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81 дать поблажку
• ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ (ДЕЛАТЬ/СДЕЛАТЬ) ПОБЛАЖКУ ( и) кому coll; ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ ПОТАЧКУ obs, coll; ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ ПОВАДКУ obs, substand[VP; subj: usu. human]=====⇒ to react to sth. (s.o.'s undesirable, underhanded etc behavior or action) mildly, be lenient with s.o.:- X let Y take liberties with...;- X is tough on Y.♦...Дедушка сам работал не разгибая спины и от других требовал того же, никому... не давал поблажки: ни сыновьям, ни внукам, ни подмастерьям, ни зятю... (Рыбаков 1). Grandfather himself worked without let-up and he demanded the same of the others. He made no allowances for anybody, neither his sons and grandsons, nor his workmen, nor his son-in-law... (1a).♦ Рано или поздно так случалось со всеми [собаками]. Одни теряли чутье или слепли от старости, другие слишком привыкали к своим подконвойным и начинали им делать кое-какие поблажки, третьих - от долгой службы - постигало страшное помрачение ума, заставлявшее их рычать и кидаться на собственного хозина (Владимов 1). Sooner or later it happened to all of them [the dogs] Some lost their "nose" or went blind from old age; others got too familiar with the prisoners and began to make little concessions to them, others, from overlong service, were afflicted by a terrible clouding of the mind which made them growl and attack their own masters (1a).♦ А если я... желал, чтоб эти взносы делались не по принуждению, то опять-таки не затем, чтоб дать поблажку непросвещённой и грубой черни... (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). And if...I further desired that the peasants should not be made to pay up by force, it was again not because I sought in any way to show any indulgence to the ill-mannered and ignorant mob... (2a).♦ [Бурмистр:] Какие ж мои окаянства? Что потачки вам не даю, вот вас всех злоба за что... (Писемский 1). [Bailiff:] What are my abominations? Because I don't let you have your own way - that's why all of you are angry! (1a).♦ "А это на что похоже, что вчера только восемь фунтов пшена отпустила, опять спрашивают... А я пшена не отпущу... Нет, я потачки за барское добро не дам. Ну виданное ли это дело - восемь фунтов?" (Толстой 2). "And what sort of game is this? Only yesterday I let them have eight pounds of rice and now they're asking for more!...I'm not giving you any more rice....No, I'm not letting anybody take liberties with the master's things Well, who ever heard of such a thing-eight pounds?" (2b).♦ Буйная имеет десять лет... Два сына сидят в уголовных лагерях на севере. Она работает вовсю, висит на доске лагерных ударников. Её обязанность - никому не давать поблажки (Ивинская 1). Bui nay a was serving a ten-year sentence....Her two sons were in camps for common criminals in the North. She worked for all she was worth and was always being commended as a "shock worker" on the camp's bulletin board. It was her job not to let anyone have an easy time of it (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > дать поблажку
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82 дать повадку
• ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ (ДЕЛАТЬ/СДЕЛАТЬ) ПОБЛАЖКУ ( и) кому coll; ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ ПОТАЧКУ obs, coll; ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ ПОВАДКУ obs, substand[VP; subj: usu. human]=====⇒ to react to sth. (s.o.'s undesirable, underhanded etc behavior or action) mildly, be lenient with s.o.:- X let Y take liberties with...;- X is tough on Y.♦...Дедушка сам работал не разгибая спины и от других требовал того же, никому... не давал поблажки: ни сыновьям, ни внукам, ни подмастерьям, ни зятю... (Рыбаков 1). Grandfather himself worked without let-up and he demanded the same of the others. He made no allowances for anybody, neither his sons and grandsons, nor his workmen, nor his son-in-law... (1a).♦ Рано или поздно так случалось со всеми [собаками]. Одни теряли чутье или слепли от старости, другие слишком привыкали к своим подконвойным и начинали им делать кое-какие поблажки, третьих - от долгой службы - постигало страшное помрачение ума, заставлявшее их рычать и кидаться на собственного хозина (Владимов 1). Sooner or later it happened to all of them [the dogs] Some lost their "nose" or went blind from old age; others got too familiar with the prisoners and began to make little concessions to them, others, from overlong service, were afflicted by a terrible clouding of the mind which made them growl and attack their own masters (1a).♦ А если я... желал, чтоб эти взносы делались не по принуждению, то опять-таки не затем, чтоб дать поблажку непросвещённой и грубой черни... (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). And if...I further desired that the peasants should not be made to pay up by force, it was again not because I sought in any way to show any indulgence to the ill-mannered and ignorant mob... (2a).♦ [Бурмистр:] Какие ж мои окаянства? Что потачки вам не даю, вот вас всех злоба за что... (Писемский 1). [Bailiff:] What are my abominations? Because I don't let you have your own way - that's why all of you are angry! (1a).♦ "А это на что похоже, что вчера только восемь фунтов пшена отпустила, опять спрашивают... А я пшена не отпущу... Нет, я потачки за барское добро не дам. Ну виданное ли это дело - восемь фунтов?" (Толстой 2). "And what sort of game is this? Only yesterday I let them have eight pounds of rice and now they're asking for more!...I'm not giving you any more rice....No, I'm not letting anybody take liberties with the master's things Well, who ever heard of such a thing-eight pounds?" (2b).♦ Буйная имеет десять лет... Два сына сидят в уголовных лагерях на севере. Она работает вовсю, висит на доске лагерных ударников. Её обязанность - никому не давать поблажки (Ивинская 1). Bui nay a was serving a ten-year sentence....Her two sons were in camps for common criminals in the North. She worked for all she was worth and was always being commended as a "shock worker" on the camp's bulletin board. It was her job not to let anyone have an easy time of it (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > дать повадку
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83 дать потачку
• ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ (ДЕЛАТЬ/СДЕЛАТЬ) ПОБЛАЖКУ ( и) кому coll; ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ ПОТАЧКУ obs, coll; ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ ПОВАДКУ obs, substand[VP; subj: usu. human]=====⇒ to react to sth. (s.o.'s undesirable, underhanded etc behavior or action) mildly, be lenient with s.o.:- X let Y take liberties with...;- X is tough on Y.♦...Дедушка сам работал не разгибая спины и от других требовал того же, никому... не давал поблажки: ни сыновьям, ни внукам, ни подмастерьям, ни зятю... (Рыбаков 1). Grandfather himself worked without let-up and he demanded the same of the others. He made no allowances for anybody, neither his sons and grandsons, nor his workmen, nor his son-in-law... (1a).♦ Рано или поздно так случалось со всеми [собаками]. Одни теряли чутье или слепли от старости, другие слишком привыкали к своим подконвойным и начинали им делать кое-какие поблажки, третьих - от долгой службы - постигало страшное помрачение ума, заставлявшее их рычать и кидаться на собственного хозина (Владимов 1). Sooner or later it happened to all of them [the dogs] Some lost their "nose" or went blind from old age; others got too familiar with the prisoners and began to make little concessions to them, others, from overlong service, were afflicted by a terrible clouding of the mind which made them growl and attack their own masters (1a).♦ А если я... желал, чтоб эти взносы делались не по принуждению, то опять-таки не затем, чтоб дать поблажку непросвещённой и грубой черни... (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). And if...I further desired that the peasants should not be made to pay up by force, it was again not because I sought in any way to show any indulgence to the ill-mannered and ignorant mob... (2a).♦ [Бурмистр:] Какие ж мои окаянства? Что потачки вам не даю, вот вас всех злоба за что... (Писемский 1). [Bailiff:] What are my abominations? Because I don't let you have your own way - that's why all of you are angry! (1a).♦ "А это на что похоже, что вчера только восемь фунтов пшена отпустила, опять спрашивают... А я пшена не отпущу... Нет, я потачки за барское добро не дам. Ну виданное ли это дело - восемь фунтов?" (Толстой 2). "And what sort of game is this? Only yesterday I let them have eight pounds of rice and now they're asking for more!...I'm not giving you any more rice....No, I'm not letting anybody take liberties with the master's things Well, who ever heard of such a thing-eight pounds?" (2b).♦ Буйная имеет десять лет... Два сына сидят в уголовных лагерях на севере. Она работает вовсю, висит на доске лагерных ударников. Её обязанность - никому не давать поблажки (Ивинская 1). Bui nay a was serving a ten-year sentence....Her two sons were in camps for common criminals in the North. She worked for all she was worth and was always being commended as a "shock worker" on the camp's bulletin board. It was her job not to let anyone have an easy time of it (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > дать потачку
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84 делать поблажки
• ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ (ДЕЛАТЬ/СДЕЛАТЬ) ПОБЛАЖКУ ( и) кому coll; ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ ПОТАЧКУ obs, coll; ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ ПОВАДКУ obs, substand[VP; subj: usu. human]=====⇒ to react to sth. (s.o.'s undesirable, underhanded etc behavior or action) mildly, be lenient with s.o.:- X let Y take liberties with...;- X is tough on Y.♦...Дедушка сам работал не разгибая спины и от других требовал того же, никому... не давал поблажки: ни сыновьям, ни внукам, ни подмастерьям, ни зятю... (Рыбаков 1). Grandfather himself worked without let-up and he demanded the same of the others. He made no allowances for anybody, neither his sons and grandsons, nor his workmen, nor his son-in-law... (1a).♦ Рано или поздно так случалось со всеми [собаками]. Одни теряли чутье или слепли от старости, другие слишком привыкали к своим подконвойным и начинали им делать кое-какие поблажки, третьих - от долгой службы - постигало страшное помрачение ума, заставлявшее их рычать и кидаться на собственного хозина (Владимов 1). Sooner or later it happened to all of them [the dogs] Some lost their "nose" or went blind from old age; others got too familiar with the prisoners and began to make little concessions to them, others, from overlong service, were afflicted by a terrible clouding of the mind which made them growl and attack their own masters (1a).♦ А если я... желал, чтоб эти взносы делались не по принуждению, то опять-таки не затем, чтоб дать поблажку непросвещённой и грубой черни... (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). And if...I further desired that the peasants should not be made to pay up by force, it was again not because I sought in any way to show any indulgence to the ill-mannered and ignorant mob... (2a).♦ [Бурмистр:] Какие ж мои окаянства? Что потачки вам не даю, вот вас всех злоба за что... (Писемский 1). [Bailiff:] What are my abominations? Because I don't let you have your own way - that's why all of you are angry! (1a).♦ "А это на что похоже, что вчера только восемь фунтов пшена отпустила, опять спрашивают... А я пшена не отпущу... Нет, я потачки за барское добро не дам. Ну виданное ли это дело - восемь фунтов?" (Толстой 2). "And what sort of game is this? Only yesterday I let them have eight pounds of rice and now they're asking for more!...I'm not giving you any more rice....No, I'm not letting anybody take liberties with the master's things Well, who ever heard of such a thing-eight pounds?" (2b).♦ Буйная имеет десять лет... Два сына сидят в уголовных лагерях на севере. Она работает вовсю, висит на доске лагерных ударников. Её обязанность - никому не давать поблажки (Ивинская 1). Bui nay a was serving a ten-year sentence....Her two sons were in camps for common criminals in the North. She worked for all she was worth and was always being commended as a "shock worker" on the camp's bulletin board. It was her job not to let anyone have an easy time of it (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > делать поблажки
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85 делать поблажку
• ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ (ДЕЛАТЬ/СДЕЛАТЬ) ПОБЛАЖКУ ( и) кому coll; ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ ПОТАЧКУ obs, coll; ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ ПОВАДКУ obs, substand[VP; subj: usu. human]=====⇒ to react to sth. (s.o.'s undesirable, underhanded etc behavior or action) mildly, be lenient with s.o.:- X let Y take liberties with...;- X is tough on Y.♦...Дедушка сам работал не разгибая спины и от других требовал того же, никому... не давал поблажки: ни сыновьям, ни внукам, ни подмастерьям, ни зятю... (Рыбаков 1). Grandfather himself worked without let-up and he demanded the same of the others. He made no allowances for anybody, neither his sons and grandsons, nor his workmen, nor his son-in-law... (1a).♦ Рано или поздно так случалось со всеми [собаками]. Одни теряли чутье или слепли от старости, другие слишком привыкали к своим подконвойным и начинали им делать кое-какие поблажки, третьих - от долгой службы - постигало страшное помрачение ума, заставлявшее их рычать и кидаться на собственного хозина (Владимов 1). Sooner or later it happened to all of them [the dogs] Some lost their "nose" or went blind from old age; others got too familiar with the prisoners and began to make little concessions to them, others, from overlong service, were afflicted by a terrible clouding of the mind which made them growl and attack their own masters (1a).♦ А если я... желал, чтоб эти взносы делались не по принуждению, то опять-таки не затем, чтоб дать поблажку непросвещённой и грубой черни... (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). And if...I further desired that the peasants should not be made to pay up by force, it was again not because I sought in any way to show any indulgence to the ill-mannered and ignorant mob... (2a).♦ [Бурмистр:] Какие ж мои окаянства? Что потачки вам не даю, вот вас всех злоба за что... (Писемский 1). [Bailiff:] What are my abominations? Because I don't let you have your own way - that's why all of you are angry! (1a).♦ "А это на что похоже, что вчера только восемь фунтов пшена отпустила, опять спрашивают... А я пшена не отпущу... Нет, я потачки за барское добро не дам. Ну виданное ли это дело - восемь фунтов?" (Толстой 2). "And what sort of game is this? Only yesterday I let them have eight pounds of rice and now they're asking for more!...I'm not giving you any more rice....No, I'm not letting anybody take liberties with the master's things Well, who ever heard of such a thing-eight pounds?" (2b).♦ Буйная имеет десять лет... Два сына сидят в уголовных лагерях на севере. Она работает вовсю, висит на доске лагерных ударников. Её обязанность - никому не давать поблажки (Ивинская 1). Bui nay a was serving a ten-year sentence....Her two sons were in camps for common criminals in the North. She worked for all she was worth and was always being commended as a "shock worker" on the camp's bulletin board. It was her job not to let anyone have an easy time of it (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > делать поблажку
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86 сделать поблажки
• ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ (ДЕЛАТЬ/СДЕЛАТЬ) ПОБЛАЖКУ ( и) кому coll; ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ ПОТАЧКУ obs, coll; ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ ПОВАДКУ obs, substand[VP; subj: usu. human]=====⇒ to react to sth. (s.o.'s undesirable, underhanded etc behavior or action) mildly, be lenient with s.o.:- X let Y take liberties with...;- X is tough on Y.♦...Дедушка сам работал не разгибая спины и от других требовал того же, никому... не давал поблажки: ни сыновьям, ни внукам, ни подмастерьям, ни зятю... (Рыбаков 1). Grandfather himself worked without let-up and he demanded the same of the others. He made no allowances for anybody, neither his sons and grandsons, nor his workmen, nor his son-in-law... (1a).♦ Рано или поздно так случалось со всеми [собаками]. Одни теряли чутье или слепли от старости, другие слишком привыкали к своим подконвойным и начинали им делать кое-какие поблажки, третьих - от долгой службы - постигало страшное помрачение ума, заставлявшее их рычать и кидаться на собственного хозина (Владимов 1). Sooner or later it happened to all of them [the dogs] Some lost their "nose" or went blind from old age; others got too familiar with the prisoners and began to make little concessions to them, others, from overlong service, were afflicted by a terrible clouding of the mind which made them growl and attack their own masters (1a).♦ А если я... желал, чтоб эти взносы делались не по принуждению, то опять-таки не затем, чтоб дать поблажку непросвещённой и грубой черни... (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). And if...I further desired that the peasants should not be made to pay up by force, it was again not because I sought in any way to show any indulgence to the ill-mannered and ignorant mob... (2a).♦ [Бурмистр:] Какие ж мои окаянства? Что потачки вам не даю, вот вас всех злоба за что... (Писемский 1). [Bailiff:] What are my abominations? Because I don't let you have your own way - that's why all of you are angry! (1a).♦ "А это на что похоже, что вчера только восемь фунтов пшена отпустила, опять спрашивают... А я пшена не отпущу... Нет, я потачки за барское добро не дам. Ну виданное ли это дело - восемь фунтов?" (Толстой 2). "And what sort of game is this? Only yesterday I let them have eight pounds of rice and now they're asking for more!...I'm not giving you any more rice....No, I'm not letting anybody take liberties with the master's things Well, who ever heard of such a thing-eight pounds?" (2b).♦ Буйная имеет десять лет... Два сына сидят в уголовных лагерях на севере. Она работает вовсю, висит на доске лагерных ударников. Её обязанность - никому не давать поблажки (Ивинская 1). Bui nay a was serving a ten-year sentence....Her two sons were in camps for common criminals in the North. She worked for all she was worth and was always being commended as a "shock worker" on the camp's bulletin board. It was her job not to let anyone have an easy time of it (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сделать поблажки
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87 сделать поблажку
• ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ (ДЕЛАТЬ/СДЕЛАТЬ) ПОБЛАЖКУ ( и) кому coll; ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ ПОТАЧКУ obs, coll; ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ ПОВАДКУ obs, substand[VP; subj: usu. human]=====⇒ to react to sth. (s.o.'s undesirable, underhanded etc behavior or action) mildly, be lenient with s.o.:- X let Y take liberties with...;- X is tough on Y.♦...Дедушка сам работал не разгибая спины и от других требовал того же, никому... не давал поблажки: ни сыновьям, ни внукам, ни подмастерьям, ни зятю... (Рыбаков 1). Grandfather himself worked without let-up and he demanded the same of the others. He made no allowances for anybody, neither his sons and grandsons, nor his workmen, nor his son-in-law... (1a).♦ Рано или поздно так случалось со всеми [собаками]. Одни теряли чутье или слепли от старости, другие слишком привыкали к своим подконвойным и начинали им делать кое-какие поблажки, третьих - от долгой службы - постигало страшное помрачение ума, заставлявшее их рычать и кидаться на собственного хозина (Владимов 1). Sooner or later it happened to all of them [the dogs] Some lost their "nose" or went blind from old age; others got too familiar with the prisoners and began to make little concessions to them, others, from overlong service, were afflicted by a terrible clouding of the mind which made them growl and attack their own masters (1a).♦ А если я... желал, чтоб эти взносы делались не по принуждению, то опять-таки не затем, чтоб дать поблажку непросвещённой и грубой черни... (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). And if...I further desired that the peasants should not be made to pay up by force, it was again not because I sought in any way to show any indulgence to the ill-mannered and ignorant mob... (2a).♦ [Бурмистр:] Какие ж мои окаянства? Что потачки вам не даю, вот вас всех злоба за что... (Писемский 1). [Bailiff:] What are my abominations? Because I don't let you have your own way - that's why all of you are angry! (1a).♦ "А это на что похоже, что вчера только восемь фунтов пшена отпустила, опять спрашивают... А я пшена не отпущу... Нет, я потачки за барское добро не дам. Ну виданное ли это дело - восемь фунтов?" (Толстой 2). "And what sort of game is this? Only yesterday I let them have eight pounds of rice and now they're asking for more!...I'm not giving you any more rice....No, I'm not letting anybody take liberties with the master's things Well, who ever heard of such a thing-eight pounds?" (2b).♦ Буйная имеет десять лет... Два сына сидят в уголовных лагерях на севере. Она работает вовсю, висит на доске лагерных ударников. Её обязанность - никому не давать поблажки (Ивинская 1). Bui nay a was serving a ten-year sentence....Her two sons were in camps for common criminals in the North. She worked for all she was worth and was always being commended as a "shock worker" on the camp's bulletin board. It was her job not to let anyone have an easy time of it (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сделать поблажку
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88 bicho
m.1 beast, animal (animal).2 little terror (pillo).3 vermin, bug, insect, creepy-crawly.4 scoundrel, vicious tongue.* * *\bicho raro oddball, weirdo* * *noun m.bug, small animal* * *SM1) (Zool) [gen] small animal; (=insecto) bug, creepy-crawly *; (Taur) bull; Cuba, Cono Sur (=gusano) maggot, grub; And (=serpiente) snake; LAm (=animal extraño) odd-looking creature3) * (=persona) oddball *mal bicho — rogue, villain
es un mal bicho — he's a nasty piece of work, he's a rotter *
todo bicho viviente — every living soul, every man-jack of them
bicho raro — weirdo *
4) * pey (=niño) brat *sí, bichito — yes, my love
5) CAm (=niño) child, little boy6) And (=peste aviar) fowl pest7) (Mil) squaddie *, recruit8) Caribe (=chisme) what's-it *, thingummy ** * *1) (fam)a) ( insecto) insect, bug (colloq), creepy-crawly (colloq)b) ( animal) animal, creature, critter (AmE colloq)me picó or (Esp) ha picado un bicho — I've been bitten by something
2) (fam) ( persona maligna) nasty piece of work (colloq), mean son of a bitch (AmE sl)* * *= critter, bug.Ex. The article is entitled 'Dogs, ponies and conservation critters in Arizona'.Ex. In this videotape, students learn about the similar characteristics that all bugs share and compare them to their close cousins, the arachnids.----* bicho malo = nasty piece of work.* bicho raro = flake, freak, oddball [odd ball], kooky, rare bird, odd bird, odd fish, freak of nature, rare breed, weirdo, nerd, geek, nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.].* infestado de bichos = bug-ridden.* todo bicho viviente = every living soul, everyone and their mother, every Tom, Dick and Harry.* * *1) (fam)a) ( insecto) insect, bug (colloq), creepy-crawly (colloq)b) ( animal) animal, creature, critter (AmE colloq)me picó or (Esp) ha picado un bicho — I've been bitten by something
2) (fam) ( persona maligna) nasty piece of work (colloq), mean son of a bitch (AmE sl)* * *= critter, bug.Ex: The article is entitled 'Dogs, ponies and conservation critters in Arizona'.
Ex: In this videotape, students learn about the similar characteristics that all bugs share and compare them to their close cousins, the arachnids.* bicho malo = nasty piece of work.* bicho raro = flake, freak, oddball [odd ball], kooky, rare bird, odd bird, odd fish, freak of nature, rare breed, weirdo, nerd, geek, nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.].* infestado de bichos = bug-ridden.* todo bicho viviente = every living soul, everyone and their mother, every Tom, Dick and Harry.* * *Ame ha picado algún bicho I've been bittenCompuestos:( RPl) tickB ( fam) (persona — maligna) nasty piece of work ( colloq), nasty character ( colloq), mean son of a bitch ( AmE sl)(— fea): el pobre chico es un bicho the poor guy is so ugly …es un bicho raro he's an oddball o a queer fish ( colloq)me miró como si fuera un bicho raro he looked at me as if I was from another planet ( colloq)no había bicho viviente en la calle there wasn't a living soul on the streettodo bicho viviente everyonebicho malo nunca muere ( Esp); the devil looks after his ownno comas eso que te hará mal — no te preocupes, bicho malo nunca muere don't eat that, it'll make you ill — don't worry, I'm as tough as old leather o ( BrE) boots* * *
Del verbo bichar: ( conjugate bichar)
bicho es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
bichó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
bicho sustantivo masculino
1 (fam)
me picó or (Esp) ha picado un bicho I've been bitten by something
2 (fam) ( persona) nasty piece of work (colloq);◊ bicho raro weirdo (colloq);
todo bicho viviente everyone
bicho sustantivo masculino
1 (insecto) bug, insect
(animal) animal
(cebo) bait
2 (niño) little devil 3 (mal) bicho (persona perversa) nasty piece of work
fig fam bicho raro, weirdo: Pedro es un bicho raro, Pedro is a weirdo
fam hum bicho viviente, living soul: todo bicho viviente tiene un móvil, every mother's son has a mobile phone
' bicho' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
rara
- raro
English:
bug
- odd
- oddbod
- oddity
- oddball
* * *bicho nm1. [insecto] bug, creepy-crawly;lo picó un bicho he was bitten by an insect;Fam¿qué bicho le ha picado? Br what's up with him?, US what's eating him?RP bicho bolita [cochinilla] woodlouse; RP bicho de luz [gusano de luz] glow-worm [pillo] little terror;bicho raro weirdobicho viviente:siempre está intentado ligar con todo bicho viviente he'll try to Br get off with o US hit on anything that moves;no hay bicho viviente que se coma esto there isn't a creature alive that would eat thatde puro bicho out of pure spite* * *mcreepy-crawly;¿qué bicho te ha picado? what’s eating you?;no hay bicho viviente fam there isn’t a living soul2 ( animal) creature;(mal) bicho fig fam nasty piece of work;bicho raro weirdo fam* * *bicho nm: small animal, bug, insect* * *bicho n2. (animal) animal -
89 man
[mæn] plural men [men]1. noun1) an adult male human being:Hundreds of men, women and children
رَجُلa four-man team.
2) human beings taken as a whole; the human race:الإنْسانthe development of man.
3) obviously masculine male person:شَخْص رُجوليHe's independent, tough, strong, brave – a real man!
4) a word sometimes used in speaking informally or giving commands to someone:يا اخ!Get on with your work, man, and stop complaining!
5) an ordinary soldier, who is not an officer:جُنْدي عاديofficers and men.
6) a piece used in playing chess or draughts:بَيْدَق الشَّطْرَنْجI took three of his men in one move.
2. verb– past tense, past participle mannedto supply with men ( especially soldiers):يُجَهِّز، يُزَوِّدThe colonel manned the guns with soldiers from our regiment.
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90 тяжёлый
прл1) имеющий большой вес heavyтяжёлая су́мка — heavy bag
тяжёлое пальто́ — heavy coat
тяжёлая промы́шленность — heavy industry
2) трудный difficult, hard, toughтяжёлый труд — hard work/labo(u)r
3) серьёзный serious, heavyтяжёлое преступле́ние — grave/serious crime/offence
тяжёлое наказа́ние — severe punishment
тяжёлые поте́ри — heavy losses
4) опасный bad, grave, seriousтяжёлая боле́знь — grave/serious illness
тяжёлое ране́ние — bad/serious/severe/grievous lit wound
тяжёлые после́дствия — grave/serious consequences
5) мучительный painful, heavyтяжёлое чу́вство — heavy heart, плохое предчувствие misgiving(s)
тяжёлое зре́лище — painful/sorry sight
6) о характере difficultу неё тяжёлый хара́ктер — she's pretty difficult, she's hard to deal with/to get on with
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91 Он действительно был крутым парнем, с которым было трудно поладить
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Он действительно был крутым парнем, с которым было трудно поладить
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92 легче на поворотах!
General subject: don't get so tough with me!Универсальный русско-английский словарь > легче на поворотах!
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93 полегче на поворотах!
General subject: don't get so tough with me!, mind what you say!, watch your tongue!, watch your step!Универсальный русско-английский словарь > полегче на поворотах!
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94 Ш-76
НА СВОЕЙ ШКУРЕ испытать что НА (СВОЕЙ) СОБСТВЕННОЙ ШКУРЕ both coll PrepP these forms only adv fixed WO(to experience, live through sth.) personally, so that one understands it intimatelyX на своей шкуре испытал Y - X (has) experienced Y firsthand (at first hand)X went (has gone) through Y himself X knows (learned etc) what Y feels (is) like.В этот... период жизни с Альбиной дано было Лёве на своей шкуре испытать всю силу и ужас собственной НЕ любви (именно отдельно НЕ, а не вместе: просто нелюбовь -просто эмоция)... (Битов 2). In this period of his life with Al-bina...Lyova was allowed to experience firsthand the full force and horror of his own nor-love (precisely, лог-love: mere unlove is mere emotion)... (2a).Даже чечено-ингуши и калмыки... на своей шкуре испытавшие мудрость сталинской национальной политики (они все были высланы Сталиным в места не столь отдалённые), - и те тоже очень возмущаются... (Ивин-ская 1). Even the Chechens, Ingush, and Kalmyks, who had experienced at first hand the wisdom of Stalin's policies toward the minorites (they were deported, men, women, and children, to remote areas of the country), joined in the chorus of indignation... (1a).Снова долг заставляет меня свидетельствовать о том, что пока ещё, по-моему, никто не рассказал, а мне довелось испытать на собственной шкуре (Марченко 2). Duty once more compels me to tell what I think has not yet been told by anyone and what I went through myself (2a).«Я ведь тоже за Сталина. Но хотелось бы поменьше славословий - режут ухо». - «Непонятное ещё не есть неправильное, - ответил Марк, - верь в партию, в её мудрость. Начинается строгое время». Саша усмехнулся. «Сегодня на своей шкуре испытал» (Рыбаков 2). "I mean, I'm for Stalin, but I just wish there was a bit less glorification. It grates on me." "Something not understood is not the same as something wrong," Mark replied. "You must believe in the Party and its wisdom. Things are going to get tough." Sasha laughed. "Yes...1 learned what that's like today" (2a). -
95 на своей собственной шкуре
• НА СВОЕЙ ШКУРЕ испытать что; НА (СВОЕЙ) СОБСТВЕННОЙ ШКУРЕ both coll[PrepP; these forms only; adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ (to experience, live through sth.) personally, so that one understands it intimately:- X went < has gone> through Y himself;- X knows <learned etc> what Y feels <is> like.♦ В этот... период жизни с Альбиной дано было Лёве на своей шкуре испытать всю силу и ужас собственной НЕ любви (именно отдельно НЕ, а не вместе: просто нелюбовь - просто эмоция)... (Битов 2). In this period of his life with Albina... Lyova was allowed to experience firsthand the full force and horror of his own nor-love (precisely, not-love: mere unlove is mere emotion)... (2a).♦ Даже чечено-ингуши и калмыки... на своей шкуре испытавшие мудрость сталинской национальной политики (они все были высланы Сталиным в места не столь отдаленные), - и те тоже очень возмущаются... (Ивинская 1). Even the Chechens, Ingush, and Kalmyks, who had experienced at first hand the wisdom of Stalin's policies toward the minorites (they were deported, men, women, and children, to remote areas of the country), joined in the chorus of indignation... (1a).♦ Снова долг заставляет меня свидетельствовать о том, что пока ещё, по-моему, никто не рассказал, а мне довелось испытать на собственной шкуре (Марченко 2). Duty once more compels me to tell what I think has not yet been told by anyone and what I went through myself (2a).♦ "Я ведь тоже за Сталина. Но хотелось бы поменьше славословий - режут ухо". - "Непонятное ещё не есть неправильное, - ответил Марк, - верь в партию, в её мудрость. Начинается строгое время". Саша усмехнулся. "Сегодня на своей шкуре испытал" (Рыбаков 2). "I mean, I'm for Stalin, but I just wish there was a bit less glorification. It grates on me." "Something not understood is not the same as something wrong," Mark replied. "You must believe in the Party and its wisdom. Things are going to get tough." Sasha laughed. "Yes...I learned what that's like today" (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на своей собственной шкуре
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96 на своей шкуре
• НА СВОЕЙ ШКУРЕ испытать что; НА (СВОЕЙ) СОБСТВЕННОЙ ШКУРЕ both coll[PrepP; these forms only; adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ (to experience, live through sth.) personally, so that one understands it intimately:- X went < has gone> through Y himself;- X knows <learned etc> what Y feels <is> like.♦ В этот... период жизни с Альбиной дано было Лёве на своей шкуре испытать всю силу и ужас собственной НЕ любви (именно отдельно НЕ, а не вместе: просто нелюбовь - просто эмоция)... (Битов 2). In this period of his life with Albina... Lyova was allowed to experience firsthand the full force and horror of his own nor-love (precisely, not-love: mere unlove is mere emotion)... (2a).♦ Даже чечено-ингуши и калмыки... на своей шкуре испытавшие мудрость сталинской национальной политики (они все были высланы Сталиным в места не столь отдаленные), - и те тоже очень возмущаются... (Ивинская 1). Even the Chechens, Ingush, and Kalmyks, who had experienced at first hand the wisdom of Stalin's policies toward the minorites (they were deported, men, women, and children, to remote areas of the country), joined in the chorus of indignation... (1a).♦ Снова долг заставляет меня свидетельствовать о том, что пока ещё, по-моему, никто не рассказал, а мне довелось испытать на собственной шкуре (Марченко 2). Duty once more compels me to tell what I think has not yet been told by anyone and what I went through myself (2a).♦ "Я ведь тоже за Сталина. Но хотелось бы поменьше славословий - режут ухо". - "Непонятное ещё не есть неправильное, - ответил Марк, - верь в партию, в её мудрость. Начинается строгое время". Саша усмехнулся. "Сегодня на своей шкуре испытал" (Рыбаков 2). "I mean, I'm for Stalin, but I just wish there was a bit less glorification. It grates on me." "Something not understood is not the same as something wrong," Mark replied. "You must believe in the Party and its wisdom. Things are going to get tough." Sasha laughed. "Yes...I learned what that's like today" (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на своей шкуре
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97 на собственной шкуре
• НА СВОЕЙ ШКУРЕ испытать что; НА (СВОЕЙ) СОБСТВЕННОЙ ШКУРЕ both coll[PrepP; these forms only; adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ (to experience, live through sth.) personally, so that one understands it intimately:- X went < has gone> through Y himself;- X knows <learned etc> what Y feels <is> like.♦ В этот... период жизни с Альбиной дано было Лёве на своей шкуре испытать всю силу и ужас собственной НЕ любви (именно отдельно НЕ, а не вместе: просто нелюбовь - просто эмоция)... (Битов 2). In this period of his life with Albina... Lyova was allowed to experience firsthand the full force and horror of his own nor-love (precisely, not-love: mere unlove is mere emotion)... (2a).♦ Даже чечено-ингуши и калмыки... на своей шкуре испытавшие мудрость сталинской национальной политики (они все были высланы Сталиным в места не столь отдаленные), - и те тоже очень возмущаются... (Ивинская 1). Even the Chechens, Ingush, and Kalmyks, who had experienced at first hand the wisdom of Stalin's policies toward the minorites (they were deported, men, women, and children, to remote areas of the country), joined in the chorus of indignation... (1a).♦ Снова долг заставляет меня свидетельствовать о том, что пока ещё, по-моему, никто не рассказал, а мне довелось испытать на собственной шкуре (Марченко 2). Duty once more compels me to tell what I think has not yet been told by anyone and what I went through myself (2a).♦ "Я ведь тоже за Сталина. Но хотелось бы поменьше славословий - режут ухо". - "Непонятное ещё не есть неправильное, - ответил Марк, - верь в партию, в её мудрость. Начинается строгое время". Саша усмехнулся. "Сегодня на своей шкуре испытал" (Рыбаков 2). "I mean, I'm for Stalin, but I just wish there was a bit less glorification. It grates on me." "Something not understood is not the same as something wrong," Mark replied. "You must believe in the Party and its wisdom. Things are going to get tough." Sasha laughed. "Yes...I learned what that's like today" (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на собственной шкуре
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98 do’ppi
a usu. four sided skullcap, normally black or green with a stylized white almond motif on each side. do’ppi tor kelganda when things get tough. do’ppisi yarimta/do’ppini osmonga ot /do’ppisini ol desa, kallasini/do’ppini yerga qo’yib o’yla to take time out to think about s.t -
99 aznavur
1. strapping and pugnacious man, tough guy. 2. daring fighter. 3. wild, unruly, unmanageable. 4. brave and daring. 5. (man) who is big, pugnacious, and hard to get along with. -
100 tanto
adj.so much, all that much, that much, as much.adv.so much, such a lot, so, so very much.pron.as much, so much, all that much, that much.m.1 portion, certain amount.2 score point, point.* * *► adjetivo1 (incontables) so much; (contables) so many■ ¡tengo tanto calor! I'm so hot!■ ¡ha pasado tanto tiempo! it's been so long!2 (comparación - incontable) as much; (- contables) as many1 (incontable) so much; (contable) so many► adverbio1 (cantidad) so much■ ¡te quiero tanto! I love you so much!2 (tiempo) so long3 (frecuencia) so often2 (cantidad imprecisa) so much, a certain amount3 (poco) bit\a las tantas familiar very late, at an unearthly houra tantos de sometime incon tanto / de tanto with so muchcuanto más... tanto más... the more... the more...en tanto / entre tanto / mientras tanto meanwhileeso es tanto como... that is like...ni tanto ni tan poco / ni tanto ni tan calvo familiar neither one extreme nor the otherno es para tanto / no hay para tanto it's not that badno será tanto it can't be as bad as you make outotro tanto as much again, the same againpor lo tanto thereforeser uno de tantos / ser una de tantos to be nothing specialtanto cuanto as much astanto más / tanto menos all the more / all the lesstanto mejor / tanto peor so much the better / so much the worsetanto si... como si... whether... or...uno de tantos / una de tantas run-of-the-milltanto por ciento percentage————————2 (cantidad imprecisa) so much, a certain amount3 (poco) bit* * *1. noun m.1) point, goal3) rate•2. (f. - tanta)adj.1) so many, so much, such2) as many, as much3. adv.1) so much2) so long•- al tanto- entre tanto
- por lo tanto
- un tanto 4. (f. - tanta)pron.so many, so much* * *1. ADJ1) [indicando gran cantidad] [en singular] so much; [en plural] so manyahora no bebo tanta leche — I don't drink so o as much milk now
tiene tanto dinero que no sabe qué hacer con él — he has so much money he doesn't know what to do with it
¡tuve tanta suerte! — I was so lucky!
¡tengo tantas cosas que hacer hoy! — I have so many things to do today!
había tantos coches que no había donde aparcar — there were so many cars that there was nowhere to park
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tanto gusto — how do you do?, pleased to meet you2) [indicando cantidad indeterminada]hay otros tantos candidatos — there are as many more candidates, there's the same number of candidates again
2. PRON1) (=gran cantidad) [en singular] so much; [en plural] so manyvinieron tantos que no cabían en la sala — so many people came that they wouldn't all fit into the room
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es uno de tantos — he's nothing special2) (=cantidad indeterminada)nació en el mil novecientos cuarenta y tantos — she was born in nineteen forty-something o some time in the forties
las tantas (de la madrugada o de la noche) —
el tren llegó a las tantas — the train arrived really late o in the middle of the night
-¿qué hora es? -deben de ser las tantas — "what's the time?" - "it must be pretty late"
3) [otras locuciones]•
entre tanto — meanwhile•
mientras tanto — meanwhile•
no es para tanto — [al quejarse] it's not as bad as all that; [al enfadarse] there's no need to get like that about it•
por lo tanto — so, thereforeni tanto así —
¡y tanto! —
-¿necesitarás unas vacaciones? -¡y tanto! — "do you need a holiday?" - "you bet I do!"
3. ADV1) [con verbos] [indicando duración, cantidad] so much; [indicando frecuencia] so oftense preocupa tanto que no puede dormir — he gets so worried that he can't sleep, he worries so much that he can't sleep
¡cuesta tanto comprar una casa! — buying a house is such hard work!
¡no corras tanto! — don't run so fast!
ya no vamos tanto al cine — we don't go to the cinema so o as much any more
ahora no la veo tanto — I don't see so o as much of her now, I don't see her so often now
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tanto como, él gasta tanto como yo — he spends as much as I do o as metanto como corre, va a perder la carrera — he may be a fast runner, but he's still going to lose the race
montar 2., 3)•
tanto es así que — so much so that2) [con adjetivos, adverbios]los dos son ya mayores, aunque su mujer no tanto — the two of them are elderly, although his wife less so
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tanto como, es difícil, pero tanto como eso no creo — it's difficult, but not that difficultes un poco tacaño, pero tanto como estafador, no — he's a bit on the mean side, but I wouldn't go so far as to call him a swindler
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es tanto más difícil — it is all the more difficultes tanto más loable cuanto que... — it is all the more praiseworthy because...
tanto peor para ti — it's your loss o that's just too bad
3) [en locuciones conjuntivas]•
en tanto — as (being)estoy en contra de la leyes en tanto sistema represivo — I am against laws as (being) a repressive system
no puede haber democracia en tanto que siga habiendo torturas — for as long as there is torture, there can never be democracy, there cannot be democracy while there is torture
4. SM1) (=cantidad)¿qué tanto será? — LAm how much (is it)?
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otro tanto, las máquinas costaron otro tanto — the machines cost as much again o the same again2) (=punto) (Ftbl, Hockey) goal; (Baloncesto, Tenis) point•
apuntar los tantos — to keep scoretanto a favor — goal for, point for
apuntarse 3)tanto en contra — goal against, point against
3)• estar al tanto — to be up to date
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mantener a algn al tanto de algo — to keep sb informed about sth•
poner a algn al tanto de algo — to put sb in the picture about sth4)• un tanto — [como adv] rather
* * *I1) [see note under tan] ( aplicado a adjetivo o adverbio) so; ( aplicado a verbo) so muchsi es así, tanto mejor — if that's the case, so much the better
y si no te gusta, tanto peor para ti — and if you don't like it, too bad o (colloq) tough!
no es tan difícil — it's not that difficult
ya no salimos tanto — nowadays we don't go out so often o so much
tan/tanto... que — so... (that)
tan/tanto... como — as... as
sale tanto como tú — he goes out as much o as often as you do
2) (AmL exc RPl)qué tanto/qué tan: ¿qué tan alto es? how tall is he?; ¿qué tanto hay de cierto en eso? — how much of it is true?
3) para locs ver tanto III 2)II- ta adjetivo1)a) (sing) so much; (pl) so manyhabía tanto espacio/tantos niños — there was so much space/there were so many children
tiene tanta fuerza...! — she has such strength...!
tanto/tantos... como as much/as many...as; sufro tanto como ella I suffer as much as she does; no hubo tantos turistas como el año pasado there weren't been as many o so many tourists as last year; tengo tanta suerte como tú — I'm as lucky as you are
b) (fam) ( expresando cantidades indeterminadas)tenía setenta y tantos años — he was seventy something, he was seventy-odd (colloq)
2) (sing) (fam) ( con valor plural) so manyIII- ta pronombre1)a) (sing) so much; (pl) so manyquería azúcar, pero no tanta — I wanted sugar but not that much
¿de verdad gana tanto? — does he really earn that much?
ni tanto ni tan calvo or tan poco — there's no need to go that far
no ser para tanto — (fam)
no te pongas así, no es para tanto — come on, there's no need to get like that about it
duele, pero no es para tanto — it hurts, but it's not that bad
tanto tienes tanto vales — you are what you own
b) (fam) ( expresando cantidades indeterminadas)cincuenta y tantas — fifty-odd, fifty or so
c) tanto ( refiriéndose a tiempo) so longaún faltan dos horas - ¿tanto? — there's still two hours to go - what? that long?
2) (en locs)en tanto + subj — as long as, so long as
entre tanto — meanwhile, in the meantime
hasta tanto + subj — (frml)
cuesta $15 y las pilas, casi otro tanto — it costs $15 and then the batteries cost nearly as much again
otro tanto cabe decir de... — the same can be said of...
IVtan siquiera: no pudo ni tan siquiera gritar he couldn't even shout; cómprale tan siquiera unas flores at least buy her some flowers; si tan siquiera me hubieras prevenido! if only you'd warned me!; tan sólo only; tanto es así que... so much so that...; tanto más cuanto que... — especially since...
1) ( cantidad)2) ( punto - en fútbol) goal; (- en fútbol americano) point; (- en tenis, en juegos) point3) (en locs)al tanto: me puso al tanto she put me in the picture; mantenerse al tanto de to keep up to date with; te mantendré al tanto I'll keep you informed; estar al tanto (pendiente, alerta) to be on the ball (colloq); ya está al tanto de lo ocurrido he already knows what's happened; un tanto triste — somewhat o rather o a little sad
* * *I1) [see note under tan] ( aplicado a adjetivo o adverbio) so; ( aplicado a verbo) so muchsi es así, tanto mejor — if that's the case, so much the better
y si no te gusta, tanto peor para ti — and if you don't like it, too bad o (colloq) tough!
no es tan difícil — it's not that difficult
ya no salimos tanto — nowadays we don't go out so often o so much
tan/tanto... que — so... (that)
tan/tanto... como — as... as
sale tanto como tú — he goes out as much o as often as you do
2) (AmL exc RPl)qué tanto/qué tan: ¿qué tan alto es? how tall is he?; ¿qué tanto hay de cierto en eso? — how much of it is true?
3) para locs ver tanto III 2)II- ta adjetivo1)a) (sing) so much; (pl) so manyhabía tanto espacio/tantos niños — there was so much space/there were so many children
tiene tanta fuerza...! — she has such strength...!
tanto/tantos... como as much/as many...as; sufro tanto como ella I suffer as much as she does; no hubo tantos turistas como el año pasado there weren't been as many o so many tourists as last year; tengo tanta suerte como tú — I'm as lucky as you are
b) (fam) ( expresando cantidades indeterminadas)tenía setenta y tantos años — he was seventy something, he was seventy-odd (colloq)
2) (sing) (fam) ( con valor plural) so manyIII- ta pronombre1)a) (sing) so much; (pl) so manyquería azúcar, pero no tanta — I wanted sugar but not that much
¿de verdad gana tanto? — does he really earn that much?
ni tanto ni tan calvo or tan poco — there's no need to go that far
no ser para tanto — (fam)
no te pongas así, no es para tanto — come on, there's no need to get like that about it
duele, pero no es para tanto — it hurts, but it's not that bad
tanto tienes tanto vales — you are what you own
b) (fam) ( expresando cantidades indeterminadas)cincuenta y tantas — fifty-odd, fifty or so
c) tanto ( refiriéndose a tiempo) so longaún faltan dos horas - ¿tanto? — there's still two hours to go - what? that long?
2) (en locs)en tanto + subj — as long as, so long as
entre tanto — meanwhile, in the meantime
hasta tanto + subj — (frml)
cuesta $15 y las pilas, casi otro tanto — it costs $15 and then the batteries cost nearly as much again
otro tanto cabe decir de... — the same can be said of...
IVtan siquiera: no pudo ni tan siquiera gritar he couldn't even shout; cómprale tan siquiera unas flores at least buy her some flowers; si tan siquiera me hubieras prevenido! if only you'd warned me!; tan sólo only; tanto es así que... so much so that...; tanto más cuanto que... — especially since...
1) ( cantidad)2) ( punto - en fútbol) goal; (- en fútbol americano) point; (- en tenis, en juegos) point3) (en locs)al tanto: me puso al tanto she put me in the picture; mantenerse al tanto de to keep up to date with; te mantendré al tanto I'll keep you informed; estar al tanto (pendiente, alerta) to be on the ball (colloq); ya está al tanto de lo ocurrido he already knows what's happened; un tanto triste — somewhat o rather o a little sad
* * *tanto1* al tanto = in the know, in step.* al tanto de = on the lookout for, on the alert for, in step with.* debe por lo tanto ser una consecuencia lógica que = it must therefore follow that.* en tanto por ciento = percentage-wise.* estar al tanto = monitor + developments.* estar al tanto de = be on the lookout for, keep + track of, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.* estar al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.* mantenerse al tanto = stay + tuned.* mantenerse al tanto de = keep in + sync, keep + a finger on the pulse of, keep + track of, stay in + step with, keep in + step with, keep + step with.* mantenerse al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.* mantenerse al tanto de las noticias = keep up with + the news.* mantenerse al tanto de los avances = track + developments.* mientras tanto = in (the) meantime, meantime, ad interim.* no estar al tanto de = be out of touch with.* otros tantos = as many.* poner a Alguien al tanto de = fill + Alguien + in on.* poner al tanto (de) = bring into + the swim of, bring + Nombre + up to speed (on), get + Nombre + up to speed on.* poner al tanto sobre = give + Nombre + the lowdown on.* ponerse al tanto = get + up to speed, wise up.* ponerse al tanto de = get up to + speed on.* por lo tanto = consequently, ergo, so, then, thereby, therefore, thus, it follows that.* por tanto = consequently, ergo, so, then, thereby, therefore, thus, it follows that.tanto2= so much, so + Participio, quite so much.Ex: It is rather a pity that book reviewers tend to ignore this very popular genre so much.
Ex: On the other hand, 626 is now unused, for the subject to which it was originally allocated, Canal engineering, has so decreased in importance that it no longer justifies a separate heading.Ex: But we are not then acting quite so much out of blindness or inarticulateness; we are selfishly or fearfully or wilfully trying to short-circuit what we know underneath to be more nearly the true state of things.* cada tanto = every so often, every now and then, every now and again, every once in a while.* cada tantos minutos = every few minutes.* cada tantos + Período de Tiempo = every few + Período de Tiempo.* cada tanto tiempo = every so often, every now and then, every now and again, every once in a while.* cambiar tanto que resulta irreconocible = change + beyond (all) recognition.* con tan buenos resultados = to such good effect.* con tan poca antelación = at such short notice.* con tan poca anticipación = at such short notice.* con tanta frecuencia = so often.* desde hace tanto tiempo = so long.* dinero que tanto ha costado ganar = hard-earned money.* durante tanto tiempo = for so long, so long.* durante tanto tiempo como sea posible = for as long as possible.* en tanto en cuanto = as long as, so long as.* en tanto en cuanto que = inasmuch as, insomuch as.* en tanto en cuanto + Subjuntivo = provided (that).* en tanto que = insofar as [in so far as].* es por lo tanto deducible = it therefore follows that.* es por lo tanto lógico que = it therefore follows that.* estar mareado de tanto trabajo = be reeling.* estar tan bueno que no se puede dejar de comer = moreish, moreish.* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.* no ser tan bueno como se dice = not + it's cracked up to be.* no tan bueno = not-so-good.* quedarse tan fresco = not bat an eyelash, not bat an eyelid.* ser tan buen momento como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.* ser un momento tan bueno como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.* tan = all too + Adjetivo.* tan + Adjetivo = most + Adjetivo, so + Adjetivo, as + Adjetivo + as that.* tan + Adjetivo/Adverbio = all that + Adjetivo/Adverbio.* tan + Adjetivo + como = as + Adjetivo + as, every bit as + Adjetivo + as.* tan + Adjetivo + como de costumbre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.* tan + Adjetivo + como siempre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.* tan + Adverbio = ever so + Adverbio.* tan amado de todos = so beloved of all.* tan amado por todos = so beloved of all.* tan a menudo = so often.* tan anunciado = much-vaunted, much-touted, long-heralded, much-heralded.* tan astuto como un zorro = as sly as a fox, as wily as a fox.* tan borracho como una cuba = as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a newt, as drunk as a skunk.* tan bueno como ningún otro = as good as any.* tan cacareado = much-vaunted, much-touted, long-heralded, much-heralded, much acclaimed.* tan claro como el agua = as clear as a bell.* tan duro como el pedernal = as hard as nails.* tan duro como la piedra = as hard as nails.* tan duro como la suela de un zapato = as tough as leather, as tough as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.* tan duro como una piedra = as hard as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as nails, as tough as leather, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.* tan fácil como coser y cantar = as simple as ABC.* tan famoso = much acclaimed.* tan fresco = as cool as a cucumber.* tan inocente como un bebé = as innocent as a lamb.* tan lejano como = as far afield as.* tan lejos como = as far away as.* tan manso como un cordero = as meek as a lamb.* tan pancho = as cool as a cucumber, unfazed.* tan pregonado = much-vaunted.* tan pronto = quite so soon.* tan pronto como = as soon as, just as soon as, no sooner... than.* tan pronto como + Pronombre + sea posible = at + Posesivo + earliest convenience.* tan pronto como sea posible = as soon as possible (asap), at an early a juncture as possible.* tan querido de todos = so beloved of all.* tan querido por todos = so beloved of all.* tan rápido como una liebre = as quick as a wink.* tan rápido como un rayo = as quick as a wink.* tan rápido como un relámpago = as quick as a wink.* tan renombrado = much acclaimed.* tan simple como = with as little ado as.* tan sordo como una tapia = as deaf as a post.* tan sorprendente como pueda parecer = as amazing as it seems.* tan suave como el terciopelo = as smooth as silk, as soft as velvet.* tan suave como la seda = as soft as silk, as smooth as silk.* tan suave como un guante = as meek as a lamb.* tanto como = as many... as..., as much as + Adjetivo, both... and..., no less than, equally, if not, so much as.* tanto como sea posible = as far as possible.* tanto como siempre = as much as ever.* tanto es así que = so much so that.* tanto mejor = so much the better.* tanto por ciento = percentage.* tanto que = so much so that, insomuch that.* tantos = so many.* tanto tiempo = so much time, this long, such a very long time.* tan tranquilo = unfazed.* tardar tanto tiempo en = take + so long to.* uno más de tantos en la organización = a cog in the machine.* uno más de tantos en la organización = a cog in the wheel.* un tanto + Adjetivo = vaguely + Adjetivo.tanto33 = goal.Ex: Kristen Taylor leads Carolina with three goals and an assist.
* encargado de anotar los tantos = scorer.* marcar un tanto = score, poach + a goal, score + goal.* tanto de la victoria = winning goal.* tanto del empate = equaliser [equalizer, -USA].* * *es tan difícil de describir it's so difficult to describe¡es una chica tan amable! she's such a nice girl!¡te he echado tanto de menos! I've missed you so much!si es así, tanto mejor if that's the case, so much the bettery si no te gusta, tanto peor para ti and if you don't like it, too bad o ( colloq) tough!vamos, no es tan difícil come on, it's not that difficult¡y tanto! and how!el tan esperado acontecimiento the long-awaited eventya no cenamos afuera tanto nowadays we don't eat out so often o so muchde tanto que habla te marea he talks so much he makes your head spines tanto más importante cuanto que es su única fuente de ingresos ( frml); it is all the more important because it is his only source of incomeno deberías trabajar/gastar tanto you shouldn't work so hard/spend so muchtan/tanto … QUE:llegó tan tarde que ya no había nadie he arrived so late (that) everybody had gonetanto insistió que no tuve más remedio que quedarme he was so insistent that I just had to staytan/tanto … COMO:no es tan tímida como parece she's not as shy as she lookssale tanto como tú/como se lo permiten los compromisos he goes out as much o as often as you do/as his commitments allowtan pronto como le sea posible as soon as you can, as soon as possibleno han mejorado tanto como para poder ganar el torneo they haven't improved enough to win the tournamenttanto Suárez como Vargas votaron en contra both Suárez and Vargas voted againstte lo cobran tanto si lo comes como si no lo comes they charge you for it whether you eat it or notB( AmL exc CS): qué tanto/qué tan: ¿qué tan alto es? how tall is he?es difícil decir qué tanto hay de autobiográfico en la novela it is difficult to say how much of the novel is autobiographicalA1 ( sing) so much; (pl) so manyno sabía que había tanto espacio/tantas habitaciones I didn't know there was so much space/there were so many roomshabía tantísima gente ( fam); there were so many o such a lot of people¡tiene tanta fuerza …! she has such strength …!, she is so strong …!¡tanto tiempo sin verte! it's been so long!, it's been such a long time!tanto … QUE:comió tanto chocolate que le hizo mal he ate so much chocolate (that) it made him illtanto … COMO:tengo tanto derecho como el que más I've got as much right as anyone else o as the next manno ha habido tantos turistas como el año pasado there haven't been as many o so many tourists as last year2 ( fam)(expresando cantidades indeterminadas): tenía setenta y tantos años he was seventy something, he was seventy-odd ( colloq)mil quinientos y tantos pesos one thousand five hundred and something pesos, fifteen hundred something pesos ( AmE)había tanto mosquito que no pudimos dormir there were so many mosquitoes we couldn't sleepA1 ( sing) so much; (pl) so many¿no querías azúcar? — sí, pero no tanta didn't you want sugar? — yes, but not that muchvinieron tantos que no alcanzaron los asientos so many people came there weren't enough seatses uno de tantos he's one of many¡tengo tanto que hacer! I've so much to do!¿de verdad gana tanto? does he really earn that much?ni tanto ni tan calvo or tan poco there's no need to go that farno es para tanto ( fam): no te pongas así, hombre; tampoco es para tanto come on, there's no need to get like that about itduele un poco, pero no es para tanto it hurts a bit, but it's not that badno pinta mal pero tampoco es para tanto she's not a bad artist but she's not that goodtanto tienes, tanto vales you are what you own2 ( fam)(expresando cantidades indeterminadas): hasta las tantas de la madrugada until the early hours of the morningte cobran tanto por folio/por minuto they charge you so much a sheet/a minuteen el año mil ochocientos treinta y tantos in eighteen thirty-somethingcincuenta y tantas fifty-odd, fifty or so3tanto (refiriéndose a tiempo) so longhace tanto que no me llama she hasn't called me for such a long time o for so long, it's been so long since she called metodavía faltan dos horas — ¿tanto? there's still two hours to go — what? that long?B ( en locs):en tanto whileen tanto ella atendía a los clientes, él cocinaba while she served the customers, he did the cookingen tanto + SUBJ as long as, so long asen tanto tú estés aquí as long as you're hereentre tanto meanwhile, in the meantimehasta tanto + SUBJ( frml): hasta tanto (no) se solucione este conflicto until this conflict is solvedotro tanto: otro tanto cabe decir de su política exterior the same can be said of their foreign policyme queda otro tanto por hacer I have as many again still to docuesta unos $15 y las pilas, casi otro tanto it costs about $15 and then the batteries cost nearly as much againpor (lo) tanto thereforetan siquiera: ¡si tan siquiera me hubieras prevenido! if only you'd warned me!no le escribió ni tan siquiera una notita he didn't even write her a little notecómprale tan siquiera unas flores at least buy her some flowers o buy her some flowers, at leasttan sólo onlytenía tan sólo cuatro años he was only four years oldpor tan sólo dos mil pesos for only o for as little as two thousand pesostanto es así or tan así es so much sose sentía mal, tanto es así que no quiso comer she felt ill, so much so that she didn't want anything to eattanto más cuanto que specially since, all the more so becausees importante, tanto más cuanto que es su única fuente de ingresos it's important, specially since o all the more so because it's his only source of incomeA(cantidad): recibe un tanto por ciento por cada venta she gets a percentage o a certain percentage on every saletienes que entregar un tanto de depósito you have to put down so much o a certain amount as a depositapuntarse un tanto to score a pointC ( en locs):al tanto: me puso al tanto she put me in the pictureme mantengo al tanto de lo que pasa en el mundo I keep abreast of o I keep up to date with what is going on in the worldte mantendré al tanto I'll keep you informedya está al tanto de lo ocurrido he already knows what's happenedestáte al tanto para cuando venga keep an eye out for him ( colloq)un tanto somewhat, rather, a littleun tanto triste somewhat o rather o a little sad* * *
tanto 1 adverbio
1 [ see note under
( aplicado a verbo) so much;
¡es una chica tan amable! she's such a nice girl!;
tanto mejor so much the better;
tan solo only;
tanto es así que … so much so that …;
ya no salimos tanto we don't go out so often o so much now;
llegó tan tarde que … he arrived so late (that) …;
no es tan tímida como parece she's not as shy as she looks;
sale tanto como tú he goes out as much as you do;
tan pronto como puedas as soon as you can;
tanto Suárez como Vargas votaron en contra both Suárez and Vargas voted against
2 (AmL exc RPl)◊ qué tanto/qué tan: ¿qué tanto te duele? how much does it hurt?;
¿qué tan alto es? how tall is he?
■ sustantivo masculino
1 ( cantidad):
hay que dejar un tanto de depósito you have to put down a certain amount as a deposit
2 ( punto — en fútbol) goal;
(— en fútbol americano, tenis, juegos) point
3 ( en locs)◊ al tanto: me puso al tanto she put me in the picture;
mantenerse al tanto de algo to keep up to date with sth;
estar al tanto (pendiente, alerta) to be on the ball (colloq);
está al tanto de lo ocurrido he knows what's happened;
un tanto somewhat, rather;
un tanto triste somewhat sad
tanto 2◊ -ta adjetivo
(pl) so many;◊ había tanto espacio/tantos niños there was so much space/there were so many children;
¡tanto tiempo sin verte! it's been so long!;
tanto dinero/tantos turistas como … as much money/as many tourists as …b) (fam) ( expresando cantidades indeterminadas):
■ pronombre
1
(pl) so many;◊ ¡tengo tanto que hacer! I've so much to do!;
vinieron tantos que … so many people came (that) …;
¿de verdad gana tanto? does he really earn that much?;
no ser para tanto (fam): duele, pero no es para tanto it hurts, but it's not that badb) (fam) ( expresando cantidades indeterminadas):
treinta y tantas thirty or soc) ( refiriéndose a tiempo):
aún faltan dos horas — ¿tanto? there's still two hours to go — what? that long?
2 ( en locs)
entre tanto meanwhile, in the meantime;
otro tanto as much again;
me queda otro tanto por hacer I have as much again still to do;
por (lo) tanto therefore
tanto,-a
I adjetivo & pron
1 (gran cantidad, mucho) (con singular) so much
(con plural) so many: ¿cómo puedes ahorrar tanto (dinero)?, how are you able to save so much money?
no necesito tantos folios, I don't need so many sheets of paper
¡hace tanto tiempo!, it's been so long!
no es para tanto, it's not that bad
2 (cantidad imprecisa) le costó cuarenta y tantos dólares, it cost her forty-odd dollars
tiene cincuenta y tantos años, he's fifty something o fifty-odd
3 (en comparaciones: con singular) as much
(: en plural) as many: tiene tantos amigos como tú, he has as many friends as you
II adverbio tanto 1 (hasta tal punto) so much: no deberías beber tanto, you shouldn't drink so much
si vienes con nosotros, tanto mejor, if you come with us, so much the better
tanto peor, so much the worse
2 (referido a tiempo) so long: tardé un mes en escribirlo, - ¿tanto?, I spent one month writing it, - so long?
(a menudo) ya no sale tanto, nowadays he doesn't go out so often
III sustantivo masculino tanto 1 Dep point
Ftb goal
2 (una cantidad determinada) a certain amount
♦ Locuciones: figurado apuntarse un tanto, to score a point
estar al tanto, to be up-to-date
poner al tanto, to put sb in the picture
a las tantas: me llamó a las tantas de la madrugada/de la noche, she phoned me in the early hours of the morning/very late at night
entre tanto, meanwhile
otro tanto, as much again
por lo tanto, therefore
tanto (...) como (...), both: tanto Pedro como María, both Pedro and María
tanto por ciento, percentage
un tanto, somewhat, rather, a bit
un tanto cansado, rather tired
¡y tanto!, and how!
' tanto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alquilar
- amargada
- amargado
- atonía
- bar
- calva
- calvo
- ciento
- cuñada
- cuñado
- embrutecerse
- empañar
- escarnio
- fastidio
- griterío
- gusto
- hartar
- hermano
- histórica
- histórico
- idiotizar
- licuación
- marcar
- mejor
- mientras
- mucha
- mucho
- normal
- objeto
- padre
- para
- parecerse
- permitirse
- que
- ronca
- ronco
- satisfacción
- sobrino
- tanta
- tela
- toda
- todo
- tutearse
- ver
- vencerse
- anotar
- anular
- apuntar
- arreglar
- así
English:
acquaint
- all
- alone
- as
- awaken
- ball
- better
- bog down
- both
- critical
- delay
- din
- ear
- excitement
- fall apart
- fuss over
- hence
- labour
- lie down
- meantime
- meanwhile
- monopolize
- much
- must
- name
- neither
- packaging
- picture
- point
- privy
- rupture
- score
- scorer
- so
- somewhat
- song
- spin out
- stretch out
- such
- that
- therefore
- this
- whereas
- work
- alike
- begrudge
- cope
- every
- fail
- follow
* * *tanto, -a♦ adj1. [gran cantidad] [singular] so much;[plural] so many;tanto dinero so much money, such a lot of money;tanta gente so many people;tiene tanto entusiasmo/tantos amigos que… she is so enthusiastic/has so many friends that…;Famnunca había visto tanto niño junto en mi vida I'd never seen so many children in one place;de tanto gritar se quedó afónico he lost his voice from all that shouting, he shouted so much that he lost his voice;¡tanto quejarse del tiempo y luego se mudan a Alaska! they never stop complaining about the weather and then they move to Alaska!2. [cantidad indeterminada] [singular] so much;[plural] so many;nos daban tantos pesos al día they used to give us so many pesos per day;hay cuarenta y tantos candidatos there are forty-odd o forty or so candidates;tiene treinta y tantos años she's thirty-something o thirty-odd;nos conocimos en el año sesenta y tantos we met in nineteen sixty-something3. [en comparaciones]tanto… como as much… as;tantos… como as many… as;hoy no hay tanta gente como ayer there aren't as many people today as yesterday♦ pron1. [tan gran cantidad] [singular] so much;[plural] so many;tenemos tanto de qué hablar we have so much o such a lot to talk about;¿cómo puedes tener tantos? how can you have so many?;éramos tantos que faltó comida there were so many of us we ran out of food;ser uno de tantos to be nothing special2. [cantidad indeterminada] [singular] so much;[plural] so many;si el petróleo está a tanto el barril… if oil costs so much a barrel…;a tantos de agosto on such and such a date in August;debe de andar por los cuarenta y tantos he must be forty-odd;ocurrió en el sesenta y tantos it happened in nineteen sixty-something3. [igual cantidad] [singular] as much;[plural] as many;tantos as many;tantos como desees as many as you like;había mucha gente aquí, pero allí no había tanta there were a lot of people here, but there weren't as many there;otro tanto as much again, the same again;otro tanto le ocurrió a los demás the same thing happened to the rest of them;ponme otro tanto same again, please;Famni tanto ni tan calvo there's no need to go to extremes;Esptanto monta, monta tanto it makes no difference, it's all the same to me/him/ etc♦ adv1. [mucho][tiempo] so long (that…);tanto (que…) [cantidad] so much (that…);no bebas tanto don't drink so much;de eso hace tanto que ya no me acordaba it's been so long since that happened that I don't even remember;la aprecia tanto que… he's so fond of her that…;ya no llueve tanto it's not raining as much o so hard now;ya no vienen tanto por aquí they don't come here so often o as much any more;la quiero, pero no tanto I like her, but not that much;quizás tardemos una hora en llegar – ¡no tanto! it may take us an hour to get there – it won't take that long!;¿nos denunciarán? – no creo que la cosa llegue a tanto will they report us? – I don't think it will come to that;no es para tanto [no es tan grave, malo] it's not too serious;[no te enfades] there's no need to get so upset about it, it's not such a big deal;¿el mejor escritor de la historia? yo creo que no es para tanto the best writer ever? I don't see what all the fuss is about myself;faltan cien kilómetros todavía – ¿tanto? there are still a hundred kilometres to go – as much as that?;tanto (es así) que… so much so that…;odia las fiestas, tanto es así que no celebra ni su cumpleaños he hates parties, so much so that he doesn't even celebrate his own birthday;tanto más cuanto que… all the more so because…;tanto mejor/peor so much the better/worse;si no nos quieren invitar, tanto peor para ellos if they don't want to invite us, that's their loss;¡y tanto! absolutely!, you bet!;hay cosas más importantes en la vida – ¡y tanto! there are more important things in life – there certainly are! o that's too true!me gusta tanto como a ti I like it (just) as much as you do;la casa está deteriorada, pero no tanto como para demolerla the house is in a poor state of repair, but not so as you'd want to demolish it;tanto hombres como mujeres both men and women;tanto si estoy en casa como si no whether I'm at home or notno importa qué tanto sepan de tecnología it doesn't matter how much they know about technology♦ nm1. [punto] point;[gol] goal;marcar un tanto to scoretanto directo de saque [en tenis] ace;tanto de saque [en tenis] service point2. [ventaja] point;apuntarse un tanto (a favor) to earn a point in one's favoures un tanto pesada she's a bit of a bore o rather boring;se le ve un tanto triste he seems rather sadte cobran un tanto por la reparación y otro por el desplazamiento they charge you so much o a certain amount for the repair work and on top of that a call-out charge;un tanto así [acompañado de un gesto] this muchtanto por ciento percentage;¿qué tanto por ciento de IVA llevan los libros? what percentage Br VAT o US sales tax do you pay on books?♦ al tanto loc advsiempre está al tanto de todo she always knows everything that's going on;no estoy al tanto de lo que ha pasado I'm not up to date with what happened;te mantendremos al tanto we'll keep you informed;mantenerse al tanto (de algo) to keep up to date (on sth), to keep oneself informed (about sth);poner a alguien al tanto (de algo) to inform sb (about sth)♦ en tanto que loc conj1. [mientras, hasta que] while;espera en tanto que acabamos wait while we finish2. [mientras, pero] while, whereas;él dimitió en tanto que los demás siguieron en el cargo he resigned while o whereas the others remained in their posts♦ en tanto que loc prep[como] as;en tanto que director, me corresponde la decisión as manager, it's for me to decide♦ entre tanto loc adv[mientras] meanwhile;haz las camas y entre tanto, yo lavo los platos you make the beds and, meanwhile, I'll do the dishes♦ hasta tanto loc conj[hasta que] until;hasta tanto no se reúnan until they meet♦ por (lo) tanto loc conjtherefore, so* * *comí tantos pasteles que me puse malo I ate so many candies that I was ill;no vimos tantos pájaros como ayer we didn’t see as many birds as we did yesterdayun tanto a little;uno de tantos one of many;tienes tanto you have so much;no hay tantos como ayer there aren’t as many as yesterday;a las tantas de la noche in the small hourstardó tanto como él she took as long as him;tanto mejor so much the better;no es para tanto it’s not such a big deal;a tanto no llega things aren’t as bad as that;tanto es así que … so much so that…;tanto (me) da I don’t really care;¡y tanto! yeah!, right on!:por lo tanto therefore, so;entre tanto meanwhile;ella trabajaba en tanto que él veía la televisión she was working while he was watching televisionV m1 point;marcar un tanto DEP score a point;tanto por ciento percentage2:estar al tanto be informed (de about)3:él es muy inteligente, y ella otro tanto he is very intelligent and so is she o and she is too* * *tanto adv1) : so muchtanto mejor: so much the better2) : so long¿por qué te tardaste tanto?: why did you take so long?tanto, -ta adj1) : so much, so many, suchno hagas tantas preguntas: don't ask so many questionstiene tanto encanto: he has such charm, he's so charming2) : as much, as manycome tantos dulces como yo: she eats as many sweets as I do3) : odd, however manycuarenta y tantos años: forty-odd yearstanto nm1) : certain amount2) : goal, point (in sports)3)al tanto : abreast, in the picture4)un tanto : somewhat, ratherun tanto cansado: rather tiredtanto, -ta pron1) : so much, so manytiene tanto que hacer: she has so much to do¡no me des tantos!: don't give me so many!2)entre tanto : meanwhile3)por lo tanto : therefore* * *tanto1 adj pron1. (con nombres incontables) so much2. (con nombres contables) so many¡hay tantos mosquitos! there are so many mosquitoes!tanto... como as much... as / as many... as... y tantos... somethingtanto2 adv1. (en general) so much2. (tiempo) so longtardabas tanto, que me fui you took so long, that I wenttanto... como... both... and...tanto3 n point / goal
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