string being in dat.; hann bregðr í fiskinn öðrum enda, he braided the one end in the fish, Finnb. 220; hón brá hárinu undir belli sér, she braided her hair under her belt; (hann) brá ( untied) brókabelti sínu, Fas. i. 47; er þeir höfðu brugðið kaðli um, wound a cable round it, Fms. x. 53; hefir strengrinn brugðizk líttat af fótum honum, the rope had loosened off his feet, xi. 152: but also simply and with acc., b. bragð, to braid a braid, knit a knot, Eg. (in a verse); b. ráð, to weave a plot, (cp. Gr. ράπτειν, Lat. suere), Edda (in a verse); in the proper sense flétta and ríða, q. v., are more usual.

2. in wrestling; b. e-m, the antagonist in dat., the trick in acc., b. e-m bragð (hæl-krók, sveiflu, etc.)

3. recipr., of mutual strife; bregðask brögðum, to play one another tricks; b. brigzlum, to scold one another, Grág. ii. 146; b. frumhlaupum, of mutual aggression, 13, 48; bregðask um e-t, to contest a thing, 66, cp. i. 34.

4. part., brugðinn við e-t, acquainted with a thing; munuð þit brátt brugðnir við meira, i. e. you will soon have greater matters to deal with, Fs. 84; hann er við hvárttveggja b., he is well versed in both, Gísl. 51.

IV. metaph. to upbraid, blame, with dat. of the person and thing; fár bregðr hinu betra, ef hann veit hit verra (a proverb), Nj. 227; Þórðr blígr brá honum því ( Thord threw it in his face), á Þórsnesþingi, at …, Landn. 101; Kálfr brá mér því í dag, Fms. vi. 105; b. e-m brizglum, Nj. 227.

B. NEUT. OR ABSOL. without a case, of swift, sudden motion.

I. b. á e-t, as, b. á leik, gaman, etc., to start or begin sporting, playing; Kimbi brá á gaman, K. took it playfully, i. e. laughed at it, Landn. 101; b. á gamanmál, Fms. xi. 151; þeir brugðu á glímu ok á glens, they started wrestling and playing, Ld. 220; bregðr hann (viz. the horse) á leik, the horse broke into play, ran away, Fms. xi. 280; Glúmr svaraði vel en brá þó á sitt ráð, Glum gave a gentle answer, but went on in his own way, Nj. 26, Fas. i. 250: the phrase, hönd bregðr á venju, the hand is ready for its old work, Edda (Ht.) verse 26, cp. Nj. ch. 78 (in a verse).

2. b. við, to start off, set about a thing without delay, at a moment’s notice, may in Engl. often be rendered by at once or the like; brá hann við skjótt ok fór, he started off at once and went, Fms. i. 158; þeir brugðu við skjótt, ok varð þeim mjök við felmt, i. e. they took to their heels in a great fright, Nj. 105; þeir brugðu við skjótt, ok fara þaðan, 107; bregðr hon við ok hleypr, Grett. 25 new Ed., Bjarn. 60; hrossit bregðr nú við hart, id.; en er Ólafr spurði, at Þorsteinn hafði skjótt við brugðit, ok hafði mikit fjölmenni, Ld. 228.

β. b. til e-s, þá brá Ingimundr til utanferðar, Ingimund started to go abroad, Sturl. i. 117; b. til Grænlands ferðar, Fb. i. 430.

II. reflex, to make a sudden motion with the body; Rútr brásk skjótt við undan högginu, Nj. 28, 129; b. við fast, to turn sharply, 58, 97; bregðsk (= bregðr) jarl nú við skjótt ok ferr, the earl started at once, Fms. xi. 11; hann brásk aldregi við ( he remained motionless) er þeir píndu hann, heldr en þeir lysti á stokk eðr stein, vii. 227.

2. metaph. and of a circumlocutory character; eigi þætti mér ráðið, hvárt ek munda svá skjótt á boð brugðisk hafa, ef …, I am not sure whether I should have been so hasty in bidding you, if …, Ísl. ii. 156; bregðask á beina við e-n, to shew hospitality towards, Fms. viii. 59, cp. bregða sér above.

β. b. yfir, to exceed; heyra þeir svá mikinn gný at yfir brásk, they heard an awful crash, Mag. 6; þá brásk þat þó yfir jafnan ( it surpassed) er konungr talaði, Fms. x. 322, yet these last two instances may be better read ‘barst,’ vide bera C. IV; bregðask úkunnr, reiðr … við e-t, to be startled at the novelty of a thing, v. 258; b. reiðr við, to get excited, angry at a thing, etc.

C. IMPERS.

I. the phrase, e-m bregðr við e-t, of strong emotions, fear, anger, or the like; brá þeim mjök við, er þau sá hann inn ganga, it startled them much, when they saw him come in, Nj. 68; Flosa brá svá við, at hann var í andliti stundum sem blóð, 177; en þó brá fóstru Melkorku mest við þessi tíðindi, i. e. this news most affected Melkorka’s nurse, Ld. 82; aldri hefi ek mannsblóð séð, ok veit ek eigi hve mér bregðr við, I wot not how it will touch me, Nj. 59; brá honum svá við, at hann gerði fölvan í andliti … ok þann veg brá honum opt síðan ( he was oft since then taken in such fits), þá er vígahugr var á honum, Glúm. 342; en við höggit brá Glæsi svá at …, Eb. 324; Þorkell spurði ef honum hefði brugðit nokkut við þessa sýslu.—Ekki sjám vér þér brugðit hafa við þetta, en þó sýndist mér þér áðr brugðit, Fms. xi. 148.

β. bregða í brún, to be amazed, shocked, Fms. i. 214; þá brá Guðrúnu mjök í brún um atburð þenna allan saman, Ld. 326, Nj. 14; þat hlægir mik at þeim mun í brún b., 239; nú bregðr mönnum í brún mjök ( people were very much startled), því at margir höfðu áðr enga frétt af haft, Band. 7.

II. with prepp. við, til, í, af; of appearances, kynligu, undarliga bregðr við, it has a weird look, looks uncanny, of visions, dreams, or the like; en þó bregðr nú kynligu við, undan þykir mér nú gaflaðit hvárt-tveggja undan húsinu, Ísl. ii. 352, Nj. 62, 197, Gísl. 83; nú bregðr undrum við, id., Fms. i. 292.

III. e-m bregðr til e-s, one person turns out like another, cp. the Danish ‘at slægte en paa;’ þat er mælt at fjórðungi bregði til fóstrs, the fostering makes the fourth part of the man, Nj. 64; en því bregðr mér til foreldris míns, in that I am like my father, Hkr. iii. 223; er þat líkast, at þér bregði meir í þræla ættina en Þveræinga, it is too likely, that thou wilt show thyself rather to be kith and kin to the thrall’s house than to that of Thweræingar, Fb. i. 434; b. til bernsku, to be childish, Al. 3.

β. bregðr af vexti hans frá öðrum selum, his shape differs from that of any other seals, Sks. 41 new Ed. (afbrigði).

IV. to cease; e-u bregðr, it ceases; svá hart … at nyt (dat.) bregði, ( to drive the ewes) so fast that they fail ( to give milk), Grág. ii. 231; þessu tali bregðr aldri (= þetta tal bregzk aldri), this calculation can never fail, Rb. 536; veðráttu (dat.) brá eigi, there was no change in the weather, Grett. 91; skini sólar brá, the sun grew dim, Geisü 19; fjörvi feigra brá, the life of the ‘feys’ came to an end (poët.), Fms. vi. 316 (in a verse); brá föstu, hungri, úlfs, ara, the hunger of wolf and eagle was abated, is a freq. phrase with the poets.

V. of a sudden appearance; kláða (dat.) brá á hvarmana, the eye-lids itched, Fms. v. 96: of light passing swiftly by, þá brá ljóma af Logafjöllum, Hkv. 1. 15; ljósi bregðr fyrir, a light passes before the eye; mey brá mér fyrir hvarma steina, a maid passed before my eyes, Snót 117; þar við ugg (dat.) at þrjótum brá, i. e. the rogues were taken by fear, 170.

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10 conjunto

adj.

united, conjunct, conjoint.

m.

1 set, ensemble, kit, suit.

2 group, aggregate, combo.

3 musical group, group.

4 suit of clothes.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: conjuntar.

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conjunto

► adjetivo

1 (compartido) joint

■ misión conjunta joint mission

2 (combinado) combined

► nombre masculino conjunto

1 (grupo) group, collection

■ un conjunto de libros a collection of books

2 (todo) whole

■ el conjunto de los actores no convence the actors as a whole are not convincing

3 (prenda) outfit, ensemble; (jersey y chaqueta) twinset

4 MÚSICA (clásico) ensemble; (pop) band, group

5 MATEMÁTICAS set

6 DEPORTE team

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de conjunto overall

en conjunto altogether, on the whole

en su conjunto as a whole

base conjunta joint base

conjunto residencial housing estate

conjunto urbanístico housing estate

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conjunto

► nombre masculino

1 (grupo) group, collection

■ un conjunto de libros a collection of books

2 (todo) whole

■ el conjunto de los actores no convence the actors as a whole are not convincing

3 (prenda) outfit, ensemble; (jersey y chaqueta) twinset

4 MÚSICA (clásico) ensemble; (pop) band, group

5 MATEMÁTICAS set

6 DEPORTE team

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1. noun m.
1) group

2) ensemble

3) set

•

- en conjunto
2. (f. - conjunta)
adj.

joint

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1.

ADJ joint, combined

operaciones conjuntas — (Mil) combined operations

2. SM

1) (=totalidad) whole

formar un conjunto — to form a whole

impresión de conjunto — overall impression

vista de conjunto — all-embracing view

en conjunto — as a whole, altogether

hay que estudiar esos países en conjunto — you have to study these countries as a whole

en su conjunto — in its entirety

conjunto monumental — collection of historic buildings

2) (=ropa) ensemble

un conjunto de falda y blusa — a matching skirt and blouse

3) (Mús) [de cámara] ensemble; [pop] group

un conjunto de música pop — a pop group

4) (Teat) chorus

chica de conjunto — chorus girl

5) (Dep) (=equipo) team

6) [de muebles] suite

conjunto de baño — bathroom suite

7) (Mat, Inform) set

conjunto integrado de programas — integrated software suite

8) (Mec) unit, assembly

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I
- ta adjetivo joint
II
masculino

1) (de objetos, obras) collection; ( de personas) group

el conjunto de los magistrados ha decidido que... — magistrates as a body o group have decided that...

en conjunto — as a whole

en su conjunto — (referido a - obra, exposición) as a whole; (- comité, partido) as a group

- conjunto monumental

- conjunto residencial

2) (Mús) tb

conjunto musical — ( de música clásica) ensemble; ( de música popular) pop group

3) (Indum) ( de un pulóver y una chaqueta) twinset; ( de prendas en general) outfit

un conjunto de playa — a beach outfit

llevaba un conjunto de chaqueta y pantalón — he was wearing matching jacket and trousers

hacer conjunto con algo — to go well with something

4) (Mat) set

5) ( totalidad)

visto en conjunto or en su conjunto — overall o as a whole

debemos hacernos una visión de conjunto del problema — we must get an overview of the problem

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I
- ta adjetivo joint
II
masculino

1) (de objetos, obras) collection; ( de personas) group

el conjunto de los magistrados ha decidido que... — magistrates as a body o group have decided that...

en conjunto — as a whole

en su conjunto — (referido a - obra, exposición) as a whole; (- comité, partido) as a group

- conjunto monumental

- conjunto residencial

2) (Mús) tb

conjunto musical — ( de música clásica) ensemble; ( de música popular) pop group

3) (Indum) ( de un pulóver y una chaqueta) twinset; ( de prendas en general) outfit

un conjunto de playa — a beach outfit

llevaba un conjunto de chaqueta y pantalón — he was wearing matching jacket and trousers

hacer conjunto con algo — to go well with something

4) (Mat) set

5) ( totalidad)

visto en conjunto or en su conjunto — overall o as a whole

debemos hacernos una visión de conjunto del problema — we must get an overview of the problem

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conjunto¹

¹ = aggregate, aggregation, body, set, cache, ensemble.

Ex: The result of this is to provide a distinct class number for an aggregate of subjects which are adjacent in the UDC schedule order.

Ex: We should realize that a library is not simply an aggregation of discrete recorded materials; rather, it represents a collection, or more precisely collection of works.

Ex: The main body of criticism centred upon the treatment of nonbook materials.

Ex: SELECT retrieves records containing the search term or terms you specify and stores them in sets.

Ex: It is known that there were books made from bamboo and wood during the Shang dynasty (1766-1122 BC) but none remain today except caches of oracle bones.

Ex: DIANE is the name that has been given to the ensemble of available information services.

* conjunto aleatorio de lógica difusa = random fuzzy set.

* conjunto de conocimientos = body of knowledge.

* conjunto de cosas afines, el = whole schmier, the.

* conjunto de datos = data set [dataset].

* conjunto de intereses = set of interests.

* conjunto de lógica difusa = fuzzy set.

* conjunto de modelos = model base.

* conjunto de música = musical band.

* conjunto de programas = workbench.

* conjunto de valores = set of values.

* conjunto difuso = rough set.

* conjunto documental multimedia = kit, multimedia item.

* conjunto hecho por el propio usuario = custom set.

* conjunto impreciso = imprecise set.

* conjunto integrado de protocolos = a suite of + protocols.

* conjunto musical = musical band.

* conjunto residencial = estate.

* conjuntos de lógica difusa = fuzzy clustering.

* teoría de conjuntos = set theory.

* teoría de conjuntos difusos = fuzzy set theory.

* un conjunto cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.

* un conjunto de = a set of, a suite of, a pool of, an assembly of, a pattern of, a universe of, a harvest of, a complement of.

conjunto²

² = collaborative, joint, pooled, combined.

Ex: This is a truly collaborative effort involving the Council on Library Resources (CLR) as the management and funding agency and 12 participants from the research library community.

Ex: Library schools must build bridges such as joint programmes and joint professorships that link them with their parent academic institution.

Ex: A group of 64 libraries realised substantial cost reductions by joining in a pooled fund to self-insure for unemployment compensation.

Ex: The joint code was the result of the combined efforts of the Library Association (UK) and the American Library Association.

* autoría conjunta = collaborative writing.

* código conjunto = joint code.

* coeficiente de referencia conjunta = cocitation strength.

* de forma conjunta con = in partnership with.

* de manera conjunta con = in partnership with.

* de modo conjunto con = in partnership with.

* diseñado en conjunto = co-designed.

* en conjunto = altogether, on balance, bulk, all in all, overall, overall.

* en su conjunto = overall, together, collective, put together.

* formar en su conjunto = weave + to form.

* funcionamiento conjunto = interworking.

* gráfica de referencias conjuntas = cocitation graph.

* ofrecer una visión de conjunto = provide + a picture, provide + overview.

* presentación conjunta = packaging.

* publicidad conjunta = joint publicity.

* todo en su conjunto = whole affair, the.

* trabajo conjunto = interworking.

* umbral de referencia conjunta = cocitation threshold.

* ver las cosas en su conjunto = see + things as a whole.

* visión de conjunto = overview, sweep.

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conjunto¹ -ta

adjective

joint ( before n)

conjunto²

masculine

A (de objetos, obras) collection; (de personas) group

el conjunto de los magistrados ha decidido que … magistrates as a body o group have decided that …

Compuestos:

● conjunto monumental

historical monuments (pl)

● conjunto residencial

residential complex o development

B ( Mús) tb

conjunto musical (de música clásica) ensemble; (de música popular) pop group

C ( Indum) (de un pulóver y una chaqueta) twinset

(de prendas en general): llevaba un conjunto de chaqueta y pantalón he was wearing matching jacket and trousers

esa nueva blusa te hace conjunto con la falda roja that new blouse goes well with your red skirt

un conjunto de playa/tenis a beach/tennis outfit

D ( Mat) set

E

(totalidad): visto en conjunto or en su conjunto, es un buen trabajo overall o as a whole, it is a good piece of work

debemos hacernos una visión de conjunto del problema we must get an overview of the problem, we must look at the problem as a whole

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Del verbo conjuntar: ( conjugate conjuntar)

conjunto es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

conjuntó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
conjuntar
conjunto
conjunto 1
◊ -ta adjetivo ‹esfuerzo/acción› joint before n

conjunto 2 sustantivo masculino
a) (de objetos, obras) collection;

( de personas) group;
◊ en su conjunto ( referido a — obra, exposición) as a whole;

(— comité, partido) as a group;
◊ conjunto residencial residential complex

b) (Mús) tb

◊ conjunto musical ( de música clásica) ensemble;

( de música popular) pop group
c) (Indum) ( de pulóver y chaqueta) twinset;

( de prendas en general) outfit;
◊ un conjunto de chaqueta y pantalón matching jacket and trousers;

hacer conjunto con algo to go well with sth
d) (Mat) set

conjunto,-a
I sustantivo masculino
1 (grupo) group, set
2 (totalidad de algo) whole
3 Mús (grupo de música) group, band
4 Indum ensemble
5 Mat set
6 Dep team
II adjetivo joint
♦ Locuciones: en conjunto, on the whole
' conjunto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abogacía
- acompañamiento
- alimentación
- bagaje
- banca
- comedor
- comedora
- comparsa
- compra
- concejo
- conducción
- conjunta
- contingente
- credo
- defensa
- derecha
- derecho
- dirección
- discurso
- entre
- equipo
- escribanía
- estatuto
- firma
- fondo
- galería
- ganadería
- ganado
- gestión
- global
- guardarropa
- juego
- paquete
- par
- pensamiento
- plan
- reglamentación
- sala
- servicio
- sillería
- tendedero
- toponimia
- tramitación
- tresillo
- tubería
- vecindario
- vestuario
- administración
- archivo
- cada
English:
aggregate
- altogether
- blend
- body
- by
- concerted
- ensemble
- estate
- ethic
- for
- group
- joint
- law
- lighting
- outfit
- overall
- package
- project
- set
- two-piece
- well-matched
- whole
- band
- bar
- battery
- combined
- comprehensive
- cooperative
- lie
- out

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conjunto, -a

♦ adj
[acción, esfuerzo] joint;
cuenta conjunta joint account

♦ nm

1. [agrupación] collection, group;

un conjunto de circunstancias a number of factors;

un conjunto de maletas a set of suitcases;

se enfrenta el conjunto local contra el líder the local team is playing the leaders

2. [de ciudad] conjunto histórico-artístico:
la ciudad de Cartagena es un conjunto histórico-artístico de gran interés the historical and artistic attributes of Cartagena combine to form a highly interesting whole;

conjunto monumental historical buildings and monuments;

conjunto urbanístico: [m5] un conjunto urbanístico muy heterógeno a cityscape of great variety

3. [de ropa] outfit;

llevaba un conjunto de camisa y pantalón she was wearing matching shirt and trousers;

un conjunto primaveral a spring outfit

4. [de música] group, band;

un conjunto de jazz a jazz band;

un conjunto de música clásica a classical music group

5. [totalidad] whole;

la media en el conjunto de Latinoamérica es de 5,4 in Latin America as a whole, the average is 5.4;

la calidad, en conjunto, es buena, pero le falla algún detalle overall the quality is good, but it falls down on the occasional detail;

los socios, en su conjunto, están en contra de la venta the whole membership is against the sale

6. Mat set

Comp
conjunto vacío empty set
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conjunto

I adj joint

II m

1 de personas, objetos collection;

en conjunto as a whole

2 de prendas outfit

3 MAT set

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conjunto, -ta adj

: joint

conjunto nm

1) : collection, group

2) : ensemble, outfit

conjunto musical: musical ensemble

3) : whole, entirety

en conjunto: as a whole, altogether

* * *

conjunto¹ adj joint

una fiesta conjunta a joint party

en conjunto on the whole

conjunto² n

1. (grupo) group

2. (ropa) outfit

Spanish-English dictionary > conjunto
11 deduco

dē-dūco, xi, ctum ( imper.:
deduc,
Cic. Rep. 1, 21, 34;
old form, deduce,
Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 32), 3, v. a., to lead or bring away, to lead, fetch, bring or draw down (for syn. cf.: duco, comitor, prosequor, persequor, stipo, sequor, consequor—freq. and class.).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.
a.
Not designating a limit:
atomos de via,
to turn from a straight course, Cic. Fat. 9, 18:
eum concionari conantem de rostris,
Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 3:
pedes de lecto,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 82:
suos clam ex agris,
Caes. B. G. 4, 30 fin.; so,
aliquem ex ultimis gentibus,
Cic. Phil. 13, 13:
lunam e curru,
Tib. 1, 8, 21; cf.
the foll.: summā vestem deduxit ab orā,
Ov. M. 3, 480:
cantando rigidas deducere montibus ornos,
Verg. E. 6, 71: lunam caelo id. ib. 8, 69; cf.:
lunam cursu,
Ov. H. 6, 85:
hunc caelo,
id. F. 3, 317:
dominam Ditis thalamo,
Verg. A. 6, 397:
tota carbasa malo,
i. e. to spread, unfurl, by letting down, Ov. M. 11, 477; cf.
the foll.: febres corpore,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 48:
inde boves,
Ov. M. 6, 322:
transfuga duci se ad consules jubet deductusque traditurum urbem promittit,
Liv. 9, 24:
Ubiis imperat, ut pecora deducant suaque omnia ex agris in oppida conferant,
Caes. B. G. 6, 10, 2; cf. Liv. 21, 37: rivos, i. e. to clear out, cleanse ( = detergere, Macr. Sat. 3, 3; Col. 2, 22, 3), Verg. G. 1, 269 Heyne ad loc.; cf.:
aqua Albana deducta ad utilitatem agri suburbani,
conducted off, Cic. Div. 2, 32, 69, and v. the foll.:
lunam,
Prop. 1, 1, 19; cf.
Jovem,
the sun, Hor. Epod. 13, 2:
crines pectine,
to comb, Ov. M. 4, 311; cf.:
caesariem barbae dextrā,
id. ib. 15, 656:
vela,
id. ib. 3, 663:
sive aliquis molli deducit candida gestu Brachia,
moves, Prop. 2, 22 (3, 15), 5 (al. diducit); imitated by Stat. Silv. 3, 5, 66 (al. diducit) et saep.—
b.
Stating the limit:
cito hunc deduc ad militem,
Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 32:
aliquem ad aliquem,
id. ib. 4, 4, 10; Cic. Lael. 1; Caes. B. G. 7, 28 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 18, 3; Sall. J. 113 fin. et saep.:
juvenem ad altos currus,
Ov. M. 2, 106:
suas vestes humero ad pectora,
Ov. M. 6, 405; cf.:
manum ad imum ventrem,
Quint. 11, 3, 112 et saep.:
impedimenta in proximum collem,
Caes. B. G. 7, 68, 2:
aquam in vias,
Cato R. R. 155; Ov. M. 1, 582:
aliquem in conspectum (Caesaris),
Caes. B. C. 1, 22, 2:
aliquem in arcem,
Liv. 1, 18; id. 1, 58:
aliquem in carcerem,
Sall. C. 55:
in arenam,
Suet. Calig. 35: levis deducet pondere fratres, will bring down (the scale), Grat. Cyn. 292. —
B.
In partic.
I.
Milit. t. t., to draw off, lead off, withdraw troops from a place; to lead, conduct, bring to a place: praesidia de locis, Sisenna ap. Non. 289, 15; so with de, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 60; Caes. B. G. 5, 51, 2; Cic. Att. 7, 14 al.:
exercitum ex his regionibus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 19; so with ex, id. ib. 7, 87, 4 fin.; 7, 81 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 12, 3 al.:
legionem ab opere,
id. ib. 3, 69; so with ab, id. ib. 2, 26, 3; Liv. 34, 35 al.:
deducta Orico legione,
Caes. B. C. 3, 34:
exercitum finibus Attali,
Liv. 32, 27: deducto exercitu, Caes. B. G. 6, 43, 3; 7, 20, 11; id. B. C. 3, 39 al.; cf. Oud. ad Caes. B. G. 2, 33, 2:
milites ad Ciceronem,
Caes. B. G. 5, 27, 9:
tres in arcem cohortes praesidio,
id. B. C. 3, 19, 5:
a Flacco inter ceteros, quos virtutis causa secum ex provincia ad triumphum deducebat, deductus sum,
Liv. 42, 34:
copias ex locis superioribus in campum deducit,
Caes. B. C. 2, 40 fin.:
legionibus in hiberna deductis,
id. B. G. 2, 35, 3; so,
in hiberna,
Liv. 26, 20; 43, 9:
in interiorem Galliam,
Caes. B. G. 2, 2; cf.
in Menapios,
id. ib. 4, 22, 5:
in proxima municipia,
id. B. C. 1, 32:
in hiberna in Sequanos,
id. B. G. 1, 54, 2:
in aciem,
Liv. 3, 62:
praesidia eo,
Caes. B. C. 2, 18, 5:
neque more militari vigiliae deducebantur,
Sall. Jug. 44, 5; id. C. 59, 1. —
2.
Pub. law t. t., to lead forth, conduct a colony to a place:
coloni, qui lege Julia Capuam deducti erant,
Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 4; cf. Suet. Caes. 81:
colonos in aliquem locum,
id. ib. 28:
coloniam in aliquem locum,
Cic. Rep. 2, 3; 2, 4; Liv. 10, 1; 10, 13; 34, 45 (repeatedly); Suet. Tib. 4 al.:
Aquileia colonia Latina eo anno in agro Gallorum est deducta,
Liv. 40, 34; cf.:
in colonia Capua deducti,
Suet. Caes. 81:
ut emantur agri a privatis, quo plebs publice deducatur,
Cic. Agr. 2, 25; cf. id. ib. 2, 26;
2, 34, 92: triumvir coloniis deducendis,
Sall. J. 42; cf. Liv. 9, 46; 9, 28; Suet. Aug. 46 al.— Absol.:
deductis olim et nobiscum per conubium sociatis, haec patria est,
Tac. H. 4, 65. —
3.
Nautical t. t.
a.
To draw out a ship from the docks:
ex navalibus eorum unam (navem) deducit,
Caes. B. C. 2, 3, 2:
deducunt socii naves,
Verg. A. 3, 71.—Hence far more freq. meton., like the Gr. kathelkein, to draw down a ship from the stocks into the sea; to launch, Liv. 21, 17; 41, 9; Caes. B. G. 7, 60:
neque multum abesse (naves) ab eo, quin paucis diebus deduci possent,
id. ib. 5, 2, 2:
naves,
id. ib. 5, 23, 2:
classem,
Liv. 36, 41 al.:
naves litore,
Verg. A. 4, 398:
carinas,
Ov. M. 6, 144; 8, 104 et saep.—
b.
Rarely for subducere and the Gr. katagein, to draw a ship into port:
onerarias naves in portum deducunt,
Caes. B. C. 1, 36, 2:
in portum,
Petr. 101, 8.—
4.
Weavers' t. t., to draw out, spin out the thread, yarn:
dextera tum leviter deducens fila, Catull. 64, 313: filum,
Ov. M. 4, 36; id. Am. 1, 14, 7; id. H. 9, 77.—Hence, meton., to prepare a web, to weave:
vetus in tela deducitur argumentum,
is interwoven, represented in weaving, Ov. M. 6, 69.—
5.
t. t. of common life, to lead out, conduct, escort, accompany a person out of the house, as a mark of respect or for protection:
haec ipsa sunt honorabilia... assurgi, deduci, reduci,
Cic. de Sen. 18, 63:
cum magna multitudo optimorum virorum et civium me de domo deduceret,
id. Fam. 10, 12, 2; Suet. Aug. 29:
ne deducendi sui causa populum de foro abduceret,
Liv. 23, 23 fin.; cf. Tac. A. 3, 14:
a quibus (sc. equitibus Rom.) si domus nostra celebratur, si interdum ad forum deducimur, etc.,
Cic. Mur. 34.—
b.
Esp., to conduct a young man to a public teacher:
dicam hunc a patre continuo ad me esse deductum,
Cic. Cael. 4, 9; id. Lael. 1, 1; Tac. Dial. 34; Quint. 12, 11, 6; cf. ephebum in gymnasium, Petron. 85, 3.—
c.
Aliquam alicui, ad aliquem, to lead, conduct a bride (from her father's house) to her husband (cf. denubo):
bona uxor si ea deducta est usquam cuiquam gentium,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 90; cf.
Catull. 68, 143: virginem juveni marito,
Tib. 3, 4, 31:
uni nuptam, ad quem virgo deducta sit,
Liv. 10, 23:
nullo exemplo deductae in domum patrui fratris filiae,
Tac. A. 12, 5; so,
in domum,
id. ib. 14, 63; so of the bridegroom himself, to take home the bride:
domum in cubiculum,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 60:
uxorem domum,
id. Hec. 1, 2, 60:
quo primum virgo quaeque deducta est,
Caes. B. G. 5, 14 fin.—Absol.:
eas velut auspicibus nobilissimis populis deductas esse,
Liv. 42, 12, 4; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 3, 13.—
(β).
In a dishonorable sense, to bring one a concubine, Plaut. Casin. 2, 8, 36; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34; Suet. Calig. 25; id. Caes. 50; id. Ner. 28; cf. also the foll., no. 7.—
d.
To lead about in a public procession, Suet. Tib. 17 fin.:
invidens privata deduci superbo non humilis mulier triumpho,
Hor. Od. 1, 37, 31:
tensas,
Suet. Aug. 43; id. Vesp. 5.—
e.
Hence, to drive out, expel = expellere: Arsinoen ex regno, Auct. B. [p. 527] Alex. 33:
ex possessione,
Liv. 34, 58, 6. —
6.
Jurid. t. t.
a.
Aliquem de fundo, to lead away a person from a disputed possession in the presence of witnesses (with or without force: the latter moribus, the former vi solida), in order to procure him the right of action (this was a symbolic procedure preparatory to an action): appellat Fabius, ut aut ipse Tullium deduceret aut ab eo deduceretur. Dicit deducturum se Tullius, etc., Cic. pro Tull. Fragm. § 20; id. Agr. 2, 26, 68;
placuit Caecinae constituere, quo die in rem praesentem veniretur, et de fundo Caecina moribus deduceretur, etc.,
id. Caecin. 7, 20.—
b.
To bring before a tribunal as a witness:
multi boni ad hoc judicium deducti non sunt,
Cic. Flac. 4, 9.—
c.
To bring to trial:
lis ad forum deducta est,
Phaedr. 3, 13, 3. —
7.
With the accessory idea of diminution, to withdraw, deduct, subtract, diminish:
cibum,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 23. And as a mercantile t. t.:
addendo deducendoque videre, quae reliqui summa fiat,
Cic. Off. 1, 18, 59:
ut centum nummi deducerentur,
id. Leg. 2, 21, 53; cf. Cato R. R. 144 sq.:
de capite deducite, quod usuris pernumeratum est,
Liv. 6, 15; cf. Suet. Caes. 42 et saep.—Hence in a double sense: Tertia deducta est (in allusion to the meaning, no. 5, c. b), Suet. Caes. 50; cf. the same account in Macr. S. 2, 2.
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to bring down, bring or lead away, withdraw, bring, lead: quare, si placet, deduc orationem tuam de coelo ad haec citeriora, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 85, 20, and 289, 9:
licet enim contrahere universitatem generis humani, eamque gradatim ad pauciores, postremo deducere in singulos,
id. N. D. 2, 65 fin.:
aliquem de animi lenitate,
id. Cat. 2, 13; cf.:
aliquem de animi pravitate,
Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 10 fin.:
aliquem de sententia,
Cic. Brut. 25 fin.:
aliquem de fide,
id. Verr. 1, 9, 25 et saep.:
perterritos a timore,
id. N. D. 2, 59, 148:
aliquem a tristitia, ab acerbitate,
id. de Or. 2, 83 fin.:
aliquem ab humanitate, a pietate, a religione,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 6 (for which, shortly before, abducere):
aliquem a vera accusatione,
id. ib. 2, 1, 6 fin.; id. Fam. 1, 1, 2 et saep.:
voluntates impellere quo velit, unde autem velit deducere,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:
mos unde deductus,
derived, Hor. Od. 4, 4, 19; cf.:
nomen ab Anco,
Ov. F. 6, 803:
quae tandem ea est disciplina, ad quam me deducas,
Cic. Acad. 2, 36:
aliquem ad fletum misericordiamque,
id. de Or. 2, 45, 189:
aliquem ad eam sententiam,
Caes. B. G. 2, 10, 5; 6, 10, 2:
rem ad arma,
id. B. C. 1, 4 fin.; cf.:
rem ad otium,
id. ib. 1, 5 fin.:
plura argumenta ad unum effectum,
Quint. 9, 2, 103 et saep.:
quam in fortunam quamque in amplitudinem deduxisset (Aeduos),
Caes. B. G. 7, 54, 3; so,
aliquem in eum casum,
id. ib. 2, 31, 6:
aliquem in periculum,
id. ib. 7, 50, 4: Quint. 4, 2, 12; cf.:
rem in summum periculum,
Caes. B. G. 5, 31; id. B. C. 1, 19, 3:
rem in controversiam,
id. B. G. 7, 63, 5:
aliquem in causam,
Liv. 36, 5:
in societatem belli,
id. 36, 7 et saep.:
huc jam deduxerat rem, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 1, 62; so,
rem huc, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 86, 3:
deduxisti totam hanc rem in duo genera solum causarum, caetera innumerabilia exercitationi reliquisti,
have brought, reduced, Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 71; id. Cat. 2, 2, 4; cf.:
rem in eum locum, ut, etc.,
id. Fam. 16, 12:
quem in locum,
id. ib. 4, 2, 3:
ergo huc universa causa deducitur, utrum, etc.,
id. Rosc. Com. 12, 34:
rerum divisio in duos articulos deducitur,
Gai. Inst. 2, 2:
audi, quo rem deducam,
what I aim at, what I have in view, to what conclusion I will bring the matter, Hor. S. 1, 1, 15:
Aeolium carmen ad Italos modos,
transfer, transplant, id. Od. 3, 30, 14; cf.:
in patriam deducere musas,
Verg. G. 3, 10. —
B.
In partic.
1.
To mislead, seduce, entice, induce, bring one to an opinion (rare):
adolescentibus et oratione magistratus et praemio deductis,
Caes. B. G. 7, 37, 6; id. B. C. 1, 7, 1:
sibi esse facile, Seuthen regem Thracum deducere, ut, etc.,
Nep. Alcib. 8:
aliquem vero,
from the truth, Lucr. 1, 370.—
2.
To spin out a literary composition, like a thread, i. e. to elaborate, prepare, compose ( poet., and in post-Aug. prose):
tenui deducta poëmata filo,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 225:
mille die versus,
id. Sat. 2, 1, 4; Ov. Pont. 1, 5, 13:
carmina,
id. Tr. 1, 1, 39; cf. id. ib. 5, 1, 71: nihil expositum, Juv. 7, 54:
commentarios,
Quint. 3, 6, 59:
oratio deducta atque circumlata,
finely spun out, id. 4, 1, 60 al.:
primaque ab origine mundi ad mea perpetuum deducite tempora carmen,
Ov. M. 1, 3; cf. id. Tr. 2, 560; Hor. A. P. 129:
opus,
Manil. 1, 3. —
3.
(Another figure borrowed from spinning.) To make finer, thinner, weaker; to attenuate: vocem deducas oportet, ut mulieris videantur verba, Pompon. ap. Macr. Sat. 6, 4: "Odusseus" ad "Ulixem" deductus est, Quint. 1, 4, 16; cf. P. a. B.—
4.
To derive (of the origin of words):
nomen Christianorum a Christo deducitur,
Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 14;
id. de Virg. vel. 5: diximus nomen religionis a vinculo pietatis esse deductum,
Lact. 4, 28, 12; cf.:
sed et Pharnacion (cognominatur) a Pharnace rege deductum,
Plin. 25, 4, 14, § 33.—
5.
To remove, cure, of physical evils:
brassica de capite omnia deducet et sanum faciet,
Cato R. R. 157, 6:
corpore febres, animo curas,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 48; Cic. Fin. 5, 17, 47.—
6.
To bring down (late Lat.):
deducis ad inferos,
i. e. to death, Vulg. Tobiae, 13, 2; id. Gen. 42, 38; id. 1 Reg. 2, 6.—
7.
Law t. t., to withhold:
cum in mancipanda proprietate (usus fructus) deducatur,
Gai. Inst. 2, 33.—Hence,

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > deduco
12 Lister, Samuel Cunliffe, 1st Baron Masham

SUBJECT AREA: Textiles

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b. 1 January 1815 Calverly Hall, Bradford, England

d. 2 February 1906 Swinton Park, near Bradford, England

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English inventor of successful wool-combing and waste-silk spinning machines.

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Lister was descended from one of the old Yorkshire families, the Cunliffe Listers of Manningham, and was the fourth son of his father Ellis. After attending a school on Clapham Common, Lister would not go to university; his family hoped he would enter the Church, but instead he started work with the Liverpool merchants Sands, Turner \& Co., who frequently sent him to America. In 1837 his father built for him and his brother a worsted mill at Manningham, where Samuel invented a swivel shuttle and a machine for making fringes on shawls. It was here that he first became aware of the unhealthy occupation of combing wool by hand. Four years later, after seeing the machine that G.E. Donisthorpe was trying to work out, he turned his attention to mechanizing wool-combing. Lister took Donisthorpe into partnership after paying him £12,000 for his patent, and developed the Lister-Cartwright "square nip" comber. Until this time, combing machines were little different from Cartwright's original, but Lister was able to improve on this with continuous operation and by 1843 was combing the first fine botany wool that had ever been combed by machinery. In the following year he received an order for fifty machines to comb all qualities of wool. Further combing patents were taken out with Donisthorpe in 1849, 1850, 1851 and 1852, the last two being in Lister's name only. One of the important features of these patents was the provision of a gripping device or "nip" which held the wool fibres at one end while the rest of the tuft was being combed. Lister was soon running nine combing mills. In the 1850s Lister had become involved in disputes with others who held combing patents, such as his associate Isaac Holden and the Frenchman Josué Heilmann. Lister bought up the Heilmann machine patents and afterwards other types until he obtained a complete monopoly of combing machines before the patents expired. His invention stimulated demand for wool by cheapening the product and gave a vital boost to the Australian wool trade. By 1856 he was at the head of a wool-combing business such as had never been seen before, with mills at Manningham, Bradford, Halifax, Keighley and other places in the West Riding, as well as abroad.

His inventive genius also extended to other fields. In 1848 he patented automatic compressed air brakes for railways, and in 1853 alone he took out twelve patents for various textile machines. He then tried to spin waste silk and made a second commercial career, turning what was called "chassum" and hitherto regarded as refuse into beautiful velvets, silks, plush and other fine materials. Waste silk consisted of cocoon remnants from the reeling process, damaged cocoons and fibres rejected from other processes. There was also wild silk obtained from uncultivated worms. This is what Lister saw in a London warehouse as a mass of knotty, dirty, impure stuff, full of bits of stick and dead mulberry leaves, which he bought for a halfpenny a pound. He spent ten years trying to solve the problems, but after a loss of £250,000 and desertion by his partner his machine caught on in 1865 and brought Lister another fortune. Having failed to comb this waste silk, Lister turned his attention to the idea of "dressing" it and separating the qualities automatically. He patented a machine in 1877 that gave a graduated combing. To weave his new silk, he imported from Spain to Bradford, together with its inventor Jose Reixach, a velvet loom that was still giving trouble. It wove two fabrics face to face, but the problem lay in separating the layers so that the pile remained regular in length. Eventually Lister was inspired by watching a scissors grinder in the street to use small emery wheels to sharpen the cutters that divided the layers of fabric. Lister took out several patents for this loom in his own name in 1868 and 1869, while in 1871 he took out one jointly with Reixach. It is said that he spent £29,000 over an eleven-year period on this loom, but this was more than recouped from the sale of reasonably priced high-quality velvets and plushes once success was achieved. Manningham mills were greatly enlarged to accommodate this new manufacture.

In later years Lister had an annual profit from his mills of £250,000, much of which was presented to Bradford city in gifts such as Lister Park, the original home of the Listers. He was connected with the Bradford Chamber of Commerce for many years and held the position of President of the Fair Trade League for some time. In 1887 he became High Sheriff of Yorkshire, and in 1891 he was made 1st Baron Masham. He was also Deputy Lieutenant in North and West Riding.

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Principal Honours and Distinctions

Created 1st Baron Masham 1891.

Bibliography

1849, with G.E.Donisthorpe, British patent no. 12,712. 1850, with G.E. Donisthorpe, British patent no. 13,009. 1851, British patent no. 13,532.

1852, British patent no. 14,135.

1877, British patent no. 3,600 (combing machine). 1868, British patent no. 470.

1868, British patent no. 2,386.

1868, British patent no. 2,429.

1868, British patent no. 3,669.

1868, British patent no. 1,549.

1871, with J.Reixach, British patent no. 1,117. 1905, Lord Masham's Inventions (autobiography).

Further Reading

J.Hogg (ed.), c. 1888, Fortunes Made in Business, London (biography).

W.English, 1969, The Textile Industry, London; and C.Singer (ed.), 1958, A History of Technology, Vol. IV, Oxford: Clarendon Press (both cover the technical details of Lister's invention).

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Biographical history of technology > Lister, Samuel Cunliffe, 1st Baron Masham
13 dicht

I Adj.

1. dense, thick; Verkehr: auch heavy; Hecke: auch close-set; Gewebe: dense, closely-woven; (gedrängt) tightly packed

2. (undurchlässig); für Wasser: watertight, waterproof; für Luft: airtight; Vorhang: thick, heavy; nicht mehr dicht sein Gefäß etc.: leak, be leaky; dicht machen Gefäß: seal, stop the leak(s), make watertight; Dach: seal (the cracks); Fenster: seal; er ist nicht ganz dicht umg., fig. he’s got a screw loose

3. fig. Stil: compact, dense; Atmosphäre: dense; Programm: tightly-packed, full; in dichter Folge in quick succession

4. umg. (geschlossen, zu) closed, shut; Grenze: blocked; Eugen war gestern wieder total dicht umg. (betrunken) Eugen was pissed (Am. plastered) again last night

II Adv.

1. densely, thickly; dicht behaart (very) hairy, hirsute geh.; ein dicht bepflanztes Beet a closely planted (flower)bed; dicht besiedelt oder bevölkert densely populated; dicht gedrängt tightly packed; eine dicht gepflanzte Hecke a close-set hedge; der Himmel ist dicht mit Wolken verhangen oder dicht bewölkt there is thick cloud cover

2. (nahe) closely; dicht an oder bei close to; dicht an-, bei- oder nebeneinander close together; dicht daneben stehen: close by, right next to; schießen: right by; dicht gefolgt von closely followed by; dicht hinter jemandem her sein be hot on s.o.’s heels; auffahren 2

3. fig.: dicht bevorstehen be imminent; ich war dicht daran oder davor aufzugeben I was just about to give up ( oder on the verge of giving up); das Geschäft steht dicht vor dem Abschluss the deal is almost completed

4. dicht schließen shut tight(ly); Tür: shut tight ( oder properly); nicht mehr dicht halten not close ( oder shut) properly any more

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tight; compact; thick; serried; turbid; thickset; leakproof; concentrated; dense

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dịcht [dɪçt]
1. adj

1) Gefieder, Haar, Hecke thick; Laub, Nebel thick, dense; Wald, (Menschen)menge, Gewühl dense; Verkehr heavy, dense; Gewebe close; Stoff closely-woven; (fig = konzentriert) Stil dense; Szene full, compact

in dichter Folge — in rapid or quick succession

sie standen in dichten Reihen — they were standing row upon row close together

2) (= undurchlässig) Vorhänge thick, heavy; Rollladen heavy; (= wasserdicht) watertight; (= luftdicht) airtight

dicht machen — to seal, to make watertight/airtight; Fenster to seal → auch dichtmachen

er ist nicht ganz dicht (inf) — he's crackers (Brit inf) or nuts (inf)

3) (inf = zu) shut, closed

4) (sl = betrunken, high) off one's face (Brit inf out of it (inf)

2. adv

1) (= nahe) closely

(dicht an) dicht stehen — to stand close together

dicht gefolgt von — closely followed by

2) (= fest) zuziehen, schließen tightly; weben densely

dicht halten — to be watertight

dicht verhängen — to curtain heavily

3) (= sehr stark) bevölkert, bepflanzt densely; bewaldet densely, thickly

dicht bevölkert — densely populated

dicht bewachsen Baumstämme — grown over with moss and lichen; Ufer thickly covered with vegetation; Landstrich rich in vegetation

dicht mit Efeu bewachsen — overgrown with ivy

dicht mit etw übersät — covered with sth

dicht behaart — very hairy

dicht belaubt — thick with leaves, densely foliated

dicht bewölkt — heavily overcast

dicht gedrängt — closely packed; Programm packed

4)

(mit Präpositionen) dicht an/bei — close to

dicht dahinter/darüber/davor — right behind/above/in front

dicht daneben — right or close beside it

dicht bevor — right before

dicht daran — hard by it

dicht hintereinander — close(ly) or right behind one another

dicht beieinander or beisammen — close together

dicht am Winde halten (Naut) — to sail close to the wind, to hug the wind

dicht hinter jdm her sein — to be right or hard or close behind sb

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1) (very closely together: The crowd was densely packed.) densely

2) (thick and close: We made our way through dense forest; The fog was so dense that we could not see anything.) dense

3) (made of many single units placed very close together; dense: a thick forest; thick hair.) thick

4) (difficult to see through: thick fog.) thick

5) (not allowing much time: We hope to finish this next week but the schedule's a bit tight.) tight

6) ((also tightly) closely; with no extra room or space: The bags were packed tight / tightly packed.) tight

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dicht

[ˈdɪçt]

I. adj

1. (ohne Lücken) thick, dense; (zusammengedrängt) dense

eine \dichte Atmosphäre PHYS a dense atmosphere

\dichter Baumwollstoff closely woven cotton fabric

in \dichter Folge in quick [or rapid] succession

ein \dichtes Gedränge a tight [or dense] crowd

\dichtes Gewebe tight [or close] weave

\dichtes Haar thick hair

\dichter Verkehr heavy [or dense] traffic

im \dichten Verkehr festsitzen to be stuck in a traffic jam

2. (fig: konzentriert) dense; (voll ausgefüllt) full; (effizient) tight

a \dichte Atmosphäre/Stimmung/Szene a dense atmosphere/mood/scene

ein \dichter Dialog a dense dialogue

\dichte Lyrik/Prosa dense poetry/prose

ein \dichtes soziales Netz a tight [or compact] social network

ein \dichtes Programm a full programme [or AM program

3. (undurchsichtig) thick, dense

\dichter Nebel thick [or dense] fog

\dichter Schneefall heavy snowfall

\dichtes Schweigen (fig liter) complete silence

4. (undurchlässig) tight; Vorhänge thick, heavy; Rollladen heavy; (luftdicht) airtight; (wasserdicht) watertight; (wasserabweisend) waterproof

etw \dicht machen (versiegeln) to seal sth; (luftdicht machen) to make sth airtight; (wasserabweisend machen) to waterproof sth; (wasserdicht machen) to make sth watertight

ein Dach \dicht machen to repair [or seal] a leaking roof

ein Fenster \dicht machen to repair [or seal] a window

Fugen \dicht machen to seal joints

nicht mehr \dicht sein to leak; Fenster to be cracked [or broken]; Blende to let in [the] light

5. (fig: ausgebucht) full, packed

6. pred, inv (fam: geschlossen) closed; Laden a. shut

7.

▶ nicht ganz \dicht sein (pej fam) to be off one's head pej fam

II. adv

1. (ohne Lücken) thickly, densely; (zusammengedrängt) densely

wir standen \dicht gedrängt im Bus we stood squeezed together in the bus

\dicht an [o bei] \dicht close together

\dicht an [o bei] \dicht stehen to be [or stand] close together

\dicht bebaut heavily built up

\dicht behaart [very] hairy

ein \dicht behaarter Kopf a good head of hair

\dicht behaart sein to have a lot of hair

auf der Brust \dicht behaart sein to have a very hairy chest

\dicht belaubt sein to be covered in dense foliage

\dicht mit Rosen bepflanzt sein to be full of roses

\dicht besetzt full, packed

\dicht besiedelt [o bevölkert] densely [or heavily] populated

\dicht bewaldet thickly wooded, densely forested

\dicht bewölkt very cloudy, heavily overcast

\dicht mit Efeu/Moos bewachsen overgrown with ivy/moss

\dicht gepackt tightly packed

\dicht gewebt tightly [or closely] woven

\dicht mit etw dat übersät sein to be thickly strewn with sth

2. (fig: voll)

\dicht gedrängt Zeitplan packed, full

3. (undurchlässig) tightly

die Gardinen \dicht zuziehen to draw the curtains to, to close the curtains properly

\dicht halten Schuhe, Verschluss to keep out [the] water, to be watertight

\dicht schließen to close properly

Behälter \dicht geschlossen halten keep container tightly closed

\dicht verhängt thickly draped; Fenster thickly curtained

4. (nah) closely

\dicht auffahren to tailgate, to drive too closely to the car in front

\dicht beieinander/hintereinander close together

\dicht gefolgt von jdm/etw followed closely by sb/sth

▪ \dicht an etw/jdm close to sb/sth

▪ \dicht hinter jdm/etw just [or right] behind sb/sth

\dicht hinter jdm sein to be right behind sb

▪ \dicht neben jdm/etw just [or right] beside sb/sth, just [or right] next to sb/sth

▪ \dicht über/unter etw/jdm just above/under sth/sb

\dicht über etw akk hängen to hang just over sth

▪ \dicht vor jdm/etw just [or right] in front of sb/sth

5. (bald)

\dicht bevorstehen to be coming up soon; Gefahr to be imminent

Weihnachten steht \dicht bevor it's not long till Christmas, Christmas is just around the corner fam

an etw dat \dicht dran sein (fam) to be close to sth

\dicht dran sein, etw zu tun (fam) to be just about to do sth, to be on the point of doing sth

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1.
Adjektiv

1) thick <hair, fur, plumage, moss>; thick, dense <foliage, fog, cloud>; dense <forest, thicket, hedge, crowd>; heavy, dense < traffic>; densely ranked, close-ranked < rows of houses>; heavy <snowstorm, traffic>; (fig.) full, packed < programme>

in dichter Folge — in rapid or quick succession

2) (undurchlässig) (für Luft) airtight; (für Wasser) watertight < shoes>; (für Licht) heavy <curtains, shutters>

dicht machen — seal < crack>; seal the crack[s]/leak[s] in <roof, window, etc.>; waterproof < material, umbrella, etc.>

nicht ganz dicht sein — (salopp) have a screw loose (coll.)

3) (ugs.): (geschlossen) shut; closed
2.
adverbial

1) densely < populated>; tightly < packed>; thickly, densely < wooded>; heavily < built up>

dicht verschneit — thick with snow

dicht besetzt — full; packed

dicht bewachsen — covered with dense vegetation

dicht bebaut — heavily built-up

dicht gedrängt — tightly or closely packed

dicht behaart — [very] hairy

dicht an dicht od. dicht gedrängt stehen/sitzen — stand/sit close together

2) (undurchlässig) tightly

3) mit Präp. (nahe)

dicht neben — right next to

dicht daran — hard by

dicht beieinander — close together

dicht vor/hinter ihm — right or just in front of/behind him

die Polizei ist ihm dicht auf den Fersen — the police are hard or close on his heels

4) (zeitlich): (unmittelbar)

ich war dicht daran, es zu tun — I was just about to do it

dicht bevorstehen — be imminent

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dicht

A. adj

1. dense, thick; Verkehr: auch heavy; Hecke: auch close-set; Gewebe: dense, closely-woven; (gedrängt) tightly packed

2. (undurchlässig); für Wasser: watertight, waterproof; für Luft: airtight; Vorhang: thick, heavy;

nicht mehr dicht sein Gefäß etc: leak, be leaky;

dicht machen Gefäß: seal, stop the leak(s), make watertight; Dach: seal (the cracks); Fenster: seal;

er ist nicht ganz dicht umg, fig he’s got a screw loose

3. fig Stil: compact, dense; Atmosphäre: dense; Programm: tightly-packed, full;

in dichter Folge in quick succession

4. umg (geschlossen, zu) closed, shut; Grenze: blocked;

Eugen war gestern wieder total dicht umg (betrunken) Eugen was pissed (US plastered) again last night

B. adv

1. densely, thickly;

dicht behaart (very) hairy, hirsute geh;

ein dicht bepflanztes Beet a closely planted (flower)bed;

dicht besiedelt oder

bevölkert densely populated;

dicht gedrängt tightly packed;

eine dicht gepflanzte Hecke a close-set hedge;

der Himmel ist dicht mit Wolken verhangen oder

dicht bewölkt there is thick cloud cover

2. (nahe) closely;

dicht an oder

bei close to;

dicht an-, bei- oder

nebeneinander close together;

dicht daneben stehen: close by, right next to; schießen: right by;

dicht gefolgt von closely followed by;

dicht hinter jemandem her sein be hot on sb’s heels; → auffahren 2

3. fig:

dicht bevorstehen be imminent;

ich war dicht daran oder

davor aufzugeben I was just about to give up ( oder on the verge of giving up);

das Geschäft steht dicht vor dem Abschluss the deal is almost completed

4.

dicht schließen shut tight(ly); Tür: shut tight ( oder properly);

nicht mehr dicht halten not close ( oder shut) properly any more

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1.
Adjektiv

1) thick <hair, fur, plumage, moss>; thick, dense <foliage, fog, cloud>; dense <forest, thicket, hedge, crowd>; heavy, dense < traffic>; densely ranked, close-ranked < rows of houses>; heavy <snowstorm, traffic>; (fig.) full, packed < programme>

in dichter Folge — in rapid or quick succession

2) (undurchlässig) (für Luft) airtight; (für Wasser) watertight < shoes>; (für Licht) heavy <curtains, shutters>

dicht machen — seal < crack>; seal the crack[s]/leak[s] in <roof, window, etc.>; waterproof <material, umbrella, etc.>

nicht ganz dicht sein — (salopp) have a screw loose (coll.)

3) (ugs.): (geschlossen) shut; closed
2.
adverbial

1) densely < populated>; tightly < packed>; thickly, densely < wooded>; heavily < built up>

dicht verschneit — thick with snow

dicht besetzt — full; packed

dicht bewachsen — covered with dense vegetation

dicht bebaut — heavily built-up

dicht gedrängt — tightly or closely packed

dicht behaart — [very] hairy

dicht an dicht od. dicht gedrängt stehen/sitzen — stand/sit close together

2) (undurchlässig) tightly

3) mit Präp. (nahe)

dicht neben — right next to

dicht daran — hard by

dicht beieinander — close together

dicht vor/hinter ihm — right or just in front of/behind him

die Polizei ist ihm dicht auf den Fersen — the police are hard or close on his heels

4) (zeitlich): (unmittelbar)

ich war dicht daran, es zu tun — I was just about to do it

dicht bevorstehen — be imminent

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(Mathematik) adj.

dense adj. (an) adv.

close by adv.

close to adv. adj.

consistent adj.

dense adj.

serried adj.

thick adj.

thickset adj.

tight adj.

waterproof adj. adv.

closely adv.

densely adv.

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2. intransitive verb

3. impersonal verb

4. auxiliary verb

5. reflexive verb

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► Lorsque faire est suivi d'un nom dans une locution comme faire une faute, se faire des idées, reportez-vous à l'autre mot.

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► Lorsque faire est utilisé pour parler d'une activité non précisée, ou qu'il remplace un verbe plus spécifique, il se traduit par to do. Lorsque faire veut dire créer, préparer, fabriquer, il se traduit souvent par to make.

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   a. (activité non précisée) to do

• que fais-tu ce soir ? what are you doing tonight?

• je n'ai rien à faire I have nothing to do

• que voulez-vous qu'on y fasse ? what can be done about it?

• faire la chambre to do the room

• faire 10 km to do 10km

• faire 100 km/h to do 100km/h

• on a fait Lyon-Paris en cinq heures we did Lyon to Paris in five hours

• je n'en ferai rien ! I'll do nothing of the sort!

► faire de ( = utiliser) to do with

• je ne sais pas quoi faire de mon temps libre I don't know what to do with my spare time

• qu'avez-vous fait de votre sac ? what have you done with your bag?► ne faire que

• il ne fait que se plaindre he's always complaining

• il ne fait que bavarder he won't stop chattering

• je ne fais que passer I'm just passing

   b. (School) [+ devoirs, matière, auteur] to do

• faire de l'allemand to do German

• faire l'école hôtelière to go to a catering school

   c. ( = créer, préparer, fabriquer) to make

• faire un film to make a film

• faire de la confiture to make jam

   d. ( = constituer) c'est ce qui fait tout son charme that's what makes him so charming

   e. (Sport) [+ football, tennis, rugby] to play ; [+ sport de combat] to do

• faire du sport to do sport

• faire du judo to do judo

• faire de la boxe to box

   f. (Music) ( = jouer) to play

• faire du piano/du violon to play the piano/the violin

   g. (Medicine) [+ diabète, attaque] to have

• faire de la tension to have high blood pressure

   h. ( = chercher dans) il a fait toute la ville pour en trouver he's been all over town looking for some

   i. ( = vendre) nous ne faisons pas cette marque we don't stock that make

• je vous le fais à 700 € I'll let you have it for 700 euros

   j. ( = mesurer, peser, coûter) to be

• la cuisine fait 6 mètres de large the kitchen is 6 metres wide

• combien fait cette chaise ? how much is this chair?

• ça fait 130 € that's 130 euros

• deux et deux font quatre two and two is four

• cela fait combien en tout ? how much is that altogether?

   k. ( = agir sur, importer) ils ne peuvent rien me faire they can't do anything to me

• on ne me la fait pas à moi ! (inf) I wasn't born yesterday!

• qu'est-ce que cela peut bien te faire ? what's it to you?

• qu'est-ce que ça fait ? so what? (inf)

• cela ne vous ferait rien de sortir ? would you mind leaving the room?

   l. ( = imiter) il a fait celui qui ne comprenait pas he pretended not to understand

• ne fais pas l'enfant/l'idiot don't be so childish/so stupid

   m. ( = être, servir de) [personne] to be ; [acteur] to play ; [objet] to be used as

• tu fais l'arbitre ? will you be referee?

• cet hôtel fait aussi restaurant the hotel has its own restaurant

• quel imbécile je fais ! what a fool I am!

• il fera un bon avocat he'll make a good lawyer

   n. ( = dire) to say

• « vraiment ? » fit-il "really?" he said

• le chat fait miaou the cat goes miaow

   o. (Grammar) « canal » fait »canaux » au pluriel the plural of "canal" is "canaux"

2. <

   a. (remplaçant un autre verbe) to do

• as-tu payé la note ? -- non, c'est lui qui l'a fait did you pay the bill? -- no, he did

• puis-je téléphoner ? -- faites, je vous en prie could I use the phone? -- yes, of course

   b. ( = agir) faire vite to act quickly

• faites vite ! be quick!

• faites comme chez vous make yourself at home

   c. ( = paraître) to look

• ce vase fait bien sur la table the vase looks nice on the table

• faire vieux to look old

• faire jeune to look young

   d. (besoins naturels) (inf) [personne] to go ; [animal] to do its business

3. <

► il fait

• il fait nuit it is dark

• il faut chaud it is hot

• il fait bon vivre ici this is a nice place to be

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► since et for ne se construisent pas avec le même temps.

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► cela or ça fait... que

• cela fait très longtemps que je ne l'ai pas vu I haven't seen him for a very long time it's a long time since I saw him

• ça fait trois ans qu'il est parti it's three years since he left he's been gone for three years

• ça fait que... that means...

4. <

   a. ( = pousser à) to make

• ça m'a fait pleurer it made me cry

• il lui a fait boire du whisky he made her drink some whisky

• ce genre de musique me fait dormir that kind of music puts me to sleep

• j'ai fait démarrer la voiture I got the car started

• faire réparer une montre to have a watch repaired

• elle a fait tomber une tasse she knocked a cup over

► faire faire

• faire faire qch par qn to get sth made (or done) by sb

• faire faire qch à qn to get sb to do (or to make) sth ; (en le forçant) to make sb do (or make) sth

• se faire faire une robe to have a dress made

   b. ( = aider à) faire traverser la rue à un aveugle to help a blind man across the road

• faire manger un patient to feed a patient

   c. ( = laisser) faire entrer qn (qn que l'on attendait) to let sb in ; (qn que l'on n'attendait pas) to ask sb in

• faire venir le médecin to call the doctor

5. <

► se faire

   a. (pour soi)

il s'est fait beaucoup d'ennemis he has made a great many enemies

   b. ( = être fait) si ça doit se faire, ça se fera sans moi if it's going to happen, it'll happen without me

   c. ( = être convenable, courant) ça se fait d'offrir des fleurs à un homme ? is it OK to give flowers to a man?

• cela ne se fait pas it's not done

   d. (locutions)

► se faire + adjectif (involontairement) to get ; (volontairement) to make o.s.

• se faire vieux to be getting old

• il se faisait tard it was getting late

• se faire beau to make o.s. look nice

• sa voix se fit plus douce his voice became softer► se faire + infinitif

• il se faisait apporter le journal tous les matins he had the paper brought to him every morning

• fais-toi expliquer le règlement get someone to explain the rules to you

• se faire couper les cheveux to have one's hair cut

• je me suis fait couper les cheveux I've had my hair cut

• il s'est fait attaquer par deux jeunes he was attacked by two youths

• elle s'est fait renvoyer she was sacked

• tu vas te faire gronder you'll get yourself into trouble

• faut se le faire ! (inf!) he's a real pain in the neck! (inf)► se faire à ( = s'habituer à) to get used to

• il ne se fait pas au climat he can't get used to the climate► s'en faire to worry

• ne t'en fais pas don't worry

• il ne s'en fait pas ! he's got a nerve!► il se fait que

• il pourrait se faire qu'il pleuve it might rain

• comment se fait-il qu'il soit absent ? how come he's not here? (inf)

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fɛʀ
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( produire) to make

trois et deux font cinq — three and two make five

combien font 13 fois 13? — what's 13 times 13?

œil fait yeux au pluriel — œil is yeux in the plural

2) ( façonner) to shape [histoire, période]

3) ( étudier) to do [licence, sujet]

faire du violon — to study ou play the violin

tu as fait ton piano? — have you practised your piano?

faire une école de commerce — to go to business school

4) ( préparer) to make [soupe, thé]; to prepare [salade]

faire du poulet — to cook a chicken

5) ( nettoyer) to do, to clean [vitres]; to clean, to polish [chaussures]

6) Commerce ( proposer) to do [service, marque]; ( vendre) to do, to sell [article]

ils ne font pas le petit déjeuner — they don't do breakfast

l'hôtel fait-il restaurant? — does the hotel have a restaurant?

7) ( cultiver)

faire des céréales — [personne] to grow ou do cereals; [région] to produce cereals

8) ( se fournir en)

faire de l'eau — Nautisme, Chemin de Fer to take on water

faire (de) l'essence — (colloq) Automobile to get petrol GB ou gas US

9) ( parcourir) to do [distance, trajet]; to go round [magasins, agences]; ( visiter) to do (colloq) [région, musées]

faire toute la ville — to go all over town

faire l'Écosse — to visit Scotland

j'ai fait tous les tiroirs — I went through all the drawers

10) ( souffrir de) to have [diabète, tension, complexe]

faire une crise cardiaque — to have a heart attack

11) ( demander un prix)

faire quelque chose à 30 francs — to sell something for 30 francs, to charge 30 francs for something

12) ( servir de) to serve as

13) (user, disposer de) to do

qu'as-tu fait du billet? — what have you done with the ticket?

pour quoi faire? — what for?

je n'ai que faire de — I have no need for

je n'en ai rien à faire — (colloq) I couldn't care less

14) ( avoir un effet)

que veux-tu que j'y fasse? — what do you want me to do about it?, what am I supposed to do about it?

ça y fait — (colloq) it has an effect

leur départ ne m'a rien fait — their departure didn't affect me at all

ça me fait quelque chose de la voir dans cet état — it upsets me to see her in that state

pour ce que ça fait! — (colloq) for all the good it does!

ça ne fait rien à la chose — it makes no difference

qu'est-ce que ça peut bien te faire? — (colloq) what is it to you?

15) (entraîner, causer)

faire des jaloux — to make some people jealous

l'explosion a fait 12 morts — the explosion killed 12 people, the explosion left 12 people dead

ça ne fait rien! — ( pas grave) it doesn't matter!

ça fait ou ce qui fait que j'ai oublié — (colloq) as a result I forgot

16) ( transformer) to make

elle en a fait sa confidente — she's made her her confidante

faire d'un garage un atelier — to make ou turn a garage into a workshop

17) ( proclamer)

faire quelqu'un général — to make somebody a general

18) ( imiter)

faire le courageux — to pretend to be brave

faire le dictateur — to act the dictator

19) ( tenir le rôle de) to be

quel plaisantin vous faites! — what a joker you are!

20) ( dans un souhait)

mon Dieu, faites qu'il réussisse! — God, please let him succeed!

21) (colloq) ( tromper)

il me l'a fait au baratin — he talked me into it

on ne me la fait pas! — I'm not a fool!

22) ( dire) to say

‘bien sûr,’ fit-elle — ‘of course,’ she said

le canard fait ‘coin-coin’ — the duck says ou goes ‘quack’

2.

verbe intransitif

1) ( agir) to do, to act

fais comme tu veux — do as you like

faire vite — to act quickly

vas-y, mais fais vite! — go, but be quick about it!

fais comme chez toi — lit, iron make yourself at home

2) ( paraître) to look

faire jeune — to look young

3) (colloq) ( être) to be

il veut faire pompier — he wants to be a fireman

4) ( durer) to last

sa robe lui a fait deux ans — her dress lasted her two years

5) ( valoir)

ça fait cher — it is expensive

6) ( pour les besoins naturels) to go

tu as fait? — have you been?

7) (colloq)

faire avec — ( se contenter de) to make do with; ( supporter) to put up with

3.

se faire verbe pronominal

1)

se faire un café — to make oneself a coffee

se faire des amis — to make friends

se faire la cuisine soi-même — to do one's own cooking

combien se fait-il (colloq) par mois? — how much does he make a month?

2) ( devenir) to get, to become

il se fait tard — it's getting late

3) ( se rendre)

se faire tout petit — to make oneself very small

4) ( s'inquiéter)

s'en faire — to worry

il ne s'en fait pas! — ( sans inquiétude) he's not the sort of person to worry about things!; ( pas gêné) he's got a nerve!

5) ( s'habituer)

se faire à — to get used to [lieu, situation, idée]

6) ( être d'usage)

ça se fait encore ici — it's still done here

ça ne se fait pas — it's not the done thing ( de faire to do)

7) ( être à la mode) to be in (fashion)

ça ne se fait plus — it's no longer fashionable, it's out of fashion

8) ( être produit)

c'est ce qui se fait de mieux — it's the best there is

le pont se fera bien un jour — the bridge will be built one day

9) ( emploi impersonnel)

il se fit que — it (so) happened that

il se fit un grand silence — there was complete silence

comment se fait-il que...? — how is it that...?

10) [fromage] to ripen; [vin] to mature

11) (colloq)

il faut se le faire, son copain! — his/her mate is a real pain! (colloq)

12) ( avec infinitif)

se faire couler un bain — to run oneself a bath

se faire comprendre — to make oneself understood

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Un très grand nombre de tournures et locutions contenant ce verbe sont traitées ailleurs, généralement sous le terme qui suit faire, en particulier

- les expressions décrivant les tâches domestiques, agricoles (faire la cuisine/moisson), les occupations manuelles (faire du tricot/bricolage), les activités professionnelles ou de loisir (faire du théâtre/de la photo), les types d'études ( faire médecine). Pour ce qui est des jeux, sports et loisirs, voir également la note d'usage correspondante

- les locutions décrivant un mouvement, l'expression, un comportement (faire un geste/une grimace/le pitre)

- les expressions dans lesquelles faire signifie ‘formuler’ (faire une promesse/offre etc)

- les expressions décrivant la qualité de la lumière (il fait jour/sombre) ou l'état du temps

- les expressions contenant une mesure (faire 20 mètres de long/15 kilos/20°/15 kilomètres à l'heure etc) pour lesquelles on consultera les notes d'usage

- les expressions décrivant une démarche de l'esprit (se faire une opinion/du souci etc)

- les expressions indiquant l'effet produit (faire peur/mal/plaisir/du tort etc, faire cuire/sécher/tomber etc)

- faire + venir/ entrer/ sortir etc

- les locutions telles que faire semblant/exprès, se faire avoir etc

- les expressions familières ( faire un enfant etc)

Par ailleurs pour les expressions décrivant

- une activité sportive (faire du tennis/de la marche/du parapente)

- une durée ( ça fait 15 ans)

la consultation des notes d'usage vous fournira des traductions utiles. Voir la liste

En outre, certaines entrées telles que combien, ce, que, comment, laisser, rien, mieux, bien etc fourniront également des traductions utiles

To make ou to do?

Les principales traductions de faire sont to make et to do mais elles ne sont pas interchangeables

to make traduit faire + objet dénotant ce qui est créé, confectionné, composé, réalisé, obtenu; l'objet est le résultat de l'action: faire son lit/des confitures = to make one's bed/jam; faire un discours/une faute/un bénéfice = to make a speech/a mistake/a profit; je me suis fait un café = I made myself a coffee

to do a le sens plus vague de se livrer à une activité, s'occuper à quelque chose; l'objet peut préciser la nature de l'activité: faire de la recherche/un exercice/une réparation = to do research/an exercise/a repair job; faire son devoir = to do one's duty

ou bien la nature de l'activité reste indéterminée: que fait-il (dans la vie)? = what does he do in life?; qu'est-ce que tu fais ce soir? = what are you doing tonight?; la science peut tout faire = science can do anything; j'ai à faire = I have things to do

ou encore le contexte suggère la nature de l'activité: faire une pièce = to do a room, peut vouloir dire la nettoyer, la ranger, la peindre

Si faire remplace un verbe plus précis, on traduira fréquemment par celui-ci: faire une maison/un nid = to build a house/a nest; faire une lettre = to write a letter; faire une visite = to pay a visit; faire un numéro de téléphone = to dial a number

Les périphrases verbales sont parfois rendues par un seul verbe: faire voir (= montrer) = to show; faire du tissage (= tisser) = to weave, mais faire un peu de tissage = to do a bit of weaving

Faire + infinitif + quelqu'un

faire + infinitive + quelqu'un, c'est-à-dire obtenir de quelqu'un qu'il agisse d'une certaine manière, se traduit selon le sens de faire, par: to make somebody do something (forcer, être cause que): fais-la lever = make her get up; ça m'a fait rire = it made me laugh; ça fait dormir = it makes you sleep; par to get somebody to do something (inciter): fais-leur prendre un rendez-vous = get them to make an appointment; par to help somebody to do something (aider): faire traverser la rue à un vieillard = to help an old man across the street; mais faire manger un bébé = to feed a child. Dans l'exemple ça fait dormir on notera qu'en anglais le sujet du verbe est toujours exprimé, ce qui n'est pas le cas en français

(se) faire faire quelque chose (par quelqu'un) se traduit par to have something done ou made (by somebody), ou, dans une langue plus familière, to get something done ou made (by somebody): (se) faire construire une maison = to have a house built; faire réparer sa voiture = to have ou get one's car repaired; c'est la table qu'il a fait faire = it's the table he had made; elle fait exécuter les travaux par un ami = she's having the work done by a friend

Ne faire que

exprime soit la continuité: il ne fait que pleuvoir = it never stops raining, it rains all the time

soit la restriction: je ne fais qu'obéir aux ordres = I'm only obeying orders

Faire reprend un autre verbe

Dans ce cas il sera généralement traduit par to do: ‘je peux regarder? ’ - ‘faites ou faites je vous en prie ’ = ‘may I look?’ - ‘please do’; il souffla, comme il avait vu faire son père = he blew, as he had seen his father do; on veut que je parte, mais je n'en ferai rien = they want me to leave, but I'll do nothing of the sort

Vous trouverez d'autres exemples dans l'entrée faire

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fɛʀ
1. vt

1) (= fabriquer) to make

faire un film — to make a movie

faire du pain — to make bread

faire un gâteau — to make a cake

faire une offre — to make an offer

faire du bruit — to make a noise

Ils font trop de bruit. — They're making too much noise.

2) (= effectuer) to do

Que faites-vous? — What are you doing?

Que faites-vous dans la vie? — What do you do?

Que faire? — What can be done about it?

Qu'allons-nous faire? — What are we going to do?

faire la lessive — to do the washing

faire le ménage — to do the housework

faire la vaisselle — to do the dishes, to do the washing up

3) [études, sujet] to do

faire du droit — to do law

faire du français — to do French

Il fait de l'italien. — He's doing Italian.

4) (pratiquer régulièrement) [musique, rugby] to play

Il fait du piano. — He plays the piano.

faire du rugby — to play rugby

faire de la natation — to swim

faire de l'équitation — to ride

5) (se livrer ponctuellement à une activité)

faire du cheval — to go riding

faire du ski — to go skiing

6) (= visiter)

faire les magasins — to go shopping

faire l'Europe — to tour Europe, to do Europe

7) (= imiter)

faire le malade — to play the invalid

faire le mort — to play dead

faire l'ignorant — to play the fool

8) (= mesurer, totaliser) to be, to make

2 et 2 font 4. — 2 and 2 are 4., 2 and 2 make 4.

Ça fait 10 m. — It's 10 m.

Ça fait 15 euros. — It's 15 euros.

Ça fait cinquante-trois euros en tout. — That's fifty-three euros all together., That makes fifty-three euros all together.

Je vous le fais 10 euros. — I'll let you have it for 10 euros.

9) (= dire) to go

"Vraiment?" fit-il. — "Really?" he goes.

10) (= souffrir de) [diabète, eczéma] to have

faire du diabète — to have diabetes

faire de la tension — to have high blood pressure

11) (autres constructions)

faire qch à qn — to do sth to sb

Il regrettait ce qu'il avait fait à son frère. — He was sorry for what he had done to his brother.

ça ne fait rien — it doesn't matter

ça ne me fait rien — I don't mind

faire qch de qch — to do sth with sth

Qu'a-t-il fait de sa valise? — What has he done with his case?

faire de qn un avocat — to make sb a lawyer

faire que (= impliquer que) — to mean that

ce qui fait que... — which means that...

ne faire que (= ne pas arrêter de) Il ne fait que critiquer. — All he ever does is criticize.

2. vi

1) (= agir) to act

Il faut faire vite. — We must act quickly., It's important to act quickly.

je n'ai pas pu faire autrement — there was nothing else I could do

laissez-moi faire! — let me do it!

faites comme chez vous — make yourself at home

2) (= s'y prendre)

comment a-t-il fait pour...? — how did he manage to...?

3) (= paraître) (avec adjectif) to look

faire vieux — to look old

faire démodé — to look old-fashioned

Tu fais jeune dans cette robe. — That dress makes you look younger.

ça fait bien — it looks good

4) (remplaçant autre verbe) to do

Ne le casse pas comme je l'ai fait. — Don't break it like I did.

Je peux regarder? - Faites! — Can I have a look? - Please do!

Remets-le en place. - Je viens de le faire. — Put it back in its place.- I just did.

3. vb aux

(suivi d'un infinitif) to make

faire tomber qch — to make sth fall, to knock sth over

Le chat a fait tomber le vase. — The cat knocked over the vase.

faire bouger qch — to make sth move

faire démarrer un moteur — to start up an engine

faire chauffer de l'eau — to heat some water

cela fait dormir — it makes you sleep

faire travailler les enfants — to make the children work, to get the children to work

faire réparer qch — to get sth repaired, to have sth repaired

Je dois faire réparer ma voiture. — I've got to get my car repaired.

faire faire qch — to have sth done

Elle fait faire des travaux dans sa maison. — She's having some work done on her house.

Il a fait faire son portrait. — He's had his portrait done.

faire faire des économies à qn — to save sb money

Cela fait faire des économies au consommateur. — This saves the consumer money.

4. vb impers (temps)
to be
il fait beau — it's a lovely day

Espérons qu'il fera beau demain. — Let's hope it'll be nice weather tomorrow.

Qu'est-ce qu'il fait chaud! — Isn't it hot!

1) (durée)

ça fait 2 ans qu'il est parti — it's 2 years since he left

ça fait 2 ans qu'il y est — he's been there for 2 years

ça fait trois ans qu'ils habitent à Paris — they've lived in Paris for three years, they've been living in Paris for three years

2) (autres locutions)

il fait bon; Il fait bon se promener dans cette région. — It's nice to go walking in this area.

Il ne fait pas bon traîner ici le soir. — It's not a good idea to hang around here at night.

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faire ⇒ Note d'usage verb table: faire

A vtr

1 (donner, émettre, produire) to make; le raisin fera un vin excellent the grapes will make ou produce (an) excellent wine; cet arbre fait des fleurs/baies this tree produces flowers/berries; le garage ferait une belle pièce the garage would make a nice room; ils font un beau couple they make a handsome couple; il fera un bon médecin he'll make a good doctor; les qualités qui font un champion the qualities which make a champion; trois et deux font cinq three and two make five; ça fait deux chacun that makes two each; combien font 13 fois 13? what's 13 times 13?; œil fait yeux au pluriel œil is yeux in the plural;

2 fig ( façonner) to shape [période]; les événements qui font l'histoire events which shape history;

3 ( étudier) to do [licence, diplôme]; on a fait la Chine en géographie we did China in geography; faire du violon to study ou play the violin; tu as fait ton piano? have you practised your piano?; faire une école de commerce/les Beaux-Arts to go to business school/art college;

4 ( préparer) to make [sauce, soupe, thé]; to prepare [salade]; faire du poulet to do ou cook a chicken; qu'est-ce que je fais pour le déjeuner? what shall I cook ou prepare for lunch?;

5 ( nettoyer) to do, to clean [vitres]; to clean, to polish [chaussures];

6 ( proposer) Comm to do [service, marque]; ( vendre) to do, to sell [article]; ils ne font pas le petit déjeuner/les réparations they don't do breakfast/repairs; je fais beaucoup ce modèle en ce moment I'm selling a lot of this particular model at the moment; l'hôtel fait-il restaurant? does the hotel do meals, does the hotel have a restaurant?;

7 (cultiver, produire) Agric faire des céréales [personne] to grow ou do cereals; [région] to produce cereals;

8 ( se fournir en) faire de l'eau Naut, Rail to take on water; faire (de) l'essence○ Aut to get petrol GB ou gas US; faire du bois dans la forêt to gather wood in the forest; faire de l'herbe pour les bêtes to cut grass for the animals;

9 ( parcourir) to do [distance, trajet]; to go round [magasins, agences]; ( visiter) to do○ [région, ville, musées]; faire 200 kilomètres to do 200 kilometres^GB; faire Rome-Nice en avion to do the Rome-Nice journey by plane; représentant qui fait○ la région parisienne rep○ who does the Paris area; j'ai dû faire toute la ville/toutes les boutiques pour trouver ça I had to go all over town/round GB ou around US all the shops to find this; faire la vallée de la Loire to do○ the Loire Valley; faire l'Écosse to visit Scotland; j'ai fait tous les tiroirs mais je ne l'ai pas trouvé I went through all the drawers but I couldn't find it;

10 ( dans le domaine de la santé) to have [diabète, tension, complexe]; faire une crise cardiaque to have a heart attack; faire de la fièvre○ to have ou run a temperature; faire de l'angine de poitrine to get angina; elle m'a encore fait une otite○! she's had another ear-infection!;

11 ( demander un prix) faire qch à 30 euros to sell sth for 30 euros, to charge 30 euros for sth; il me l'a fait à 500 euros he charged me ou sold it to me for 500 euros;

12 ( servir de) to serve as; ce coin fera bureau this corner will serve as a study;

13 (user, disposer de) to do; que vais-je faire des bagages/enfants? what am I going to do with the luggage/children?; qu'as-tu fait du billet? what have you done with the ticket?; pour ce qu'elle en fait! for all she does with it/them!; pour quoi faire? what for?; je n'ai que faire de I have no need for; je n'en ai rien à faire it's nothing to do with me;

14 ( avoir un effet) faire plus de mal que de bien to do more harm than good; qu'as-tu fait à ta sœur? what have you done to your sister?; que veux-tu que j'y fasse? what do you want me to do about it?, what am I supposed to do about it?; le cachet ne m'a rien fait the tablet didn't do anything, the tablet had no effect; ça y fait it has an effect; leur départ ne m'a rien fait their departure didn't affect me at all, their departure left me cold; ça me fait quelque chose de la voir dans cet état it upsets me to see her in that state; ça fait quelque chose pour la grippe? is it any good for flu?; pour ce que ça fait! for all the good it does!; ça ne vous fait rien que je fume? do you mind ou does it bother you if I smoke?; ça ne fait rien à la chose it doesn't alter ou change anything, it makes no difference; qu'est-ce que ça peut bien te faire? what is it to you?;

15 (entraîner, causer) faire des jaloux to make some people jealous; ça a fait leur fortune it made them rich; l'explosion a fait 12 morts the explosion killed 12 people, the explosion left 12 people dead; ne t'inquiète pas, ça ne fait rien! don't worry, it doesn't matter!; ça fait ou ce qui fait que j'ai oublié○ as a result I forgot; ‘qu'est-ce que j'ai fait?’-‘tu as fait que tu as menti○’ ‘what have I done?’-‘you lied, that's what you've done’; faites que tout se passe bien make sure that all goes well;

16 ( transformer) to make; l'armée en a fait un homme the army made a man of him; ils veulent en faire un avocat they want to make a lawyer of him; elle en a fait sa confidente she's made her her confidante; ça a fait de lui un révolté it turned him into a rebel, it made him a rebel; j'en ai fait un principe I made it a principle; faire d'un garage un atelier to make ou turn a garage into a workshop; faire sien qch to make sth one's own;

17 ( proclamer) faire qn duc/général to make sb a duke/general; la presse l'a fait diplomate ( à tort) the press made him out to be a diplomat; ne le fais pas pire qu'il n'est! don't make him out to be worse than he is!, don't paint him blacker than he is!;

18 ( imiter) faire le malade/le courageux to pretend to be ill/brave; faire l'ignorant or celui qui ne sait rien to pretend not to know; faire le dictateur to act the dictator;

19 ( tenir le rôle de) to be; quel plaisantin vous faites! what a joker you are!; vous ferez les voleurs! Jeux you be the robbers!; l'acteur qui fait le roi○ Cin, Théât the actor who plays the part of the king, the actor who is the king;

20 ( dans un souhait) mon Dieu, faites qu'il réussisse! God, please let him succeed!; Dieu or le ciel fasse qu'il ne leur arrive rien! may God ou Heaven protect them!;

21 ○( tromper) il me l'a fait au baratin/chantage he talked/blackmailed me into it; on ne me la fait pas! I'm not a fool!, I wasn't born yesterday!

B vi

1 (agir, procéder) to do, to act; je n'ai pas pu faire autrement I couldn't do otherwise; fais comme tu veux do as you like; elle peut faire mieux she can do better; dans ces situations, il faut faire vite in that sort of situation, one must act quickly; vas-y, mais fais vite! go, but be quick about it!; fais comme chez toi lit, iron make yourself at home;

2 ( paraître) to look; faire jeune/son âge to look young/one's age; ça fait bien avec du bleu it looks nice with blue; tes lunettes font très distingué your glasses make you look very distinguished; il croit que ça fait chic de dire ça he thinks it's chic to say that;

3 ( être) to be; il veut faire pompier he wants to be a fireman;

4 ( dire) to say; ‘bien sûr,’ fit-elle ‘of course,’ she said; le canard fait ‘coin-coin’ the duck says ou goes ‘quack’; faire plouf/aïe etc to go plop/ouch etc;

5 ( durer) to last; sa robe lui a fait deux ans her dress lasted her two years;

6 (+ adverbe de quantité) ça fait cher/grand/trop etc it is expensive/big/too much etc;

7 ( pour les besoins naturels) to go; tu as fait? have you been?; faire dans sa culotte ( déféquer) to dirty one's pants; ( uriner) to wet one's pants; fig to wet oneself;

8 ○ faire avec ( se contenter de) to make do with [personne, objet, quantité]; ( supporter) to put up with [personne, situation]; elle est là, et il faudra faire avec she's here, and we'll have to put up with her.

C se faire vpr

1 (confectionner, exécuter, obtenir pour soi) se faire un café to make oneself a coffee; se faire de l'argent/des amis to make money/friends; se faire ses vêtements to make one's own clothes; se faire la cuisine soi-même to do one's own cooking; combien se fait-il par mois? how much does he make a month? ; se faire un mec◑ to have◑ a man;

2 ( devenir) (+ adjectif attribut) to get, to become; (+ nom attribut) to become; il se fait vieux he's getting old; il se fait tard it's getting late; sa voix se fit dure his/her voice hardened ou became hard; se faire avocat to become a lawyer;

3 ( se rendre) se faire belle/tout petit to make oneself beautiful/very small;

4 ( s'inquiéter) s'en faire to worry; il ne s'en fait pas! ( sans inquiétude) he's not the sort of person to worry about things!; ( pas gêné) he's got a nerve!;

5 ( s'habituer) se faire à to get used to [lieu, situation, idée]; je ne m'y fais pas I can't get used to it;

6 ( être d'usage) ça se fait encore ici it's still done here; ça ne se fait pas de manger avec les doigts it's not the done thing ou it's not polite to eat with one's fingers;

7 ( être à la mode) [couleur, style] to be in (fashion); le tweed se fait beaucoup cette année tweed is very much in this year; ça ne se fait plus it's no longer fashionable, it's out of fashion;

8 ( être produit ou accompli) c'est ce qui se fait de mieux it's the best there is; le mariage s'est fait à Paris the wedding took place in Paris; le pont se fera bien un jour the bridge will be built one day; souhaitons que la paix se fasse let's hope there'll be peace;

9 ( emploi impersonnel) il se fit que it (so) happened that; il se fit un grand silence there was complete silence; il s'est fait un déclic dans mon esprit something clicked in my mind; il pourrait se faire que je parte I might leave; comment se fait-il que…? how is it that…?;

10 ( mûrir) [fromage] to ripen; [vin] to mature;

11 ○( supporter) to put up with, to endure [importun]; il faut se le faire, son copain! his/her mate is a real pain○!;

12 ( avec infinitif) se faire couler un bain to run oneself a bath; se faire comprendre to make oneself understood; se faire agresser to get mugged; tu vas te faire écraser! you'll get run over!

[fɛr] verbe transitif

A.[FABRIQUER, RÉALISER]

1. [confectionner - objet, vêtement] to make ; [ - construction] to build ; [ - tableau] to paint ; [ - film] to make ; [ - repas, café] to make, to prepare ; [ - gâteau, pain] to make, to bake ; [ - vin] to make ; [ - bière] to brew

[concevoir - thèse, dissertation] to do

qu'as-tu fait (à manger) pour ce soir ? what have you prepared for dinner ?

c'est elle qui fait ses chansons she writes her own songs

il sait tout faire he can turn his hand to anything

grand-mère est super — oui, on n'en fait plus des comme ça! (familier) grandma's great — yes, they broke the mould when they made her!

2. [produire, vendre]

faire de l'élevage de bétail to breed cattle

faire du blé/de la vigne to grow wheat/grapes

faire une marque/un produit to stock a make/an article

je vous fais les deux à 350 euros (familier) you can have both for 350 euros, I'll take 350 euros for both

3. [obtenir, gagner - bénéfices] to make

faire de l'argent to earn ou to make money

4. [mettre au monde]

faire un enfant to have a child

il lui a fait deux enfants he had two children with her

la chatte a fait des petits the cat has had kittens

5. PHYSIOLOGIE

faire ses besoins (euphémisme) to do one's business

(en usage absolu)

tu as fait ce matin ? did you go to the toilet this morning ?

il a fait dans sa culotte (familier) he messed his pants

B.[ACCOMPLIR, EXÉCUTER]

1. [effectuer - mouvement, signe] to make

[saut périlleux, roue] to do

fais-moi un bisou (familier) /un sourire give me a kiss/a smile

faire la tête ou la gueule (très familier) to sulk

2. [accomplir - choix, erreur, réforme, proposition] to make ; [ - inventaire] to do ; [ - discours] to deliver, to make, to give ; [ - conférence] to give ; [ - exercice] to do ; [ - recherches] to do, to carry out (separable) ; [ - enquête] to carry out (separable)

faire ses études to study

faire son devoir to do one's duty

faire une blague à quelqu'un to play a joke on somebody

faire son lit to make one's bed

la faire à quelqu'un (familier) [plaisanterie]: on ne me la fait pas, à moi! I won't be taken in!

on me l'a déjà faite, celle-là I know that one already

3. [étudier - matière, œuvre] to study, to do

[suivre les cours de]

elle voulait faire l'ENA she wanted to go to the ENA

4. [pratiquer]

faire de la poterie to do pottery

faire de la flûte/du violon to play the flute/the violin

faire de la danse [cours] to go to dance classes

il voulait faire de la danse he wanted to be a dancer

faire de l'équitation/de la natation/de la voile to go horseriding/swimming/sailing

faire du basket/du tennis to play basketball/tennis

5. [écrire - lettre] to write ; [ - contrat, testament] to write, to make

6. [dire] to say

il fit oui/non de la tête he nodded/he shook his head

"non", fit-elle "no", she said

la vache fait "meuh!" the cow goes "moo!"

7. [nettoyer - chambre, vitres] to clean, to do ; [ - chaussures] to polish, to clean

[tapisser, aménager - pièce, maison] to do, to decorate

8. [action non précisée] to do

que fais-tu dans la vie ? what do you do (for a living) ?

je ne t'ai jamais rien fait! I've never done you any harm!

ne faire que: elle ne fait que se plaindre she does nothing but complain

je ne veux rien avoir à faire avec eux! I don't want anything to do with them!

faire quelque chose de quelqu'un/quelque chose: qu'ai-je fait de mes clefs ? what have I done with ou where did I put my keys ?

que fais-tu de mes sentiments dans tout ça ? what about my feelings ?

que vais-je faire de toi ? what am I going to do with you ?

donne-le moi! — non, rien à faire! give it to me! — nothing doing ou no way!

tu lui as parlé ? — oui, mais rien à faire, il ne cédera pas did you talk to him ? — yes, but it's no use, he won't give in

je vais vous raccompagner — n'en faites rien! (soutenu) I'll take you back — there's really no need!

faire avec (familier) to make do

j'apprécie peu sa façon de travailler mais il faut bien faire avec! I don't like the way he works but I suppose I'll just have to put up with it!

faire sans (familier) to (make) do without

autant que faire se peut if possible, as far as possible

n'avoir que faire de: je n'ai que faire de tes conseils I don't need your advice

mais bien sûr, tu n'as que faire de ma carrière! but of course, my career matters very little to you! ou you don't care about my career!

pour ce faire for that

ce faisant in so doing

C.[AVEC IDÉE DE DÉPLACEMENT]

1. [se déplacer à la vitesse de]

le train peut faire jusqu'à 400 km/h the train can do 400 km/h

2. [couvrir - distance]

le Concorde fait Paris-New York en moins de quatre heures Concorde goes ou flies from Paris to New York in less than fours hours

il y a des cars qui font Londres-Glasgow there's a coach service between London and Glasgow

3. [visiter - pays, ville] to do, to go to, to visit

[inspecter, passer au crible]

j'ai fait tous les étages avant de vous trouver I looked on every floor before I found you

j'ai fait tous les hôtels de la ville

a. [j'y suis allé] I did ou went to ou tried every hotel in town

b. [j'ai téléphoné] I called ou did ou tried every hotel in town

faire les antiquaires to go round the antique shops

D.[AVEC IDÉE DE TRANSFORMATION]

1. [nommer]

elle l'a fait baron she gave him the title of Baron, she made him a baron

elle l'a fait chevalier she knighted him

2. [transformer en]

faire quelque chose de quelqu'un/quelque chose: des rats, la fée fit des laquais the fairy changed the rats into footmen

ce feuilleton en a fait une vedette this series made him a star

et ta robe bleue ? — j'en ai fait une jupe what about your blue dress ? — I made it into a skirt

garde les restes, j'en ferai une soupe keep the leftovers, I'll make a soup with them

c'était un tyran et votre livre en fait un héros! he was a tyrant, and your book shows ou presents him as a hero!

3. [devenir]

"cheval" fait "chevaux" au pluriel the plural of "cheval" is "chevaux"

4. [servir de]

une fois plié, le billard fait table the billiard table, when folded, can be used ou can serve as a normal table

un canapé qui fait lit a convertible settee

c'est un hôtel qui fait restaurant it's a hotel with a restaurant

5. [remplir un rôle, une fonction]

il fera un bon mari he'll make ou be a good husband

il fait le Père Noël dans les rues he goes around the streets disguised as Father Christmas

CINÉMA & THÉÂTRE to play the part of, to be

[imiter - personne] to imitate, to take off, to impersonate ; [ - automate, animal] to imitate

ne fais pas l'idiot don't be stupid

ne fais pas l'innocent don't play the innocent, don't come the innocent with me (UK)

il essayait de faire son intéressant he was showing off

E.[INDIQUE UN RÉSULTAT]

1. [provoquer]

faire de la poussière to raise dust

ce charbon fait beaucoup de fumée this coal makes a lot of smoke

ça va faire une marque/une auréole it will leave a mark/a ring

l'accident a fait cinq morts the accident left five dead ou claimed five lives

ce qui fait l'intérêt de son livre what makes his book interesting

faire quelque chose à quelqu'un [l'émouvoir] to move somebody, to affect somebody

la vue du sang ne me fait rien I don't mind the sight of blood, the sight of blood doesn't bother me

si cela ne vous fait rien if you don't mind

faire que: la gravitation, force qui fait que les objets s'attirent gravitation, the force which causes objects to be attracted towards each other

ce qui fait que je suis arrivé en retard which meant I was late

[pour exprimer un souhait]

faites qu'il ne lui arrive rien! please don't let anything happen to him!

2. [importer]

qu'est-ce que cela peut faire? what does it matter ?, so what?

qu'est-ce que cela peut te faire? what's it to (do with) you ?

cela ne fait rien it doesn't matter, never mind

F.[INDIQUE UNE QUALITÉ, UNE FORME, UNE MESURE]

1. [former]

la route fait un coude the road bends

le circuit fait un huit the circuit is (in the shape of) a figure of eight

le tas fait une pyramide the heap looks like a pyramid

2. [coûter] to be, to cost

ça fait combien ? how much is it ?

3. [valoir, égaler] to be, to make

2 et 2 font 4 2 and 2 are 4

ça fait 23 en tout that makes 23 altogether

on a dix euros, ça ne fait pas assez we've got ten euros, that's not enough

4. [mesurer]

il doit bien faire 1 m 90 he must be 1 m 90 tall

[taille, pointure]

je fais du 38 I take size 38

[peser]

je fais 56 kg I weigh ou am 56 kg

5. [indique la durée, le temps]

ça fait deux jours qu'il n'a pas mangé he hasn't eaten for two days

elle a téléphoné, cela fait bien une heure she phoned at least an hour ago

G.[VERBE ATTRIBUTIF]

1. [paraître]

la broche fait bien ou joli ou jolie sur ta robe the brooch looks nice on your dress

elle parle avec un léger accent, il paraît que ça fait bien! she talks with a slight accent, it's supposed to be smart!

ça fait bizarre it looks strange

il me faudrait un nom qui fasse artiste I would need a name which sounds good for an artist

ça fait comment ou quoi de voir son nom sur une affiche? what's it like to see your name on a poster ?

faire son âge to look one's age

2. (familier) [devenir, embrasser la carrière de] to be

je veux faire pompier I want to be a fireman

H.[VERBE DE SUBSTITUTION] (toujours en rappel du verbe utilisé)

range ta chambre — je l'ai déjà fait go and tidy up your room — I've already done it

vous le lui expliquerez mieux que je ne saurais le faire you'll explain it to her better than I could

tu lui écriras ? — oui, je le ferai will you write to him ? — yes I will

puis-je prendre cette chaise ? — (mais) faites donc! (soutenu) may I take this chair ? — please do ou by all means!

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[fɛr] verbe intransitif

[agir] to do

fais comme chez toi [à l'arrivée de quelqu'un] make yourself at home

fais comme chez toi, surtout! (ironique) you've got a nerve!, don't mind me! (ironique)

faites comme vous voulez do as you please

fais comme tu veux! [ton irrité] suit yourself!

je le lui ai rendu — tu as bien fait! I gave it back to him — you did the right thing ou you did right!

pourquoi l'as-tu acheté ? — je croyais bien faire! why did you buy it ? — I thought it was a good idea!

tu ferais bien d'y réfléchir you'd do well to ou you should ou you'd better think about it!

pour bien faire, il faudrait réserver aujourd'hui the best thing would be to book today, ideally we should book today

ça commence à bien faire! enough is enough!

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[fɛr] verbe impersonnel

1. MÉTÉOROLOGIE

il fait chaud/froid it's hot/cold

il faisait nuit it was dark

il fait (du) soleil the sun is shining

2. (locution)

c'en est fait de (soutenu) : c'en est fait de vous you've had it, you're done for

c'est bien fait pour toi it serves you right

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[fɛr] verbe auxiliaire

1. [provoquer une réaction]

tu l'as fait rougir you made her blush

ça me fait dormir it puts ou sends me to sleep

2. [forcer à] to make, to have

fais-moi penser à le lui demander remind me to ask him

faites-le attendre

a. [pour qu'il s'impatiente] let him wait

b. [en lui demandant] ask him to wait

n'essaie pas de me faire croire que... don't try to make ou to have me believe that...

ne me fais pas dire ce que je n'ai pas dit don't put words into my mouth

il me faisait faire ses dissertations he had me write his essays for him

3. [commander de]

fairefaire quelque chose par quelqu'un to have somebody do ou make something, to have something done ou made by somebody

il fait faire ses costumes sur mesure he has his suits tailormade

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faire dans verbe plus préposition

(familier)

il ne fait pas dans le détail he doesn't bother about details

son entreprise fait maintenant dans les produits de luxe her company now produces luxury items

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se faire verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)

1. [réussir]

elle s'est faite seule she's a self-made woman

2. [se forcer à]

se faire pleurer/vomir to make oneselfcry/vomit

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se faire verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)

se faire la guerre to wage war on each other

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se faire verbe pronominal (emploi passif)

1. [être à la mode] to be fashionable, to be in fashion

les salopettes ne se font plus dungarees are out of fashion

2. [être convenable]

ça ne se fait pas de demander son âge à une femme it's rude ou it's not done to ask a woman her age

3. [être réalisé]

sans argent le film ne se fera pas without money the film will never be made

les choses se font petit à petit things evolve gradually

je dois signer un nouveau contrat, mais je ne sais pas quand cela va se faire I'm going to sign a new contract, but I don't know when that will be

tu pourrais me prêter 1 500 euros ? — ça pourrait se faire could you lend me 1,500 euros ? — that should be possible

(tournure impersonnelle)

comment se fait-il que... ? how come ou how is it that... ?

il pourrait se faire que... it might ou may be that..., it's possible that...

c'est ce qui se fait de mieux en papiers peints lavables it's the best washable wallpaper available

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se faire verbe pronominal intransitif

1. [se former]

les couples se font et se défont people get together and separate

2. (suivi d'un infinitif)

se faire opérer to have an operation

se faire tuer to get killed

se faire couper les cheveux to have one's hair cut

3. [devenir] to become

sa voix se fit plus grave his voice became deeper

s'il arrive à l'heure, je veux bien me faire nonne! (familier) if he arrives on time, I'll eat my hat!

(tournure impersonnelle)

il se fait tard it's getting late

4. [s'améliorer - fromage] to ripen ; [ - vin] to mature

mes chaussures me serrent — elles vont se faire my shoes feel tight — they'll stretch

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se faire verbe pronominal transitif

1. [fabriquer]

elle se fait ses vêtements she makes her own clothes

2. [effectuer sur soi]

il se fait ses piqûres seul he gives himself his own injections

je me suis fait une natte I've plaited my hair

[se maquiller]

se faire les ongles to do one's nails

se faire les yeux to make up one's eyes

3. (familier) [gagner]

elle se fait 4000 euros par mois she earns 4,000 euros per month, she gets 4,000 euros every month

4. (familier) [s'accorder]

on se fait un film/un petit café ? what about going to see a film/going for a coffee ?

on s'est fait les trois musées dans la journée we did the three museums in one day

5. (familier) [supporter]

il faut se la faire! she's a real pain!

6. (très familier & argot milieu) [tuer] to kill, to bump off

[agresser] to beat up

7. (vulgaire) [posséder sexuellement] to screw (vulgaire), to lay (vulgaire)

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se faire à verbe pronominal plus préposition

to get used to

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s'en faire verbe pronominal intransitif

to worry

je ne m'en fais pas pour lui I'm not worried about him

elle s'en souviendra, ne t'en fais pas! she'll remember, don't you worry!

encore au lit ? tu ne t'en fais pas! still in bed ? you're taking it easy, aren't you ?

tu as ouvert mon courrier ? faut pas t'en faire! (familier) you've opened my mail ? you've got some nerve ou don't mind me!

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > faire

15 वेद

veda
1) m. (fr. 1. vid q.v.) knowledge, true orﾠ sacred knowledge orﾠ lore, knowledge of ritual RV. AitBr. ;

N. of certain celebrated works which constitute the basis of the first period of the Hindū religion (these works were primarily three, viz.
1. the Ṛig-veda,
2. the Yajur-veda
<of which there are, however, two divisions seeﾠ taittirīya-saṉhitā, vājasaneyi-saṉhitā>,
3. the Sāma-veda;
these three works are sometimes called collectively trayī,
« the triple Vidyā» orﾠ « threefold knowledge», but the Ṛig-veda is really the only original work of the three, andﾠ much the most ancient
<the oldest of its hymns being assigned by some who rely on certain astronomical calculations to a period between 4000 andﾠ 2500 B.C., before the settlement of the Āryans in India;
andﾠ by others who adopt a different reckoning to a period between 1400 andﾠ 1000 B.C., when the Āryans had settled down in the Panjāb>;
subsequently a fourth Veda was added, called the Atharva-veda, which was probably not completely accepted till after Manu, as his law-book often speaks of the three Vedas-calling them trayambrahmasanātanam, « the triple eternal Veda»,
but only once XI, 33 mentions the revelation made to Atharvan andﾠ Aṇgiras, without, however, calling it by the later name of Atharva-veda;
each of the four Vedas has two distinct parts,
viz. 1. Mantra, i.e. words of prayer andﾠ adoration often addressed either to fire orﾠ to some form of the sun orﾠ to some form of the air, sky, wind etc.,
andﾠ praying for health, wealth, long life, cattle, offspring, victory, andﾠ even forgiveness of sins, andﾠ 2. Brāhmaṇa, consisting of Vidhi andﾠ Artha-vāda,
i.e. directions for the detail of the ceremonies at which the Mantras were to be used andﾠ explanations of the legends etc. connected with the Mantras
< seeﾠ brāhmaṇa, vidhi>, both these portions being termed ṡruti, revelation orally communicated by the Deity, andﾠ heard but not composed orﾠ written down by men <cf. I. W. 24 etc.. >,
although it is certain that both Mantras andﾠ Brāhmaṇas were compositions spread over a considerable period, much of the latter being comparatively modern;
as the Vedas are properly three, so the Mantras are properly of three forms,
1. Ṛic, which are verses of praise in metre, andﾠ intended for loud recitation;
2. Yajus, which are in prose, andﾠ intended for recitation in a lower tone at sacrifices;
3. Sāman., which are in metre, andﾠ intended for chanting at the Soma orﾠ Moon-plant ceremonies, the Mantras of the fourth orﾠ Atharva-veda having no special name;
but it must be borne in mind that the Yajur andﾠ Sāma-veda hymns, especially the latter, besides their own Mantras, borrow largely from the Ṛig-veda;
the Yajur-veda andﾠ Sāma-veda being in fact not so much collections of prayers andﾠ hymns as special prayer- andﾠ hymn-books intended as manuals for the Adhvaryu andﾠ Udgātṛi priests respectively < seeﾠ yajur-veda, sāma-veda>;
the Atharva-veda, on the other hand, is, like the Ṛig-veda, a real collection of original hymns mixed up with incantations, borrowing little from the Ṛig andﾠ having no direct relation to sacrifices, but supposed by mere recitation to produce long life, to cure diseases, to effect the ruin of enemies etc.;
each of the four Vedas seems to have passed through numerous Ṡākhās orﾠ schools, giving rise to various recensions of the text, though the Ṛig-veda is only preserved in the Ṡākala recension, while a second recension, that of the Bhāshkalas, is only known by name;
a tradition makes Vyāsa the compiler andﾠ arranger of the Vedas in their present form:
they each have an Index orﾠ Anukramaṇī <q.v.>, the principal work of this kind being the general Index orﾠ Sarvânukramaṇī <q.v.>;
out of the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda grew two other departments of Vedic literature, sometimes included under the general name Veda,
viz. the strings of aphoristic rules, called Sūtras <q.v.>,
andﾠ the mystical treatises on the nature of God andﾠ the relation of soul andﾠ matter, called Upanishad. <q.v.>, which were appended to the Āraṇyakas <q.v.>, andﾠ became the real Veda of thinking Hindūs, leading to the Darṡanas orﾠ systems of philosophy;
in the later literature the name of « fifth Veda» is accorded to the Itihāsas orﾠ legendary epic poems andﾠ to the Purāṇas, andﾠ certain secondary Vedas orﾠ Upa-vedas <q.v.> are enumerated;
the Vedâṇgas orﾠ works serving as limbs < for preserving the integrity> of the Veda are explained under vedâ̱ṅga below:
the only other works included under the head of Veda being the Pariṡishṭas, which supply rules for the ritual omitted in the Sūtras;
in the Bṛihad-āraṇyaka Upanishad. the Vedas are represented as the breathings of Brahmā., while in some of the Purāṇas the four Vedas are said to have issued out of the four mouths of the four-faced Brahmā. andﾠ in the Vishṇu-Purāṇa the Veda andﾠ Vishṇu are identified) RTL. 7 etc.. IW. 5; 24 etc.. ;
N. of the number « four» VarBṛS. ; Srutabh.;
2) m. (fr. 3. vid) finding, obtaining, acquisition ( seeﾠ su-v-);
property, goods ĀṡvGṛ. ;
vedá
3) m. (perhaps connected with 1. ve, to weave orﾠ bind together) a tuft orﾠ bunch of strong grass (Kuṡa orﾠ Muñja) made into a broom ( andﾠ used for sweeping, making up the sacrificial fire etc., in rites) AV. MS. Br. ṠrS. Mn. ;

4) m. N. of a pupil of Āyoda MBh. ;
(ā) f. N. of a river VP. ;
5) feeling, perception ṠBr. ;
= vṛitta (v.l. vitta) L. (cf. 2. veda)
- वेदकर्तृ
- वेदकविस्वामिन्
- वेदकार
- वेदकारणकारण
- वेदकुम्भ
- वेदकुशल
- वेदकौलेयक
- वेदगत
- वेदगर्भ
- वेदगर्व
- वेदगाथ
- वेदगाम्भीर्य
- वेदग्न्प्त
- वेदगुप्ति
- वेदगुह्य
- वेदघोष
- वेदचक्षुस्
- वेदजननी
- वेदज्ञ
- वेदतत्त्व
- वेदतत्त्वार्थ
- वेदतात्पर्य
- वेदतैजस
- वेदत्रय
- वेदत्रयी
- वेदत्व
- वेददक्षिणा
- वेददर्शन
- वेददर्शिन्
- वेददल
- वेददान
- वेददीप
- वेददीपिका
- वेददृष्ट
- वेदधर
- वेदधर्म
- वेदधारण
- वेदध्वनि
- वेदनाद
- वेदनिघण्टु
- वेदनिधि
- वेदनिन्दक
- वेदनिन्दा
- वेदनिन्दिन्
- वेदनिर्घोष
- वेदपठितृ
- वेदपथ
- वेदपथिन्
- वेदपददर्पण
- वेदपदस्तव
- वेदपाठ
- वेदपाठक
- वेदपाठिन्
- वेदपादरामायण
- वेदपादशिवस्तोत्र
- वेदपादस्तव
- वेदपादस्तोत्र
- वेदपारग
- वेदपारायणविधि
- वेदपुण्य
- वेदपुरुष
- वेदप्रकाश
- वेदप्रदान
- वेदप्रपद्
- वेदप्रवाद
- वेदप्लाविन्
- वेदफल
- वेदबाहु
- वेदबाह्य
- वेदबीज
- वेदब्रह्मचर्य
- वेदब्राह्मण
- वेदभाग
- वेदभाष्य
- वेदमन्त्र
- वेदमय
- वेदमातृ
- वेदमातृका
- वेदमालि
- वेदमाहात्म्य
- वेदमित्र
- वेदमुख
- वेदमुण्ड
- वेदमूर्ति
- वेदमूल
- वेदयज्ञ
- वेदरक्षण
- वेदरहस्य
- वेदरात
- वेदराशि
- वेदलक्षण
- वेदलक्षणसूत्रवृत्ति
- वेदवचन
- वेदवत्
- वेदवदन
- वेदवाक्य
- वेदवाद
- वेदवादिन्
- वेदवास
- वेदवाह
- वेदवाहन
- वेदवाह्य
- वेदविक्रयिन्
- वेदविचार
- वेदवित्त्व
- वेदविद्
- वेदविद्या
- वेदविद्वस्
- वेदविप्लावक
- वेदविलासिनी
- वेदविहित
- वेदवृत्त
- वेदवृद्ध
- वेदवेदाङ्ग
- वेदवैनाशिका
- वेदव्यास
- वेदव्रत
- वेदव्रतिन्
- वेदशब्द
- वेदशाखा
- वेदशास्त्र
- वेदशिर
- वेदशिरस्
- वेदशीर्ष
- वेदश्रवस्
- वेदश्री
- वेदश्रुत
- वेदश्रुति
- वेदसंस्थित
- वेदसंहिता
- वेदसंन्यास
- वेदसंन्यासिक
- वेदसंन्यासिन्
- वेदसमर्थन
- वेदसमाप्ति
- वेदसम्मत
- वेदसम्मित
- वेदसार
- वेदसूक्तभाष्य
- वेदसूत्र
- वेदस्तुति
- वेदस्पर्श
- वेदस्मृता
- वेदस्मृति
- वेदस्मृती
- वेदस्वामिन्
- वेदहीन

Sanskrit-English dictionary > वेद

16 o’ra

v.t. to wrap, to cover; to roll up; to surround, to encircle. pilla o’ra to weave a cocoon. (o’ral, o’ralish, o’raltir, o’ran, o’rantir, o’rat, o’rash) pit for storing root crops. chigit o’ra small pool used for soaking cottonseeds before planting

Uzbek-English dictionary > o’ra

17 licium

līcium, ĭi, n., the thrum or leash, the ends of a web to which those of the new piece are fastened.
I.
Lit.:
licia telae Addere,
i. e. to weave, Verg. G. 1, 285:
adnectit licia telis,
Tib. 1, 6, 79:
plurimis liciis texere, quae polymita appellant, Alexandria instituit,
Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196.—
II.
Transf.
A.
A thread of the web:
per licia texta querelas Edidit et tacitis mandavit crimina telis,
Aus. Ep. 23, 14.—
B.
A thread of any thing woven:
licia dependent longas velantia sepes,
Ov. F. 3, 267:
cinerem fici cum aluta inligatum licio e collo suspendere,
Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 125.—Often used in charms and spells:
tum cantata ligat cum fusco licia rhombo,
Ov. F. 2, 575:
terna tibi haec primum triplici diversa colore Licia circumdo,
Verg. E. 8, 73; Plin. 28, 4, 12, § 48.—As an ornament for the head, worn by women: licia crinibus addunt, Prud. ap. Symm. 2, 1104.—
C.
A small girdle or belt around the abdomen; so in the law phrase: per lancem et licium furta concipere, i. e. to search in a house for stolen property; this was done per licium, with which the person making the search was covered, and per lancem, which he held before his face, in order not to be recognized by the women. This lanx was perforated. He was clothed [p. 1064] with a licium instead of his usual garments, that he might not be suspected of having brought in his clothes that which he might find and recognize as stolen property, Gell. 11, 18, 9; 16, 10; v. lanx.

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18 subtexo

sub-texo, xŭi, xtum, 3, v. a., to weave under or below any thing; hence, to join on, fasten, affix (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.).
I.
Lit. (very rare):
lunam alutae,
Juv. 7, 192.— Poet.:
patrio capiti nubes, i. e. soli,
to draw before, veil, Ov. M. 14, 368; cf.:
nox subtexta polo,
Luc. 4, 104:
sol diem subtexit Olympo,
spreads around Olympus, Val. Fl. 5, 414.— To cover, hide, darken, obscure, conceal, with acc. of thing concealed:
subtexunt nubila caelum,
Lucr. 5, 466:
caerula nimbis,
id. 6, 482:
caelum fumo,
Verg. A. 3, 582:
diem atrā nube,
Sen. Phoen. 422:
aethera ferro,
Luc. 7, 519. —
II.
Trop.
A.
To add, annex, append, subjoin, Nep. Att. 18, 2:
subtexit fabulae huic, legatos interrogatos esse, etc.,
Liv. 37, 48; cf. Quint. 4, 2, 13:
non ab re fuerit subtexere, quae... evenerint,
Suet. Aug. 94 init.; Vell. 1, 14, 1:
curam officiis,
Col. 11, 1, 2.—
B.
In gen., to put together, compose, prepare, contrive, etc.:
carmina,
Tib. 4, 1, 211:
originem familiarum,
Nep. Att. 18, 2:
impedimenta Romanis,
Amm. 16, 20. —
C.
To mix:
subtexta malis bona sunt,
Manil. 3, 526.

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19 Alpaca (Extract Wool)

ALPACA (Extract Wool)
Alpaca "wool" weft is obtained by disintegrating fabrics made of mixture materials, and may contain animal and vegetable fibres. The term is also applied to a lustre fabric woven with a cotton warp and alpaca wool weft, plain weave. When dyed in solid colours it is cross-dyed, the cotton warp being dyed before weaving, and the piece is piece-dyed after leaving the loom. The warp is usually 2/80's Egyptian. The cloth wears well and not liable to gather dust, so is used for linings and men's summer coats. A typical cloth is woven 56-in., 72 X 70, 2/80/ 28's alpaca. The true alpaca is a long, white or coloured smooth hair obtained from the Auchenia paco of South America (see Alpaca Wool)

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20 Beige

BEIGE (American)
The term in America for a cotton dress material, made of print or grandrelle yarns. Plain or 2 X 2 twill, and yams are in black and white, or grey if grandrelle, and if print the printing is in the sliver form. ————————
BEIGE (Colour)
The colour of natural wool. ————————
BEIGE
A dress fabric, twill weave, made of fibres dyed before spinning. Different coloured fibres may be mixed, resulting in a mottled yarn. One quality is made 76 X 72 per inch, 36's/36's, all worsted yarns.

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