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  • 121 which

    [wɪtʃ] adjective, pronoun
    1.
    used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc from a particular known group:

    Which (colour) do you like best?

    Which route will you travel by?

    At which station should I change trains?

    Which of the two girls do you like better?

    I can't decide which to choose.

    أي
    2. relative pronoun
    (used to refer to a thing or things mentioned previously to distinguish it or them from others, able to be replaced by that except after a preposition: able to be omitted except after a preposition or when the subject of a clause):

    (the) one(s) that: This is the book which/that was on the table

    This is the book (which/that) you wanted

    A scalpel is a type of knife which/that is used by surgeons

    The chair (which/that) you are sitting on is broken

    The documents for which they were searching have been recovered.

    الذي، التي، الذين، اللواتي: ضَمير صِلَة لِغَيْر العاقِل في جُمْلَةٍ مُحَدِّدَه
    3. relative adjective, relative pronoun
    used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on something:

    My new car, which I paid several thousand pounds for, is not running well

    He said he could speak Russian, which was untrue

    My father may have to go into hospital, in which case he won't be going on holiday.

    الذي، التي، الذين، اللواتي: ضَمير صِلَة لِغَيْر العاقِل في جُملَةٍ غَيْر مُحَدِّدَه

    Arabic-English dictionary > which

  • 122 which

    [wi ] 1. adjective, pronoun
    (used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc from a particular known group: Which (colour) do you like best?; Which route will you travel by?; At which station should I change trains?; Which of the two girls do you like better?; Tell me which books you would like; Let me know which train you'll be arriving on; I can't decide which to choose.) quel; lequel, laquelle
    2. relative pronoun
    ((used to refer to a thing or things mentioned previously to distinguish it or them from others: able to be replaced by that except after a preposition: able to be omitted except after a preposition or when the subject of a clause) (the) one(s) that: This is the book which/that was on the table; This is the book (which/that) you wanted; A scalpel is a type of knife which/that is used by surgeons; The chair (which/that) you are sitting on is broken; The documents for which they were searching have been recovered.) qui; que; lequel
    3. relative adjective, relative pronoun
    (used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on something: My new car, which I paid several thousand pounds for, is not running well; He said he could speak Russian, which was untrue; My father may have to go into hospital, in which case he won't be going on holiday.) (ce) que/qui; auquel (cas)
    - which is which? - which is which

    English-French dictionary > which

  • 123 which

    [wi ] 1. adjective, pronoun
    (used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc from a particular known group: Which (colour) do you like best?; Which route will you travel by?; At which station should I change trains?; Which of the two girls do you like better?; Tell me which books you would like; Let me know which train you'll be arriving on; I can't decide which to choose.) que
    2. relative pronoun
    ((used to refer to a thing or things mentioned previously to distinguish it or them from others: able to be replaced by that except after a preposition: able to be omitted except after a preposition or when the subject of a clause) (the) one(s) that: This is the book which/that was on the table; This is the book (which/that) you wanted; A scalpel is a type of knife which/that is used by surgeons; The chair (which/that) you are sitting on is broken; The documents for which they were searching have been recovered.) que
    3. relative adjective, relative pronoun
    (used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on something: My new car, which I paid several thousand pounds for, is not running well; He said he could speak Russian, which was untrue; My father may have to go into hospital, in which case he won't be going on holiday.) que, o que
    - which is which? - which is which

    English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > which

  • 124 παρέκ

    πᾰρέκ (on the accent, v. infr.), before a vowel [full] πᾰρέξ (also before a conson., Od.12.276, SIG4.6(Cyzicus, vi B.C.), Pl.Epin. 976d, UPZ 81 iii 20 (ii B. C.), etc., and always in Hdt., LXX (Jd.8.26, al.), and J. (AJ7.1.3, al.)): ([etym.] παρά, ἐκ):
    A as Prep.,
    1 c. gen. loci, outside, before,

    νῆσος.. π. λιμένος τετάνυσται Od.9.116

    ; παρὲξ ὁδοῦ out of the road, Il.10.349.
    2 besides, except, SIGl.c., etc.;

    οὐδὲν ἔστιν ἄλλο π. τοῦ ἐόντος Parm.8.37

    ;

    πάρεξ τοῦ ἀργύρου χρυσὸν.. ἀνέθηκε Hdt.1.14

    , cf. 93, 192;

    πάρεξ ὀστέου καὶ νεύρου Hp.Alim.51

    ; ἑτέραν [ἐπιστήμην] πάρεξ τῶν εἰρημένων εὑρεῖν Pl.l.c., cf. Epicur.Nat. 14G.;

    μηδὲν ἰδιοπραγεῖν πάρεξ τῶν προσταττομένων Plb.8.26.9

    .
    3 οἰωνοῖο π. contrary to the omen, A.R.2.344; π. οὗ πατρός against the wish of.., Id.3.743.
    II c. acc., along the side of, along,

    παρὲξ ἅλα φῦκος ἔχευεν Il.9.7

    ;

    παρὲκ μίτον 23.762

    ; παρὲξ τὴν νῆσον past, clear of the island, Od.12.276; παρὲξ περιμήκεα δοῦρα alongside of.., ib. 443; παρὲξ.. νῆα past it, 15.199;

    παρὲκ μέγα τειχίον 16.165

    , 343 ;

    σῆμα παρὲξ Ἴλοιο Il.24.349

    ; παρὲκ νόον aside from sense and reason, 10.391 (v.

    παρεξάγω 11

    ); foolishly, 20.133; παρὲξ ὀλίγον θανάτοιο within a little of death, A.R.2.1113.
    3 contrary to,

    νόον τινός A.R.1.130

    ; π. Διὸς βουλήν ib. 1315;

    π. ἐμὰ θέσφατα βῆναι Id.2.341

    .
    4 beside,

    πολίσματα π. αὐτὰς Πάτρας ἄλλα Paus.7.18.6

    .
    5 except, Supp. Epigr.2.710.3 (Pednelissus, i B. C.).
    B as Adv.,
    4 excepting, Μῆδοι.. ἄρξαντες τῆς Ἀσίης ἐπ' ἔτεα τριήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν δυῶν δέοντα πάρεξ ἢ ὅσον οἱ Σκύθαι ἦρχον except so long as.. (i.e. including that period), Hdt.1.130 (but Δωριεῖ π. ἢ Ὀλυμπίασιν Ἰσθμίων μὲν γεγόνασιν ὀκτὼ νῖκαι besides, exclusive of.., prob. in Paus.6.7.4): abs., besides,

    ταῦτα π. δὲ μηδέν Plb.3.23.3

    . (Acc. to Hdn.Gr.2.63, 931, παρέξ is correct in Hom., πάρεξ in Hdt., as in codd., cf. EM652.39, Eust.732.40.)

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

  • 125 Knowledge

       It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and, in a word, all sensible objects, have an existence, natural or real, distinct from their being perceived by the understanding. But, with how great an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world, yet whoever shall find in his heart to call it into question may, if I mistake not, perceive it to involve a manifest contradiction. For, what are the forementioned objects but things we perceive by sense? and what do we perceive besides our own ideas or sensations? and is it not plainly repugnant that any one of these, or any combination of them, should exist unperceived? (Berkeley, 1996, Pt. I, No. 4, p. 25)
       It seems to me that the only objects of the abstract sciences or of demonstration are quantity and number, and that all attempts to extend this more perfect species of knowledge beyond these bounds are mere sophistry and illusion. As the component parts of quantity and number are entirely similar, their relations become intricate and involved; and nothing can be more curious, as well as useful, than to trace, by a variety of mediums, their equality or inequality, through their different appearances.
       But as all other ideas are clearly distinct and different from each other, we can never advance farther, by our utmost scrutiny, than to observe this diversity, and, by an obvious reflection, pronounce one thing not to be another. Or if there be any difficulty in these decisions, it proceeds entirely from the undeterminate meaning of words, which is corrected by juster definitions. That the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the squares of the other two sides cannot be known, let the terms be ever so exactly defined, without a train of reasoning and enquiry. But to convince us of this proposition, that where there is no property, there can be no injustice, it is only necessary to define the terms, and explain injustice to be a violation of property. This proposition is, indeed, nothing but a more imperfect definition. It is the same case with all those pretended syllogistical reasonings, which may be found in every other branch of learning, except the sciences of quantity and number; and these may safely, I think, be pronounced the only proper objects of knowledge and demonstration. (Hume, 1975, Sec. 12, Pt. 3, pp. 163-165)
       Our knowledge springs from two fundamental sources of the mind; the first is the capacity of receiving representations (the ability to receive impressions), the second is the power to know an object through these representations (spontaneity in the production of concepts).
       Through the first, an object is given to us; through the second, the object is thought in relation to that representation.... Intuition and concepts constitute, therefore, the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge. Both may be either pure or empirical.... Pure intuitions or pure concepts are possible only a priori; empirical intuitions and empirical concepts only a posteriori. If the receptivity of our mind, its power of receiving representations in so far as it is in any way affected, is to be called "sensibility," then the mind's power of producing representations from itself, the spontaneity of knowledge, should be called "understanding." Our nature is so constituted that our intuitions can never be other than sensible; that is, it contains only the mode in which we are affected by objects. The faculty, on the other hand, which enables us to think the object of sensible intuition is the understanding.... Without sensibility, no object would be given to us; without understanding, no object would be thought. Thoughts without content are empty; intuitions without concepts are blind. It is therefore just as necessary to make our concepts sensible, that is, to add the object to them in intuition, as to make our intuitions intelligible, that is to bring them under concepts. These two powers or capacities cannot exchange their functions. The understanding can intuit nothing, the senses can think nothing. Only through their union can knowledge arise. (Kant, 1933, Sec. 1, Pt. 2, B74-75 [p. 92])
       Metaphysics, as a natural disposition of Reason is real, but it is also, in itself, dialectical and deceptive.... Hence to attempt to draw our principles from it, and in their employment to follow this natural but none the less fallacious illusion can never produce science, but only an empty dialectical art, in which one school may indeed outdo the other, but none can ever attain a justifiable and lasting success. In order that, as a science, it may lay claim not merely to deceptive persuasion, but to insight and conviction, a Critique of Reason must exhibit in a complete system the whole stock of conceptions a priori, arranged according to their different sources-the Sensibility, the understanding, and the Reason; it must present a complete table of these conceptions, together with their analysis and all that can be deduced from them, but more especially the possibility of synthetic knowledge a priori by means of their deduction, the principles of its use, and finally, its boundaries....
       This much is certain: he who has once tried criticism will be sickened for ever of all the dogmatic trash he was compelled to content himself with before, because his Reason, requiring something, could find nothing better for its occupation. Criticism stands to the ordinary school metaphysics exactly in the same relation as chemistry to alchemy, or as astron omy to fortune-telling astrology. I guarantee that no one who has comprehended and thought out the conclusions of criticism, even in these Prolegomena, will ever return to the old sophistical pseudo-science. He will rather look forward with a kind of pleasure to a metaphysics, certainly now within his power, which requires no more preparatory discoveries, and which alone can procure for reason permanent satisfaction. (Kant, 1891, pp. 115-116)
       Knowledge is only real and can only be set forth fully in the form of science, in the form of system. Further, a so-called fundamental proposition or first principle of philosophy, even if it is true, it is yet none the less false, just because and in so far as it is merely a fundamental proposition, merely a first principle. It is for that reason easily refuted. The refutation consists in bringing out its defective character; and it is defective because it is merely the universal, merely a principle, the beginning. If the refutation is complete and thorough, it is derived and developed from the nature of the principle itself, and not accomplished by bringing in from elsewhere other counter-assurances and chance fancies. It would be strictly the development of the principle, and thus the completion of its deficiency, were it not that it misunderstands its own purport by taking account solely of the negative aspect of what it seeks to do, and is not conscious of the positive character of its process and result. The really positive working out of the beginning is at the same time just as much the very reverse: it is a negative attitude towards the principle we start from. Negative, that is to say, in its one-sided form, which consists in being primarily immediate, a mere purpose. It may therefore be regarded as a refutation of what constitutes the basis of the system; but more correctly it should be looked at as a demonstration that the basis or principle of the system is in point of fact merely its beginning. (Hegel, 1910, pp. 21-22)
       Knowledge, action, and evaluation are essentially connected. The primary and pervasive significance of knowledge lies in its guidance of action: knowing is for the sake of doing. And action, obviously, is rooted in evaluation. For a being which did not assign comparative values, deliberate action would be pointless; and for one which did not know, it would be impossible. Conversely, only an active being could have knowledge, and only such a being could assign values to anything beyond his own feelings. A creature which did not enter into the process of reality to alter in some part the future content of it, could apprehend a world only in the sense of intuitive or esthetic contemplation; and such contemplation would not possess the significance of knowledge but only that of enjoying and suffering. (Lewis, 1946, p. 1)
       "Evolutionary epistemology" is a branch of scholarship that applies the evolutionary perspective to an understanding of how knowledge develops. Knowledge always involves getting information. The most primitive way of acquiring it is through the sense of touch: amoebas and other simple organisms know what happens around them only if they can feel it with their "skins." The knowledge such an organism can have is strictly about what is in its immediate vicinity. After a huge jump in evolution, organisms learned to find out what was going on at a distance from them, without having to actually feel the environment. This jump involved the development of sense organs for processing information that was farther away. For a long time, the most important sources of knowledge were the nose, the eyes, and the ears. The next big advance occurred when organisms developed memory. Now information no longer needed to be present at all, and the animal could recall events and outcomes that happened in the past. Each one of these steps in the evolution of knowledge added important survival advantages to the species that was equipped to use it.
       Then, with the appearance in evolution of humans, an entirely new way of acquiring information developed. Up to this point, the processing of information was entirely intrasomatic.... But when speech appeared (and even more powerfully with the invention of writing), information processing became extrasomatic. After that point knowledge did not have to be stored in the genes, or in the memory traces of the brain; it could be passed on from one person to another through words, or it could be written down and stored on a permanent substance like stone, paper, or silicon chips-in any case, outside the fragile and impermanent nervous system. (Csikszentmihalyi, 1993, pp. 56-57)

    Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Knowledge

  • 126 now

    Now как слово часто используется в качестве наречия времени со значением 'сейчас / теперь'. Однако, как показывает анализ, в современном языке оно достаточно часто употребляется в таких функциях, которые никак не связаны с логическим значением времени. Рассмотрим, в частности, следующий пример:

    • This is Mr. Ernest Beevers.... Now all these are Conways, except this young lady... (Pr: 24)


    Это Эрнест Биверс... А вот это все семья Конвей, за исключением этой молодой девушки.


    Понятно, что в принципе высказывание типа ' Now all these are Conways' может быть понято примерно как ' Теперь все они Конвеи', например в ситуации, когда некие девушки вышли замуж за мужчин из одной семьи и сменили фамилии. Однако в анализируемом случае подобному пониманию препятствует весь контекст. Мы видим, что происходит представление присутствующих, и now используется фактически для переключения внимания от одного к другим, то есть не может быть переведено как теперь, поскольку очевидно, что героини и раньше носили такую фамилию. В таком употреблении анализируемое слово соответствует данным нами во введении критериям выделения частиц, и должно быть признано частицей. Важным формальным критерием отнесения now к частицам является синтаксическая позиция - now-частица преимущественно ставится в начале предложения и часто обособляется.
    Наиболее распространенная функция частицы now в общем виде может быть названа функцией привлечения внимания. В конкретных контекстах, однако, обычно происходит уточнение этой общей функции. Одной из важных разновидностей мы считаем функцию введения актуальной информации, которую нужно знать в данной ситуации общения. Яркой иллюстрацией этой функции является следующий пример:

    • "Flute and piano."


    "Oh?"


    "Flute and piano; not recorder and piano." Welch laughed briefly. " Now a recorder, you know, isn't like a flute, though it's the flute's immediate ancestor, of course..." (KA: 7)


    "Для флейты и фортепиано."


    "Да что вы?"


    "Да, не для блок-флейты и фортепиано, а просто для флейты и фортепиано." Велч издал короткий смешок. " А ведь, понимаете, блок-флейта - не то же самое, что просто флейта, хотя, конечно, и является ее непосредственной предшественницей..."


    Русская частица ведь очень хорошо подходит на роль эквивалента now в функции введения актуальной информации, хотя в других контекстах могут быть предпочтительны и другие эквиваленты:

    • He twittered away and Dad got more and more nervous and kept coughing to hide his nervousness. Now it so happened that he'd not long ago had all his teeth out... (DL: 175)


    Он все болтал и болтал, а папа все больше и больше волновался и постоянно кашлял, чтобы скрыть свое волнение. И знаете, так получилось, что он незадолго до этого удалил все зубы...


    • He said, I remember the exact words, "It's difficult to share the author's sentimental regard for the main character. That your dentures fit badly doesn't automatically guarantee that you are the salt of the earth." Now there was nothing about false teeth in the book. (DL: 176)


    Он написал, я в точности помню слова: "Едва ли можно разделить сентиментальные чувства автора по отношению к главному герою. Если у кого-то плохо сидят вставные челюсти, это ещё не значит, что он пуп земли." При этом в книге ведь ничего не было об искусственных зубах.


    Введение актуальной информации может осуществляться также с оттенком уступки или противопоставления, что обычно влияет на способ перевода частицы now:

    •... there was something like a forged testimonial or something of the sort, I gathered. Something rather shady, anyway. Now, of course, this journal of his may be quite above-board and so on, I'm not saying it isn't... (KA: 82)


    ... насколько я понял, там было что-то типа поддельной рекомендации или чего-то в этом роде. В любом случае, что-то довольно подозрительное. Нет, конечно, что касается его журнала, то там, возможно, все в порядке, я ничего не хочу сказать...


    • "I explained to them that we're not married anymore and as a special concession they've agreed to halve the ransom money to a quarter of a million dollars. Now, I know that's a lot of money,... but you're the only person I know..." (DL: 281)


    "Я объяснил им, что мы уже не муж и жена, и в качестве особого одолжения они согласились уменьшить сумму выкупа до четверти миллиона долларов. Конечно, я понимаю, что это очень большие деньги,... но ты единственный человек из всех, кого я знаю..."


    Другими разновидностями функции привлечения внимания можно считать те случаи, когда частица now выступает как средство когезии и в рамках монолога маркирует переход к новой теме, возврат к прежней теме или переход к заключению:
    - переход к новой теме

    • "That's very kind of you."


    "You're welcome. Now, where do I check in?" (DL: 18)


    "Очень любезно с вашей стороны."


    "Не стоит. Так, где мне зарегистрироваться?"


    - возврат к прежней теме

    • "Some of one's former students do rather presume on the relationship... Now, where were we? Yeats's death wish..." (DL: 157)


    "Некоторые из твоих бывших студентов порой излишне злоупотребляют знакомством с тобой... Так, на чем мы там остановились? Предсмертное желание Йейтса..."


    - переход к заключению

    • "It couldn't very well have been someone from outside."


    "No," agreed Bundle, more readily this time.


    "Very well. Now, that narrows down things considerably..." ( AC1: 55)


    "Это ведь не мог быть кто-нибудь из посторонних."


    "Нет," согласилась Бандл, на этот раз с большей готовностью.


    "Прекрасно. Так, значит это существенно сужает список подозреваемых."


    Иногда частица now, также как и составная частица now then, при употреблении в функции привлечения внимания фактически представляет собой обращение, так что в качестве ее эквивалента хорошо подходит русская форма привлечения внимания послушай(те):

    • " Now, Margaret, you know I didn't mean it like that; don't be ridiculous..."(KA: 76)


    " Послушай, Маргарет, ты же знаешь, я не это хотел сказать, к чему эта нелепая комедия?"


    • " Now then, Alfred, have you got a cupboard downstairs where you could shove all this glass?" ( AC1: 87)


    " Послушай, Альфред, у тебя есть наверху шкаф, в который ты мог бы засунуть всю эту посуду?"


    Употребление частицы now при обращении напрямую перекликается с ее способностью выступать в побудительной функции. Рассмотрим следующие примеры:

    • Now, shut up, Hazel! (Pr: 26)


    Да замолчи ты, Хейзел!


    • Now, stop it, both of you. (Pr: 232)


    Ну-ка прекратите, вы обе!


    • "Now, now, that's enough," said Felix Skinner, trying to interpose himself between the two men. (DL: 174)


    "Ладно, ладно, хватит", закричал Феликс Скиннер, пытаясь встать между двумя мужчинами.


    • " Now, Mack," said Mrs Corcoran, but it was too late. He was crying again. (DT: 443)


    " Не надо, Мэк", сказала миссис Коркоран, но было уже поздно. Он опять плакал.


    Как видно, в первых двух примерах частица употребляется при глаголах в повелительном наклонении и используется для усиления побудительности. В третьем примере мы наблюдаем повтор частицы, что, кстати, следует признать довольно частотным в ситуациях, подобных описанным в этом и следующем примерах, то есть когда частица используется для того, чтобы остановить или предупредить некое действие, в особенности, когда нужно кого-то успокоить или утешить. Отметим, что в двух последних примерах now употребляется без глагола в императиве, и идентифицировать ее функцию помогает контекст, в частности глаголы interpose (третий пример) и cry (четвертый пример). Из примеров также хорошо видно, что перевод частицы now в побудительной функции сильно зависит от конкретной ситуации.
    Последняя функция частицы now, на которой нам хотелось бы остановиться - это функция выражения колебания (хезитация). Употребление частицы сигнализирует о размышлениях или колебании говорящего, и в этой своей функции now ближе всего подходит к другой частице, для которой упомянутая функция является основной, то есть к well. Неслучайно и совпадение русских эквивалентов, здесь обычно употребляются русские частицы ну и так:

    • " Now where shall we put them?" ( AC1: 11)


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  • 127 abstracción

    f.
    abstraction, absorption.
    * * *
    1 abstraction
    2 (concentración) concentration
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=acto) abstraction; pey (=despiste) absent-mindedness
    2)

    hacer abstracción de — to leave aside, except

    * * *
    femenino ( acción) abstraction; ( idea abstracta) abstraction (frml), abstract idea

    hacer abstracción de algo — de caso/factor to leave something aside; del ruido to block... out

    * * *
    Ex. For those involved in producing BNB, the eighties have seen this question leap in a single bound into the realm of stark reality from the cosy abstraction of AACR2.
    * * *
    femenino ( acción) abstraction; ( idea abstracta) abstraction (frml), abstract idea

    hacer abstracción de algo — de caso/factor to leave something aside; del ruido to block... out

    * * *

    Ex: For those involved in producing BNB, the eighties have seen this question leap in a single bound into the realm of stark reality from the cosy abstraction of AACR2.

    * * *
    A (acción) abstraction; (idea abstracta) abstraction ( frml), abstract idea
    B
    hacer abstracción de algo to leave sth aside
    si hacemos abstracción de estos factores creo que el resultado es bastante positivo leaving these considerations aside I think the result is a fairly positive one
    * * *

    abstracción sustantivo femenino abstraction
    * * *
    abstraction;
    la capacidad de abstracción the capacity for abstract thought;
    el concepto de número es una abstracción number is an abstract concept
    * * *
    f abstraction;
    hacer abstracción de leave aside, exclude
    * * *
    abstracción nf, pl - ciones : abstraction

    Spanish-English dictionary > abstracción

  • 128 acaso

    adv.
    perhaps.
    ¿acaso no lo sabías? are you trying to tell me you didn't know?
    m.
    chance, accident, fortune, luck.
    * * *
    1 perhaps, maybe
    ■ ¿acaso no lo viste? didn't you see him?
    1 (suerte) chance
    \
    por si acaso just in case
    ■ no es mala persona, si acaso un poco brusco he isn't a bad person, he's just a little brusque
    * * *
    adv.
    * * *
    1. ADV
    1) [en preguntas retóricas]

    ¿acaso no te lo he dicho cien veces? — haven't I told you a hundred times?

    ¿acaso tengo yo la culpa de lo que haga mi hermana? — (how) am I to blame for what my sister does?

    ¿acaso yo lo sé? — how would I know?

    2) frm (=quizá) perhaps
    3)

    si acaso: no quiero nada, si acaso algo de fruta — I don't want anything, except maybe o perhaps some fruit

    está bueno, si acaso un poco dulce — it's quite good, if perhaps a bit too sweet

    no tienes que ir, si acaso lo llamas por teléfono — you don't have to go, just give him a phone call

    si acaso llama, dímelo — if by any chance he phones, let me know

    4)

    llévalo por si acaso hace falta — take it, just in case you need it

    2.
    SM frm chance

    por acaso, por un acaso — by (any) chance

    * * *

    ¿acaso no te lo dije? — I told you, didn't I?

    ¿cómo lo sabes? ¿acaso estabas allí? — how do you know? were you there or something?

    ¿acaso tengo yo la culpa? — is it my fault?

    ¿acaso no sabes que...? — don't you know that...?

    si acaso: si acaso me necesitaras if you need me; no fue tan horrible, si acaso un poco largo — it wasn't that bad, a bit long maybe o perhaps

    3) (liter) ( quizás)

    acaso + subj — maybe, perhaps

    acaso sea cierto lo que dijo — maybe o perhaps what she said is true

    * * *
    = at all.
    Ex. Students who slight preclass preparation are a drag on the class; they will not know what is going on and if they speak at all will frequently attempt to wrest the discussion away from the case to more comfortable topics.
    ----
    * por si acaso = in case of, on the off chance, just in case, on spec, for good measure.
    * si acaso = if ever, if at all, if and when.
    * * *

    ¿acaso no te lo dije? — I told you, didn't I?

    ¿cómo lo sabes? ¿acaso estabas allí? — how do you know? were you there or something?

    ¿acaso tengo yo la culpa? — is it my fault?

    ¿acaso no sabes que...? — don't you know that...?

    si acaso: si acaso me necesitaras if you need me; no fue tan horrible, si acaso un poco largo — it wasn't that bad, a bit long maybe o perhaps

    3) (liter) ( quizás)

    acaso + subj — maybe, perhaps

    acaso sea cierto lo que dijo — maybe o perhaps what she said is true

    * * *

    Ex: Students who slight preclass preparation are a drag on the class; they will not know what is going on and if they speak at all will frequently attempt to wrest the discussion away from the case to more comfortable topics.

    * por si acaso = in case of, on the off chance, just in case, on spec, for good measure.
    * si acaso = if ever, if at all, if and when.

    * * *
    A
    (en preguntas): ¿cómo lo sabes? ¿acaso estabas allí? how do you know? were you there by any chance?
    ¿acaso tengo yo la culpa de que se averió? is it my fault it broke down?
    ¿acaso no sabes que lo que has hecho es un delito? don't you know that what you've done is a crime?
    B ( en locs)
    1
    por si acaso just in case
    yo me haría un seguro, por si acaso I'd take out some insurance, just in case
    por si acaso no te lo han dicho (just) in case nobody's told you
    ni por si acaso (CS fam): ése no te ayuda ni por si acaso you'll never get him to help you ( colloq)
    2
    si acaso: si acaso me necesitaras, estaré en mi oficina if you should need me, I'll be in my office
    no fue tan horrible, si acaso un poco cansador it wasn't that bad, a little tiring maybe o perhaps
    si acaso dile que lo vas a pensar maybe o perhaps you could tell her you'll think about it
    si acaso cómpralo y si no te sirve lo devuelves you could always buy it and bring it back if it's not right
    C ( liter) (quizás) acaso + SUBJ maybe, perhaps
    acaso sea cierto lo que dijo maybe o perhaps what she said is true
    * * *

     

    acaso adverbio
    1 ( en preguntas):
    ◊ ¿acaso no te lo dije? I told you, didn't I?;

    ¿acaso tengo yo la culpa? is it my fault?
    2 ( en locs)

    si acaso ( quizás) maybe, perhaps;

    ( en caso de que) if
    acaso
    I adv (duda) perhaps, maybe
    (retórico) ¿acaso no te lo advertí?, didn't I warn you?
    irón ¿acaso se le ha olvidado dónde está la salida?, has he forgotten the way out, then?
    II conj si acaso no estuviera..., if he shouldn't be there...
    llámame antes de venir por si acaso no estoy, give me a ring before you come in case I'm not in
    III sustantivo masculino fate
    ♦ Locuciones: por si acaso, sé amable con ella, be nice to her, just in case
    ' acaso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    si
    - por
    English:
    case
    - chance
    - in
    - just
    - off-chance
    - side
    - standby
    - off
    - safe
    - spare
    - spec
    * * *
    ♦ adv
    1. [quizá] perhaps;
    es acaso su mejor película it is perhaps his best film
    2. [en preguntas]
    ¿acaso no lo sabías? are you trying to tell me you didn't know?;
    ¿no estoy haciendo acaso lo que me pediste? am I not doing what you asked me to?
    ♦ si acaso loc adv
    ¿te traigo algo? – si acaso, una botella de vino can I get you anything? – you could get me a bottle of wine, if you like;
    no creo que vengan muchos, si acaso algún amigo I don't think many people will come, one or two friends, perhaps o maybe;
    si acaso lo vieras, dile que me llame if you should see him, ask him to phone me
    ♦ por si acaso loc adv
    just in case;
    llévatelo por si acaso take it just in case;
    por si acaso no te veo mañana, toma la llave ahora (just) in case I don't see you tomorrow, take the key now
    * * *
    adv by any chance, perhaps;
    por si acaso just in case;
    si acaso maybe;
    ¿acaso crees que …? do you really think that …?
    * * *
    acaso adv
    1) : perhaps, by any chance
    2)
    por si acaso : just in case
    * * *
    acaso adv (quizá) perhaps / maybe
    ¿acaso no me crees? don't you believe me?

    Spanish-English dictionary > acaso

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