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81 luchar
v.1 to fight.luchar contra to fight (against)luchar por to fight for2 to fight against.Nos luchó la aldea vecina The neighboring village fought against us.* * *1 (gen) to fight2 DEPORTE to wrestle* * *verb1) to fight2) struggle3) wrestle* * *VIluchar con o contra algo/algn — to fight (against) sth/sb
luchaba con los mandos — he was struggling o wrestling with the controls
2) (Dep) to wrestle ( con with)* * *verbo intransitivo1)a) (combatir, pelear) to fightb) ( para conseguir algo) to struggle, fightc) ( lidiar) to wrestle, struggle2) (Dep) to wrestle* * *= fight, grapple, struggle, battle, campaign, wage, fight back.Ex. This article deals with the cultural elitism implicit in a willingness to fight censorship of books but not videos.Ex. For some groups it is entirely unreasonable to expect them to grapple with the full 638 pages of AACR2.Ex. Despite the ferment that was going on in the scientific information field during the middle years of the decade of the '50's, the ADI was struggling to survive; membership had shrunk to only 200.Ex. Instead we find ourselves battling to maintain the status quo and not end up with a worse mess than AACR1 and superimposition.Ex. Libraries must campaign more actively for funds.Ex. It is as if libraries find themselves once again mired down in the bureaucratic information policy firefights waged during the Reagan and Bush administrations (1980-1992).Ex. In the meanwhile, librarians could fight back by means of their chequebooks but need to be alert to the strategies by which vendors could take over their functions.----* comenzar a luchar contra = begin + war on.* luchar a brazo partido = fight + tooth and nail.* luchar a muerte = fight to + death, get into + a fight to the death.* luchar con = grapple with, wrestle with.* luchar con el ausentismo = combat + absenteeism.* luchar con los efectos adversos de = combat + the effects of.* luchar contra = combat, contend with, turn + the tide on, brave.* luchar contra corriente = labour + against the grain.* luchar contra el absentismo = combat + absenteeism.* luchar contra el analfabetismo = fight + illiteracy.* luchar contra el fraude = combat + fraud.* luchar contra el racismo = combat + racism.* luchar contra la delincuencia = take + a bite out of crime.* luchar contra la inflación = combat + inflation, fight + inflation.* luchar contra la pobreza = fight + poverty.* luchar contra los elementos = brave + the elements.* luchar contra molinos = tilt against/at + windmills.* luchar contra un fuego = fight + fire.* luchar con uñas y dientes = fight + tooth and nail.* luchar cuerpo a cuerpo = clinch.* luchar en vano = fight + a losing battle.* luchar hasta el final = battle + it out, fight until + the end.* luchar hasta la muerte = fight to + death.* luchar hasta morir = battle + it out.* luchar por = crusade for, war (over), battle + it out for, scramble.* luchar por la justicia = fight for + justice.* luchar por la supremacía = battle for + supremacy.* luchar por los derechos = campaign for + rights.* luchar por una buena causa = fight + the good fight.* luchar por una causa = champion + cause.* luchar por una causa perdida = fight + a losing battle.* luchar una batalla perdida = fight + a losing battle.* * *verbo intransitivo1)a) (combatir, pelear) to fightb) ( para conseguir algo) to struggle, fightc) ( lidiar) to wrestle, struggle2) (Dep) to wrestle* * *= fight, grapple, struggle, battle, campaign, wage, fight back.Ex: This article deals with the cultural elitism implicit in a willingness to fight censorship of books but not videos.
Ex: For some groups it is entirely unreasonable to expect them to grapple with the full 638 pages of AACR2.Ex: Despite the ferment that was going on in the scientific information field during the middle years of the decade of the '50's, the ADI was struggling to survive; membership had shrunk to only 200.Ex: Instead we find ourselves battling to maintain the status quo and not end up with a worse mess than AACR1 and superimposition.Ex: Libraries must campaign more actively for funds.Ex: It is as if libraries find themselves once again mired down in the bureaucratic information policy firefights waged during the Reagan and Bush administrations (1980-1992).Ex: In the meanwhile, librarians could fight back by means of their chequebooks but need to be alert to the strategies by which vendors could take over their functions.* comenzar a luchar contra = begin + war on.* luchar a brazo partido = fight + tooth and nail.* luchar a muerte = fight to + death, get into + a fight to the death.* luchar con = grapple with, wrestle with.* luchar con el ausentismo = combat + absenteeism.* luchar con los efectos adversos de = combat + the effects of.* luchar contra = combat, contend with, turn + the tide on, brave.* luchar contra corriente = labour + against the grain.* luchar contra el absentismo = combat + absenteeism.* luchar contra el analfabetismo = fight + illiteracy.* luchar contra el fraude = combat + fraud.* luchar contra el racismo = combat + racism.* luchar contra la delincuencia = take + a bite out of crime.* luchar contra la inflación = combat + inflation, fight + inflation.* luchar contra la pobreza = fight + poverty.* luchar contra los elementos = brave + the elements.* luchar contra molinos = tilt against/at + windmills.* luchar contra un fuego = fight + fire.* luchar con uñas y dientes = fight + tooth and nail.* luchar cuerpo a cuerpo = clinch.* luchar en vano = fight + a losing battle.* luchar hasta el final = battle + it out, fight until + the end.* luchar hasta la muerte = fight to + death.* luchar hasta morir = battle + it out.* luchar por = crusade for, war (over), battle + it out for, scramble.* luchar por la justicia = fight for + justice.* luchar por la supremacía = battle for + supremacy.* luchar por los derechos = campaign for + rights.* luchar por una buena causa = fight + the good fight.* luchar por una causa = champion + cause.* luchar por una causa perdida = fight + a losing battle.* luchar una batalla perdida = fight + a losing battle.* * *luchar [A1 ]viA1 (combatir, pelear) to fightlucharemos contra los invasores we shall fight the invadersluchar cuerpo a cuerpo to fight hand to hand2 (para conseguir algo, superar un problema) to struggle, fightlucharon por la paz they fought for peaceluchó valientemente contra la enfermedad he struggled o fought bravely against his illnessha luchado mucho para salir adelante en la vida he has struggled hard to get on in life3 (lidiar, batallar) to wrestle, struggle luchar CON algo; ‹con maletas/bultos› to wrestle o struggle WITH sthB ( Dep) to wrestle* * *
luchar ( conjugate luchar) verbo intransitivo
luchar por la paz to fight for peace
d) (Dep) to wrestle
luchar verbo transitivo to fight wrestle
♦ Locuciones: luchar con uñas y dientes, to fight nail and tooth
' luchar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arena
- batirse
- disputarse
- pelear
- pelearse
- batallar
- competir
- desesperación
- desmayo
- patria
- pugnar
- pujar
English:
antihistamine
- antipollution
- battle
- combat
- contest
- desperately
- escape
- fight
- flounder
- slog out
- struggle
- together
- wildly
- wrestle
- forth
- strive
* * *luchar vi1. [combatir físicamente] to fight;luchar contra to fight (against)2. [enfrentarse] to fight;luchar contra to fight (against);luchar por to fight for3. [esforzarse] to struggle;llevo todo el día luchando con esta traducción I've been struggling o battling with this translation all day long;tuvieron que luchar mucho para sacar a su familia adelante they had to struggle hard to provide for their family4. [en deporte] to wrestle* * *v/i fight ( por for); figfight, struggle ( por for)* * *luchar vi1) : to fight, to struggle2) : to wrestle* * *luchar vb1. to fight [pt. & pp. fought]2. (de lucha libre) to wrestle -
82 сражаться с ветряными мельницами
( Сервантес) книжн., ирон.fight with (charge, tilt at) the windmills; fight windmills Amer.Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сражаться с ветряными мельницами
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83 tilter
1. n ист. участник турнира2. n борец3. n тех. кантовальное устройство4. n тех. опрокидыватель5. n тех. рабочий у хвостового молотаСинонимический ряд:tilt (verb) alternate; lurch; pitch; seesaw; swag; tilt; yaw -
84 донкіхотствувати
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85 wind
wind I [wind] n.,v. -n 1. erë; high wind erë efortë; where/which way is the wind? nga fryn era? see how the wind blows/lies a) det. gjej drejtimin e erës; b) fig. shoh nga fryn era. 2. tufan. 3. frymë; frymëmarrje; knock the wind out of sb i marr frymën dikujt; get one's wind back më vjen fryma, marr frymë sërish. 4. fjalë boshe; it's all wind janë fjalë boshe. 5. fig. fryrje, vetëkënaqësi. 6. erë; nuhatje. 7. mjek. gazra; bring up wind kam gromësima. 8. muz. vegla fryme.● before the wind në drejtimin e erës; between wind and water a) det. afër vijës së lundrimit të anijes; b) fig. në një vend të rrezikshëm; down the wind në drejtimin për ku fryn era; get wind of a) marr vesh, bie në erë; b) nuhat; in the eye/teeth of the wind përballë erës; in the wind po ndodh; pritet të ndodhë; po përgatitet /po gatuhet; into the wind në drejtimin prej ku fryn era; off the wind me erën në shpinë; on the wind sa më afër drejtimit nga fryn era; sail close to the wind fig. a) tregohem shumë i kujdesshëm/i matur; b) gati sa nuk bëj diçka të paligjshme; c) për pak sa nuk kaloj në banalitete; take the wind out of sb's sails i heq përkrahjen dikujt; ia ha arrat dikujt; to the wind drejt erës, kundër erës; up the wind përballë erës.-vt 1. lë pa frymë (dikë). 2. i zë/i merr frymën (e përpjeta). 3. çlodh, lë të marrë frymë (kalin). 4. bie në erë, nuhas. 5. nxjerr në ajër, ajris.wind II [waind] v.,n. -v. ( wound) 1. gjarpëroj, dredhoj. 2. mbështjell, mbledh (fillin etj); wind one's arms round sb përqafoj dikë. 3. kurdis (orën). 4. mbështillet, kacavirret (hardhia). 5. ngre me çikrik. 6. muz. akordoj (instrumentin) /-n 1. kthesë, bërryl (i lumit); dredhë. 2. kurdisje.● wind down ['wind daun] a) gjarpëron, zbret me dredha; b) çlodhem, qetësohem; c) fig. shkon drejt fundit; d) fig. bie (vrulli); e) zbres, ul (me çikrik); f) ul (xhamin e makinës); g) fig. ul, pakësoj● wind off ['wind of] shpështjell● wind on ['wind on] mbështjell● wind up ['wind ap] a) gjarpëron, ngjitet me dredha (rruga); b) mbaron, përfundon (me); c) bëj përmbledhjen, e mbyll (diskutimin) me; d) ngre (me litar, çikrik); e) mbyll, likuidoj (biznesin, llogarinë); f) ngre, mbyll (xhamin e makinës); g) kurdis (orën); h) fig. tensionoj● wind-up ['waindap] n. mbyllje, përfundim, konkluzionwind III [waind, wind] v. fryj, i bie (bririt)● windage ['windixh] n 1. av. fuqi e erës; shmangie nga kursi (e raketës nga era). 2. av. korrigjim trajektoreje për shkak të erës. 3. det. pjesë mbi ujë e anijes. 4. lejesë, ulje në diameter (të plumbit kundrejt tytës)● windbag ['windbæg] n. zhrg. llafazan, mulli i prishur● wind-bells ['windbellz] n. sahat me muzikë● wind-borne ['windbo:n] adj. që e merr era● windbreak ['windbreik] n 1. ledh erëpritës. 2. strehë kundër erës● windbreaker ['windbreikë:] n. knd. xhakaventë● windbroken ['windbrouken] adj. astmatik, shpirraq (kalë)● windcharger ['windça:xhë:] n. knd. 1. turbinë me erë. 2. gjenerator turbine me erë● wind chill factor ['wind çil 'fæktë(r)] n. meteo. ulje e temperatures per llogari të erës● wind deflector ['wind di'flektë:(r) ] n. aut. xham anësor● windfall ['windfo:l] n 1. frut i rrëzuar nga era. 2. fig. dhuratë nga qielli, fat i papritur. 3. pemë e rrëzuar nga era● windflower ['windflauë:] n. bot. luletaçe, anemonë● windgauge ['windgeixh] n. erëmatës● winding ['wainding] n., adj. -n 1. mbështjellje. 2. bërryl, dredhë (e lumit etj). 3. lëmsh. 4. el. pështjellim; bobinë /-adj. gjarpërues, dredha-dredha● winding sheet ['wainding shi:t] n. qefin● wind instrument [wind 'instrëmënt] n. muz. vegël fryme● windjammer ['windxhæmë:(r)] n. gj.fol. 1. anije me vela. 2. detar anijesh me vela● windlass [windlës] n. tek. çikrik, argano● tilt at/fight windmills luftoj me mullinjtë e erës● windmill service ['windmil 'së:vis] n. sport. shërbim me hark● windpipe ['windpaip] n. laring, gabzherr, kanal i frymëmarrjes, trake● windrow ['windrou] n. sërë bari/degësh të lëna në diell● windscreen washer ['windskri:n 'woshë:(r)] n. aut. larës i xhamave (të makinës)● windshield ['winshi:ld] n 1. aut. xham i përparmë (i makinës). 2. xham mbrojtës (motoskafi, motoçiklete)● windshield wiper ['winshi:ld 'waipë:(r)] n. aut. fshirëse xhamash (makine)● windstorm ['windsto:m] n. tufan● windsurfing ['windsë:fing] n. rrëshqitje në ajër (me krahë pëlhure)● windward ['windwë:d] adj., adv.,n. -adj., adv, nga fryn era, nga ana e erës /-n. drejtimi nga fryn era, anë e erës● windy ['windi] adj 1. që e rreh era (vend). 2. me erë (mot). 3. Br.fig. i trembur; be/get windy më kap paniku. 4. amer. fjalëshumë; me ujë (raport)* * *erë; nuhat; dredhoj; kurdis -
86 a se lupta cu morile de vânt
to tilt at / to fight (the) windmillsto beat the air / the windto force an open doorto fight with one's own shadow.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a se lupta cu morile de vânt
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87 windmill
'wind·mill nPHRASES:to tilt [or fight] at \windmills gegen Windmühlen kämpfen vt -
88 windmill
['windmil] n 1. rrotë/turbinë me erë. 2. mulli me erë. 3. gj.fol. heiikopter.● tilt at/fight windmills luftoj me mullinjtë e erëswindmill service ['windmil 'së:vis] n. sport. shërbim me hark -
89 сражаться
to fight, to fight a battleсражаться с ветряными мельницами — to fight / to tilt windmills
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90 tegen windmolens vechten
tegen windmolens vechtentilt at/fight windmillsVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > tegen windmolens vechten
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91 windmolen
1 [door de wind gedreven molen] windmill2 [windturbine] wind turbine♦voorbeelden:1 tegen windmolens vechten • tilt at/fight windmills
См. также в других словарях:
tilt at windmills — {v. phr.}, {literary} To do battle with an imaginary foe (after Cervantes Don Quixote). * /John is a nice guy but when it comes to departmental meetings he wastes everybody s time by constantly tilting at windmills./ … Dictionary of American idioms
tilt at windmills — {v. phr.}, {literary} To do battle with an imaginary foe (after Cervantes Don Quixote). * /John is a nice guy but when it comes to departmental meetings he wastes everybody s time by constantly tilting at windmills./ … Dictionary of American idioms
tilt at windmills — ► tilt at windmills attack imaginary enemies. [ORIGIN: with allusion to the story of Don Quixote tilting at windmills, believing they were giants.] Main Entry: ↑tilt … English terms dictionary
tilt at windmills — A person who tilts at windmills, tries to do things that will never work in practice … The small dictionary of idiomes
tilt at windmills — phrasal Etymology: so called fr. the episode in Don Quijote de la Mancha in which Don Quixote battles with a windmill, thinking it a giant more at don quixote : to fight imaginary enemies or illusory evils even though this rebellion may be a… … Useful english dictionary
tilt at windmills — attack imaginary enemies. [with allusion to the story of Don Quixote tilting at windmills, believing they were giants.] → tilt … English new terms dictionary
tilt at windmills — verb a) To attack imaginary enemies. b) To go on a wild goose chase; to persistently engage in a futile activity See Also: throw ones cap over the windmill, mistake windmills for giants … Wiktionary
tilt\ at\ windmills — v. phr. literary To do battle with an imaginary foe (after Cervantes Don Quixote). John is a nice guy but when it comes to departmental meetings he wastes everybody s time by constantly tilting at windmills … Словарь американских идиом
tilt at windmills — A person who tilts at windmills, tries to do things that will never work in practice. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
tilt at windmills — literary to waste time trying to deal with enemies or problems that do not exist. We re not tilting at windmills here. If we don t do something about these problems, our environment may be in serious danger … New idioms dictionary
Tilt at windmills — A person who tilts at windmills, tries to do things that will never work in practice … Dictionary of English idioms