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  • 21 unbeschreiblich

    I Adj. indescribable; es ist unbeschreiblich auch I (just) can’t describe it
    II Adv. indescribably,... beyond description
    * * *
    beyond description (Adv.); indescribable (Adj.); ineffable (Adj.); unspeakable (Adj.); unutterable (Adj.)
    * * *
    un|be|schreib|lich [Unbə'ʃraiplɪç, 'ʊn-]
    1. adj
    indescribable; Frechheit tremendous, enormous
    2. adv
    schön, gut etc indescribably

    unbeschréíblich zunehmen (zahlenmäßig) — to show a staggering increase

    * * *
    un·be·schreib·lich
    [ˈʊnbɛʃraiplɪç]
    I. adj
    1. (maßlos) tremendous, enormous
    2. (nicht zu beschreiben) indescribable, incredible, unimaginable
    II. adv
    sich akk \unbeschreiblich freuen to be enormously [or tremendously] happy
    sich akk \unbeschreiblich ärgern to be terribly angry
    sie war einfach \unbeschreiblich schön she was indescribably [or incredibly] beautiful
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv indescribable; unimaginable <fear, beauty>; <fear, beauty> beyond description
    2.
    adverbial indescribably < beautiful>; unbelievably < busy>
    * * *
    A. adj indescribable;
    es ist unbeschreiblich auch I (just) can’t describe it
    B. adv indescribably, … beyond description
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv indescribable; unimaginable <fear, beauty>; <fear, beauty> beyond description
    2.
    adverbial indescribably < beautiful>; unbelievably < busy>
    * * *
    adj.
    indescribable adj.
    ineffable adj. adv.
    indescribably adv.
    ineffably adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > unbeschreiblich

  • 22 немислим

    unthinkable, inconceivable; unimaginable
    * * *
    немислѝм,
    прил. unthinkable, inconceivable; unimaginable; ( невъзможен) impossible.
    * * *
    inconceivable; impossible (невъзможен)
    * * *
    1. (невъзможен) impossible 2. unthinkable, inconceivable;unimaginable

    Български-английски речник > немислим

  • 23 aql

    (Arabic) mind, intelligence, smarts, common sense; advice. aqli raso/aql qisqa/aqldan oz /aql tishi wisdom tooth. aql bovar qilmaydi unthinkable, unimaginable. aql yetmaydi unimaginable; unbelievable; not capable of understanding, slow, dull. aqlga sig’maydi unimaginable. aqli shoshdi/aqlini yo’qotdi to lose one’s head. aqlini ol to distract, to take one’s mind away from everything else. aql borida while (you’ve) still got your wits about (you). aqling joyidami Have you lost your mind?, Is your head okay? aqlga muvofiq ravishda/aqlga qarab in a rational, intelligent manner. aqlingga balli! Good thinking! aql yugurtir to ponder, to rack one’s brains. aqli yetdi to realize, to have s.t. dawn on one; to admit possible. aqlga to’g’ri keladigan reasonable; plausible. aqliga kel to occur to, to think of. o’z aqlingdan qolma Do what you think is right

    Uzbek-English dictionary > aql

  • 24 неслыханная роскошь

    General subject: unimaginable luxury (напр, Zhao says the annual $1,500 he earns from farming have bought a television, a refrigerator, even a DVD player -- once unimaginable luxuries)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > неслыханная роскошь

  • 25 Ч-93

    ЧЁРТ ЗНАЕТ (ЧЁРТ-ТЕ) ЧТО coll, disapprov NP
    1. \Ч-93 творится, начинается и т. п. говорить, городить и т. п. \Ч-93 ( usu. subj or obj) something incredible, outrageous that evokes surprise or indignation, exceeds the speaker's expectations, or is hard to believe (is going on, is beginning etc)
    (to say prattle etc) something incredible, outrageous etc
    the devil (God) knows what
    the oddest (damnedest) thing(s) something unimaginable (in refer, to sth. spoken, written etc only) some damned nonsense all sorts of rubbish.
    (Маша:) Вам шестьдесят лет, а вы, как мальчишка, всегда городите чёрт знает что (Чехов 5). (М.:) You are sixty years old, and you are like a little boy, always prattling the devil knows what (5c). (M.:) You are sixty years old, but you're like a little boy, always prattling some damned nonsense (5a).
    «Это, наверное, ужасно глупо, что я вас пригласила, да? Вы думаете обо мне чёрт знает что». - «Точно». - «А какая разница, в конце концов?» (Семёнов 1). "It's stupid of me, I suppose, to invite you round, eh? You must be thinking God knows what about me." "That's right." "But what's the difference, when all's said and done?" (1a).
    Об исчезнувших (жильцах) и о проклятой квартире долго в доме рассказывали всякие легенды... Квартира простояла пустой... только неделю, а затем в неё вселились - покойный Берлиоз с супругой и этот самый Стёпа тоже с супругой. Совершенно естественно, что, как только они попали в окаянную квартиру, и у них началось чёрт знает что (Булгаков 9). Legends of all kinds about the mysterious apartment and its vanishing lodgers circulated in the building for some time....The flat only remained empty for a week before Berlioz and his wife and Stepa and his wife moved into it. Naturally as soon as they took possession of the haunted apartment the oddest things started happening to them too (9b).
    В кабинете учёного началось чёрт знает что: головастики расползались из кабинета по всему институту, в террариях и просто на полу, во всех закоулках завывали зычные хоры, как на болоте (Булгаков 10). The scientist's office became the scene of something unimaginable: the tadpoles crawled off everywhere throughout the Institute. From the terraria, from the floor, from every nook and cranny came loud choruses as from a bog (10a).
    .(Местная газета «Большевистские темпы») печатала чёрт-те чего, а о пропавшем Учреждении - ни гугу (Войнович 2).... (The local newspaper Bolshevik Tempos) was printing all sorts of rubbish, but that the Institution had vanished, not one peep (2a).
    2. (это) \Ч-93 ! Also: ($TO) ЧЁРТ ЗНАЕТ ЧТО ТАКОЕ!
    Interj) used to express aggravation, indignation, perplexity etc with regard to sth.: the devil (only) knows what's going on (what it means etc)! ift the devil knows what! what the devil (the hell)! what in heU (in blazes)!
    Персиков бушевал. «Это чёрт знает что такое, - скулил он, разгуливая по кабинету и потирая руки в перчатках, - это неслыханное издевательство надо мной и над зоологией» (Булгаков 10). Persikov was raging. "The devil only knows what's going on," he whimpered, pacing the office and rubbing his gloved hands. "It's unprecedented mockery of me and of zoology" (10b).
    «Они не верят. Сидят в Париже и думают, что здесь самая обыкновенная, мирная война! Здесь не война, здесь чёрт знает что такое!» (Эренбург 2). "They won't believe me. They sit in Paris and think that this is an ordinary war. It isn't a war, it's the devil knows what" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Ч-93

  • 26 черт знает что

    • ЧЕРТ ЗНАЕТ < ЧЕРТ-ТЕ> ЧТО coll, disapprov
    [NP]
    =====
    1. черт знает что творится, начинается и т. п.; говорить, городить и т.п. черт знает что [usu. subj or obj]
    ⇒ something incredible, outrageous that evokes surprise or indignation, exceeds the speaker's expectations, or is hard to believe (is going on, is beginning etc); (to say, prattle etc) something incredible, outrageous etc:
    - the devil < God> knows what;
    - [in refer, to sth. spoken, written etc only] some damned nonsense;
    - all sorts of rubbish.
         ♦ [Маша:] Вам шестьдесят лет, а вы, как мальчишка, всегда городите чёрт знает что (Чехов 5). [М.:] You are sixty years old, and you are like a little boy, always prattling the devil knows what (5c). [M.:] You are sixty years old, but you're like a little boy, always prattling some damned nonsense (5a).
         ♦ "Это, наверное, ужасно глупо, что я вас пригласила, да? Вы думаете обо мне чёрт знает что". - " Точно". - "А какая разница, в конце концов?" (Семёнов 1). "It's stupid of me, I suppose, to invite you round, eh? You must be thinking God knows what about me." "That's right." "But what's the difference, when all's said and done?" (1a).
         ♦ ОО исчезнувших [жильцах] и о проклятой квартире долго в доме рассказывали всякие легенды... Квартира простояла пустой... только неделю, а затем в неё вселились - покойный Берлиоз с супругой и этот самый Стёпа тоже с супругой. Совершенно естественно, что, как только они попали в окаянную квартиру, и у них началось чёрт знает что (Булгаков 9). Legends of all kinds about the mysterious apartment and its vanishing lodgers circulated in the building for some time....The flat only remained empty for a week before Berlioz and his wife and Stepa and his wife moved into it. Naturally as soon as they took possession of the haunted apartment the oddest things started happening to them too (9b).
         ♦ В кабинете учёного началось чёрт знает что: головастики расползались из кабинета по всему институту, в террариях и просто на полу, во всех закоулках завывали зычные хоры, как на болоте (Булгаков 10). The scientist's office became the scene of something unimaginable: the tadpoles crawled off everywhere throughout the Institute. From the terraria, from the floor, from every nook and cranny came loud choruses as from a bog (10a).
         ♦...[Местная газета "Большевистские темпы"] печатала чёрт-те чего, а о пропавшем Учреждении - ни гугу (Войнович 2).... [The local newspaper Bolshevik Tempos] was printing all sorts of rubbish, but that the Institution had vanished, not one peep (2a).
    2. (это) - ! Also: (ЭТО) ЧЕРТ ЗНАЕТ ЧТО ТАКОЕ! [Interj]
    ⇒ used to express aggravation, indignation, perplexity etc with regard to sth.:
    - the devil (only) knows whaft going on <what it means etc>!;
    - it's the devil knows what!;
    - what the devil < the hell>!;
    - what in hell < in blazes>!
         ♦ Персиков бушевал. "Это чёрт знает что такое, - скулил он, разгуливая по кабинету и потирая руки в перчатках, - это неслыханное издевательство надо мной и над зоологией" (Булгаков 10). Persikov was raging. "The devil only knows what's going on," he whimpered, pacing the office and rubbing his gloved hands. "It's unprecedented mockery of me and of zoology" (10b).
         ♦ "Они не верят. Сидят в Париже и думают, что здесь самая обыкновенная, мирная война! Здесь не война, здесь чёрт знает что такое!" (Эренбург 2). "They won't believe me. They sit in Paris and think that this is an ordinary war. It isn't a war, it's the devil knows what" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > черт знает что

  • 27 черт знает что такое!

    • ЧЕРТ ЗНАЕТ < ЧЕРТ-ТЕ> ЧТО coll, disapprov
    [NP]
    =====
    1. черт знает что такое! творится, начинается и т. п.; говорить, городить и т.п. черт знает что такое! [usu. subj or obj]
    ⇒ something incredible, outrageous that evokes surprise or indignation, exceeds the speaker's expectations, or is hard to believe (is going on, is beginning etc); (to say, prattle etc) something incredible, outrageous etc:
    - the devil < God> knows what;
    - [in refer, to sth. spoken, written etc only] some damned nonsense;
    - all sorts of rubbish.
         ♦ [Маша:] Вам шестьдесят лет, а вы, как мальчишка, всегда городите чёрт знает что (Чехов 5). [М.:] You are sixty years old, and you are like a little boy, always prattling the devil knows what (5c). [M.:] You are sixty years old, but you're like a little boy, always prattling some damned nonsense (5a).
         ♦ "Это, наверное, ужасно глупо, что я вас пригласила, да? Вы думаете обо мне чёрт знает что". - " Точно". - "А какая разница, в конце концов?" (Семёнов 1). "It's stupid of me, I suppose, to invite you round, eh? You must be thinking God knows what about me." "That's right." "But what's the difference, when all's said and done?" (1a).
         ♦ ОО исчезнувших [жильцах] и о проклятой квартире долго в доме рассказывали всякие легенды... Квартира простояла пустой... только неделю, а затем в неё вселились - покойный Берлиоз с супругой и этот самый Стёпа тоже с супругой. Совершенно естественно, что, как только они попали в окаянную квартиру, и у них началось чёрт знает что (Булгаков 9). Legends of all kinds about the mysterious apartment and its vanishing lodgers circulated in the building for some time....The flat only remained empty for a week before Berlioz and his wife and Stepa and his wife moved into it. Naturally as soon as they took possession of the haunted apartment the oddest things started happening to them too (9b).
         ♦ В кабинете учёного началось чёрт знает что: головастики расползались из кабинета по всему институту, в террариях и просто на полу, во всех закоулках завывали зычные хоры, как на болоте (Булгаков 10). The scientist's office became the scene of something unimaginable: the tadpoles crawled off everywhere throughout the Institute. From the terraria, from the floor, from every nook and cranny came loud choruses as from a bog (10a).
         ♦...[Местная газета "Большевистские темпы"] печатала чёрт-те чего, а о пропавшем Учреждении - ни гугу (Войнович 2).... [The local newspaper Bolshevik Tempos] was printing all sorts of rubbish, but that the Institution had vanished, not one peep (2a).
    2. (это) - ! Also: (ЭТО) ЧЕРТ ЗНАЕТ ЧТО ТАКОЕ! [Interj]
    ⇒ used to express aggravation, indignation, perplexity etc with regard to sth.:
    - the devil (only) knows whaft going on <what it means etc>!;
    - it's the devil knows what!;
    - what the devil < the hell>!;
    - what in hell < in blazes>!
         ♦ Персиков бушевал. "Это чёрт знает что такое, - скулил он, разгуливая по кабинету и потирая руки в перчатках, - это неслыханное издевательство надо мной и над зоологией" (Булгаков 10). Persikov was raging. "The devil only knows what's going on," he whimpered, pacing the office and rubbing his gloved hands. "It's unprecedented mockery of me and of zoology" (10b).
         ♦ "Они не верят. Сидят в Париже и думают, что здесь самая обыкновенная, мирная война! Здесь не война, здесь чёрт знает что такое!" (Эренбург 2). "They won't believe me. They sit in Paris and think that this is an ordinary war. It isn't a war, it's the devil knows what" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > черт знает что такое!

  • 28 черт-те что

    • ЧЕРТ ЗНАЕТ < ЧЕРТ-ТЕ> ЧТО coll, disapprov
    [NP]
    =====
    1. черт-те что творится, начинается и т. п.; говорить, городить и т.п. черт-те что [usu. subj or obj]
    ⇒ something incredible, outrageous that evokes surprise or indignation, exceeds the speaker's expectations, or is hard to believe (is going on, is beginning etc); (to say, prattle etc) something incredible, outrageous etc:
    - the devil < God> knows what;
    - [in refer, to sth. spoken, written etc only] some damned nonsense;
    - all sorts of rubbish.
         ♦ [Маша:] Вам шестьдесят лет, а вы, как мальчишка, всегда городите чёрт знает что (Чехов 5). [М.:] You are sixty years old, and you are like a little boy, always prattling the devil knows what (5c). [M.:] You are sixty years old, but you're like a little boy, always prattling some damned nonsense (5a).
         ♦ "Это, наверное, ужасно глупо, что я вас пригласила, да? Вы думаете обо мне чёрт знает что". - " Точно". - "А какая разница, в конце концов?" (Семёнов 1). "It's stupid of me, I suppose, to invite you round, eh? You must be thinking God knows what about me." "That's right." "But what's the difference, when all's said and done?" (1a).
         ♦ ОО исчезнувших [жильцах] и о проклятой квартире долго в доме рассказывали всякие легенды... Квартира простояла пустой... только неделю, а затем в неё вселились - покойный Берлиоз с супругой и этот самый Стёпа тоже с супругой. Совершенно естественно, что, как только они попали в окаянную квартиру, и у них началось чёрт знает что (Булгаков 9). Legends of all kinds about the mysterious apartment and its vanishing lodgers circulated in the building for some time....The flat only remained empty for a week before Berlioz and his wife and Stepa and his wife moved into it. Naturally as soon as they took possession of the haunted apartment the oddest things started happening to them too (9b).
         ♦ В кабинете учёного началось чёрт знает что: головастики расползались из кабинета по всему институту, в террариях и просто на полу, во всех закоулках завывали зычные хоры, как на болоте (Булгаков 10). The scientist's office became the scene of something unimaginable: the tadpoles crawled off everywhere throughout the Institute. From the terraria, from the floor, from every nook and cranny came loud choruses as from a bog (10a).
         ♦...[Местная газета "Большевистские темпы"] печатала чёрт-те чего, а о пропавшем Учреждении - ни гугу (Войнович 2).... [The local newspaper Bolshevik Tempos] was printing all sorts of rubbish, but that the Institution had vanished, not one peep (2a).
    2. (это) - ! Also: (ЭТО) ЧЕРТ ЗНАЕТ ЧТО ТАКОЕ! [Interj]
    ⇒ used to express aggravation, indignation, perplexity etc with regard to sth.:
    - the devil (only) knows whaft going on <what it means etc>!;
    - it's the devil knows what!;
    - what the devil < the hell>!;
    - what in hell < in blazes>!
         ♦ Персиков бушевал. "Это чёрт знает что такое, - скулил он, разгуливая по кабинету и потирая руки в перчатках, - это неслыханное издевательство надо мной и над зоологией" (Булгаков 10). Persikov was raging. "The devil only knows what's going on," he whimpered, pacing the office and rubbing his gloved hands. "It's unprecedented mockery of me and of zoology" (10b).
         ♦ "Они не верят. Сидят в Париже и думают, что здесь самая обыкновенная, мирная война! Здесь не война, здесь чёрт знает что такое!" (Эренбург 2). "They won't believe me. They sit in Paris and think that this is an ordinary war. It isn't a war, it's the devil knows what" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > черт-те что

  • 29 это черт знает что такое!

    • ЧЕРТ ЗНАЕТ < ЧЕРТ-ТЕ> ЧТО coll, disapprov
    [NP]
    =====
    1. это черт знает что такое! творится, начинается и т. п.; говорить, городить и т.п. это черт знает что такое! [usu. subj or obj]
    ⇒ something incredible, outrageous that evokes surprise or indignation, exceeds the speaker's expectations, or is hard to believe (is going on, is beginning etc); (to say, prattle etc) something incredible, outrageous etc:
    - the devil < God> knows what;
    - [in refer, to sth. spoken, written etc only] some damned nonsense;
    - all sorts of rubbish.
         ♦ [Маша:] Вам шестьдесят лет, а вы, как мальчишка, всегда городите чёрт знает что (Чехов 5). [М.:] You are sixty years old, and you are like a little boy, always prattling the devil knows what (5c). [M.:] You are sixty years old, but you're like a little boy, always prattling some damned nonsense (5a).
         ♦ "Это, наверное, ужасно глупо, что я вас пригласила, да? Вы думаете обо мне чёрт знает что". - " Точно". - "А какая разница, в конце концов?" (Семёнов 1). "It's stupid of me, I suppose, to invite you round, eh? You must be thinking God knows what about me." "That's right." "But what's the difference, when all's said and done?" (1a).
         ♦ ОО исчезнувших [жильцах] и о проклятой квартире долго в доме рассказывали всякие легенды... Квартира простояла пустой... только неделю, а затем в неё вселились - покойный Берлиоз с супругой и этот самый Стёпа тоже с супругой. Совершенно естественно, что, как только они попали в окаянную квартиру, и у них началось чёрт знает что (Булгаков 9). Legends of all kinds about the mysterious apartment and its vanishing lodgers circulated in the building for some time....The flat only remained empty for a week before Berlioz and his wife and Stepa and his wife moved into it. Naturally as soon as they took possession of the haunted apartment the oddest things started happening to them too (9b).
         ♦ В кабинете учёного началось чёрт знает что: головастики расползались из кабинета по всему институту, в террариях и просто на полу, во всех закоулках завывали зычные хоры, как на болоте (Булгаков 10). The scientist's office became the scene of something unimaginable: the tadpoles crawled off everywhere throughout the Institute. From the terraria, from the floor, from every nook and cranny came loud choruses as from a bog (10a).
         ♦...[Местная газета "Большевистские темпы"] печатала чёрт-те чего, а о пропавшем Учреждении - ни гугу (Войнович 2).... [The local newspaper Bolshevik Tempos] was printing all sorts of rubbish, but that the Institution had vanished, not one peep (2a).
    2. (это) - ! Also: (ЭТО) ЧЕРТ ЗНАЕТ ЧТО ТАКОЕ! [Interj]
    ⇒ used to express aggravation, indignation, perplexity etc with regard to sth.:
    - the devil (only) knows whaft going on <what it means etc>!;
    - it's the devil knows what!;
    - what the devil < the hell>!;
    - what in hell < in blazes>!
         ♦ Персиков бушевал. "Это чёрт знает что такое, - скулил он, разгуливая по кабинету и потирая руки в перчатках, - это неслыханное издевательство надо мной и над зоологией" (Булгаков 10). Persikov was raging. "The devil only knows what's going on," he whimpered, pacing the office and rubbing his gloved hands. "It's unprecedented mockery of me and of zoology" (10b).
         ♦ "Они не верят. Сидят в Париже и думают, что здесь самая обыкновенная, мирная война! Здесь не война, здесь чёрт знает что такое!" (Эренбург 2). "They won't believe me. They sit in Paris and think that this is an ordinary war. It isn't a war, it's the devil knows what" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > это черт знает что такое!

  • 30 Ausmaß

    n; räumlich meist Pl. size, square footage, dimensions Pl.; fig. auch extent; größer: magnitude; (Größenordnung) scale; ein Haus mit den Ausmaßen eines Palastes a house the size of a palace; Konkurse von bisher unbekanntem Ausmaß bankruptcies on an unprecedented scale; in großem Ausmaß fig. to a great ( oder large) extent; Reformen in großem Ausmaß large- ( oder wide-)scale reforms; ein erstaunliches Ausmaß an (+ Dat) an astounding degree of; erschreckende Ausmaße annehmen assume ( oder take on) alarming proportions; das ( ganze oder genaue) Ausmaß der Katastrophe ist noch nicht bekannt the (full) extent of the damage caused by the disaster is not yet known
    * * *
    das Ausmaß
    dimensions; dimension; size; extent
    * * *
    Aus|maß
    nt
    1) (=Größe von Gegenstand, Fläche) size; (= Umfang von Katastrophe) extent; (= Grad) degree, extent; (von Liebe etc) extent; (= Größenordnung von Änderungen, Verlust etc) scale

    ein Verlust in diesem Áúsmaß —

    das Feuer war nur von geringem Áúsmaß — the fire was only on a small scale

    2) pl proportions pl

    erschreckende Áúsmaße annehmen — to assume alarming proportions

    * * *
    das
    1) (amount; degree: What is the extent of the damage?; To what extent can we trust him?) extent
    2) (size, amount etc found by measuring: What are the measurements of this room?) measurement
    * * *
    Aus·maß
    nt
    1. (Fläche) area
    das \Ausmaß von etw dat haben to cover the area of sth
    von geringem \Ausmaß sein to be small in area; (Größe) size
    ▪ die \Ausmaße the dimensions, the size
    das \Ausmaß [o die \Ausmaße] von etw dat/einer S. gen sein to have the dimensions [or be the size] of sth
    2. (Umfang) extent no pl
    Besorgnis erregende/größere \Ausmaße annehmen to assume alarming/greater proportions
    * * *
    das size; dimensions pl.

    gewaltige Ausmaße haben — be of huge or vast dimensions

    * * *
    Ausmaß n; räumlich meist pl size, square footage, dimensions pl; fig auch extent; größer: magnitude; (Größenordnung) scale;
    ein Haus mit den Ausmaßen eines Palastes a house the size of a palace;
    Konkurse von bisher unbekanntem Ausmaß bankruptcies on an unprecedented scale;
    in großem Ausmaß fig to a great ( oder large) extent;
    Reformen in großem Ausmaß large- ( oder wide-)scale reforms;
    ein erstaunliches Ausmaß an (+dat) an astounding degree of;
    erschreckende Ausmaße annehmen assume ( oder take on) alarming proportions;
    das (
    Ausmaß der Katastrophe ist noch nicht bekannt the (full) extent of the damage caused by the disaster is not yet known
    * * *
    das size; dimensions pl.

    gewaltige Ausmaße haben — be of huge or vast dimensions

    * * *
    -e n.
    dimension n.
    extent n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Ausmaß

  • 31 unfassbar

    Adj. (unergründlich) unfathomable; (unbegreiflich) incomprehensible; (unvorstellbar) incredible; das ist für mich unfassbar I just can’t believe it
    * * *
    inconceivable; intangible; incomprehensible
    * * *
    un|fạss|bar
    adj
    incomprehensible

    es ist mir or für mich unfassbar, wie... — I (simply) cannot understand how...

    * * *
    un·fass·barRR, un·faß·barALT
    [ʊnˈfasba:ɐ̯]
    1. (unbegreiflich) incomprehensible; (Phänomen) incredible
    ▪ jdm [o für jdn] \unfassbar sein, was/wie... to be incomprehensible to sb, what/how...
    2. (unerhört) outrageous
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv incomprehensible; (unglaublich) incredible, unimaginable <poverty, cruelty, etc.>
    2.
    adverbial incomprehensibly; (unglaublich) incredibly; unimaginably
    * * *
    unfassbar adj (unergründlich) unfathomable; (unbegreiflich) incomprehensible; (unvorstellbar) incredible;
    das ist für mich unfassbar I just can’t believe it
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv incomprehensible; (unglaublich) incredible, unimaginable <poverty, cruelty, etc.>
    2.
    adverbial incomprehensibly; (unglaublich) incredibly; unimaginably
    * * *
    adj.
    inconceivable adj.
    intangible adj. adv.
    inconceivably adv.
    intangibly adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > unfassbar

  • 32 Vorstellung

    f
    1. (Bekanntmachen) introduction; einer Sache: presentation; bei Bewerbung: interview ( bei with)
    2. THEAT. performance, show; Film: show(ing); die letzte Vorstellung Kino: the last showing; eine starke / schwache Vorstellung geben bes. SPORT give a strong / weak performance; nur eine kurze Vorstellung geben umg., fig. not stay long
    3. (Begriff) idea; (Bild) auch image; falsche Vorstellung wrong idea, misconception; sich (Dat) eine ( klare) Vorstellung machen von form a (clear) picture of, get an ( oder a proper) idea of; ist das deine Vorstellung von...? is that your idea of...?; ( nicht) jemandes Vorstellungen entsprechen (not) be exactly what s.o. has in mind; haben Sie Vorstellungen bezüglich des Gehalts etc.? do you have anything in mind in terms of salary etc.?; in meiner Vorstellung the way I imagine ( oder see) it; du hast manchmal komische Vorstellungen you ('do) have some strange ideas; du machst dir keine Vorstellung! you’ve no idea; das geht über alle Vorstellung the mind boggles
    4. jemandem Vorstellungen machen remonstrate with s.o. ( wegen about)
    * * *
    die Vorstellung
    (Aufführung) performance;
    (Bekanntmachung) introduction;
    (Gedanke) notion; concept; idea
    * * *
    Vor|stel|lung
    f
    1) (= Gedanke) idea; (bildlich) picture; (= Einbildung) illusion; (= Vorstellungskraft) imagination

    in meiner Vórstellung sah das größer aus — I imagined it bigger

    in meiner Vórstellung ist Gott kein alter Mann — I don't picture God as an old man

    du hast falsche Vórstellungen — you are wrong (in your ideas)

    es übertrifft alle Vórstellungen — it's incredible or unbelievable

    das entspricht ganz meiner Vórstellung — that is just how I imagined or saw it

    eine Vórstellung von etw machen — to form an idea or (Bild) picture of sth

    du machst dir keine Vórstellung, wie schwierig das ist — you have no idea how difficult that is

    2) (THEAT ETC) performance; (FILM) showing, performance
    3) (= das Bekanntmachen) (zwischen Leuten) introduction; (bei Hofe) presentation (bei at); (= Vorführung von Geräten, neuem Artikel etc) presentation; (bei Bewerbung, Antrittsbesuch) interview (bei with)
    4) (= Einwand) objection, protest
    * * *
    die
    1) (an idea grasped or understood: We can have no conception of the size of the universe.) conception
    2) (something imagined: He had a sudden fancy that he could see Spring approaching.) fancy
    3) (mental picture: This will give you an idea of what I mean.) idea
    4) (mental picture: I have an image of the place in my mind.) image
    5) ((the part of the mind which has) the ability to form mental pictures: I can see it all in my imagination.) imagination
    6) (an act of introducing one person to another: The hostess made the introductions and everyone shook hands.) introduction
    7) (an uncertain belief; an idea: He has some very odd notions.) notion
    8) (something done on stage etc: The company gave a performance of `Othello'; His last three performances have not been very good.) performance
    9) (a performance, or set of repeated performances, of a play, opera etc: This is the best presentation of `Macbeth' that I've ever seen.) presentation
    * * *
    Vor·stel·lung
    f
    bestimmte Gerüche können beim Menschen immer die gleichen \Vorstellungen auslösen certain smells [can] always trigger the same thoughts in people
    in jds \Vorstellung in sb's mind
    gewiss ist sie jetzt älter, aber in meiner \Vorstellung bewahre ich ihr Bild als junge, hübsche Frau she may be older now, but in my mind's eye I still see her as a pretty young woman
    jds \Vorstellungen entsprechen to meet sb's requirements
    dieser Pullover entspricht genau meinen \Vorstellungen this jumper is just what I'm looking for
    das Gehalt entspricht nicht ganz meinen \Vorstellungen the salary doesn't quite match [up to] my expectations
    das Produkt wurde genau nach unseren \Vorstellungen entwickelt the product was designed to match our requirements [or specifications] exactly
    bestimmte \Vorstellungen haben [o sich dat bestimmte \Vorstellungen machen] to have certain ideas
    falsche \Vorstellungen haben to have false hopes
    unrealistische \Vorstellungen haben to have unrealistic expectations
    sich dat keine \Vorstellung machen, was/wie... to have no idea what/how...
    alle \Vorstellungen übertreffen to be almost inconceivable [to the human mind] [or beyond the [powers of] imagination of the human mind]
    Traumstrände hatten wir erwartet, aber die Realität übertraf alle \Vorstellungen we expected [to find] beautiful beaches, but the reality exceeded all our expectations [or was beyond [all] our wildest dreams
    2. THEAT (Aufführung) performance; FILM showing
    3. ÖKON (Präsentation) presentation
    * * *
    1) (Begriff) idea

    er macht sich (Dat.) keine Vorstellung [davon], welche Mühe das kostet — he has no idea how much effort that costs

    das entspricht ganz/nicht meinen Vorstellungen — that is exactly/not what I had in mind

    2) o. Pl. (Fantasie) imagination
    3) (Aufführung) performance; (im Kino) showing

    eine schwache Vorstellung geben — (fig.) perform badly

    4) (das Bekanntmachen) introduction
    5) (Präsentation) presentation
    6) (bei Bewerbung) interview
    * * *
    1. (Bekanntmachen) introduction; einer Sache: presentation; bei Bewerbung: interview (
    bei with)
    2. THEAT performance, show; FILM show(ing);
    die letzte Vorstellung Kino: the last showing;
    eine starke/schwache Vorstellung geben besonders SPORT give a strong/weak performance;
    nur eine kurze Vorstellung geben umg, fig not stay long
    3. (Begriff) idea; (Bild) auch image;
    falsche Vorstellung wrong idea, misconception;
    sich (dat)
    eine (klare) Vorstellung machen von form a (clear) picture of, get an ( oder a proper) idea of;
    ist das deine Vorstellung von …? is that your idea of …?;
    (nicht) jemandes Vorstellungen entsprechen (not) be exactly what sb has in mind;
    haben Sie Vorstellungen bezüglich des Gehalts etc? do you have anything in mind in terms of salary etc?;
    in meiner Vorstellung the way I imagine ( oder see) it;
    du hast manchmal komische Vorstellungen you ('do) have some strange ideas;
    du machst dir keine Vorstellung! you’ve no idea;
    4.
    jemandem Vorstellungen machen remonstrate with sb (
    wegen about)
    * * *
    1) (Begriff) idea

    er macht sich (Dat.) keine Vorstellung [davon], welche Mühe das kostet — he has no idea how much effort that costs

    das entspricht ganz/nicht meinen Vorstellungen — that is exactly/not what I had in mind

    2) o. Pl. (Fantasie) imagination
    3) (Aufführung) performance; (im Kino) showing

    eine schwache Vorstellung geben — (fig.) perform badly

    4) (das Bekanntmachen) introduction
    5) (Präsentation) presentation
    6) (bei Bewerbung) interview
    * * *
    f.
    association n.
    conceivability n.
    conception n.
    idea n.
    imagination n.
    perception n.
    performance (theatre) n.
    show (cinema) n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Vorstellung

  • 33 vorstellung

    f
    1. (Bekanntmachen) introduction; einer Sache: presentation; bei Bewerbung: interview ( bei with)
    2. THEAT. performance, show; Film: show(ing); die letzte Vorstellung Kino: the last showing; eine starke / schwache Vorstellung geben bes. SPORT give a strong / weak performance; nur eine kurze Vorstellung geben umg., fig. not stay long
    3. (Begriff) idea; (Bild) auch image; falsche Vorstellung wrong idea, misconception; sich (Dat) eine ( klare) Vorstellung machen von form a (clear) picture of, get an ( oder a proper) idea of; ist das deine Vorstellung von...? is that your idea of...?; ( nicht) jemandes Vorstellungen entsprechen (not) be exactly what s.o. has in mind; haben Sie Vorstellungen bezüglich des Gehalts etc.? do you have anything in mind in terms of salary etc.?; in meiner Vorstellung the way I imagine ( oder see) it; du hast manchmal komische Vorstellungen you ('do) have some strange ideas; du machst dir keine Vorstellung! you’ve no idea; das geht über alle Vorstellung the mind boggles
    4. jemandem Vorstellungen machen remonstrate with s.o. ( wegen about)
    * * *
    die Vorstellung
    (Aufführung) performance;
    (Bekanntmachung) introduction;
    (Gedanke) notion; concept; idea
    * * *
    Vor|stel|lung
    f
    1) (= Gedanke) idea; (bildlich) picture; (= Einbildung) illusion; (= Vorstellungskraft) imagination

    in meiner Vórstellung sah das größer aus — I imagined it bigger

    in meiner Vórstellung ist Gott kein alter Mann — I don't picture God as an old man

    du hast falsche Vórstellungen — you are wrong (in your ideas)

    es übertrifft alle Vórstellungen — it's incredible or unbelievable

    das entspricht ganz meiner Vórstellung — that is just how I imagined or saw it

    eine Vórstellung von etw machen — to form an idea or (Bild) picture of sth

    du machst dir keine Vórstellung, wie schwierig das ist — you have no idea how difficult that is

    2) (THEAT ETC) performance; (FILM) showing, performance
    3) (= das Bekanntmachen) (zwischen Leuten) introduction; (bei Hofe) presentation (bei at); (= Vorführung von Geräten, neuem Artikel etc) presentation; (bei Bewerbung, Antrittsbesuch) interview (bei with)
    4) (= Einwand) objection, protest
    * * *
    die
    1) (an idea grasped or understood: We can have no conception of the size of the universe.) conception
    2) (something imagined: He had a sudden fancy that he could see Spring approaching.) fancy
    3) (mental picture: This will give you an idea of what I mean.) idea
    4) (mental picture: I have an image of the place in my mind.) image
    5) ((the part of the mind which has) the ability to form mental pictures: I can see it all in my imagination.) imagination
    6) (an act of introducing one person to another: The hostess made the introductions and everyone shook hands.) introduction
    7) (an uncertain belief; an idea: He has some very odd notions.) notion
    8) (something done on stage etc: The company gave a performance of `Othello'; His last three performances have not been very good.) performance
    9) (a performance, or set of repeated performances, of a play, opera etc: This is the best presentation of `Macbeth' that I've ever seen.) presentation
    * * *
    Vor·stel·lung
    f
    bestimmte Gerüche können beim Menschen immer die gleichen \Vorstellungen auslösen certain smells [can] always trigger the same thoughts in people
    in jds \Vorstellung in sb's mind
    gewiss ist sie jetzt älter, aber in meiner \Vorstellung bewahre ich ihr Bild als junge, hübsche Frau she may be older now, but in my mind's eye I still see her as a pretty young woman
    jds \Vorstellungen entsprechen to meet sb's requirements
    dieser Pullover entspricht genau meinen \Vorstellungen this jumper is just what I'm looking for
    das Gehalt entspricht nicht ganz meinen \Vorstellungen the salary doesn't quite match [up to] my expectations
    das Produkt wurde genau nach unseren \Vorstellungen entwickelt the product was designed to match our requirements [or specifications] exactly
    bestimmte \Vorstellungen haben [o sich dat bestimmte \Vorstellungen machen] to have certain ideas
    falsche \Vorstellungen haben to have false hopes
    unrealistische \Vorstellungen haben to have unrealistic expectations
    sich dat keine \Vorstellung machen, was/wie... to have no idea what/how...
    alle \Vorstellungen übertreffen to be almost inconceivable [to the human mind] [or beyond the [powers of] imagination of the human mind]
    Traumstrände hatten wir erwartet, aber die Realität übertraf alle \Vorstellungen we expected [to find] beautiful beaches, but the reality exceeded all our expectations [or was beyond [all] our wildest dreams
    2. THEAT (Aufführung) performance; FILM showing
    3. ÖKON (Präsentation) presentation
    * * *
    1) (Begriff) idea

    er macht sich (Dat.) keine Vorstellung [davon], welche Mühe das kostet — he has no idea how much effort that costs

    das entspricht ganz/nicht meinen Vorstellungen — that is exactly/not what I had in mind

    2) o. Pl. (Fantasie) imagination
    3) (Aufführung) performance; (im Kino) showing

    eine schwache Vorstellung geben — (fig.) perform badly

    4) (das Bekanntmachen) introduction
    5) (Präsentation) presentation
    6) (bei Bewerbung) interview
    * * *
    …vorstellung f im subst
    1. THEAT etc:
    Kindervorstellung childrens’ show;
    Wohltätigkeitsvorstellung charity performance
    2. (Idee, Wunsch):
    Gehaltsvorstellung desired salary;
    Preisvorstellung desired price;
    Glücksvorstellung idea of happiness
    * * *
    1) (Begriff) idea

    er macht sich (Dat.) keine Vorstellung [davon], welche Mühe das kostet — he has no idea how much effort that costs

    das entspricht ganz/nicht meinen Vorstellungen — that is exactly/not what I had in mind

    2) o. Pl. (Fantasie) imagination
    3) (Aufführung) performance; (im Kino) showing

    eine schwache Vorstellung geben — (fig.) perform badly

    4) (das Bekanntmachen) introduction
    5) (Präsentation) presentation
    6) (bei Bewerbung) interview
    * * *
    f.
    association n.
    conceivability n.
    conception n.
    idea n.
    imagination n.
    perception n.
    performance (theatre) n.
    show (cinema) n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > vorstellung

  • 34 cercar

    v.
    1 to fence (off).
    El granjero alambró la finca The farmer enclosed the farm with wire netting.
    2 to surround.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 (poner una cerca) to fence in, enclose
    2 (rodear) to surround, encircle
    3 MILITAR to besiege, surround
    * * *
    verb
    1) to enclose, fence
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ campo, terreno] to enclose; [con vallas] to fence in, wall in
    2) [+ persona] to surround, ring
    3) (Mil) [+ pueblo, ciudad] to surround, besiege; [+ tropas] to cut off, surround
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <campo/terreno> to enclose, surround; ( con valla) to fence in
    b) < persona> to surround
    c) (Mil) < ciudad> to besiege; < enemigo> to surround
    * * *
    = surround, come under + siege, wall, fence, seal off, hem + Nombre + in, close in on.
    Ex. The city loomed far in the distance, with the darkness of nothing surrounding it like a protective cloak.
    Ex. The author describes the destruction and dispersal of the contents of the Hanlin library in Beijing during the uprising in 1900, when the Western government diplomatic offices came under siege by the Chinese government.
    Ex. It was not extensively inhabited until the later half of the 13th c., and not walled until the later 13th or early 14th c..
    Ex. In order to reducing disease risk to livestock scrubs were fenced to prevent expansion of rabbit burrows into grazing pastures.
    Ex. In the case of vast and rapidly growing copyright libraries where the stock is sealed off from the public, specific classification is not worth the effort.
    Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    Ex. As he closed in on the killer, he discovered evidence that points to the unimaginable -- a revelation that could rock the entire world.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <campo/terreno> to enclose, surround; ( con valla) to fence in
    b) < persona> to surround
    c) (Mil) < ciudad> to besiege; < enemigo> to surround
    * * *
    = surround, come under + siege, wall, fence, seal off, hem + Nombre + in, close in on.

    Ex: The city loomed far in the distance, with the darkness of nothing surrounding it like a protective cloak.

    Ex: The author describes the destruction and dispersal of the contents of the Hanlin library in Beijing during the uprising in 1900, when the Western government diplomatic offices came under siege by the Chinese government.
    Ex: It was not extensively inhabited until the later half of the 13th c., and not walled until the later 13th or early 14th c..
    Ex: In order to reducing disease risk to livestock scrubs were fenced to prevent expansion of rabbit burrows into grazing pastures.
    Ex: In the case of vast and rapidly growing copyright libraries where the stock is sealed off from the public, specific classification is not worth the effort.
    Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    Ex: As he closed in on the killer, he discovered evidence that points to the unimaginable -- a revelation that could rock the entire world.

    * * *
    cercar [A2 ]
    vt
    1 ‹campo/terreno› to enclose, surround; (con una valla) to fence in
    las colinas cercaban el valle ( liter); the hills encircled o enclosed the valley ( liter)
    2 ‹persona› to surround
    se vio cercado por una banda de delincuentes he found himself surrounded by o hemmed in by a gang of thugs
    3 ( Mil) ‹ciudad› to besiege, encircle; ‹enemigo› to surround, encircle
    * * *

    cercar ( conjugate cercar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹campo/terreno› to enclose, surround;

    ( con valla) to fence in

    c) (Mil) ‹ ciudad› to besiege;

    ‹ enemigo› to surround
    cercar verbo transitivo
    1 (con una valla) to fence, enclose
    2 (al enemigo) to surround
    ' cercar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    reja
    English:
    enclose
    - fence
    - fence in
    - hedge
    - ring
    - stake
    - circle
    - close
    - surround
    * * *
    cercar vt
    1. [vallar] to fence (off)
    2. [ciudad, fortaleza] to besiege, to lay siege to;
    [atracador, fugitivo] to surround
    * * *
    v/t
    1 surround
    2 con valla fence in
    * * *
    cercar {72} vt
    1) : to fence in, to enclose
    2) : to surround
    * * *
    cercar vb to fence in / to enclose

    Spanish-English dictionary > cercar

  • 35 estrechar el cerco

    (v.) = close in on
    Ex. As he closed in on the killer, he discovered evidence that points to the unimaginable -- a revelation that could rock the entire world.
    * * *

    Ex: As he closed in on the killer, he discovered evidence that points to the unimaginable -- a revelation that could rock the entire world.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estrechar el cerco

  • 36 imaginable

    adj.
    imaginable, conceivable.
    * * *
    1 imaginable
    * * *
    ADJ imaginable, conceivable

    no es imaginable que... — it is difficult to imagine o conceive that...

    * * *
    adjetivo imaginable
    * * *
    = conceivable, imaginable, thinkable.
    Ex. This article emphasises the importance of a preservation plan that includes ways of dealing with every conceivable type of disaster a library might experience.
    Ex. The actual or potential availability of virtually any imaginable data bases on CD-ROM is now a reality.
    Ex. This has opened up issues of what is & is not thinkable &, therefore, doable in the present conjuncture of crisis & instability.
    ----
    * inimaginable = unimaginable.
    * * *
    adjetivo imaginable
    * * *
    = conceivable, imaginable, thinkable.

    Ex: This article emphasises the importance of a preservation plan that includes ways of dealing with every conceivable type of disaster a library might experience.

    Ex: The actual or potential availability of virtually any imaginable data bases on CD-ROM is now a reality.
    Ex: This has opened up issues of what is & is not thinkable &, therefore, doable in the present conjuncture of crisis & instability.
    * inimaginable = unimaginable.

    * * *
    imaginable
    * * *
    imaginable, conceivable
    * * *
    adj imaginable
    * * *
    : imaginable, conceivable

    Spanish-English dictionary > imaginable

  • 37 mercado de valores

    stock market
    * * *
    (n.) = stock market, share market, securities market
    Ex. This database supplies on-line information on current events, weather, sports, stock markets, health, travel and shopping.
    Ex. Due to the devastating drop in stock prices and a slump in the share market, share market traders predict a sharp drop in the sale of gold.
    Ex. 2009 will go down in the history books as a year in which securities markets sank to unimaginable levels.
    * * *
    (n.) = stock market, share market, securities market

    Ex: This database supplies on-line information on current events, weather, sports, stock markets, health, travel and shopping.

    Ex: Due to the devastating drop in stock prices and a slump in the share market, share market traders predict a sharp drop in the sale of gold.
    Ex: 2009 will go down in the history books as a year in which securities markets sank to unimaginable levels.

    * * *
    stock market

    Spanish-English dictionary > mercado de valores

  • 38 pasar a la historia como

    (v.) = go down as, go down in + history as, go down in + the history books as, go down in + the annals of history as
    Ex. This year will go down as the most depressing doleful Christmas I've ever had.
    Ex. This will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
    Ex. 2009 will go down in the history books as a year in which securities markets sank to unimaginable levels.
    Ex. July 20th and 21st 1919 will go down in the annals of history as a red-letter day of the highest significance.
    * * *
    (v.) = go down as, go down in + history as, go down in + the history books as, go down in + the annals of history as

    Ex: This year will go down as the most depressing doleful Christmas I've ever had.

    Ex: This will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
    Ex: 2009 will go down in the history books as a year in which securities markets sank to unimaginable levels.
    Ex: July 20th and 21st 1919 will go down in the annals of history as a red-letter day of the highest significance.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pasar a la historia como

  • 39 pasar a los anales de la historia como

    (v.) = go down in + history as, go down in + the history books as, go down in + the annals of history as
    Ex. This will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
    Ex. 2009 will go down in the history books as a year in which securities markets sank to unimaginable levels.
    Ex. July 20th and 21st 1919 will go down in the annals of history as a red-letter day of the highest significance.
    * * *
    (v.) = go down in + history as, go down in + the history books as, go down in + the annals of history as

    Ex: This will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

    Ex: 2009 will go down in the history books as a year in which securities markets sank to unimaginable levels.
    Ex: July 20th and 21st 1919 will go down in the annals of history as a red-letter day of the highest significance.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pasar a los anales de la historia como

  • 40 rodear

    v.
    1 to surround.
    le rodeó el cuello con los brazos she put her arms around his neck
    ¡ríndete, estás rodeado! surrender, we have you o you're surrounded!
    vive rodeado de libros he's always surrounded by books
    La luz rodea al corral The light surrounds the corral.
    2 to surround (estar alrededor de).
    el misterio que rodea la investigación the mystery surrounding the investigation
    todos los que la rodean hablan muy bien de ella everyone around her speaks very highly of her
    3 to go around (dar la vuelta a).
    4 to skirt around.
    5 to wall in, to close in, to close round, to corner.
    La cerca rodea a las vacas The fence walls in the cows.
    * * *
    1 (cercar) to surround, encircle
    1 (andar alrededor) to go around
    1 to surround oneself (de, with)
    * * *
    verb
    2) surround, encircle
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=poner alrededor de) to encircle, enclose

    rodearon el terreno con alambre de púas — they surrounded the field with barbed wire, they put a barbed wire fence around the field

    2) (=ponerse alrededor de) to surround
    3) LAm [+ ganado] to round up
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( ponerse alrededor de) <edificio/persona> to surround

    todos rodearon a los novios — they all crowded o gathered round the newlyweds

    d) (AmL) < ganado> to round up
    2) ( estar alrededor de) to surround

    todos los que lo rodean — everyone who works with him/knows him

    2.
    rodearse v pron

    rodearse DE algo/alguien — to surround oneself with something/somebody

    * * *
    = bound, surround, be all around us, envelop, shroud, skirt, hem + Nombre + in, close in on, gird.
    Ex. Word is a character string bounded by spaces or other chosen characters.
    Ex. The city loomed far in the distance, with the darkness of nothing surrounding it like a protective cloak.
    Ex. June Jordan offers the poet's view that poetry is all around us.
    Ex. Her eyes swept the room and then enveloped him in an icy glare.
    Ex. Often the needs of the disabled are shrouded by misconceptions such as that they are forced to lead a poor quality of life.
    Ex. Bridleways that cross arable land may be legally ploughed up, but not those that skirt a field.
    Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    Ex. As he closed in on the killer, he discovered evidence that points to the unimaginable -- a revelation that could rock the entire world.
    Ex. The peaks and rocks of grotesque shapes are girded by clear streams and embraced by green trees and bamboo plants.
    ----
    * Nombre + que me rodea = Nombre + round me.
    * que nos rodea = ambient.
    * que rodea = surrounding.
    * rodear con un círculo = encircle, circle.
    * rodear de misterio = shroud in + mystery, veil in + mystery.
    * rodear en grupo = swarm.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( ponerse alrededor de) <edificio/persona> to surround

    todos rodearon a los novios — they all crowded o gathered round the newlyweds

    d) (AmL) < ganado> to round up
    2) ( estar alrededor de) to surround

    todos los que lo rodean — everyone who works with him/knows him

    2.
    rodearse v pron

    rodearse DE algo/alguien — to surround oneself with something/somebody

    * * *
    = bound, surround, be all around us, envelop, shroud, skirt, hem + Nombre + in, close in on, gird.

    Ex: Word is a character string bounded by spaces or other chosen characters.

    Ex: The city loomed far in the distance, with the darkness of nothing surrounding it like a protective cloak.
    Ex: June Jordan offers the poet's view that poetry is all around us.
    Ex: Her eyes swept the room and then enveloped him in an icy glare.
    Ex: Often the needs of the disabled are shrouded by misconceptions such as that they are forced to lead a poor quality of life.
    Ex: Bridleways that cross arable land may be legally ploughed up, but not those that skirt a field.
    Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    Ex: As he closed in on the killer, he discovered evidence that points to the unimaginable -- a revelation that could rock the entire world.
    Ex: The peaks and rocks of grotesque shapes are girded by clear streams and embraced by green trees and bamboo plants.
    * Nombre + que me rodea = Nombre + round me.
    * que nos rodea = ambient.
    * que rodea = surrounding.
    * rodear con un círculo = encircle, circle.
    * rodear de misterio = shroud in + mystery, veil in + mystery.
    * rodear en grupo = swarm.

    * * *
    rodear [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (ponerse alrededor de) ‹edificio/persona› to surround
    se vio rodeada por una nube de fotógrafos she found herself surrounded by a swarm of photographers
    todos rodearon a los novios they all crowded o gathered round the newlyweds
    2 (poner alrededor) rodear algo DE algo to surround sth WITH sth
    rodeó el brillante de rubíes he surrounded the diamond with rubies
    3
    (encerrar): le rodeó la cintura y la atrajo hacia sí he put his arms around her waist and drew her toward(s) him
    4 ( AmL) ‹ganado› to round up
    B (estar alrededor de) to surround
    las circunstancias que rodearon su muerte the circumstances surrounding his death
    un grupo de curiosos rodeaba el vehículo the vehicle was surrounded by a group of onlookers, a group of onlookers surrounded the vehicle
    el misterio que rodea sus actividades the mystery which surrounds their activities
    es muy querido por todos los que lo rodean everyone who works with him/knows him is very fond of him
    rodearse DE algo/algn to surround oneself WITH sth/sb
    procura rodearte de gente de confianza try to surround yourself with people you can trust
    me gusta rodearme de cosas hermosas I like to surround myself with beautiful things
    * * *

     

    rodear ( conjugate rodear) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹edificio/persona› to surround;

    rodear algo DE algo to surround sth with sth;

    le rodeó la cintura con los brazos he put his arms around her waist
    b) (AmL) ‹ ganado› to round up

    2 ( estar alrededor de) to surround;
    ◊ todos los que lo rodean everyone who works with him/knows him

    rodearse verbo pronominal rodearse DE algo/algn to surround oneself with sth/sb
    rodear
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (con algo) to surround
    rodear con los brazos, to put one's arms around
    2 (un asunto) to avoid
    II verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo (un camino) to go round, make a detour
    ' rodear' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bordear
    - envolver
    English:
    border
    - circle
    - close in
    - encircle
    - enclose
    - encompass
    - hem in
    - loop
    - surround
    - go
    - ring
    - round
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [poner o ponerse alrededor de] to surround (de with);
    le rodeó el cuello con los brazos she put her arms around his neck;
    ¡ríndete, estás rodeado! surrender, we have you o you're surrounded!;
    vive rodeado de libros he's always surrounded by books
    2. [estar alrededor de] to surround;
    el misterio que rodea la investigación the mystery surrounding the investigation;
    todos los que la rodean hablan muy bien de ella everyone around her speaks very highly of her
    3. [dar la vuelta a] to go around
    4. [eludir] [tema] to skirt around
    5. Am [ganado] to round up
    * * *
    v/t surround
    * * *
    rodear vt
    1) : to surround
    2) : to round up (cattle)
    rodear vi
    1) : to go around
    2) : to beat around the bush
    * * *
    rodear vb
    1. (cercar) to surround
    2. (con los brazos) to put round [pt. & pp. put]

    Spanish-English dictionary > rodear

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