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1 recoger

v.

1 to pick up.

recogí los papeles del suelo I picked the papers up off the ground

Ella recoge la ropa She picks up the clothes.

María recoge a su hijo Mary picks up her son.

2 to collect, to gather.

Ellos recogen manzanas They gather apples.

3 to clear (ordenar, limpiar) (mesa).

4 to pick up, to fetch.

iré a recoger a los niños a la escuela I'll pick the children up from school

5 to take in (acoger) (mendigo, huérfano, animal).

6 to gather, to harvest.

7 to take up, to shorten (acortar) (item of clothing).

8 to show (mostrar) (sujeto: foto, película).

la exposición recoge su obra más reciente the exhibition brings together his latest works

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recoger

Conjugation model [ PROTEGER], like link=proteger proteger

► verbo transitivo

1 (volver a coger) to take again, take back

2 (coger) to pick up, take back

■ recoja el paquete pick the parcel up

3 (ir a buscar) to pick up, collect

■ me recogerá a las cuatro he'll pick me up at four o'clock

4 (cosecha) to harvest, gather; (fruta) to pick

5 (guardar) to put away

■ recoge la plata put the silverware away

6 (poner al abrigo) to bring in

■ recoge las toallas, va a llover bring those towels in, it's going to rain

7 (suspender) to seize

■ recoger una publicación to seize a publication

8 (juntar) to gather, collect

■ hemos recogido mucho dinero we have collected a lot of money

9 (velas) to take in; (cortinas) to draw

10 (dar asilo) to take in, shelter

■ lo recogieron sus abuelos he was taken in by his grandparents

11 (ordenar) to clear up, tidy up

12 (limpiar) to clean; (el polvo) to wipe off; (líquido) to wipe up

13 (remangar - prendas) to pick up, lift up; (- mangas) to roll up

14 COSTURA to shorten, take up

■ la modista me recogió la falda the seamstress shortened my skirt

► verbo pronominal recogerse

1 (irse a casa) to go home

2 (irse a dormir) to go to bed

3 (para meditar) to retire, withdraw

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FRASEOLOGÍA

recoger la mesa to clear the table

recogerse el pelo to put one's hair up, tie one's hair back

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verb

to collect, gather

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1. VT

1) (=levantar) [+ objeto caído] to pick up; [+ objetos dispersos] to gather (up), gather together

se agachó para recoger la cuchara — he bent down to pick up the spoon

recogí el papel del suelo — I picked the paper up off the floor

recogió la ropa del suelo — she gathered the clothes up off the floor

si tiras agua en el suelo recógela con la fregona — if you spill water on the floor mop it up

2) (=recolectar) [+ datos, información] to gather, collect; [+ dinero, firmas] to collect; [+ correo, basura] to collect, pick up

¿a qué hora recogen el correo? — what time is the mail o post collected?, what time do they collect the mail o post?

a las diez recogen la basura — the rubbish gets collected at ten o'clock

3) (=ordenar) [+ objetos] to clear up, clear away; [+ casa, habitación] to tidy up, straighten up

recógelo todo antes de marcharte — clear up everything before you leave

recogí los platos y los puse en el fregadero — I cleared away the plates and put them in the sink

recoger la mesa — to clear the table

recoge tus cosas — get your things together, gather up your things

4) (=guardar) [+ ropa lavada] to take in, get in; [+ herramientas] to put away

5) (Agr) to harvest, gather in, take in; [+ fruta, guisantes] to pick; [+ flores] to pick, gather

6) (=reducir, ajustar) [+ cuerda, vela] to take in; [+ alas] to fold; [+ cuernos] to draw in; [+ falda] to gather up, lift up; [+ mangas] to roll up; (Cos) to take in, reduce, shorten

7) (=almacenar) [+ polvo] to gather; [+ líquido] to absorb, take up; [en recipiente] to collect

8) (=ir a buscar) [+ persona] to pick up, fetch, collect; [+ billetes, paquete] to collect, pick up

te vendremos a recoger a las ocho — we'll come and pick you up o fetch you o collect you at eight o'clock, we'll come for you at eight o'clock

9) (=mostrar) to show

la imagen recoge uno de los momentos más dramáticos — the picture shows o captures one of the most dramatic moments

el informe recoge la situación — the situation is described in the report

10) (=incluir) to include

el informe recoge diversas sugerencias — various suggestions are included in the report, the report includes various suggestions

vocablos que no están recogidos en el diccionario — words not included in the dictionary

11) [+ demandas, reivindicaciones] to take into account

el acuerdo recoge las demandas de los indígenas — the agreement takes into account the demands of the native people

12) (=recibir)

ahora empieza a recoger los frutos de su esfuerzo — she's beginning to reap the reward(s) of her efforts

no recogió más que censuras — he received nothing but condemnation

de todo esto van a recoger muy poco — they won't get much back out of all this, they will get very little return from all this

13) (=retirar) [+ periódico, libro] to seize; [+ moneda] to call in

las autoridades recogieron todos los ejemplares — the authorities seized all the copies

van a recoger las monedas antiguas — they are going to call in the old coins

14) (=dar asilo) to take in, shelter

2.

VI (=ordenar) to tidy up, straighten up; [al cerrar, terminar] to clear up

3.

See:

recogerse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( levantar) to pick up

lo recogió del suelo — she picked it up off the floor

recogí el agua con un trapo — I mopped the water up

recoge estos vidrios — clear up this broken glass

b) <casa/habitación> to straighten (up) (AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE)

recoger la mesa — to clear the table

2)

a) <dinero/firmas> to collect

b) <deberes/cuadernos> to collect, take in

recoger la ropa del tendedero — to bring the washing in

c) <trigo/maíz> to harvest, gather in; < fruta> to pick; <flores/hongos> to pick, gather

no llegó a recoger el fruto de su trabajo — he was unable to reap the fruits of his labor

d) <tienda de campaña/vela> to take down

e) < pelo>

le recogió el pelo en una cola — he put her hair into a ponytail

3) ( recibir y retener) <agua/polvo> to collect

4) ( ir a buscar) < persona> to pick up, fetch, collect; < paquete> to collect, pick up; < basura> to collect

el autobús pasará a recogernos a las ocho — the bus will come by to collect us o pick us up at eight

¿puedes recoger el traje de la tintorería? — can you fetch o pick up the suit from the dry-cleaners?

fui a recoger mis cosas — I went to get o to pick up my things

5) <huérfano/gatito> to take in

6) foto <instantánea/momento> to capture; novela <ambiente/contexto social> to depict

el informe no recoge estas estadísticas — these statistics do not figure o appear in the report

el espectáculo recoge tres de sus obras breves — the show brings together three of his short works
2.
recoger vi ( guardar) to clear up, to straighten up (AmE), to tidy up (BrE)
3.
recogersev pron

1) ( volver a casa) to go home; ( ir a la cama) to go to bed, retire; (para meditar, rezar) to withdraw

2) < pelo> to tie up

recogerse el pelo en un moño — to put one's hair up in a bun

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= capture, collect, cull, gather, pick up, record, reap, harvest, garner, shuffle together, scoop (out), sweep up, wind, stow, pack + Posesivo + bags, clear up, pack up.

Ex. In those early days, so the story goes, the library movement was in danger of being captured by an aristocratic intellectual class designing to make the public library an elitist center for scholarly research.

Ex. Synonyms, related terms and other variants must now be collected, either by human selection, or with the aid of the machine.

Ex. The contents of an extract will often be culled from the results, conclusions or recommendations, i.e. the concluding segments, of the document.

Ex. A bibliography is a list of materials or items which is restricted in its coverage by some feature other than the materials being gathered in one library collection.

Ex. Then these suggestion can be picked up by the editor, and communicated to the author.

Ex. Editors and compilers of editions of works are recorded together with the edition statement in the edition area = En en área de edición se incluyen los editores y compiladores de las ediciones de trabajos junto con la mención de edición.

Ex. Women suffragists reaped an unexpected publicity bonanza when the 1913 national suffrage parade in Washington was broken up by a drunken mob.

Ex. Entire families or groups of families cooperate in growing and harvesting food.

Ex. The serials file contains a large number of titles, not only contributed by members, but also garnered from other sources.

Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.

Ex. This service will be useful for end users and for scooping out the availability of information on STN for a variety of search topics.

Ex. Who else is going to flip the burgers, clean the resistant bomb-proof windows of the glitzy mile-high skyscrapers -- also take out the garbage, wash the dishes, park the cars, sweep up the papers in the parks?.

Ex. Bring the kite down by slowly winding the kite string around a kite spool.

Ex. It is a matter of basic safety for everyone on board, before casting off in the morning for that next heavenly anchorage, to see that everything be properly stowed and secured.

Ex. The next day we shook off our hangovers with another refreshing dip under the waterfall, packed our bags and headed off.

Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.

Ex. The hall is quiet, the band has packed up, and the munchies are all gone.

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* encargado de recoger = gatherer.

* frase que recoge el tema principal del artículo = topic sentence.

* persona que recoge algo = picker.

* quien siembra vientos recoge tempestades = as you sow, so shall you reap.

* recoger con un rastrillo = rake.

* recoger datos = collect + data.

* recoger datos para hacer estadísticas = collect + statistics.

* recoger evidencia = collect + evidence.

* recoger experiencia = garner + experience.

* recoger información = collect + data, collect + information, gather + information, summon + knowledge, harvest + information.

* recoger la mesa = clear away + the things.

* recoger las cosas = clear away + the things.

* recoger las cosas de Uno antes de irse = pack + Posesivo + things.

* recoger los platos rotos = pick up + the pieces, sort out + the mess.

* recoger material = gather + material.

* recoger pruebas = collect + evidence, gather + evidence, accumulate + evidence.

* recoger y enviar datos = telemeter.

* sin recoger = uncollected.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( levantar) to pick up

lo recogió del suelo — she picked it up off the floor

recogí el agua con un trapo — I mopped the water up

recoge estos vidrios — clear up this broken glass

b) <casa/habitación> to straighten (up) (AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE)

recoger la mesa — to clear the table

2)

a) <dinero/firmas> to collect

b) <deberes/cuadernos> to collect, take in

recoger la ropa del tendedero — to bring the washing in

c) <trigo/maíz> to harvest, gather in; < fruta> to pick; <flores/hongos> to pick, gather

no llegó a recoger el fruto de su trabajo — he was unable to reap the fruits of his labor

d) <tienda de campaña/vela> to take down

e) < pelo>

le recogió el pelo en una cola — he put her hair into a ponytail

3) ( recibir y retener) <agua/polvo> to collect

4) ( ir a buscar) < persona> to pick up, fetch, collect; < paquete> to collect, pick up; < basura> to collect

el autobús pasará a recogernos a las ocho — the bus will come by to collect us o pick us up at eight

¿puedes recoger el traje de la tintorería? — can you fetch o pick up the suit from the dry-cleaners?

fui a recoger mis cosas — I went to get o to pick up my things

5) <huérfano/gatito> to take in

6) foto <instantánea/momento> to capture; novela <ambiente/contexto social> to depict

el informe no recoge estas estadísticas — these statistics do not figure o appear in the report

el espectáculo recoge tres de sus obras breves — the show brings together three of his short works
2.
recoger vi ( guardar) to clear up, to straighten up (AmE), to tidy up (BrE)
3.
recogersev pron

1) ( volver a casa) to go home; ( ir a la cama) to go to bed, retire; (para meditar, rezar) to withdraw

2) < pelo> to tie up

recogerse el pelo en un moño — to put one's hair up in a bun

* * *

= capture, collect, cull, gather, pick up, record, reap, harvest, garner, shuffle together, scoop (out), sweep up, wind, stow, pack + Posesivo + bags, clear up, pack up.

Ex: In those early days, so the story goes, the library movement was in danger of being captured by an aristocratic intellectual class designing to make the public library an elitist center for scholarly research.

Ex: Synonyms, related terms and other variants must now be collected, either by human selection, or with the aid of the machine.

Ex: The contents of an extract will often be culled from the results, conclusions or recommendations, i.e. the concluding segments, of the document.

Ex: A bibliography is a list of materials or items which is restricted in its coverage by some feature other than the materials being gathered in one library collection.

Ex: Then these suggestion can be picked up by the editor, and communicated to the author.

Ex: Editors and compilers of editions of works are recorded together with the edition statement in the edition area = En en área de edición se incluyen los editores y compiladores de las ediciones de trabajos junto con la mención de edición.

Ex: Women suffragists reaped an unexpected publicity bonanza when the 1913 national suffrage parade in Washington was broken up by a drunken mob.

Ex: Entire families or groups of families cooperate in growing and harvesting food.

Ex: The serials file contains a large number of titles, not only contributed by members, but also garnered from other sources.

Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.

Ex: This service will be useful for end users and for scooping out the availability of information on STN for a variety of search topics.

Ex: Who else is going to flip the burgers, clean the resistant bomb-proof windows of the glitzy mile-high skyscrapers -- also take out the garbage, wash the dishes, park the cars, sweep up the papers in the parks?.

Ex: Bring the kite down by slowly winding the kite string around a kite spool.

Ex: It is a matter of basic safety for everyone on board, before casting off in the morning for that next heavenly anchorage, to see that everything be properly stowed and secured.

Ex: The next day we shook off our hangovers with another refreshing dip under the waterfall, packed our bags and headed off.

Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.

Ex: The hall is quiet, the band has packed up, and the munchies are all gone.

* encargado de recoger = gatherer.

* frase que recoge el tema principal del artículo = topic sentence.

* persona que recoge algo = picker.

* quien siembra vientos recoge tempestades = as you sow, so shall you reap.

* recoger con un rastrillo = rake.

* recoger datos = collect + data.

* recoger datos para hacer estadísticas = collect + statistics.

* recoger evidencia = collect + evidence.

* recoger experiencia = garner + experience.

* recoger información = collect + data, collect + information, gather + information, summon + knowledge, harvest + information.

* recoger la mesa = clear away + the things.

* recoger las cosas = clear away + the things.

* recoger las cosas de Uno antes de irse = pack + Posesivo + things.

* recoger los platos rotos = pick up + the pieces, sort out + the mess.

* recoger material = gather + material.

* recoger pruebas = collect + evidence, gather + evidence, accumulate + evidence.

* recoger y enviar datos = telemeter.

* sin recoger = uncollected.

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recoger [E6 ]

vt

A

1 (levantar) to pick up

recoge la servilleta pick up the napkin

lo recogió del suelo she picked it up off the floor

no pienso recoger vuestros trastos I don't intend to pick up your junk o to clear up after you

recogía el agua que se salía de la lavadora I was mopping up the water that was coming out of the washing machine

recoge estos cristales clear up this broken glass

2 ‹casa/habitación› to straighten (up) ( AmE), to tidy (up) ( BrE)

recoger la mesa to clear the table

B

1 ‹dinero/firmas› to collect

2 ‹deberes/cuadernos› to collect, take in

recoger la ropa del tendedero to bring the washing in

3 ‹trigo/maíz› to gather in, take in, harvest; ‹fruta› to pick, harvest; ‹flores/hongos› to pick, gather

no llegó a recoger el fruto de su trabajo he was unable to reap the fruits of his labor

4 ‹tienda de campaña› to take down; ‹alfombra› to take up; ‹vela› to take down

5 ‹pelo›

le recogió el pelo en una cola he gathered her hair into a ponytail

C (retener) ‹agua› to collect

esta alfombra recoge mucho polvo this carpet collects o gathers a lot of dust

D (retirar de circulación) ‹periódico› to seize; ‹monedas› to withdraw, take … out of circulation

E (ir a buscar) ‹persona› to pick up, fetch, collect; ‹paquete› to collect, pick up ‹equipaje› ( Aviac) to reclaim

¿a qué hora pasan a recoger la basura? what time do they come to take away o collect the garbage ( AmE) o ( BrE) rubbish?

el autobús pasará a recogernos a las ocho the bus will come by to collect us o pick us up at eight

¿puedes recoger el traje del tinte? can you fetch o pick up the suit from the dry-cleaners

voy adentro a recoger las maletas I'll go inside and get the suitcases

fui a recoger mis cosas I went to get o to pick up my things

F (dar asilo) to take in

recogieron a un gatito abandonado they took in an abandoned kitten

un asilo para recoger a los vagabundos a hostel to provide shelter for vagrants

G

(incluir, registrar): la obra recoge el trasfondo social de aquel momento the work depicts the social context of that time

la imagen recoge el momento en que … the picture shows o captures the moment in which …

el informe recoge estas últimas estadísticas these latest statistics figure o appear in the report

esta acepción no la recoge ningún diccionario this meaning isn't included in o isn't in any dictionary

su obra está siendo recogida en cuatro volúmenes his works are being collected for publication in four volumes

un espectáculo que recoge tres de sus obras breves a show which brings together three of his short works

■ recoger

vi

to clear up, to straighten up ( AmE), to tidy up ( BrE)

venga, recoger ya, que vamos a comer come on, clear up (your things), it's time to eat

■ recogerse

v pron

A

1 (volver a casa) to go home; (ir a la cama) to go to bed, retire

2 (para meditar, rezar) to withdraw

B

1 ‹mangas/pantalones› to roll up; ‹falda› to lift up

2 ‹pelo› to tie up

recogerse el pelo en un moño to put one's hair up in a bun

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recoger ( conjugate recoger) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( levantar) ‹objeto/papeles› to pick up;

◊ recogí el agua con un trapo I mopped the water up

b) ‹casa/habitación› to straighten (up) (AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE);

‹ platos› to clear away;
◊ recoger la mesa to clear the table

2
a) ‹dinero/firmas› to collect

b) ‹deberes/cuadernos› to collect, take in

c) ‹trigo/maíz› to harvest, gather in;

‹ fruta› to pick;
‹flores/hongos› to pick, gather
d) ‹tienda de campaña/vela› to take down

e) ‹ pelo› to tie … back;

◊ le recogió el pelo en una cola he tied her hair back in a ponytail

3 ( ir a buscar) ‹ persona› to pick up, fetch, collect;
‹ paquete› to collect, pick up;
‹ basura› to collect;
‹ equipaje› to reclaim
verbo intransitivo ( guardar) to clear up, to straighten up (AmE), to tidy up (BrE)
recogerse verbo pronominal ‹ pelo› to tie up;
‹ falda› to gather up
recoger
I verbo transitivo
1 (un objeto caído) to pick up
2 (información, dinero, basura, etc) to gather, collect
3 (una casa) to tidy up
recoger la mesa, to clear the table
4 (en un sitio a alguien o algo) to pick up, fetch, collect: vino a recogernos a las tres, she came to pick us up at three o'clock
5 (ordenar, guardar) to tidy (up), clear up: recoge tus juguetes inmediatamente, pick up your toys this instant
6 (a una persona o animal necesitados) to take in
7 (cosecha) to harvest, gather in
8 (fruta) to pick
II vi (poner orden, colocar, guardar) to tidy up: antes de irnos tenemos que recoger, we'll have to tidy up before we go
' recoger' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
buscar
- coger
- inclinarse
- vendimiar
- cosechar
- mesa
- pala
- pinchar
- pretexto
English:
call
- call for
- clear away
- clear up
- collect
- gather
- gather in
- gather up
- harvest
- nuisance
- pack up
- pick
- pick off
- pick up
- pull in
- put away
- rake up
- reclaim
- scoop up
- sweep up
- tidy away
- tidy up
- up
- clear
- collection
- get
- glean
- overflow
- pack
- pull
- reap
- scoop
- sweep
- take
- tidy

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recoger

♦ vt

1. [coger, levantar] to pick up;

recogí los papeles del suelo I picked the papers up off the ground;

recogieron el agua con una fregona they mopped up the water

2. [reunir, retener] to collect, to gather;

están recogiendo firmas/dinero para… they are collecting signatures/money for…;

este trasto no hace más que recoger polvo this piece of junk is just gathering dust

3. [ordenar, limpiar] [mesa] to clear;
[casa, habitación, cosas] to tidy o clear up
4. [ir a buscar] to pick up, to fetch;

iré a recoger a los niños a la escuela I'll pick the children up from school;

¿a qué hora paso a recogerte? what time shall I pick you up?;

¿a qué hora recogen la basura? what time do they collect the rubbish?

5. [recolectar] [mies, cosecha] to harvest;
[fruta, aceitunas] to pick; [setas, flores] to pick, to gather; [beneficios] to reap;
ahora empieza a recoger los frutos de su trabajo now she's starting to reap the rewards of her work

6. [mostrar] [sujeto: foto, película] to show;
[sujeto: novela] to depict;
su ensayo recoge una idea ya esbozada por Spinoza her essay contains an idea already hinted at by Spinoza;

una comedia que recoge el ambiente de los ochenta a comedy which captures the atmosphere of the eighties;

la exposición recoge su obra más reciente the exhibition brings together his latest works

7. [sujeto: ley] to include;

un derecho recogido por la ley a right enshrined in law

8. [acoger] [mendigo, huérfano, animal] to take in;

en el albergue recogen a los sin techo the hostel takes in homeless people

9. [plegar] [velas, sombrillas] to take down;
[cortinas] to tie back
10. [prenda] [acortar] to take up, to shorten;
[estrechar] to take in
♦ vi
[ordenar, limpiar] to tidy o clear up;
cuando acabes de recoger… when you've finished tidying o clearing up…

♦ See also the pronominal verb recogerse

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recoger

v/t

1 pick up, collect;

recoger firmas collect signatures;

recoger las cartas collect one’s mail

2 habitación tidy up;

recoger la mesa clear the table

3 AGR harvest

4 ( mostrar) show

5

:

recoger las piernas lift up one’s legs

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recoger {15} vt

1) : to collect, to gather

2) : to get, to retrieve, to pick up

3) : to clean up, to tidy (up)

* * *

recoger vb

1. (coger, ir a buscar) to pick up

recoge los papeles del suelo pick the papers up off the floor

mi padre me recoge a la salida de clase my father picks me up after school

2. (ordenar) to tidy [pt. & pp. tidied]

hay que recoger la cocina we have to tidy the kitchen

3. (reunir) to collect

este año se ha recogido mucho dinero a lot of money has been collected this year

recoger la mesa to clear the table

recogerse el pelo to tie your hair back

Spanish-English dictionary > recoger
2 ganz

I Adj.

1. (gesamt) whole, entire; (vollständig) complete; ganz Deutschland the whole ( oder all) of Germany; die ganze Stadt the whole town; in oder durch ganz Amerika all over America; in der ganzen Welt all over the world; ganze Länge total ( oder overall) length; ganze Note MUS. semibreve, Am. whole note; ganze Pause MUS. semibreve (Am. whole note) rest; ganze Zahl MATH. whole number; den ganzen Morgen / Tag all morning / day; die ganze Nacht ( hindurch) all night long; die ganze Zeit all the time, the whole time; zwei ganze Stunden (nicht weniger) (for) two solid hours; den ganzen Goethe lesen etc.: the whole ( oder all) of Goethe; von ganzem Herzen with all my etc. heart

2. meist präd.; (unbeschädigt) in one piece, intact; wieder ganz machen mend; die Tasse ist noch ganz auch the cup didn’t break

3. mit Pl., attr.; umg. (alle) all (of); meine ganzen Schuhe all (of) my shoes; schau mal, die ganzen Leute! look at all the people!

4. attr.; umg. (ziemlich) quite (a); eine ganze Menge quite a lot; eine ganze Weile oder Zeit brauchen / dauern take / last quite a while ( oder time); ein ganzer Haufen oder eine ganze Stange Geld umg. quite a lot of money

5. umg. (echt, wahr) real; ein ganzer Kerl a real ( oder proper) man; die Aufgabe erfordert einen ganzen Mann this is a job for a real man

6. attr.; umg. (nur, bloß) just, only; es hat ganze fünf Minuten gedauert it didn’t take more than five minutes, it was all over in five minutes; er hat mir ganze zehn Euro gegeben all he gave me was ten euros; es hat mich ganze 50 Euro gekostet it only cost me 50 euros; sie ist ganze zehn Jahre alt she’s only ten years old

II Adv.

1. ganz ( und gar) completely, totally; ganz und gar nicht not at all; ganz aufessen eat s.th. all up; etw. ganz bezahlen pay s.th. in full; ganz durcheinander in total confusion ( oder disorder); ganz durchnässt wet (all the way) through; ganz nass sopping ( oder dripping) wet, drenched, all wet; ganz zu schweigen von not to mention; das ist was ganz anderes that’s a completely different matter, that’s something else entirely; das ist ganz unmöglich that is quite impossible; das hab ich ganz allein gemacht I did it entirely on my own; ( ich bin) ganz Ihrer Meinung I quite agree; nicht ganz zehn just under ten, coming up for ten umg.

2. (sehr) very, really; ein ganz kleines Stück a tiny piece ( oder bit); ein ganz kleines bisschen oder ein ganz klein wenig a tiny bit; ganz besonders, weil (e)specially since; ganz gewiss certainly; (ohne Zweifel) (oh,) definitely; ganz in der Nähe very close by

3. (genau) just, exactly, quite; nicht ganz dasselbe not quite the same thing; sie hat ganz dasselbe gesagt she said exactly the same thing; es sieht ganz danach aus, als ob... it looks very much as if...; ganz wie du willst just as you like

4. (ziemlich, leidlich) quite, pretty umg.; ganz gut quite good, not bad umg.; es hat mir ganz gut gefallen I quite liked ( oder enjoyed) it; ganz schön viel quite a lot, a fair bit umg.; ganz schön dreckig etc. umg. pretty dirty etc.; ich würde es ganz gern machen, aber... I’d like to, but...

5. umg., verstärkend: ich bin ganz Ohr I’m all ears; sie ist ganz der oder ihr Vater she’s just like her father, she’s a chip off the old block umg.; ganz Kavalier, ließ er ihr den Vortritt being the perfect gentleman, he let her go first; er, ganz verfolgte Unschuld, protestierte heftig all ( oder the picture of) injured innocence, he protested loudly

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integral (Adj.); total (Adj.); wholly (Adv.); in full (Adv.); quite (Adv.); entire (Adj.); all (Adj.); whole (Adj.)

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gạnz [gants]
1. adj

1) whole, entire; (= vollständig) complete; Wahrheit whole

eine ganze Zahl — a whole number, an integer

eine ganze Note (Mus) — a semibreve (Brit), a whole note (US)

eine ganze Pause (Mus) — a semibreve (Brit) or whole note (US) rest

die ganze Mannschaft war... — the whole or entire team was..., all the team were...

die ganzen Tassen/Kinder (inf) — all the cups/children

ganz England/London — the whole of England/London (Brit), all (of) England/London

in ganz Großbritannien — throughout Great Britain

wir fuhren durch ganz England — we travelled (Brit) or traveled (US) all over England

in ganz England/London — in the whole of (Brit) or in all England/London

die ganze Zeit — all the time, the whole time

der ganze Kram — the whole lot (Brit), all the stuff (US)

eine ganze Menge — quite a lot

sein ganzes Geld/Vermögen — all his money/fortune, his entire or whole fortune

seine ganzen Sachen — all his things

seine ganze Kraft — all his strength

sie ist seine ganze Freude (inf) — she's the apple of his eye (inf)

du bist ja mein ganzes Leben — you're my whole life

du hast mir den ganzen Spaß verdorben — you've spoiled all my fun

ein ganzer Mann — a real or proper man

See:

→ Arbeit

2)

Käse/eine Sammlung ganz or im Ganzen kaufen — to buy a whole cheese/a collection as a whole

im (Großen und) Ganzen (genommen) — on the whole, by and large, (taken) all in all

3) (inf = unbeschädigt) intact

etw wieder ganz machen — to mend sth

wieder ganz sein — to be mended

4) (inf = nicht mehr als) all of

ich verdiene im Monat ganze 1000 EUR — I earn all of 1000 euros a month

noch ganze zehn Minuten — all of ten minutes

2. adv
(= völlig) quite; (= vollständig, ausnahmslos) completely; (= ziemlich, leidlich) quite; (= sehr) really; (= genau) exactly, just
ganz hinten/vorn — right at the back/front

nicht ganz — not quite

ganz gewiss! — most certainly, absolutely

ich habe mich ganz riesig gefreut (inf) — I was really pleased

du hast ihn ganz fürchterlich beleidigt — you've really insulted him very badly

ein ganz billiger Trick/böser Kerl — a really cheap trick/evil character

du bist ein ganz Schlauer — you're really a crafty one

das war ganz lieb von dir — that was really nice of you

das ist mir ganz gleich — it's all the same or all one to me

er hat ganz recht — he's quite or absolutely right

ganz mit Ruß bedeckt — all or completely covered with soot

ganz allein — all alone

du bist ja ganz nass — you're all wet

so ganz vergnügt/traurig etc — so very happy/sad etc

ganz Aufmerksamkeit/Demut etc sein — to be all attention/humility etc

etwas ganz Intelligentes/Verrücktes etc — something really clever/mad etc

es ist ganz aus — it's all over

ganz wie Sie meinen — just as you think (best)

ganz gleich wer — it doesn't matter who, no matter who

eine Zeitschrift ganz lesen — to read a magazine right through, to read a magazine from cover to cover

das habe ich nicht ganz gelesen — I haven't read it all yet, I haven't finished reading it yet

ein ganz ganz hoher Berg — a very very or really really high mountain

ganz und gar — completely, utterly

ganz und gar nicht — not at all, not in the least

noch nicht ganz zwei Uhr — not quite two o'clock yet

ich habe ganz den Eindruck, dass... — I've rather got the impression that...

ein ganz klein wenig — just a little or tiny bit

das mag ich ganz besonders gern[e] — I'm particularly or especially fond of that

sie ist ganz die Mutter — she's just or exactly like her mother

etw ganz oder gar nicht machen — to do sth properly or not at all

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1) (the whole (of): He ate all the cake; He has spent all of his money.) all

2) (entirely: all alone; dressed all in white.) all

3) (whole: I spent the entire day on the beach.) entire

4) full

5) (completely: Finish off your work.) off

6) (completely; entirely: This is quite impossible.) quite

7) (fairly; rather; to a certain extent: It's quite warm today; He's quite a good artist; I quite like the idea.) quite

8) (completely; all the way: The bullet went right through his arm.) right

9) very

10) (including everything and/or everyone; complete: The whole staff collected the money for your present; a whole pineapple.) whole

11) (not broken; in one piece: She swallowed the biscuit whole.) whole

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ganz

[ˈgants]

I. adj inv

1. attr, + sing n (gesamt) all, whole; (vollständig) entire

er widmete dem Projekt seine \ganze Energie he dedicated all his energy to the project

es regnet schon den \ganzen Tag it's been raining all [or the whole] [or the entire] day

ist das Ihre \ganze Auswahl an CDs? are those all the CDs you've got?

\ganz Berlin schaute zu, als das letzte Stück Mauer entfernt wurde the whole of [or all] Berlin looked on as the last piece of the wall was removed

der \ganze Schrott wanderte in den Müll all that [or the entire] rubbish ended up on the scrap heap

das \ganze Theater wegen einer Frau! all that fuss over a woman!

die \ganze Arbeit all the work

\ganz Deutschland/England the whole of Germany/England

diese Verordnung gilt in \ganz Europa this regulation applies throughout [or to the whole of] Europe

wir fuhren durch \ganz Italien we travelled all over Italy

ein \ganzer Mann a real man

die \ganze Wahrheit the whole truth

die \ganze Zeit all the time, the whole time

2. attr, + pl n (fam: alle) all

die \ganzen Autos in unserer Straße wurden beschädigt all the cars in our street where damaged

wo kamen denn plötzlich die \ganzen Menschen her? where did all these people suddenly come from?

man hat mir die \ganzen 500 Euro geklaut! all my 500 euros were stolen!

3. attr (mit Zahlwort)

eine \ganze Drehung a complete turn

eine \ganze Note a semibreve, a whole note AM

\ganze Zahl whole number, integer

4. attr (fam: ziemlich)

eine \ganze Menge/Weile quite a lot/while

5. (fam: unbeschädigt) intact

hoffentlich sind unsere guten Gläser noch \ganz I hope our good glasses are still in one piece

sie gab mir nur ihre kaputten Spielsachen und behielt die \ganzen she only gave me her broken toys and kept the intact ones

etw wieder \ganz machen to mend sth

wieder \ganz sein to be mended

das Auto ist wieder \ganz the car has been repaired

6. attr (fam: gerade mal) all of; (nicht mehr als) no more than

der Fernseher hat \ganze 50 Euro gekostet the television cost all of 50 euros

sie verdient \ganze 3.200 Euro im Monat she earns all of 3,200 euros a month

er hat dafür gerade mal \ganze zehn Minuten gebraucht it didn't take him more than ten minutes

für fünf Stunden Schwerarbeit habe ich \ganze 50 Euro bekommen all I got for five hours' heavy work was 50 euros

II. adv

1. (wirklich) really; (sehr) very

das war \ganz lieb von dir that was really kind of you

er sagte etwas \ganz Dummes he said something really stupid

er ist ein \ganz Ausgebuffter (fam) he's really a shrewd one

das hast du ja \ganz toll hinbekommen! (a. iron) you've made a really good job of that! a. iron

der Kuchen ist dir \ganz wunderbar gelungen you've made a really good job of this cake

ist das auch \ganz bestimmt die Wahrheit? are you sure you're telling the whole truth?

\ganz besonders particularly, especially

das war \ganz besonders ungeschickt von dir that was particularly careless of you!

ein \ganz kleines bisschen [o klein wenig] just a little bit

2. (ziemlich) quite

ich verdiene eigentlich ein \ganz gutes Gehalt I earn quite a good salary really

der Vorschlag ist \ganz interessant the proposal is quite interesting

es hat ihr hier \ganz gut gefallen she quite liked it here

das hat \ganz schön lang gedauert (fam) it took quite a time

die Kinder waren \ganz schön dreckig (fam) the children were pretty dirty

3. (vollständig)

▪ etw \ganz tun:

du musst das Bild nicht \ganz ausmalen you don't have to colour [or AM -or] in all the picture

ich habe den Film nicht \ganz gesehen I didn't see all the film

hast du die Wand schon \ganz gestrichen? have you painted all the wall?, have you finished painting the wall?

etw \ganz lesen to read sth from cover to cover

ich habe die Zeitschrift noch nicht \ganz gelesen I haven't finished reading the magazine yet

4. (über und über, durch und durch) completely, totally

\ganz nass sein to be all wet

\ganz mit Schlamm bedeckt sein to be completely [or totally] covered in mud

5. (absolut) completely, totally

er ist \ganz der Vater he is just like his father

sie war ganz Aufmerksamkeit she was all attention

[ich bin] \ganz Ihrer Meinung I quite agree

\ganz wie Sie meinen/wünschen just as you think best/wish

\ganz allein sein to be all alone

\ganz und gar completely, utterly

das ist \ganz und gar etwas anderes that is something completely [or totally] different

\ganz und gar nicht not at all, not in the least

etw \ganz oder gar nicht machen to do sth properly or not at all

\ganz gewiss definitely

\ganz gleich no matter

\ganz gleich, was passiert, ich bleibe bei dir no matter what happens, I stay with you

ich muss diesen Wagen haben, \ganz gleich, was er kostet! I must have this car, no matter what it costs

jdm \ganz gleich sein to be all the same to sb

das ist mir \ganz gleich it's all the same to me

nicht \ganz not quite

es ist noch nicht \ganz Mitternacht it is not quite midnight yet

er ist noch nicht \ganz achtzehn he is just under eighteen

das ist nicht \ganz dasselbe that's not quite the same thing

\ganz Recht haben to be quite [or absolutely] right

6. (unmittelbar)

\ganz hinten/vorne right at the back/front

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1.
Adjektiv

1) nicht präd. (gesamt) whole; entire

den ganzen Tag — all day

die ganze Welt — the whole world

die ganze Straße — (alle Bewohner) everybody in the street

ganz Europa — the whole of Europe

wir fuhren durch ganz Frankreich — we travelled all over France

ganze Arbeit leisten — do a complete or proper job

die ganze Geschichte od. Sache — (ugs.) the whole story or business

2) nicht präd. (ugs.): (sämtlich)

die ganze Milch — all the milk

die ganzen Leute — usw. all the people etc.

3) nicht präd. (vollständig) whole <number, truth>

eine ganze Note — (Musik) a semibreve (Brit.); a whole note (Amer.)

im Ganzen sechs Tage — six days in all or altogether

im [Großen und] Ganzen — on the whole; all in all

4) nicht präd. (ugs.): (ziemlich groß)

eine ganze Menge/ein ganzer Haufen — quite a lot/quite a pile

5) (ugs.): (unversehrt) intact

etwas wieder ganz machen — mend something

6) nicht präd. (ugs.): (nur) all of

ganze 14 Jahre alt — all of fourteen [years old]
2.
adverbial

1) (vollkommen) quite

das ist mir ganz egal — it's all the same to me; I don't care

etwas ganz vergessen — completely or quite forget something

etwas ganz anderes — something quite different

etwas ganz allein tun od. machen — do something entirely on one's own

nicht ganz — not quite

ganz besonders — especially

sie ist ganz die Mutter — she's the image of or just like her mother

ganz und gar — totally; utterly

2) (sehr, ziemlich) quite

es ist mir ganz recht — it's quite all right with me

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ganz

A. adj

1. (gesamt) whole, entire; (vollständig) complete;

ganz Deutschland the whole ( oder all) of Germany;

die ganze Stadt the whole town;

in oder

durch ganz Amerika all over America;

in der ganzen Welt all over the world;

ganze Länge total ( oder overall) length;

ganze Note MUS semibreve, US whole note;

ganze Pause MUS semibreve (US whole note) rest;

ganze Zahl MATH whole number;

den ganzen Morgen/Tag all morning/day;

die ganze Nacht (hindurch) all night long;

die ganze Zeit all the time, the whole time;

zwei ganze Stunden (nicht weniger) (for) two solid hours;

den ganzen Goethe lesen etc: the whole ( oder all) of Goethe;

von ganzem Herzen with all my etc heart

2. meist präd; (unbeschädigt) in one piece, intact;

wieder ganz machen mend;

die Tasse ist noch ganz auch the cup didn’t break

3. mit pl, attr; umg (alle) all (of);

meine ganzen Schuhe all (of) my shoes;

schau mal, die ganzen Leute! look at all the people!

4. attr; umg (ziemlich) quite (a);

eine ganze Menge quite a lot;

eine ganze Weile oder

Zeit brauchen/dauern take/last quite a while ( oder time);

ein ganzer Haufen oder

eine ganze Stange Geld umg quite a lot of money

5. umg (echt, wahr) real;

ein ganzer Kerl a real ( oder proper) man;

die Aufgabe erfordert einen ganzen Mann this is a job for a real man

6. attr; umg (nur, bloß) just, only;

es hat ganze fünf Minuten gedauert it didn’t take more than five minutes, it was all over in five minutes;

er hat mir ganze zehn Euro gegeben all he gave me was ten euros;

es hat mich ganze 50 Euro gekostet it only cost me 50 euros;

sie ist ganze zehn Jahre alt she’s only ten years old

B. adv

1.

ganz (und gar) completely, totally;

ganz und gar nicht not at all;

ganz aufessen eat sth all up;

etwas ganz bezahlen pay sth in full;

ganz durcheinander in total confusion ( oder disorder);

ganz durchnässt wet (all the way) through;

ganz nass sopping ( oder dripping) wet, drenched, all wet;

ganz zu schweigen von not to mention;

das ist was ganz anderes that’s a completely different matter, that’s something else entirely;

das ist ganz unmöglich that is quite impossible;

das hab ich ganz allein gemacht I did it entirely on my own;

(ich bin) ganz Ihrer Meinung I quite agree;

nicht ganz zehn just under ten, coming up for ten umg

2. (sehr) very, really;

ein ganz kleines Stück a tiny piece ( oder bit);

ein ganz kleines bisschen oder

ein ganz klein wenig a tiny bit;

ganz besonders, weil (e)specially since;

ganz gewiss certainly; (ohne Zweifel) (oh,) definitely;

ganz in der Nähe very close by

3. (genau) just, exactly, quite;

nicht ganz dasselbe not quite the same thing;

sie hat ganz dasselbe gesagt she said exactly the same thing;

es sieht ganz danach aus, als ob … it looks very much as if …;

ganz wie du willst just as you like

4. (ziemlich, leidlich) quite, pretty umg;

ganz gut quite good, not bad umg;

es hat mir ganz gut gefallen I quite liked ( oder enjoyed) it;

ganz schön viel quite a lot, a fair bit umg;

ganz schön dreckig etc umg pretty dirty etc;

ich würde es ganz gern machen, aber … I’d like to, but …

5. umg, verstärkend:

ich bin ganz Ohr I’m all ears;

sie ist ganz der oder

ihr Vater she’s just like her father, she’s a chip off the old block umg;

ganz Kavalier, ließ er ihr den Vortritt being the perfect gentleman, he let her go first;

er, ganz verfolgte Unschuld, protestierte heftig all ( oder the picture of) injured innocence, he protested loudly

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1.
Adjektiv

1) nicht präd. (gesamt) whole; entire

den ganzen Tag — all day

die ganze Welt — the whole world

die ganze Straße — (alle Bewohner) everybody in the street

ganz Europa — the whole of Europe

wir fuhren durch ganz Frankreich — we travelled all over France

ganze Arbeit leisten — do a complete or proper job

die ganze Geschichte od. Sache — (ugs.) the whole story or business

2) nicht präd. (ugs.): (sämtlich)

die ganze Milch — all the milk

die ganzen Leute — usw. all the people etc.

3) nicht präd. (vollständig) whole <number, truth>

eine ganze Note — (Musik) a semibreve (Brit.); a whole note (Amer.)

im Ganzen sechs Tage — six days in all or altogether

im [Großen und] Ganzen — on the whole; all in all

4) nicht präd. (ugs.): (ziemlich groß)

eine ganze Menge/ein ganzer Haufen — quite a lot/quite a pile

5) (ugs.): (unversehrt) intact

etwas wieder ganz machen — mend something

6) nicht präd. (ugs.): (nur) all of

ganze 14 Jahre alt — all of fourteen [years old]
2.
adverbial

1) (vollkommen) quite

das ist mir ganz egal — it's all the same to me; I don't care

etwas ganz vergessen — completely or quite forget something

etwas ganz anderes — something quite different

etwas ganz allein tun od. machen — do something entirely on one's own

nicht ganz — not quite

ganz besonders — especially

sie ist ganz die Mutter — she's the image of or just like her mother

ganz und gar — totally; utterly

2) (sehr, ziemlich) quite

es ist mir ganz recht — it's quite all right with me

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adj.

all adj.

entire adj.

total adj.

unmitigated adj.

whole adj. adv.

integrally adv.

quite adv.

unmitigatedly adv.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > ganz
3 mieć

(mam, masz); imp miej; pt miał, mieli; vt

( posiadać) to have

mieć coś na sobie — to have sth on, to be wearing sth

mam! — ( rozumiem) (I) got it!, ( składać się z czegoś) to have

kwadrat ma cztery boki — a square has four sides, (zmartwienie, trudności, grypę, operację) to have

mieć coś do kogoś — to have sth to ask sb

mieć coś przeciw czemuś — to have sth against sth, ( z różnymi dopełnieniami) to have

mieć miejsce — to take place

masz (jeszcze) czas! — take your time!

mieć ochotę na coś/zrobienie czegoś — to feel like sth/doing sth, ( dla wyrażenia powinności) to be supposed to, to be to

masz spać — you're supposed to be sleeping, ( dla wyrażenia zamiaru) to be going to

ona ma przyjść jutro — she's going to come tomorrow ( forma zaprzeczona czasownika być)

nie ma — ( liczba pojedyncza) there's no; ( liczba mnoga) there are no

nie ma czasu — there's no time

nie ma ludzi — there are no people

nie ma co czekać/żałować — there's no use waiting/regretting

nie ma się czemu dziwić — (there's) no wonder

nie ma za co! — you're welcome!

cudów nie ma — pot miracles (simply) don't happen ( z imiesłowem biernym)

miał to obiecane — it's been promised to him

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mieć

ipf.

mam masz, miej

1. (oznacza posiadanie, cechę, związek z czymś l. kimś, władzę nad czymś) have, have got; mieć coś na sobie have sth on; masz dużo pieniędzy/czasu you have l. you've got a lot of money/time; mieć niebieskie oczy have blue eyes; czy masz samochód? do you have a car?; have you got a car?; nie mam przy sobie pieniędzy I have l. I've got no money on me; masz przy sobie paszport? do you have your passport with you?; mam pomysł I have an idea; nie mam pojęcia, o czym mówisz I have no idea what you're talking about; mam brata i siostrę I have a brother and a sister; co masz w ręce? what are you holding in your hand?; mieć dużo do zrobienia have a lot to do; mieć coś do powiedzenia have sth to say; mieć coś do dyspozycji have sth at one's disposal; mam sprawę do załatwienia I have some business to do; nie mam na nowy samochód pot. I cannot afford a new car; masz jeszcze pięć minut you still have five minutes; mam teraz wykład I'm lecturing right now; mam gości I am having guests; ona ma kochanka she has a lover.

2. ( w różnych utartych zwrotach) mam już dość I've had enough; mieć kogoś/czegoś po dziurki w nosie be fed up with sb/sth; mieć kogoś po swojej stronie have sb on one's side; mieć coś za sobą have sth over; mieć coś z głowy pot. be rid of sth; czy masz coś przeciwko mnie? do you have something against me?; mieć coś komuś za złe hold sth against sb; mieć z kimś/czymś do czynienia deal with sb/sth; mam z kimś na pieńku pot. have a bone to pick with sb; mieć w czubie pot. be tipsy; mieć fioła l. bzika żart. be crazy, have a bee in one's bonnet; mieć coś w nosie pot. not give a hoot about sth; mieć coś w dupie wulg. not give a shit about sth; ona ma to do siebie, że... it is characteristic of her that...; mieć z kimś dziecko have a child with sb; mam cię w garści I have you on toast; mieć kogoś w kieszeni have sb in one's pocket; mieć głos have the floor; mieć znajomości have connections; mieć kogoś/coś na oku keep an eye on sb/sth; mieć coś na sumieniu have sth on one's conscience; mieć coś na uwadze l. w pamięci bear sth in mind; mieć coś na myśli have sth in mind; co masz na myśli? what do you mean?; mieć czelność coś zrobić have the cheek to do sth; mieć czyste ręce have clean hands; mieć czyste/nieczyste sumienie have a clear/guilty conscience; mieć coś pod ręką have sth at hand; mieć coś w zanadrzu have sth up one's sleeve; mieć szczęście/pecha be lucky/unlucky; nie mieć grosza przy duszy be penniless, be broke.

3. (choroby, dolegliwości) mieć odrę have measles; mieć kaszel have a cough; mieć zakatarzony nos have a running nose.

4. pot. (= uwieść, odbyć stosunek seksualny z) have (sb); czy już ją miałeś? have you had her yet?

5. ( w wykrzyknikach) masz! (= proszę!) here you are!; a masz! take this!; masz za swoje get your desert!; mam cię! I got you!; gotcha!; masz ci los! too bad!

6. (dane osobiste, wymiary itp.) mam na imię Tomasz my name is Thomas; ile masz lat? how old are you?; ona ma siedemnaście lat she's seventeen years old; ta łódź ma pięć metrów długości this boat is five meters long; mam metr osiemdziesiąt wzrostu I am one hundred and eighty centimeters tall; godzina ma sześćdziesiąt minut there are sixty minutes in an hour; pociąg ma dziesięć minut spóźnienia the train is ten minutes late.

7. mieć miejsce happen, occur, take place.

8. ( z przeczeniem i zaimkiem) nie mieć co jeść have nothing to eat; nie mam co ze sobą zrobić I don't know what to do with myself; nie mieć gdzie się podziać have no place to go; nie mieć nic do powiedzenia have nothing to say; nie mieć nic do stracenia have nothing to lose.

9. (z przeczeniem w trzeciej osobie czasu teraźniejszego: oznacza brak l. nieistnienie) jej tu nie ma she isn't here; nie ma tu nikogo there's nobody here; nie ma co płakać there's no need to cry; it's no use crying; nie ma to jak w domu! (there's) no place like home!; nie ma sprawiedliwości na tym świecie there is no justice in this world; nie ma mnie dla nikogo tell everyone I am out; nie ma deszczu there's no rain; it isn't raining; nie ma jej w domu she's not at home; she's out; nie ma sprawy no problem.

10. ( wyraża powinność) be to, be supposed to; co mam teraz zrobić? what am I supposed to do now?; mam wyjechać o czwartej I am to leave at four; to mam być ja? is this supposed to be me?; mam przyjechać czy nie? should I come or not?; czas miał pokazać, że... time was to show that...; co ma wisieć, nie utonie if you're born to be hanged you shall never be drowned.

11. ( wyraża niespełnione oczekiwania) miałem zostać inżynierem I was to have been an engineer.

12. (wyraża spełnienie, ukończenie) mieć coś zrobione have sth done; mam zebrane materiały I have some materials collected.

13. ( wyraża przypuszczenie) miałbym żałować tego? should I regret it?; gdybym miał wybierać... if I were to chose...

mieć się

ipf.

1. (= czuć się) be; jak się masz? how are you?; on ostatnio ma się nie najlepiej he hasn't been well lately; masz się teraz z pyszna you have to pay the devil now.

2. ( wyraża stan rzeczy) ma się na deszcz it's going to rain; sprawy tak się mają the things are going like this; this is how the matter stands; dzień ma się ku końcowi the day is drawing to an end.

3. (= uważać się) za kogo ty się masz? who do you think you are?

4. ( w utartych wyrażeniach) mieć się na baczności przed kimś/czymś beware sb/sth; mieć się ku sobie be attracted to each other; ma się rozumieć sure, certainly, of course.

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > mieć
4 kassieren

I v/t

1. (Miete, Geld etc.) collect

2. umg. (verlangen) charge; (einstecken) take, pocket; (verdienen) make; (erhalten) receive; fig. (Lob, Anerkennung) earn; er hat für die Reparatur eine Menge Geld kassiert he charged a lot (of money) for the repair; bei dem Geschäft kassierte sie ein Vermögen she made a fortune on the deal

3. umg. (hinnehmen müssen) (Schlag) take, receive; (blaues Auge, Strafpunkte etc.) get; (Niederlage) suffer; die Mannschaft kassierte die siebte Niederlage in Folge auch the team recorded ( oder went down to) their seventh successive defeat

4. umg. (wegnehmen) take away, confiscate; (verhaften) pick up, nab umg.

5. JUR. (Urteil) quash; (Erlass, Anordnung) revoke

II v/i take ( oder collect) the money; bei jemandem kassieren give s.o. the bill (Am., im Restaurant check); dürfte ich jetzt kassieren? im Lokal: do you mind if I give you the bill (Am. check) now?, can I settle up with you now?; ganz schön kassieren umg. be raking it in; bei einem Geschäft: clean up, make a bomb (Am. a fortune); und er kassiert umg., iro. and he pockets it all

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to cash

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kas|sie|ren [ka'siːrən] ptp kassiert
1. vt

1) Gelder etc to collect (up), to take in; (inf) Abfindung, Finderlohn to pick up (inf)

nach seinem Tode kassierte sie 50.000 Euro (inf) — after his death she collected 50,000 euros

bei jedem Verkauf kassiert er eine Menge Geld (inf) — he makes a packet (Brit) or bundle on every sale (inf)

2) (inf = wegnehmen) to take away, to confiscate

3) (inf = verhaften) to nab (inf)

4) (JUR) Urteil to quash

2. vi
(= abrechnen) to take the money
bei jdm kassíéren — to collect or get money from sb

Sie haben bei mir schon kassiert — I've paid already

darf ich kassíéren, bitte? — would you like to pay now?

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kas·sie·ren *

[kaˈsi:rən]

I. vt

1. FIN (einziehen)

▪ etw [bei jdm] \kassieren to collect sth [from sb]

2. (fam: einstreichen)

▪ etw \kassieren to pick up sth fam

sie kassierte den ersten Preis she picked up first prize

3. (fam: einbehalten)

▪ etw \kassieren to confiscate sth, to take sth away

4. (fam: einstecken müssen)

▪ etw \kassieren müssen to have to take [or swallow] sth fam

5. JUR

▪ etw \kassieren to quash sth

ein Urteil \kassieren to quash a verdict

II. vi

1. (abrechnen)

▪ [bei jdm] \kassieren to settle the bill [with sb]

darf ich schon [bei Ihnen] \kassieren? would you mind settling the bill now?

2. (sl: verdienen) to clean up sl

gut [o ganz schön] \kassieren to clean up nicely

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I 1.
transitives Verb

1) (einziehen) collect <rent etc.>

2) (ugs.): (einnehmen) collect <money, fee, etc.>; (fig.) receive, get <recognition, praise, etc.>

bei der Transaktion hat er 50 000 Euro kassiert — he made 50,000 euros on the deal

3) (ugs.): (hinnehmen müssen) receive, get < penalty points, scorn, ingratitude, etc.>

4) (ugs.): (wegnehmen) confiscate; take away < driving licence>

5) (ugs.): (verhaften/gefangen nehmen) pick up; nab (sl.); nick (Brit. coll.)
2.
intransitives Verb

1)

bei jemandem kassieren — < waiter> give somebody his/her bill or (Amer.) check; (ohne Rechnung) < waiter> settle up with somebody

darf ich bei Ihnen kassieren? — would you like your bill?/can I settle up with you?

2) (ugs.): (Geld einnehmen) collect the money

[bei einem Geschäft] ganz schön kassieren — make a packet (coll.) or (coll.) a bomb [on a deal]
II
transitives Verb (Rechtsw.) quash <judgement etc.>

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kassieren

A. v/t

1. (Miete, Geld etc) collect

2. umg (verlangen) charge; (einstecken) take, pocket; (verdienen) make; (erhalten) receive; fig (Lob, Anerkennung) earn;

er hat für die Reparatur eine Menge Geld kassiert he charged a lot (of money) for the repair;

bei dem Geschäft kassierte sie ein Vermögen she made a fortune on the deal

3. umg (hinnehmen müssen) (Schlag) take, receive; (blaues Auge, Strafpunkte etc) get; (Niederlage) suffer;

die Mannschaft kassierte die siebte Niederlage in Folge auch the team recorded ( oder went down to) their seventh successive defeat

4. umg (wegnehmen) take away, confiscate; (verhaften) pick up, nab umg

5. JUR (Urteil) quash; (Erlass, Anordnung) revoke

B. v/i take ( oder collect) the money;

bei jemandem kassieren give sb the bill (US, im Restaurant check);

dürfte ich jetzt kassieren? im Lokal: do you mind if I give you the bill (US check) now?, can I settle up with you now?;

ganz schön kassieren umg be raking it in; bei einem Geschäft: clean up, make a bomb (US a fortune);

und er kassiert umg, iron and he pockets it all

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I 1.
transitives Verb

1) (einziehen) collect <rent etc.>

2) (ugs.): (einnehmen) collect <money, fee, etc.>; (fig.) receive, get <recognition, praise, etc.>

bei der Transaktion hat er 50 000 Euro kassiert — he made 50,000 euros on the deal

3) (ugs.): (hinnehmen müssen) receive, get <penalty points, scorn, ingratitude, etc.>

4) (ugs.): (wegnehmen) confiscate; take away < driving licence>

5) (ugs.): (verhaften/gefangen nehmen) pick up; nab (sl.); nick (Brit. coll.)
2.
intransitives Verb

1)

bei jemandem kassieren — < waiter> give somebody his/her bill or (Amer.) check; (ohne Rechnung) < waiter> settle up with somebody

darf ich bei Ihnen kassieren? — would you like your bill?/can I settle up with you?

2) (ugs.): (Geld einnehmen) collect the money

[bei einem Geschäft] ganz schön kassieren — make a packet (coll.) or (coll.) a bomb [on a deal]
II
transitives Verb (Rechtsw.) quash <judgement etc.>

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v.

to take the money expr.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > kassieren
5 problema

m.

1 problem.

el problema del terrorismo the terrorist problem, the problem of terrorism

los niños no causan más que problemas children cause nothing but trouble o problems

el problema es que no nos queda tiempo the problem o thing is that we don't have any time left

2 glitch, bug.

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problema

► nombre masculino

1 problem

■ el dinero no trae más que problemas money brings nothing but problems

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

dar problemas to cause problems

tener problemas con to have trouble with

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noun m.

problem

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1. SM

1) (=dificultad) problem

el problema del paro — the problem of unemployment

el problema es que no tengo tiempo — the problem is I don't have time

si hay algún problema dímelo — let me know if there is any problem

¿tienes problemas de dinero? — do you have any money worries o financial problems?

este coche nunca me ha dado problemas — this car has never given me any trouble

no quiero problemas — I don't want any trouble

2) (Mat) problem

3) Méx (=accidente) accident, mishap

2.

ADJ INV (=problemático) problem antes de s

niño problema — problem child

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masculino problem

resolver/solucionar un problema — to solve a problem

nos está creando muchos problemas — it is causing us a lot of problems o a lot of trouble

problemas económicos — financial difficulties o problems

los coches viejos dan muchos problemas — old cars give a lot of trouble

si se enteran, vas a tener problemas — if they find out, you'll be in trouble

no te hagas problema — (AmL) don't worry about it

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= dilemma, issue, problem, rough spot, snag, bug, hitch, mischief, trouble spot, tyranny, catch, tribulation, show-stopper [showstopper], hassle, rub, kink, kicker.

Ex. Unfortunately documents which present dilemmas in the selection of author headings are present in even the smallest library collections.

Ex. These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.

Ex. When the cataloguer turns to the description of a piece of music a common problem will be the absence of a title page to be used as the chief source of information.

Ex. But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.

Ex. Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Otro problema era la existencia de hábitos de catalogación divergentes y ya arraigados entre el personal multinacional, por no mencionar su miedo hacia lo desconocido.

Ex. A bug is an error in a program or an equipment malfunction.

Ex. Keeping pace with these changes may well mean more work than the seven year hitch experienced by DC users.

Ex. The author discusses the characteristics of programs designed specifically to cause mischief to computer owners who download and run the programs = El autor analiza las características de los programas diseñados específicamente para causar problemas a los propietarios de ordenadores que los descargan y ejecutan.

Ex. The statistics collected served as an early warning signal for trouble spots.

Ex. Information access, such as satellites, overcomes the tyranny of distance for students, teachers and researchers in Australasia.

Ex. Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.

Ex. The author discusses the tribulations of equipment selection.

Ex. In engineering use, a show-stopper is usually some aspect of a project that is so bad that it threatens to cancel the project unless it is corrected.

Ex. The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.

Ex. But as elegant and efficient as this seems, this strategy has a rub - you've got to have technology to track shipments, since you're ultimately responsible for purchases, warranties and returns.

Ex. However, like any emerging technology, there are still a few kinks in the system.

Ex. The kicker is that this type of money transfer service is less convenient and no safer than many online money transfers.

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* abordar un problema = address + problem.

* acción de averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooting [trouble shooting].

* aclarar un problema = clear up + problem.

* acometer un problema = attack + problem.

* acosado por problemas = beset with + problems.

* acotar un problema = delineate + problem.

* acuciado por problemas = embattled.

* acumular problemas = build up + problems.

* afrontar los problemas cotidianos = grapple with + life's problems.

* afrontar un problema = face + issue, confront + problem.

* agobiado por problemas = beset with + problems.

* agravar un problema = compound + problem.

* ahí está el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* anticipar un problema = anticipate + problem.

* aprendizaje a través de solución de problemas = problem based learning.

* aquejado de problemas = troubled, ailing.

* arreglar un problema = fix + problem.

* asediado por problemas = embattled.

* atajar un problema = grapple with + problem.

* ausencia de problemas = smoothness.

* averiguar un problema = investigate + problem.

* buscar problemas = ask for + trouble, court + disaster, make + trouble.

* capacidad de resolver problemas = problem-solving ability.

* causar problemas = cause + problems, cause + trouble, make + trouble.

* combatir un problema = combat + problem.

* complicar un problema = compound + problem.

* con problemas = in hot water.

* con problemas de aprendizaje = learning disabled.

* con problemas de lectura = print disabled.

* con problemas de vista = vision impaired.

* con problemas visuales = vision impaired.

* considerar un problema = consider + problem.

* convertirse en un gran problema = grow to + a crisis.

* corregir un problema = correct + problem.

* crear problemas = make + waves, build up + problems, make + trouble.

* darle vueltas a un problema = puzzle over + problem.

* dar lugar a problemas = give + rise to problems.

* dar problemas = play up.

* darse cuenta de un problema = alight on + problem.

* debatir un problema = discuss + problem.

* decisión precipitada ante un problema = crisis decision.

* dedicar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.

* definición del problema = problem statement.

* definir un problema = delineate + problem.

* delimitar un problema = isolate + problem.

* desarrollarse sin problemas = go + smoothly.

* detectar un problema = spot + problem, spot + trouble.

* diagnosticar el problema = diagnose + problem.

* dirigir + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.

* el final de los problemas = the light at the end of the tunnel.

* eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.

* el problema no es el qué, sino el cómo = the devil (is/lives) in the details.

* el problema obvio = the elephant in the room.

* el único problema = a fly in the soup, the fly in the ointment.

* el verdadero problema = the elephant in the room.

* encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + way (a)round + problem.

* encontrarse con problemas = run into + trouble.

* encontrarse con un problema = encounter + problem, meet with + problem, run up against + issue, come across + problem.

* enfrentarse a un problema = challenge + threat, confront + question, cope with + problem, face + issue, face + issue, face + problem, come up against + problem, struggle with + issue, wrestle with + problem, deal with + issue.

* enfrentarse un problema = confront + problem, experience + problem.

* enunciado del problema = problem statement.

* esbozar un problema = outline + problem.

* ese es el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* esquivar el problema = sidestep + the problem.

* esquivar un problema = duck + issue.

* estar lleno de problemas = bristle with + problems.

* evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.

* evitar un problema = avoid + problem.

* exarcerbar un problema = inflame + problem.

* exteriorizar un problema = externalise + problem.

* forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.

* franquear un problema = negotiate + problem.

* hacer frente a un problema = attack + problem, combat + problem, wrestle with + problem.

* identificar un problema = outline + problem, identify + problem, isolate + problem.

* ilustrar un problema = illustrate + problem.

* investigar un problema = investigate + problem.

* libre de problemas = problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free].

* lleno de problemas = plagued with problems, problem-ridden.

* llevarse los problemas a casa = bring + problems home.

* mencionar un problema = bring + problem up.

* meterse en problemas = get into + trouble.

* mitigar un problema = alleviate + problem.

* no haber problemas = be fine.

* no tener ningún problema con = be okay with.

* no terminar nunca de tener problemas con = have + no end of problems with.

* obtener el enunciado del problema = elicit + problem statement.

* ocasionar problemas = cause + problems.

* orientado hacia la resolución de problemas = problem-orientated, problem-oriented.

* paliar problemas = minimise + problems.

* paliar un problema = solve + problem.

* percatarse de un problema = alight on + problem.

* persona con problemas de aprendizaje = learning disabled person.

* persona o mecanismo que resuelve problemas = solver.

* persona que intenta averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooter.

* personas con problemas de lectura = print handicapped people, print handicapped, the.

* personas con problemas de lectura de la letra impresa = print disabled people.

* personas con problemas de vista, las = visually impaired, the, visually disabled, the, visually handicapped, the, visually impaired people (VIPs), visually challenged, the.

* personas con problemas mentales = disturbed people.

* persona sin problemas de vista = sighted person.

* plagado de problemas = plagued with problems, problem-wracked [problem-racked].

* plagar de problemas = bedevil.

* plantear un problema = pose + dilemma, pose + problem, raise + question, raise + concern, raise + issue, raise + problem, articulate + problem.

* presentar problemas = present + problems.

* presentar un problema = pose + problem, air + problem.

* prestar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.

* problema + acosar = problem + dog.

* problema acuciante = pressing problem.

* problema + acuciar = problem + beset.

* problema + afectar = problem + afflict, problem + plague.

* problema + afligir = problem + afflict.

* problema + agravar = problem + exacerbate.

* problema alimenticio = eating problem.

* problema asociado = attending problem.

* problema auditivo = hearing problem.

* problema + avecinarse = problem + lie ahead.

* problema cada vez mayor = growing problem.

* problema con el alcohol = drinking problem.

* problema con los niños de la llave = latchkey problem.

* problema cotidiano = daily problem.

* problema de comportamiento = behaviour problem, behavioural problem.

* problema de espacio = space problem.

* problema de imagen = image problem.

* problema de peso = weight problem.

* problema de salud = health problem.

* problema + desaparecer = problem + go away.

* problema de seguridad = security problem.

* problema diario = daily problem.

* problema difícil = thorny problem, poser.

* problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.

* problema doméstico = domestic problem.

* problema económico = economic problem, financial problem.

* problema + encontrarse = problem + lie.

* problema en la escuela = school problem.

* problema escolar = school problem.

* problema espinoso = knotty problem, thorny problem, thorny issue, thorny question.

* problema + estar = problem + lie, problem + come with.

* problema familiar = family problem.

* problema informático = computing problem.

* problema inicial = startup problem.

* problema insoluble = insoluble problem.

* problema monetario = monetary problem.

* problema motriz = motor disability.

* problema peliagudo = thorny problem, thorny issue, thorny question.

* problema pequeño = a cloud no bigger than a man's hand.

* problema + persistir = problem + persist.

* problema personal = personal problem.

* problema + plantearse = problem + come with.

* problema práctico = practical problem.

* problema racial = racial conflict, ethnic conflict.

* problema + radicar = trouble + lie.

* problema real = real problem.

* problema + residir = problem + reside, problem + lie, problem + come with.

* problemas = trouble, crisis [crises, -pl.], problem areas, trials and tribulations, trouble at mill.

* problemas auditivos = impaired hearing, hearing impairment, hearing disability.

* problemas cada vez mayores = mounting problems.

* problemas con el alcohol = problem drinking.

* problemas con la bebida = problem drinking.

* problemas con la vista = poor eyesight.

* problemas de la vida = life problems [life-problems].

* problemas del crecimiento = growing pains.

* problemas de lectura = reading difficulties.

* problemas dentales = dental disease.

* problemas de oído = poor hearing.

* problema seguro = accident waiting to happen.

* problemas familiares = family crisis.

* problemas + girar en torno a = problems + turn on, problems + revolve around.

* problemas inherentes al crecimiento = growing pains.

* problemas iniciales = teething problems, teething troubles, growing pains.

* problema siquiátrico = psychiatric problem.

* problema social = societal problem, social problem.

* problemas sociales = social crisis.

* problema + surgir = problem + arise, problem + surface, problem + come with.

* problemas visuales = visual impairment.

* problema técnico = glitch, technical difficulty, technical problem.

* problema técnico desconocido = gremlin.

* quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.

* raíz del problema, la = root of the problem, the.

* resolución de problemas = problem solving [problem-solving].

* resolver los problemas = iron out + the bugs.

* resolver un problema = resolve + issue, resolve + problem, solve + problem, work out + problem, unlock + problem, settle + problem, sort out + problem, clear up + problem, work + problem + through, address + limitation, straighten out + problem, iron out + problem, work out + kink.

* sacar a colación un problema = bring + problem up.

* salvar un problema = circumvent + problem, negotiate + problem.

* ser un problema = be at issue.

* sin meterse en problemas = keep out of + trouble.

* sin problemas = smoothly, smooth [smoother -comp., smoothest -sup.], problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free], without a hitch, unproblematically, carefree, without difficulty, in good standing.

* sin problemas de vista = sighted.

* solución a problemas = problem solution.

* solucionar los problemas = put + things right.

* solucionar problemas = problem solving [problem-solving].

* solucionar un problema = solve + problem, settle + problem, iron out + problem.

* subproblema = sub-problem [subproblem].

* subsanar un problema = remedy + problem.

* superar el problema de credibilidad = overcome + credibility gap.

* superar un problema = surmount + problem, conquer + problem, get over + problem.

* surgir un problema de credibilidad = credibility gap + arise.

* suscitar un problema = provoke + problem, raise + problem, raise + concern.

* tener problema con Algo = experience + trouble with.

* tener problemas = have + problems.

* tener problemas con = fall + foul of, run + afoul of problems, run + afoul of, fall + afoul of.

* tener problemas con la ley = fall + foul of the law, go + afoul of the law, fall + afoul of the law.

* tener un problema = experience + problem.

* tener un problema medio resuelto = have + problem half licked.

* tocar un problema = touch on/upon + problem.

* toparse con un problema = encounter + problem, come across + problem.

* tratar un problema = address + problem, deal with + problem, handle + problem, tackle + problem, address + limitation, grapple with + problem, treat + problem, address + concern.

* tratar un problema de pasada = touch on/upon + problem.

* trivializar un problema = trivialise + trouble.

* tropezar con problemas = run into + problems.

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masculino problem

resolver/solucionar un problema — to solve a problem

nos está creando muchos problemas — it is causing us a lot of problems o a lot of trouble

problemas económicos — financial difficulties o problems

los coches viejos dan muchos problemas — old cars give a lot of trouble

si se enteran, vas a tener problemas — if they find out, you'll be in trouble

no te hagas problema — (AmL) don't worry about it

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= dilemma, issue, problem, rough spot, snag, bug, hitch, mischief, trouble spot, tyranny, catch, tribulation, show-stopper [showstopper], hassle, rub, kink, kicker.

Ex: Unfortunately documents which present dilemmas in the selection of author headings are present in even the smallest library collections.

Ex: These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.

Ex: When the cataloguer turns to the description of a piece of music a common problem will be the absence of a title page to be used as the chief source of information.

Ex: But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.

Ex: Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Otro problema era la existencia de hábitos de catalogación divergentes y ya arraigados entre el personal multinacional, por no mencionar su miedo hacia lo desconocido.

Ex: A bug is an error in a program or an equipment malfunction.

Ex: Keeping pace with these changes may well mean more work than the seven year hitch experienced by DC users.

Ex: The author discusses the characteristics of programs designed specifically to cause mischief to computer owners who download and run the programs = El autor analiza las características de los programas diseñados específicamente para causar problemas a los propietarios de ordenadores que los descargan y ejecutan.

Ex: The statistics collected served as an early warning signal for trouble spots.

Ex: Information access, such as satellites, overcomes the tyranny of distance for students, teachers and researchers in Australasia.

Ex: Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.

Ex: The author discusses the tribulations of equipment selection.

Ex: In engineering use, a show-stopper is usually some aspect of a project that is so bad that it threatens to cancel the project unless it is corrected.

Ex: The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.

Ex: But as elegant and efficient as this seems, this strategy has a rub - you've got to have technology to track shipments, since you're ultimately responsible for purchases, warranties and returns.

Ex: However, like any emerging technology, there are still a few kinks in the system.

Ex: The kicker is that this type of money transfer service is less convenient and no safer than many online money transfers.

* abordar un problema = address + problem.

* acción de averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooting [trouble shooting].

* aclarar un problema = clear up + problem.

* acometer un problema = attack + problem.

* acosado por problemas = beset with + problems.

* acotar un problema = delineate + problem.

* acuciado por problemas = embattled.

* acumular problemas = build up + problems.

* afrontar los problemas cotidianos = grapple with + life's problems.

* afrontar un problema = face + issue, confront + problem.

* agobiado por problemas = beset with + problems.

* agravar un problema = compound + problem.

* ahí está el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* anticipar un problema = anticipate + problem.

* aprendizaje a través de solución de problemas = problem based learning.

* aquejado de problemas = troubled, ailing.

* arreglar un problema = fix + problem.

* asediado por problemas = embattled.

* atajar un problema = grapple with + problem.

* ausencia de problemas = smoothness.

* averiguar un problema = investigate + problem.

* buscar problemas = ask for + trouble, court + disaster, make + trouble.

* capacidad de resolver problemas = problem-solving ability.

* causar problemas = cause + problems, cause + trouble, make + trouble.

* combatir un problema = combat + problem.

* complicar un problema = compound + problem.

* con problemas = in hot water.

* con problemas de aprendizaje = learning disabled.

* con problemas de lectura = print disabled.

* con problemas de vista = vision impaired.

* con problemas visuales = vision impaired.

* considerar un problema = consider + problem.

* convertirse en un gran problema = grow to + a crisis.

* corregir un problema = correct + problem.

* crear problemas = make + waves, build up + problems, make + trouble.

* darle vueltas a un problema = puzzle over + problem.

* dar lugar a problemas = give + rise to problems.

* dar problemas = play up.

* darse cuenta de un problema = alight on + problem.

* debatir un problema = discuss + problem.

* decisión precipitada ante un problema = crisis decision.

* dedicar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.

* definición del problema = problem statement.

* definir un problema = delineate + problem.

* delimitar un problema = isolate + problem.

* desarrollarse sin problemas = go + smoothly.

* detectar un problema = spot + problem, spot + trouble.

* diagnosticar el problema = diagnose + problem.

* dirigir + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.

* el final de los problemas = the light at the end of the tunnel.

* eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.

* el problema no es el qué, sino el cómo = the devil (is/lives) in the details.

* el problema obvio = the elephant in the room.

* el único problema = a fly in the soup, the fly in the ointment.

* el verdadero problema = the elephant in the room.

* encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + way (a)round + problem.

* encontrarse con problemas = run into + trouble.

* encontrarse con un problema = encounter + problem, meet with + problem, run up against + issue, come across + problem.

* enfrentarse a un problema = challenge + threat, confront + question, cope with + problem, face + issue, face + issue, face + problem, come up against + problem, struggle with + issue, wrestle with + problem, deal with + issue.

* enfrentarse un problema = confront + problem, experience + problem.

* enunciado del problema = problem statement.

* esbozar un problema = outline + problem.

* ese es el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* esquivar el problema = sidestep + the problem.

* esquivar un problema = duck + issue.

* estar lleno de problemas = bristle with + problems.

* evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.

* evitar un problema = avoid + problem.

* exarcerbar un problema = inflame + problem.

* exteriorizar un problema = externalise + problem.

* forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.

* franquear un problema = negotiate + problem.

* hacer frente a un problema = attack + problem, combat + problem, wrestle with + problem.

* identificar un problema = outline + problem, identify + problem, isolate + problem.

* ilustrar un problema = illustrate + problem.

* investigar un problema = investigate + problem.

* libre de problemas = problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free].

* lleno de problemas = plagued with problems, problem-ridden.

* llevarse los problemas a casa = bring + problems home.

* mencionar un problema = bring + problem up.

* meterse en problemas = get into + trouble.

* mitigar un problema = alleviate + problem.

* no haber problemas = be fine.

* no tener ningún problema con = be okay with.

* no terminar nunca de tener problemas con = have + no end of problems with.

* obtener el enunciado del problema = elicit + problem statement.

* ocasionar problemas = cause + problems.

* orientado hacia la resolución de problemas = problem-orientated, problem-oriented.

* paliar problemas = minimise + problems.

* paliar un problema = solve + problem.

* percatarse de un problema = alight on + problem.

* persona con problemas de aprendizaje = learning disabled person.

* persona o mecanismo que resuelve problemas = solver.

* persona que intenta averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooter.

* personas con problemas de lectura = print handicapped people, print handicapped, the.

* personas con problemas de lectura de la letra impresa = print disabled people.

* personas con problemas de vista, las = visually impaired, the, visually disabled, the, visually handicapped, the, visually impaired people (VIPs), visually challenged, the.

* personas con problemas mentales = disturbed people.

* persona sin problemas de vista = sighted person.

* plagado de problemas = plagued with problems, problem-wracked [problem-racked].

* plagar de problemas = bedevil.

* plantear un problema = pose + dilemma, pose + problem, raise + question, raise + concern, raise + issue, raise + problem, articulate + problem.

* presentar problemas = present + problems.

* presentar un problema = pose + problem, air + problem.

* prestar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.

* problema + acosar = problem + dog.

* problema acuciante = pressing problem.

* problema + acuciar = problem + beset.

* problema + afectar = problem + afflict, problem + plague.

* problema + afligir = problem + afflict.

* problema + agravar = problem + exacerbate.

* problema alimenticio = eating problem.

* problema asociado = attending problem.

* problema auditivo = hearing problem.

* problema + avecinarse = problem + lie ahead.

* problema cada vez mayor = growing problem.

* problema con el alcohol = drinking problem.

* problema con los niños de la llave = latchkey problem.

* problema cotidiano = daily problem.

* problema de comportamiento = behaviour problem, behavioural problem.

* problema de espacio = space problem.

* problema de imagen = image problem.

* problema de peso = weight problem.

* problema de salud = health problem.

* problema + desaparecer = problem + go away.

* problema de seguridad = security problem.

* problema diario = daily problem.

* problema difícil = thorny problem, poser.

* problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.

* problema doméstico = domestic problem.

* problema económico = economic problem, financial problem.

* problema + encontrarse = problem + lie.

* problema en la escuela = school problem.

* problema escolar = school problem.

* problema espinoso = knotty problem, thorny problem, thorny issue, thorny question.

* problema + estar = problem + lie, problem + come with.

* problema familiar = family problem.

* problema informático = computing problem.

* problema inicial = startup problem.

* problema insoluble = insoluble problem.

* problema monetario = monetary problem.

* problema motriz = motor disability.

* problema peliagudo = thorny problem, thorny issue, thorny question.

* problema pequeño = a cloud no bigger than a man's hand.

* problema + persistir = problem + persist.

* problema personal = personal problem.

* problema + plantearse = problem + come with.

* problema práctico = practical problem.

* problema racial = racial conflict, ethnic conflict.

* problema + radicar = trouble + lie.

* problema real = real problem.

* problema + residir = problem + reside, problem + lie, problem + come with.

* problemas = trouble, crisis [crises, -pl.], problem areas, trials and tribulations, trouble at mill.

* problemas auditivos = impaired hearing, hearing impairment, hearing disability.

* problemas cada vez mayores = mounting problems.

* problemas con el alcohol = problem drinking.

* problemas con la bebida = problem drinking.

* problemas con la vista = poor eyesight.

* problemas de la vida = life problems [life-problems].

* problemas del crecimiento = growing pains.

* problemas de lectura = reading difficulties.

* problemas dentales = dental disease.

* problemas de oído = poor hearing.

* problema seguro = accident waiting to happen.

* problemas familiares = family crisis.

* problemas + girar en torno a = problems + turn on, problems + revolve around.

* problemas inherentes al crecimiento = growing pains.

* problemas iniciales = teething problems, teething troubles, growing pains.

* problema siquiátrico = psychiatric problem.

* problema social = societal problem, social problem.

* problemas sociales = social crisis.

* problema + surgir = problem + arise, problem + surface, problem + come with.

* problemas visuales = visual impairment.

* problema técnico = glitch, technical difficulty, technical problem.

* problema técnico desconocido = gremlin.

* quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.

* raíz del problema, la = root of the problem, the.

* resolución de problemas = problem solving [problem-solving].

* resolver los problemas = iron out + the bugs.

* resolver un problema = resolve + issue, resolve + problem, solve + problem, work out + problem, unlock + problem, settle + problem, sort out + problem, clear up + problem, work + problem + through, address + limitation, straighten out + problem, iron out + problem, work out + kink.

* sacar a colación un problema = bring + problem up.

* salvar un problema = circumvent + problem, negotiate + problem.

* ser un problema = be at issue.

* sin meterse en problemas = keep out of + trouble.

* sin problemas = smoothly, smooth [smoother -comp., smoothest -sup.], problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free], without a hitch, unproblematically, carefree, without difficulty, in good standing.

* sin problemas de vista = sighted.

* solución a problemas = problem solution.

* solucionar los problemas = put + things right.

* solucionar problemas = problem solving [problem-solving].

* solucionar un problema = solve + problem, settle + problem, iron out + problem.

* subproblema = sub-problem [subproblem].

* subsanar un problema = remedy + problem.

* superar el problema de credibilidad = overcome + credibility gap.

* superar un problema = surmount + problem, conquer + problem, get over + problem.

* surgir un problema de credibilidad = credibility gap + arise.

* suscitar un problema = provoke + problem, raise + problem, raise + concern.

* tener problema con Algo = experience + trouble with.

* tener problemas = have + problems.

* tener problemas con = fall + foul of, run + afoul of problems, run + afoul of, fall + afoul of.

* tener problemas con la ley = fall + foul of the law, go + afoul of the law, fall + afoul of the law.

* tener un problema = experience + problem.

* tener un problema medio resuelto = have + problem half licked.

* tocar un problema = touch on/upon + problem.

* toparse con un problema = encounter + problem, come across + problem.

* tratar un problema = address + problem, deal with + problem, handle + problem, tackle + problem, address + limitation, grapple with + problem, treat + problem, address + concern.

* tratar un problema de pasada = touch on/upon + problem.

* trivializar un problema = trivialise + trouble.

* tropezar con problemas = run into + problems.

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problema

masculine

1 ( Mat) problem

resolver un problema to solve a problem

2 (dificultad, preocupación) problem

nos está creando muchos problemas it is causing us a lot of problems o a lot of trouble

problemas económicos financial difficulties o problems

me gustaría ir, el problema es que no tengo dinero I'd like to go, the snag o trouble o problem o thing is I don't have any money

los coches viejos siempre dan muchos problemas old cars always give a lot of trouble, old cars always play up a lot ( colloq)

si se enteran, vas a tener problemas if they find out, you'll be in trouble

no te hagas problema ( AmL); don't worry about it

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problema sustantivo masculino
problem;
◊ resolver/solucionar un problema to solve a problem;

los coches viejos dan muchos problemas old cars give a lot of trouble;
no te hagas problema (AmL) don't worry about it
problema sustantivo masculino problem: les está dando muchos problemas, it is giving them a lot of trouble
problemas económicos, financial difficulties

' problema' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abordar
- acotar
- circunscribirse
- comprensión
- conciencia
- concienciarse
- conjuntamente
- contingente
- deforestación
- desarrollo
- desforestación
- desmenuzar
- diferente
- drogodependencia
- eficacia
- encarar
- endemoniada
- endemoniado
- enfocar
- enfocada
- enfocado
- enfoque
- enrevesada
- enrevesado
- enunciado
- inconveniente
- intrincada
- intrincado
- magnitud
- mano
- orden
- plantear
- presentarse
- profundizar
- profundidad
- radicar
- raíz
- remediar
- remontar
- replantear
- resolución
- resolver
- robar
- rompecabezas
- salida
- sencilla
- sencillez
- sencillo
- sensibilizar
- sinsabor
English:
answer
- appreciate
- appreciation
- approach
- approachable
- arithmetic
- attack
- avenue
- awkward
- bit
- bypass
- can
- care
- central
- come up
- compound
- deal with
- define
- devil
- difficulty
- emerge
- emotional
- form
- formidable
- graft
- grapple
- growing
- hard
- hassle
- ignore
- issue
- knotty
- knowledge
- land
- lie
- magnitude
- major
- matter
- meditate
- meet with
- nut
- object
- outstanding
- overcome
- pin down
- pose
- present
- problem
- question
- relation

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problema nm

1. [dificultad] problem;

el problema del terrorismo the terrorist problem, the problem of terrorism;

los niños no causan más que problemas children cause nothing but trouble o problems;

no quiero más problemas I don't want any more trouble;

el problema es que no nos queda tiempo the problem o thing is that we don't have any time left;
Am
no te hagas problema don't worry about it

2. [matemático] problem;

resolver un problema to solve a problem

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problema

m problem;

sin problema without difficulty, without any problems

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problema nm

: problem

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problema n problem

Spanish-English dictionary > problema
6 por

prep.

1 because of (causa).

por mí no te preocupes don't worry about me

¿por qué? why?

¿por qué lo dijo? why did she say it?

¿por qué no vienes? why don't you come?

¿por? (informal) why?

se enfadó por tu comportamiento she got angry because of your behavior

lo hizo por amor he did it out of o for love

2 (in order) to.

lo hizo por complacerte he did it to please you

lo hice por ella I did it for her

3 by (medio, modo, agente).

por mensajero/fax/teléfono by courier/fax/telephone

estuvimos hablando por teléfono we were talking on the phone

por escrito in writing

lo cogieron por el brazo they took him by the arm

el récord fue batido por el atleta the record was broken by the athlete

4 through.

vamos por aquí/allí let's go this/that way

iba paseando por el bosque/la calle she was walking through the forest/along the street

pasar por la aduana to go through customs

5 for (a cambio de, en lugar de).

lo ha comprado por poco dinero she bought it for very little

cambió el coche por la moto he exchanged his car for a motorbike

él lo hará por mí he'll do it for me

6 per.

80 céntimos por unidad 80 cents each

mil unidades por semana a thousand units a o per week

uno por uno one by one

20 kms por hora 20 km an o per hour

7 for.

baja por tabaco go down to the shops for some cigarettes, go down to get some cigarettes

a por for

vino a por las entradas she came for the tickets

8 times, multiplied by.

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por

► preposición

1 (gen) for

■ lo hice por ti I did it for you

■ lo compré por dos euros I bought it for two euros

2 (a través de) through, by

■ entra por la puerta trasera come in by the back door

■ pasamos por Valladolid we went through Valladolid

■ iremos por la autopista we'll go on the motorway

3 (calle, carretera) along, down, up

■ íbamos por la calle cuando... we were walking along the street when...

■ subí por la Calle Jovellanos I went up Jovellanos Street

4 (lugar aproximado) in, near, round

■ anda por el edificio he's somewhere in the building

■ está por la Plaza Mayor it's somewhere near the Plaza Mayor

■ está por aquí it's somewhere round here

5 (causa) because of

■ las plantas han muerto por el frío the plants have died because of the cold

■ suspendieron el concierto por la lluvia they cancelled the concert because of the rain

6 (tiempo) at, for

■ nos veremos por vacaciones I'll see you during the holidays

7 (medio) by

■ lo enviaré por avión I'll send it by air

■ está hablando por teléfono he's on the phone

■ llegó por correo it arrived by post

8 (autoría) by

■ fue escrito por Azorín it was written by Azorín

9 (distribución) per

■ cinco por ciento five per cent

■ tocamos a dieciocho euros por persona it works out at eighteen euros per person

■ iba a veinte kilómetros por hora it was going at twenty kilometres an hour

10 (tras) by

■ registraron la cárcel celda por celda they searched the prison cell by cell

■ les interrogó uno por uno he interrogated each one in turn

11 (con pasiva) by

■ fue comprado por la reina it was bought by the queen

12 (a favor de) for, in favour of, US in favor of

■ estoy por una amnistía general I'm in favour of a general amnesty

13 (en calidad de) as

■ la tomó por esposa he took her as his wife

14 (en lugar de) instead of, in the place of

■ ve tú por mi you go in my place

15 (multiplicado por) times, multiplied by

■ tres por cuatro, doce three fours are twelve, three times four is twelve

16 por adjective que no matter how adjective

■ por caro que sea, lo voy a comprar no matter how expensive it is I'm going to buy it

■ por viejo que parezca funciona even though it looks old, it still works

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar por + inf (a punto de) to be on the point of + - ing

estar por hacer to remain to be done, not to have been done yet

por aquí around here

por lo tanto therefore

por lo visto apparently

por más que + subjuntivo however much, no matter how much

por mucho que + subjuntivo however much, no matter how much

por mí as far as I am concerned

¿por qué? why?

por supuesto of course

por tanto therefore, so

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prep.

1) for

2) during

3) by

4) through

5) along

6) around

7) per

8) from

9) because of

10) instead of

•

- ¿por qué?

- por si acaso

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PREPOSICIÓN

1) [causa]

a) + sustantivo because of

tuvo que suspenderse por el mal tiempo — it had to be cancelled because of the weather

no se realizó por escasez de fondos — it didn't go ahead because of a shortage of funding

• nos encontramos por casualidad — we met by chance

• lo hago por gusto — I do it because I like to

• fue por necesidad — it was out of necessity

• por temor a — for fear of

no se lo dijo por temor a ofenderla — he didn't tell her for fear of offending her

b) + infin

no aprobó por no haber estudiado — he didn't pass because he hadn't studied

por venir tarde se perdió la mitad — because he arrived late he missed half of it

me castigaron por mentir — I was punished for lying

c) + adj

le expulsaron por revoltoso — they expelled him for being a troublemaker

lo dejó por imposible — he gave it up as (being) impossible

esto te pasa por tonto — this is what you get for being stupid

2) [objetivo]

a) + sustantivo for

trabajar por dinero — to work for money

daría lo que fuera por un poco de tranquilidad — I'd give anything for a bit of peace and quiet

brindemos por nuestro futuro — let's drink to our future

b) + infin

lo hizo por complacerle — he did it to please her

por no llegar tarde — so as not to arrive late, in order not to be late

hablar por hablar — to talk for the sake of talking

3) (=en favor, defensa de) for

lo hice por mis padres — I did it for my parents

hazlo por mí — do it for me, do it for my sake

luchar por la patria — to fight for one's country

4) [elección]

su amor por la pintura — his love of painting

está loca por ti — she's crazy about you

no sabía por cuál decidirme — I couldn't decide which to choose

5) [evidencia] judging by, judging from

por lo que dicen — judging by o from what they say

por la cara que pone no debe de gustarle — judging by o from his face I don't think he likes it

por las señas no piensa hacerlo — apparently he's not intending to do it, it doesn't seem like he's intending to do it

6) [medio]

por su propia mano — by his own hand

lo obtuve por un amigo — I got it through a friend

la conozco por mi hermano — I know her through my brother

• por correo — by post

• por mar — by sea

• hablar por señas — to use sign language

7) [agente] by

hecho por él — done by him

"dirigido por" — "directed by"

fueron apresados por la policía — they were captured by the police

8) [modo] by

me agarró por el brazo — he grabbed me by the arm

punto por punto — point by point

buscaron casa por casa — they searched house by house

están dispuestos por tamaños — they are arranged according to size o by size

• por orden alfabético — in alphabetical order

9) [lugar]

se va por ahí — it's that way

¿por dónde? — which way?

ir a Bilbao por Santander — to go to Bilbao via Santander

cruzar la frontera por Canfranc — to cross the border at Canfranc

pasar por Madrid — to go through Madrid

se asomaron por la ventana — they leaned out of the window

iban cantando por la calle — they were walking along the street singing

paseábamos por la playa — we were walking along the beach

por todas partes — everywhere

por todo el país — throughout the country

viajar por el mundo — to travel (around) the world

10) [aproximación]

busca por ahí — look over there

viven por esta zona — they live around here

por aquí cerca — near o around here

aquello ocurrió por abril — it happened around April

por la feria — round about o around carnival time

está por el norte — it's somewhere up north

11) [tiempo]

se levanta por la mañana temprano — she gets up early in the morning

por la mañana siempre tengo mucho trabajo — I always have a lot of work in o during the morning

no sale por la noche — he doesn't go out at night

12) [duración] for

será por poco tiempo — it won't be for long

se quedarán por 15 días — they will stay for a fortnight

13) [sustitución, intercambio] (=a cambio de) for; (=en lugar de) instead of

te doy este por aquel — I'll swap you this one for that one

le dieron uno nuevo por el viejo — they gave him a new one (in exchange) for the old one

lo vendí por 15 dólares — I sold it for 15 dollars

me dieron 13 francos por una libra — I got 13 francs to the pound

hoy doy yo la clase por él — today I'm giving the class for him o in his place

ha puesto B por V — he has put B instead of V

14) [representación]

hablo por todos — I speak on behalf of o for everyone

interceder por algn — to intercede on sb's behalf, intercede for sb

diputado por Madrid — a member of parliament for Madrid

vino por su jefe — he came instead of o in place of his boss

15) [distribución]

10 dólares por hora — 10 dollars an hour

80km por hora — 80km per o an hour

revoluciones por minuto — revolutions per minute

tres dólares por persona — three dollars each, three dollars per person

16) [en multiplicaciones]

cinco por tres, quince — five times three is fifteen, five threes are fifteen

mide 6 metros de alto por 4 de ancho — it is 6 metres high by 4 wide

17) (=en cuanto a)

por mí no hay inconveniente — that's fine as o so far as I'm concerned

por mí, que se vaya — as o so far as I'm concerned he can go, for all I care he can go

por mí, como si quieres pasar una semana sin comer — I don't care if you want to go for a week without eating

si por mi fuera, tú estarías trabajando — if it were o was down to me, you'd be working

18) (=como)

• tomar a algn por esposo/esposa — to take sb to be one's husband/wife

• le dan por muerto — they have given him up for dead

• le tienen por tonto — they think he's stupid

19) [concesión]
+ subjun
por (muy) difícil que sea — however hard it is o may be

por mucho que lo quisieran — however much they would like to, much as they would like to

por más que lo intente — no matter how o however hard I try, try as I might

20) [acción inacabada]
+ infin
quedan platos por lavar — there are still some dishes to do

aún me quedan tres páginas por traducir — I still have three pages left to translate

21) ir (a) por algo/algn (=en busca de) to go and get sth/sb

ha ido (a) por vino — she's gone to get some wine

voy por el médico — I'll go and fetch o get the doctor

voy a por él — [a buscarle] I'll go and get him; [a atacarle] I'm going to get him

solo van a por las pelas — * they're only in it for the money

¡a por ellos! — get them!

- ir a por todas

22) [en preguntas]
por qué why
¿por qué no vienes conmigo? — why don't you come with me?

no tengo por qué ir — there's no reason why I should go
¿por? * why (do you ask)?
* * *

preposición

Sentido I

1) ( en relaciones causales) because of

lo he puesto aquí por el gato — I've put it here because of the cat

por falta de dinero — because of o owing to lack of money

eso te pasa por crédulo — that's what you get for being (so) gullible

por naturaleza — by nature

por necesidad — out of necessity

tanto por su precio como por su calidad — both for its price and its quality

fue por eso que vine — that was why I came

si no fuera por mi hijo... — if it wasn't for my son...

fue elogiado por su actuación — he was praised for his performance

por + inf — for -ing

me pidió perdón por haberme mentido — he apologized for lying o for having lied to me

2) ( según)

por lo que he oído — from what I've heard

por lo que parece... — it seems o it would seem...

3) (en locs)

por qué — why

¿por qué no vienes conmigo? — why don't you come with me?

por si — in case; acaso, mosca II

4) ( en expresiones concesivas)

por más que me esfuerzo — however hard o no matter how hard I try

por (muy) fácil que sea — however easy o no matter how easy it is

5)

a) ( en expresiones de modo)

colócalos por orden de tamaño/altura — put them in order of size/height

por orden de altura — in order of height

por adelantado — in advance

por escrito — in writing

b) ( indicando el medio)

se lo comunicaron por teléfono — they told him over the phone

lo dijeron por la radio — they said it on the radio

por avión/barco/carretera — by air/sea/road

la conocí por la voz — I recognized her by her voice

me enteré por un amigo — I heard from o through a friend

lo intenté por todos los medios — I tried everything possible o every possible way

c) (Educ) from

es doctor honoris causa por Oxford — he has an honorary doctorate from Oxford

6)

a) ( en relaciones de proporción)

cobra $30 por clase — he charges $30 a o per class

120 kilómetros por hora — 120 kilometers an o per hour

lo venden por metro — they sell it by the meter

tú comes por tres — you eat enough for three people

había un hombre por cada dos mujeres — there was one man to every two women

tiene tres metros de largo por uno de ancho — it's three meters long by one meter wide

es bastante por hoy — it's enough for today

uno por uno — one by one; ciento II

b) ( en multiplicaciones)

tres por cuatro (son) doce — three times four is twelve, three fours are twelve

7)

a) (en relaciones de sustitución, intercambio, representación) for

su secretaria firmó por él — his secretary signed for him o on his behalf

yo puedo ir por ti — I can go for you o in your place

podrías pasar por inglesa — you could pass as English o for an Englishwoman

es senador por Sevilla — he's a senator for Seville

b) ( como)

por ejemplo — for example

¿acepta usted por esposa a Carmen? — do you take Carmen to be your (lawful wedded) wife?

8) ( introduciendo el agente) by

compuesto por Mozart — composed by Mozart

se vieron sorprendidos por una tormenta — they were caught in a sudden storm

Sentido II

9) (expresando finalidad, objetivo)

pelearse por algo — to fight over something

lo hace por el dinero — he does it for the money

te lo digo por tu bien — I'm telling you for your own good

no tengo por qué ir — there's no reason why I should go

por + inf: daría cualquier cosa por verla — I'd give anything to see her

no entré por no molestar — I didn't go in because I didn't want to disturb him

eso es hablar por hablar — that's talking for the sake of talking o for the sake of it

por que + subj ( here por que can also be written porque): estaba ansioso por que lo escucharan — he was eager for them to listen to him

lucharon por que se hiciera justicia — they fought for justice to be done

10) (indicando consideración, favor) for

por mí no lo hagas — don't do it just for me o for my sake

11) (indicando inclinación, elección)

su amor por la música — her love of music

demostró interés por el cuadro — he showed interest in the painting

no siento nada por él — I don't feel anything for him

opté por no ir — I chose not to go

votó por ella — he voted for her

12) ( en busca de)

salió/fue por or (Esp) a por pan — he went (out) for some bread, he went (out) to get some bread

13) ( en lo que respecta a)

por mí no hay inconveniente — I don't mind

por mí que haga lo que quiera — as far as I'm concerned, he can do what he likes

14) ( indicando una situación pendiente)

por + inf: tengo la casa por limpiar — I've got the house to clean

estos cambios aún están por hacer — these changes are yet to be made

eso está por ver! — we'll see about that!

15) (esp AmL)

estar por + inf — ( estar a punto de)

deben (de) estar por llegar — they should be arriving any minute

la leche está por hervir — the milk's about to boil

Sentido III

16) (indicando lugar de acceso, salida, trayectoria)

entró por la ventana — he came in through the window

no va a pasar por la puerta — it won't go through the door

sal por aquí — go out this way

se cayó por la escalera — he fell down the stairs

subieron por la ladera este — they went up by the east face

¿el 121 va por (la) Avenida Rosas? — does the 121 go along Rosas Avenue?

fuimos por el camino más largo — we took the longer route

¿por dónde has venido? — which way did you come?

¿puedes pasar por la tintorería? — could you call in at o drop by the drycleaner's?

17)

a) ( expresando lugar indeterminado)

está por ahí — he's over there somewhere

¿por dónde está or queda el hotel? — whereabouts is the hotel?

viven por mi barrio — they live around my area

¿qué tal te fue por Londres? — how did you get on in London?

por todos lados or por todas partes — everywhere

b) ( expresando lugar determinado)

corta por aquí — cut here

voy por la página 15 — I'm up to o I'm on page 15

empieza por el principio — start at the beginning

agárralo por el mango — hold it by the handle

c) ( indicando extensión)

por todo el país — throughout the (whole) country

viajamos por el norte de Francia — we travelled around o in the North of France

pasa un trapo por el piso — give the floor a quick wipe; ver tb afuera, adentro, dentro, fuera, encima, etc

Sentido IV

18) ( expresando tiempo aproximado)

por aquella época or por aquel entonces — at that time

sucedió allá por 1960 — it happened some time back around 1960

19) (Esp) ( indicando una ocasión) for

me lo regaló por mi cumpleaños — she gave it to me for my birthday

20) ( durante) for

por los siglos de los siglos — for ever and ever

por el momento or por ahora — for the time being o for now; ver tb mañana III, tarde II, noche

* * *

= across, along, around, because of, by, by, down, for the sake of, in connection with, in the gift of, on account of, on the grounds that/of, per, through, times, under, x, as a matter of, out of, through the agency of.

Ex. This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.

Ex. This means that a large number of messages can be combined together along the same line, giving economies of scales.

Ex. I wouldn't expect you to be detailed in your report in terms of where the bookmible would stop around town and where you'd park it.

Ex. This makes him feel somehow defficient and all because of his difficulty in making sense out of words in print with which his troubles began.

Ex. A set of government publications could be filed alphabetically by the issuing bureau, and then by title of the particular series in numerical order.

Ex. Micrographic and computer technologies and their integration will become increasingly efficacious as agents for change with respect to the continued existence of the traditional 75 by 125 millimeter card.

Ex. Some users find the format of KWIC indexes unacceptable, they find alphabetical arrangement by keywords down the centre of a page, and wrapped-round titles awkward.

Ex. The advocates of ISBD originally argued that it was for the sake of the computer.

Ex. There is an index to the schedules, but this has been criticised in connection with the size of the entry vocabulary.

Ex. Its notability is seen to lie in the fact that it has significantly broken the stranglehold upon postgraduate studentships in the gift of the Science and Engineering Research Council.

Ex. Partly on account of the variety of bases for coverage there is significant overlap between the assortment of abstracting and indexing services.

Ex. AACR2 has been criticised on the grounds that it does not identify the cataloguing unit to which the rules refer.

Ex. Indexing can thus be achieved at a detailed level, with often many terms per document, with almost no indexing effort.

Ex. The contributions are input to the data base, then referred and any suggestion made by the referee are communicated through the data base to the editor.

Ex. 4 days times 30 cents per day = 120 cents.

Ex. One of the outcomes of entry under title has been the proliferation of serials titles.

Ex. Card catalogues or indexes comprise a set of cards often 5x3 inches (122x72 mm), with each entry on a separate card.

Ex. Most drivers stop at stop signs: Some do under duress -- there may be a policeman concealed in nearby bushes, others as a matter of prudence -- a fast car with the right of way can be injurious.

Ex. But these and other interested people collected this type of books out of a mixture of curiosity and sentiment.

Ex. This article argues that critical thinking, a long sought after goal in the US educational system, may be taught efficiently through the agency of library use instructions within the college environment.

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* actuar por impulso = act on + impulse.

* aprendizaje por medio del ordenador = computer-based learning (CBL).

* aunque por otro lado = but otherwise.

* búsqueda por medio de menús = menu-assisted searching.

* coger por sorpresa = catch out.

* Día + por la tarde = late + Día.

* digamos por ejemplo = let us say.

* dominar por completo = sweep + the board.

* encontrar por casualidad = come across.

* encuadernación por encargo = bespoke binding.

* error por omisión = omission failure.

* estar por delante de = be ahead of.

* hecho por encargo = bespoke.

* introducir por primera vez = pioneer.

* leer por encima = browse.

* llamar por teléfono = call up.

* muy por encima de todo = over and above all.

* Nombre + por primera vez = Nombre + ever.

* ordenado por fecha = in date order.

* pasar por alto = bypass [by-pass], skip over, pass + Nombre/Pronombre + by.

* pongamos por ejemplo = let us say.

* por accidente = accidentally.

* por adelantado = advance, in advance (of), up-front [up front].

* por ahí = out there.

* por ahora = as of right now, as yet, at present, at the moment, at this point, for the present, for the time being, just yet, for now, at this time, as of now, at the present, by now, for the nonce.

* por ahora todo va bien = so far, so good.

* por alguna razón = for some reason, for whatever reason.

* por algún motivo = for whatever reason.

* por algún tiempo = for sometime.

* por allí = nearby [near-by].

* por amor al arte = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por analogía = by analogy.

* por anticipado = in advance (of).

* por antonomasia = quintessential, unique.

* por añadidura = in addition (to), on top of everything else.

* por aquel entonces = at the time, about that time, by this time.

* por aquí = around here, nearby [near-by], round here.

* por aquí y por allí = hanging about.

* por así decir = as it were.

* por boca de = by word of mouth.

* por bondad = out of the goodness of + Posesivo + heart.

* por buena dirección = a step in the right direction.

* por buen camino = a step in the right direction.

* por cabeza = per person.

* por cable = wireline, corded.

* por caminos apartados = off-road.

* por capas = multilayered [multi-layered/multi layered], layered, tiered.

* por casualidad = by chance, coincidentally, fortuitously, by accident, by happenstance, happen to + Infinitivo, chance to + Infinitivo, accidentally, by a fluke, by luck, by a stroke of (good) luck.

* por chiripa = by chance, by a fluke, by luck, by a stroke of (good) luck.

* por ciento = per cent [percent] (%).

* por cierto = coincidentally, incidentally, by the way, anecdotally, by the by(e), speaking of which.

* por coincidencia = by coincidence.

* por comodidad = for convenience, for the sake of + convenience.

* por completo = fully.

* por confirmar = to be announced, to be confirmed.

* por consideración a = out of respect for.

* por consideración a = out of consideration for.

* por consiguiente = consequently, then, thence, by implication, therefore.

* por contra = in contrast.

* por conveniencia = for convenience, for the sake of + convenience.

* por correo = by post, mailed.

* por cortesía de = courtesy of.

* por cualquier motivo = for whatever reason.

* por cualquier razón = for whatever reason.

* por cuanto que = because.

* por cuenta ajena = vicariously.

* por cuenta de uno = privately.

* por cuenta propia = freelance, self-employed, at + Posesivo + own expense.

* por cuenta y riesgo de Uno = at + Posesivo + peril.

* por curiosidad = out of curiosity.

* por debajo de = below, beneath, underneath.

* por debajo de + Cantidad = under + Cantidad.

* por debajo de cero = sub-zero, below-freezing.

* por debajo del 10 por ciento = single digit, single figure.

* por debajo de la media = sub-par, below-average.

* por debajo de las posibilidades = below + Posesivo + capabilities.

* por debajo de lo normal = below-normal.

* por debajo de lo óptimo = sub-optimal [suboptimal].

* por debajo del peso nomral = underweight.

* por décadas = ten-yearly.

* por decidir = to be decided.

* por decirlo así = so to speak, in a manner of speaking.

* por decirlo de alguna manera = so to speak.

* por decirlo de algún modo = in a manner of speaking, so to speak.

* por decisión propia = by choice.

* por defecto = by default, default.

* por deferencia a = in deference to.

* por definición = by definition.

* por delante = ahead.

* por delante de = ahead of.

* por delante de la competencia = ahead of the game.

* por delante y por detrás = front and back.

* por dentro = inwardly.

* por desgracia = unfortunately, sadly, unhappily, disappointingly.

* por despecho = spitefully, out of spite.

* ¡por dios! = in heaven's name, for God's sake, gosh.

* ¡por Dios! = for crying out loud!.

* por diversión = for sport, for fun, (just) for the hell of (doing) it, for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it.

* por divertirse = for kicks.

* por doquier = all around.

* por dos años = two-year.

* por ejemplo = e.g. (latín - exempli gratia), for example, for instance, say, to illustrate, for the sake of + argument.

* por (el) amor a = for the love of.

* ¡por el amor de Dios! = for crying out loud!.

* por el bien del saber = for knowledge's sake.

* por el contrario = by contrast, conversely, however, in contrast, instead, on the contrary, by way of contrast, to the contrary, quite the opposite, by comparison, contrariwise, quite the contrary, quite the reverse.

* por el cual = whereby, whereupon.

* por el detalle = for detail.

* por el día = by day, daytime [day-time], during the daytime, in the daytime, during daytime.

* por el día o por la noche = day or night.

* por el día y por la noche = day and night, night and day.

* por elección propia = by choice.

* por el gobierno = governmentally + Adjetivo.

* por el gobierno federal = federally.

* por el hecho de que = because of the fact that.

* por el hombre = humanly.

* por ello = on this basis, on that basis, accordingly.

* por el mero hecho de saber = for knowledge's sake.

* por el método de ensayo y error = by trial and error, trial and error.

* por el modo = by the way.

* por el momento = for the time being, momentarily, at the moment, for the nonce, for the present.

* por el placer de hacerlo = (just) for the fun of (doing) it.

* por el que se puede cobrar = chargeable.

* por el receptor = at the receiving end.

* por el sexo = gendered.

* por encargo = custom, bespoke.

* por encima = overhead, cursorily.

* por encima de = across, beyond, beyond all, over, over and above, beyond the range of, well over + Expresión Numérica, overarching, above.

* por encima de + Cantidad = in excess of + Cantidad.

* por encima de eso = beyond that.

* por encima del 10 por ciento = double digit, double figure.

* por encima de la media = above average.

* por encima de la tierra = aboveground.

* por encima de toda crítica = beyond reproach, above reproach.

* por encima de toda duda = beyond reproach, above reproach.

* por encima de toda razón = beyond reason.

* por encima de toda sospecha = above suspicion.

* por encima de todo = at all costs, at any cost, at any price.

* por ende = thereby, accordingly, therefore.

* por enfado = out of anger.

* por enojo = out of anger.

* por error = by mistake.

* por esa razón = thereby, for that reason.

* por escrito = in writing, in print, written.

* por eso = on that score, therefore.

* por eso que = hence.

* por esta razón = for this reason.

* por esta única razón = for this reason alone.

* por este motivo = for this reason.

* por esto = thus, accordingly, therefore.

* por etapas = staged.

* por excelencia = par excellence, quintessential, unique.

* por exceso = excessively, to excess.

* por explotar = untapped.

* por + Expresión Temporal = by the + Expresión Temporal.

* por extensión = by extension.

* por extenso = in full, at length.

* por falta de = for want of, for lack of.

* por fases = staged.

* por favor = please.

* por favor, responda = RSVP [R.S.V.P.].

* por fin = at length, at last, finally, at long last.

* por fin llegó la hora (de) = it's about time (that).

* por frustración = out of frustration.

* por fuera = outwardly, outwardly.

* por grupos = in batches.

* por gusto = for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por hora = hourly.

* por horas = on an hourly basis.

* por igual = alike, on an equitable basis, equally, in equal measure(s).

* por imitación = copycat.

* por incremento gradual = incremental.

* por incrementos graduales = incrementally.

* por individuo = per capita, per person.

* por iniciativa de = at the instigation of, under the auspices of.

* por instinto = instinctively.

* por interés = out of interest.

* por interés personal = self-interested.

* por investigar = unresearched.

* por invitación = invitational.

* por invitación de = at the invitation of.

* por la borda = overboard.

* por la cantidad de + Número = amounting to + Cantidad.

* por la forma = by the way.

* por la friolera de + Cantidad = to the tune of + Cantidad.

* por la fuerza = forcibly.

* por la mala fortuna = by ill fate.

* por la mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by ill fate.

* por la manera = by the way.

* por la mañana = in the morning.

* por la mañana y por la noche = morning and night.

* por la noche = overnight, at night, night-time, after dark, by night.

* por la posibilidad de = at the prospect of.

* por la presente = hereby.

* por las buenas o por las malas = by hook or by crook.

* por la sencilla razón = for no other reason.

* por las nubes = soaring.

* por la tarde = in the evening.

* por ley = mandated.

* por libre = freelance.

* por línea telefónica = over the telephone line.

* por lo general = on the whole, all in all, in general, generally, generally speaking, in the normal run of events, in the normal run of things.

* por lo pronto = for the time being.

* por lo que = so.

* por lo que concierne a = as far as + Nombre + be + concerned, so far as + Nombre + be concerned.

* por lo que concierne a Uno = on + Posesivo + side.

* por lo que dicen todos = by all accounts.

* por lo que es = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por lo que incumbe a Uno = on + Posesivo + side.

* ¡Por lo que más quieras! = for God's sake.

* por lo que se refiere a = moving on to.

* por lo que son = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por lo que yo sé = to the best of my knowledge.

* por los pelos = by the skin of + Posesivo + teeth, close call, close shave.

* por los siguientes motivos = on the following counts.

* por los suelos = in tatters.

* por lo tanto = consequently, ergo, so, then, thereby, therefore, thus, it follows that.

* por lo visto = apparently, apparently.

* por mala fortuna = unfortunately, unhappily, sadly.

* por mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by a stroke of bad luck, by ill fate.

* por mal camino = astray.

* por más que lo intento = for the life of me.

* por materias = subject-based, topically.

* por mecionar sólo unos cuantos = to mention only a few.

* por medio = out of.

* por medio de = by means of, by way of, in the form of, through, via, via the medium of, by dint of, through the agency of.

* por medio de isótopos = isotopically.

* por medio de otro(s) = by proxy.

* por medio de una agencia = on a bureau basis.

* por mencionar sólo algunos = to mention but a few of, to mention only a few.

* por mencionar sólo unos cuantos = to mention but a few of, to name only some.

* por mencionar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.

* por mencionar unos pocos = just to name a few.

* por menús = menu-driven.

* por méritos = meritorious.

* por mes = per month.

* por miedo de = for fear of/that.

* por millones = in the millions, by the millions.

* por mor de = because of, out of consideration for, out of respect for.

* por motivo de = in the interest(s) of.

* por motivos de = for the sake of, on grounds.

* por motivos de + Nombre = for + Nombre's sake.

* por muchas razones = in many ways.

* por mucho que lo intento = for the life of me.

* por mucho tiempo = for long, for long periods of time.

* por muy + Adjetivo/Adverbio + Nombre + que + Subjuntivo = however + Adjetivo/Adverbio + Nombre + Verbo.

* por muy + Adjetivo/Adverbio + que sea = however + Adjetivo/Adverbio.

* por muy + Adjetivo + be = Adjetivo + though + Nombre + be.

* por muy difícil que parezca = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.

* por muy extraño que parezca = oddly enough, strangely enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.

* por muy increíble que parezca = incredible though it may seem, incredibly, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.

* por muy mentira que parezca = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, strangely enough, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, although it may seem incredible.

* por muy raro que parezca = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.

* por nada = for nothing.

* por nada del mundo = for the life of me.

* por nada or casi nada = at little or no extra cost.

* por naturaleza = by nature, by definition, characteristically, natural-born, naturally, inherently.

* por necesidad = of necessity, out of necessity.

* por niveles = multilayered [multi-layered/multi layered], multilayer, layered, tiered.

* por no decir algo peor = to put it mildly.

* por no decir nada de = to say nothing of.

* por no decir nunca = if ever.

* por no decir otra cosa peor = to say the least.

* por nombrar (sólo) + Número = to name (only) + Número.

* por nombrar sólo unos cuantos = to name only some.

* por nombrar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.

* por + Nombre = on a + Adjetivo + basis.

* por no mencionar = not to mention.

* por norma = as a rule.

* por + Número + cosas = on + Número + counts.

* por orden de = mandated.

* por orden del congreso = congressionally mandated.

* por orden de llegada = on a first come first served basis.

* por orden numérico = in numerical order.

* por otra parte = on the other hand, on the other side, on the flip side.

* por otro lado = alternatively, however, on the other hand, on the other side, for another thing, on the flip side, on another topic, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.

* por parejas = in pairs.

* por parte de = on the part of.

* por parte de uno = on + Posesivo + part.

* por pasar el rato = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por pereza = lazily.

* por + Período de Tiempo = for + Expresión Temporal.

* por persona = per person.

* por placer = for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por poco dinero = cheaply.

* por poco o nada = at little or no extra cost.

* por poderes = by proxy.

* por poner un ejemplo + Adjetivo = to take a + Adjetivo + example.

* por poner un ejemplo sobre + Nombre = to take + Nombre.

* por + Posesivo + cuenta = at + Posesivo + own expense.

* por + Posesivo + parte = for + Posesivo + part.

* por + Posesivo + propia cuenta = at + Posesivo + own expense.

* por + Posesivo + (propia) naturaleza = in + Posesivo + nature.

* por primera vez = first + Verbo, for the first time, for once.

* por principio = on principle.

* por principios = as a matter of principle.

* por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.

* por + Pronombre + mismo = all by + Reflexivo, by + Reflexivo.

* por propia iniciativa = self-directed.

* por pura curiosidad = just out of interest, (just) as a mater of interest.

* por pura diversión = for kicks.

* por puro entretenimiento = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por puro placer = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por qué = why.

* por razones + Adjetivo = for + Nombre + purposes.

* por razones de = for the sake of.

* por razones de seguridad = for security reasons, for safety reasons.

* por razones éticas = on moral grounds.

* por razones morales = on moral grounds.

* por razones personales = for personal reasons.

* por + Reflexivo + cuenta = for + Reflexivo.

* por rencor = out of spite.

* por respeto a = out of respect for, out of consideration for.

* por rumores = grapevine.

* por rutina = routinely.

* por sacos = by the sackful.

* por satélite = satellite-based.

* por segunda vez = a second time, the second time around, a second time around.

* por seguridad = for safety reasons.

* por semana = per week.

* por separado = at different times, in isolation, separately, singly.

* por ser + Adjetivo = as being + Adjetivo.

* por sexo = along gender lines.

* por si = in the chance that.

* por si acaso = in case of, on the off chance, just in case, on spec, for good measure.

* por si casualidad = in the chance that.

* por si era poco = for good measure.

* por si fuera poco = to boot, for good measure, to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* por si hace falta consultarlo en el futuro = for future reference.

* por si las moscas = just in case, on spec.

* por sí mismo = for its/their own sake, in itself, in + Posesivo + own right, itself, unto + Reflexivo, in and of + Reflexivo.

* por sí mismos = in themselves.

* por simple curiosidad = (just) as a mater of interest, just out of interest.

* por si sirve de algo = for what it's worth [FWIW].

* por sí solo = by itself, for its/their own sake, on its own, in and of + Reflexivo, in itself.

* por sí solos = by themselves, in themselves.

* por si + tener + suerte = on spec.

* por sorpresa = unawares.

* por su cuenta y riesgo = at + Posesivo + own risk.

* por suerte = luckily, fortunately, happily.

* por suerte o por desgracia = for better or (for) worse, by luck or misfortune.

* por su naturaleza = by + Posesivo + nature.

* por su papel = in its role.

* por su parte = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por su propia voluntad = of its own accord.

* por su propio derecho = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por supuesto = of course, surely, to be sure, certainly.

* ¡por supuesto que no! = heaven forbid, heaven forbid.

* por suscripción = subscriber + Nombre.

* por su volatilidad = mercurially.

* por su volubilidad = mercurially.

* por tanto = consequently, ergo, so, then, thereby, therefore, thus, it follows that.

* por teléfono = on the telephone, by tele(phone), over the phone, over the telephone.

* por temas = topically.

* por temor a = for fear of/that.

* por temor a represalias = under duress.

* por término medio = on average.

* por toda la ciudad = citywide [city-wide].

* por toda la Internet = Internet-wide.

* por toda la nación = nationwide [nation-wide].

* por toda la provincia = province-wide.

* por toda la vida = lifetime [life-time].

* por todas las instituciones oficiales = government-wide.

* por todas partes = all over the place, everywhere, widely, all around, far and wide.

* por toda una vida = lifetime [life-time].

* por todo = all over, throughout, all the way through.

* por todo el campus universitario = campus-wide [campuswide].

* por todo el continente = continent-wide.

* por todo el distrito = district-wide [districtwide].

* por todo el gobierno = government-wide.

* por todo el mundo = worldwide [world-wide], around the world, across the globe, around the globe, across the world, around the planet, the world over.

* por todo el planeta = across the planet, planet-wide.

* por todo el servicio = service-wide.

* por todo lo alto = grandly, on a grand scale.

* por todo + Lugar = up and down + Lugar.

* por todo + Nombre de Lugar = across + Nombre de Lugar.

* por todos conocido = well-known.

* por todos lados = left, right and centre, far and wide.

* por todos los medios = by all means.

* por todos sitios = everywhere.

* por triplicado = in triplicate.

* por trueque = in kind.

* por turnos = on a rotating basis, on a rota basis, on a rota system, on a rota.

* por última vez = for the last time, one last time.

* por último = finally, last, lastly, ultimately.

* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.

* por una lado... por otro = at one end... at the other.

* por unanimidad = unanimously.

* por una parte = on the one hand, on the one side.

* por un gran margen = by a huge margin.

* por un gustazo, un trancazo = a kingdom for a kiss.

* por unidad = per unit.

* por un lado = for one, on the one hand, on the one side.

* por un lado entra + Nombre + y por otro sale + Nombre = in go + Nombre + at one end, and out come + Nombre + at the other.

* por un momento = for a moment.

* por uno mismo = on + Posesivo + own, for + Reflexivo.

* por unos momentos = for a few moments, for a short time.

* por uno solo = solo.

* por un período de tiempo limitado = on a short-term basis.

* por un tiempo = for a time.

* por un tiempo indefinido = for an indefinite time to come, for indefinite time.

* por valor de + Cantidad = amounting to + Cantidad.

* por varias razones = for a variety of reasons, for a number of reasons.

* por varios motivos = for a number of reasons.

* por venganza = out of spite.

* por voluntad propia = voluntarily.

* quedar por ver = remain + to be seen.

* tirar dinero y esfuerzo por la borda = be money and effort down the drain.

* transporte por tierra = land transport.

* utilizar por primera vez = pioneer.

* venta al por mayor = wholesaling.

* * *

preposición

Sentido I

1) ( en relaciones causales) because of

lo he puesto aquí por el gato — I've put it here because of the cat

por falta de dinero — because of o owing to lack of money

eso te pasa por crédulo — that's what you get for being (so) gullible

por naturaleza — by nature

por necesidad — out of necessity

tanto por su precio como por su calidad — both for its price and its quality

fue por eso que vine — that was why I came

si no fuera por mi hijo... — if it wasn't for my son...

fue elogiado por su actuación — he was praised for his performance

por + inf — for -ing

me pidió perdón por haberme mentido — he apologized for lying o for having lied to me

2) ( según)

por lo que he oído — from what I've heard

por lo que parece... — it seems o it would seem...

3) (en locs)

por qué — why

¿por qué no vienes conmigo? — why don't you come with me?

por si — in case; acaso, mosca II

4) ( en expresiones concesivas)

por más que me esfuerzo — however hard o no matter how hard I try

por (muy) fácil que sea — however easy o no matter how easy it is

5)

a) ( en expresiones de modo)

colócalos por orden de tamaño/altura — put them in order of size/height

por orden de altura — in order of height

por adelantado — in advance

por escrito — in writing

b) ( indicando el medio)

se lo comunicaron por teléfono — they told him over the phone

lo dijeron por la radio — they said it on the radio

por avión/barco/carretera — by air/sea/road

la conocí por la voz — I recognized her by her voice

me enteré por un amigo — I heard from o through a friend

lo intenté por todos los medios — I tried everything possible o every possible way

c) (Educ) from

es doctor honoris causa por Oxford — he has an honorary doctorate from Oxford

6)

a) ( en relaciones de proporción)

cobra $30 por clase — he charges $30 a o per class

120 kilómetros por hora — 120 kilometers an o per hour

lo venden por metro — they sell it by the meter

tú comes por tres — you eat enough for three people

había un hombre por cada dos mujeres — there was one man to every two women

tiene tres metros de largo por uno de ancho — it's three meters long by one meter wide

es bastante por hoy — it's enough for today

uno por uno — one by one; ciento II

b) ( en multiplicaciones)

tres por cuatro (son) doce — three times four is twelve, three fours are twelve

7)

a) (en relaciones de sustitución, intercambio, representación) for

su secretaria firmó por él — his secretary signed for him o on his behalf

yo puedo ir por ti — I can go for you o in your place

podrías pasar por inglesa — you could pass as English o for an Englishwoman

es senador por Sevilla — he's a senator for Seville

b) ( como)

por ejemplo — for example

¿acepta usted por esposa a Carmen? — do you take Carmen to be your (lawful wedded) wife?

8) ( introduciendo el agente) by

compuesto por Mozart — composed by Mozart

se vieron sorprendidos por una tormenta — they were caught in a sudden storm

Sentido II

9) (expresando finalidad, objetivo)

pelearse por algo — to fight over something

lo hace por el dinero — he does it for the money

te lo digo por tu bien — I'm telling you for your own good

no tengo por qué ir — there's no reason why I should go

por + inf: daría cualquier cosa por verla — I'd give anything to see her

no entré por no molestar — I didn't go in because I didn't want to disturb him

eso es hablar por hablar — that's talking for the sake of talking o for the sake of it

por que + subj ( here por que can also be written porque): estaba ansioso por que lo escucharan — he was eager for them to listen to him

lucharon por que se hiciera justicia — they fought for justice to be done

10) (indicando consideración, favor) for

por mí no lo hagas — don't do it just for me o for my sake

11) (indicando inclinación, elección)

su amor por la música — her love of music

demostró interés por el cuadro — he showed interest in the painting

no siento nada por él — I don't feel anything for him

opté por no ir — I chose not to go

votó por ella — he voted for her

12) ( en busca de)

salió/fue por or (Esp) a por pan — he went (out) for some bread, he went (out) to get some bread

13) ( en lo que respecta a)

por mí no hay inconveniente — I don't mind

por mí que haga lo que quiera — as far as I'm concerned, he can do what he likes

14) ( indicando una situación pendiente)

por + inf: tengo la casa por limpiar — I've got the house to clean

estos cambios aún están por hacer — these changes are yet to be made

eso está por ver! — we'll see about that!

15) (esp AmL)

estar por + inf — ( estar a punto de)

deben (de) estar por llegar — they should be arriving any minute

la leche está por hervir — the milk's about to boil

Sentido III

16) (indicando lugar de acceso, salida, trayectoria)

entró por la ventana — he came in through the window

no va a pasar por la puerta — it won't go through the door

sal por aquí — go out this way

se cayó por la escalera — he fell down the stairs

subieron por la ladera este — they went up by the east face

¿el 121 va por (la) Avenida Rosas? — does the 121 go along Rosas Avenue?

fuimos por el camino más largo — we took the longer route

¿por dónde has venido? — which way did you come?

¿puedes pasar por la tintorería? — could you call in at o drop by the drycleaner's?

17)

a) ( expresando lugar indeterminado)

está por ahí — he's over there somewhere

¿por dónde está or queda el hotel? — whereabouts is the hotel?

viven por mi barrio — they live around my area

¿qué tal te fue por Londres? — how did you get on in London?

por todos lados or por todas partes — everywhere

b) ( expresando lugar determinado)

corta por aquí — cut here

voy por la página 15 — I'm up to o I'm on page 15

empieza por el principio — start at the beginning

agárralo por el mango — hold it by the handle

c) ( indicando extensión)

por todo el país — throughout the (whole) country

viajamos por el norte de Francia — we travelled around o in the North of France

pasa un trapo por el piso — give the floor a quick wipe; ver tb afuera, adentro, dentro, fuera, encima, etc

Sentido IV

18) ( expresando tiempo aproximado)

por aquella época or por aquel entonces — at that time

sucedió allá por 1960 — it happened some time back around 1960

19) (Esp) ( indicando una ocasión) for

me lo regaló por mi cumpleaños — she gave it to me for my birthday

20) ( durante) for

por los siglos de los siglos — for ever and ever

por el momento or por ahora — for the time being o for now; ver tb mañana III, tarde II, noche

* * *

= across, along, around, because of, by, by, down, for the sake of, in connection with, in the gift of, on account of, on the grounds that/of, per, through, times, under, x, as a matter of, out of, through the agency of.

Ex: This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.

Ex: This means that a large number of messages can be combined together along the same line, giving economies of scales.

Ex: I wouldn't expect you to be detailed in your report in terms of where the bookmible would stop around town and where you'd park it.

Ex: This makes him feel somehow defficient and all because of his difficulty in making sense out of words in print with which his troubles began.

Ex: A set of government publications could be filed alphabetically by the issuing bureau, and then by title of the particular series in numerical order.

Ex: Micrographic and computer technologies and their integration will become increasingly efficacious as agents for change with respect to the continued existence of the traditional 75 by 125 millimeter card.

Ex: Some users find the format of KWIC indexes unacceptable, they find alphabetical arrangement by keywords down the centre of a page, and wrapped-round titles awkward.

Ex: The advocates of ISBD originally argued that it was for the sake of the computer.

Ex: There is an index to the schedules, but this has been criticised in connection with the size of the entry vocabulary.

Ex: Its notability is seen to lie in the fact that it has significantly broken the stranglehold upon postgraduate studentships in the gift of the Science and Engineering Research Council.

Ex: Partly on account of the variety of bases for coverage there is significant overlap between the assortment of abstracting and indexing services.

Ex: AACR2 has been criticised on the grounds that it does not identify the cataloguing unit to which the rules refer.

Ex: Indexing can thus be achieved at a detailed level, with often many terms per document, with almost no indexing effort.

Ex: The contributions are input to the data base, then referred and any suggestion made by the referee are communicated through the data base to the editor.

Ex: 4 days times 30 cents per day = 120 cents.

Ex: One of the outcomes of entry under title has been the proliferation of serials titles.

Ex: Card catalogues or indexes comprise a set of cards often 5x3 inches (122x72 mm), with each entry on a separate card.

Ex: Most drivers stop at stop signs: Some do under duress -- there may be a policeman concealed in nearby bushes, others as a matter of prudence -- a fast car with the right of way can be injurious.

Ex: But these and other interested people collected this type of books out of a mixture of curiosity and sentiment.

Ex: This article argues that critical thinking, a long sought after goal in the US educational system, may be taught efficiently through the agency of library use instructions within the college environment.

* actuar por impulso = act on + impulse.

* aprendizaje por medio del ordenador = computer-based learning (CBL).

* aunque por otro lado = but otherwise.

* búsqueda por medio de menús = menu-assisted searching.

* coger por sorpresa = catch out.

* Día + por la tarde = late + Día.

* digamos por ejemplo = let us say.

* dominar por completo = sweep + the board.

* encontrar por casualidad = come across.

* encuadernación por encargo = bespoke binding.

* error por omisión = omission failure.

* estar por delante de = be ahead of.

* hecho por encargo = bespoke.

* introducir por primera vez = pioneer.

* leer por encima = browse.

* llamar por teléfono = call up.

* muy por encima de todo = over and above all.

* Nombre + por primera vez = Nombre + ever.

* ordenado por fecha = in date order.

* pasar por alto = bypass [by-pass], skip over, pass + Nombre/Pronombre + by.

* pongamos por ejemplo = let us say.

* por accidente = accidentally.

* por adelantado = advance, in advance (of), up-front [up front].

* por ahí = out there.

* por ahora = as of right now, as yet, at present, at the moment, at this point, for the present, for the time being, just yet, for now, at this time, as of now, at the present, by now, for the nonce.

* por ahora todo va bien = so far, so good.

* por alguna razón = for some reason, for whatever reason.

* por algún motivo = for whatever reason.

* por algún tiempo = for sometime.

* por allí = nearby [near-by].

* por amor al arte = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por analogía = by analogy.

* por anticipado = in advance (of).

* por antonomasia = quintessential, unique.

* por añadidura = in addition (to), on top of everything else.

* por aquel entonces = at the time, about that time, by this time.

* por aquí = around here, nearby [near-by], round here.

* por aquí y por allí = hanging about.

* por así decir = as it were.

* por boca de = by word of mouth.

* por bondad = out of the goodness of + Posesivo + heart.

* por buena dirección = a step in the right direction.

* por buen camino = a step in the right direction.

* por cabeza = per person.

* por cable = wireline, corded.

* por caminos apartados = off-road.

* por capas = multilayered [multi-layered/multi layered], layered, tiered.

* por casualidad = by chance, coincidentally, fortuitously, by accident, by happenstance, happen to + Infinitivo, chance to + Infinitivo, accidentally, by a fluke, by luck, by a stroke of (good) luck.

* por chiripa = by chance, by a fluke, by luck, by a stroke of (good) luck.

* por ciento = per cent [percent] (%).

* por cierto = coincidentally, incidentally, by the way, anecdotally, by the by(e), speaking of which.

* por coincidencia = by coincidence.

* por comodidad = for convenience, for the sake of + convenience.

* por completo = fully.

* por confirmar = to be announced, to be confirmed.

* por consideración a = out of respect for.

* por consideración a = out of consideration for.

* por consiguiente = consequently, then, thence, by implication, therefore.

* por contra = in contrast.

* por conveniencia = for convenience, for the sake of + convenience.

* por correo = by post, mailed.

* por cortesía de = courtesy of.

* por cualquier motivo = for whatever reason.

* por cualquier razón = for whatever reason.

* por cuanto que = because.

* por cuenta ajena = vicariously.

* por cuenta de uno = privately.

* por cuenta propia = freelance, self-employed, at + Posesivo + own expense.

* por cuenta y riesgo de Uno = at + Posesivo + peril.

* por curiosidad = out of curiosity.

* por debajo de = below, beneath, underneath.

* por debajo de + Cantidad = under + Cantidad.

* por debajo de cero = sub-zero, below-freezing.

* por debajo del 10 por ciento = single digit, single figure.

* por debajo de la media = sub-par, below-average.

* por debajo de las posibilidades = below + Posesivo + capabilities.

* por debajo de lo normal = below-normal.

* por debajo de lo óptimo = sub-optimal [suboptimal].

* por debajo del peso nomral = underweight.

* por décadas = ten-yearly.

* por decidir = to be decided.

* por decirlo así = so to speak, in a manner of speaking.

* por decirlo de alguna manera = so to speak.

* por decirlo de algún modo = in a manner of speaking, so to speak.

* por decisión propia = by choice.

* por defecto = by default, default.

* por deferencia a = in deference to.

* por definición = by definition.

* por delante = ahead.

* por delante de = ahead of.

* por delante de la competencia = ahead of the game.

* por delante y por detrás = front and back.

* por dentro = inwardly.

* por desgracia = unfortunately, sadly, unhappily, disappointingly.

* por despecho = spitefully, out of spite.

* ¡por dios! = in heaven's name, for God's sake, gosh.

* ¡por Dios! = for crying out loud!.

* por diversión = for sport, for fun, (just) for the hell of (doing) it, for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it.

* por divertirse = for kicks.

* por doquier = all around.

* por dos años = two-year.

* por ejemplo = e.g. (latín - exempli gratia), for example, for instance, say, to illustrate, for the sake of + argument.

* por (el) amor a = for the love of.

* ¡por el amor de Dios! = for crying out loud!.

* por el bien del saber = for knowledge's sake.

* por el contrario = by contrast, conversely, however, in contrast, instead, on the contrary, by way of contrast, to the contrary, quite the opposite, by comparison, contrariwise, quite the contrary, quite the reverse.

* por el cual = whereby, whereupon.

* por el detalle = for detail.

* por el día = by day, daytime [day-time], during the daytime, in the daytime, during daytime.

* por el día o por la noche = day or night.

* por el día y por la noche = day and night, night and day.

* por elección propia = by choice.

* por el gobierno = governmentally + Adjetivo.

* por el gobierno federal = federally.

* por el hecho de que = because of the fact that.

* por el hombre = humanly.

* por ello = on this basis, on that basis, accordingly.

* por el mero hecho de saber = for knowledge's sake.

* por el método de ensayo y error = by trial and error, trial and error.

* por el modo = by the way.

* por el momento = for the time being, momentarily, at the moment, for the nonce, for the present.

* por el placer de hacerlo = (just) for the fun of (doing) it.

* por el que se puede cobrar = chargeable.

* por el receptor = at the receiving end.

* por el sexo = gendered.

* por encargo = custom, bespoke.

* por encima = overhead, cursorily.

* por encima de = across, beyond, beyond all, over, over and above, beyond the range of, well over + Expresión Numérica, overarching, above.

* por encima de + Cantidad = in excess of + Cantidad.

* por encima de eso = beyond that.

* por encima del 10 por ciento = double digit, double figure.

* por encima de la media = above average.

* por encima de la tierra = aboveground.

* por encima de toda crítica = beyond reproach, above reproach.

* por encima de toda duda = beyond reproach, above reproach.

* por encima de toda razón = beyond reason.

* por encima de toda sospecha = above suspicion.

* por encima de todo = at all costs, at any cost, at any price.

* por ende = thereby, accordingly, therefore.

* por enfado = out of anger.

* por enojo = out of anger.

* por error = by mistake.

* por esa razón = thereby, for that reason.

* por escrito = in writing, in print, written.

* por eso = on that score, therefore.

* por eso que = hence.

* por esta razón = for this reason.

* por esta única razón = for this reason alone.

* por este motivo = for this reason.

* por esto = thus, accordingly, therefore.

* por etapas = staged.

* por excelencia = par excellence, quintessential, unique.

* por exceso = excessively, to excess.

* por explotar = untapped.

* por + Expresión Temporal = by the + Expresión Temporal.

* por extensión = by extension.

* por extenso = in full, at length.

* por falta de = for want of, for lack of.

* por fases = staged.

* por favor = please.

* por favor, responda = RSVP [R.S.V.P.].

* por fin = at length, at last, finally, at long last.

* por fin llegó la hora (de) = it's about time (that).

* por frustración = out of frustration.

* por fuera = outwardly, outwardly.

* por grupos = in batches.

* por gusto = for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por hora = hourly.

* por horas = on an hourly basis.

* por igual = alike, on an equitable basis, equally, in equal measure(s).

* por imitación = copycat.

* por incremento gradual = incremental.

* por incrementos graduales = incrementally.

* por individuo = per capita, per person.

* por iniciativa de = at the instigation of, under the auspices of.

* por instinto = instinctively.

* por interés = out of interest.

* por interés personal = self-interested.

* por investigar = unresearched.

* por invitación = invitational.

* por invitación de = at the invitation of.

* por la borda = overboard.

* por la cantidad de + Número = amounting to + Cantidad.

* por la forma = by the way.

* por la friolera de + Cantidad = to the tune of + Cantidad.

* por la fuerza = forcibly.

* por la mala fortuna = by ill fate.

* por la mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by ill fate.

* por la manera = by the way.

* por la mañana = in the morning.

* por la mañana y por la noche = morning and night.

* por la noche = overnight, at night, night-time, after dark, by night.

* por la posibilidad de = at the prospect of.

* por la presente = hereby.

* por las buenas o por las malas = by hook or by crook.

* por la sencilla razón = for no other reason.

* por las nubes = soaring.

* por la tarde = in the evening.

* por ley = mandated.

* por libre = freelance.

* por línea telefónica = over the telephone line.

* por lo general = on the whole, all in all, in general, generally, generally speaking, in the normal run of events, in the normal run of things.

* por lo pronto = for the time being.

* por lo que = so.

* por lo que concierne a = as far as + Nombre + be + concerned, so far as + Nombre + be concerned.

* por lo que concierne a Uno = on + Posesivo + side.

* por lo que dicen todos = by all accounts.

* por lo que es = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por lo que incumbe a Uno = on + Posesivo + side.

* ¡Por lo que más quieras! = for God's sake.

* por lo que se refiere a = moving on to.

* por lo que son = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por lo que yo sé = to the best of my knowledge.

* por los pelos = by the skin of + Posesivo + teeth, close call, close shave.

* por los siguientes motivos = on the following counts.

* por los suelos = in tatters.

* por lo tanto = consequently, ergo, so, then, thereby, therefore, thus, it follows that.

* por lo visto = apparently, apparently.

* por mala fortuna = unfortunately, unhappily, sadly.

* por mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by a stroke of bad luck, by ill fate.

* por mal camino = astray.

* por más que lo intento = for the life of me.

* por materias = subject-based, topically.

* por mecionar sólo unos cuantos = to mention only a few.

* por medio = out of.

* por medio de = by means of, by way of, in the form of, through, via, via the medium of, by dint of, through the agency of.

* por medio de isótopos = isotopically.

* por medio de otro(s) = by proxy.

* por medio de una agencia = on a bureau basis.

* por mencionar sólo algunos = to mention but a few of, to mention only a few.

* por mencionar sólo unos cuantos = to mention but a few of, to name only some.

* por mencionar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.

* por mencionar unos pocos = just to name a few.

* por menús = menu-driven.

* por méritos = meritorious.

* por mes = per month.

* por miedo de = for fear of/that.

* por millones = in the millions, by the millions.

* por mor de = because of, out of consideration for, out of respect for.

* por motivo de = in the interest(s) of.

* por motivos de = for the sake of, on grounds.

* por motivos de + Nombre = for + Nombre's sake.

* por muchas razones = in many ways.

* por mucho que lo intento = for the life of me.

* por mucho tiempo = for long, for long periods of time.

* por muy + Adjetivo/Adverbio + Nombre + que + Subjuntivo = however + Adjetivo/Adverbio + Nombre + Verbo.

* por muy + Adjetivo/Adverbio + que sea = however + Adjetivo/Adverbio.

* por muy + Adjetivo + be = Adjetivo + though + Nombre + be.

* por muy difícil que parezca = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.

* por muy extraño que parezca = oddly enough, strangely enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.

* por muy increíble que parezca = incredible though it may seem, incredibly, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.

* por muy mentira que parezca = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, strangely enough, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, although it may seem incredible.

* por muy raro que parezca = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.

* por nada = for nothing.

* por nada del mundo = for the life of me.

* por nada or casi nada = at little or no extra cost.

* por naturaleza = by nature, by definition, characteristically, natural-born, naturally, inherently.

* por necesidad = of necessity, out of necessity.

* por niveles = multilayered [multi-layered/multi layered], multilayer, layered, tiered.

* por no decir algo peor = to put it mildly.

* por no decir nada de = to say nothing of.

* por no decir nunca = if ever.

* por no decir otra cosa peor = to say the least.

* por nombrar (sólo) + Número = to name (only) + Número.

* por nombrar sólo unos cuantos = to name only some.

* por nombrar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.

* por + Nombre = on a + Adjetivo + basis.

* por no mencionar = not to mention.

* por norma = as a rule.

* por + Número + cosas = on + Número + counts.

* por orden de = mandated.

* por orden del congreso = congressionally mandated.

* por orden de llegada = on a first come first served basis.

* por orden numérico = in numerical order.

* por otra parte = on the other hand, on the other side, on the flip side.

* por otro lado = alternatively, however, on the other hand, on the other side, for another thing, on the flip side, on another topic, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.

* por parejas = in pairs.

* por parte de = on the part of.

* por parte de uno = on + Posesivo + part.

* por pasar el rato = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por pereza = lazily.

* por + Período de Tiempo = for + Expresión Temporal.

* por persona = per person.

* por placer = for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por poco dinero = cheaply.

* por poco o nada = at little or no extra cost.

* por poderes = by proxy.

* por poner un ejemplo + Adjetivo = to take a + Adjetivo + example.

* por poner un ejemplo sobre + Nombre = to take + Nombre.

* por + Posesivo + cuenta = at + Posesivo + own expense.

* por + Posesivo + parte = for + Posesivo + part.

* por + Posesivo + propia cuenta = at + Posesivo + own expense.

* por + Posesivo + (propia) naturaleza = in + Posesivo + nature.

* por primera vez = first + Verbo, for the first time, for once.

* por principio = on principle.

* por principios = as a matter of principle.

* por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.

* por + Pronombre + mismo = all by + Reflexivo, by + Reflexivo.

* por propia iniciativa = self-directed.

* por pura curiosidad = just out of interest, (just) as a mater of interest.

* por pura diversión = for kicks.

* por puro entretenimiento = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por puro placer = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por qué = why.

* por razones + Adjetivo = for + Nombre + purposes.

* por razones de = for the sake of.

* por razones de seguridad = for security reasons, for safety reasons.

* por razones éticas = on moral grounds.

* por razones morales = on moral grounds.

* por razones personales = for personal reasons.

* por + Reflexivo + cuenta = for + Reflexivo.

* por rencor = out of spite.

* por respeto a = out of respect for, out of consideration for.

* por rumores = grapevine.

* por rutina = routinely.

* por sacos = by the sackful.

* por satélite = satellite-based.

* por segunda vez = a second time, the second time around, a second time around.

* por seguridad = for safety reasons.

* por semana = per week.

* por separado = at different times, in isolation, separately, singly.

* por ser + Adjetivo = as being + Adjetivo.

* por sexo = along gender lines.

* por si = in the chance that.

* por si acaso = in case of, on the off chance, just in case, on spec, for good measure.

* por si casualidad = in the chance that.

* por si era poco = for good measure.

* por si fuera poco = to boot, for good measure, to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* por si hace falta consultarlo en el futuro = for future reference.

* por si las moscas = just in case, on spec.

* por sí mismo = for its/their own sake, in itself, in + Posesivo + own right, itself, unto + Reflexivo, in and of + Reflexivo.

* por sí mismos = in themselves.

* por simple curiosidad = (just) as a mater of interest, just out of interest.

* por si sirve de algo = for what it's worth [FWIW].

* por sí solo = by itself, for its/their own sake, on its own, in and of + Reflexivo, in itself.

* por sí solos = by themselves, in themselves.

* por si + tener + suerte = on spec.

* por sorpresa = unawares.

* por su cuenta y riesgo = at + Posesivo + own risk.

* por suerte = luckily, fortunately, happily.

* por suerte o por desgracia = for better or (for) worse, by luck or misfortune.

* por su naturaleza = by + Posesivo + nature.

* por su papel = in its role.

* por su parte = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por su propia voluntad = of its own accord.

* por su propio derecho = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por supuesto = of course, surely, to be sure, certainly.

* ¡por supuesto que no! = heaven forbid, heaven forbid.

* por suscripción = subscriber + Nombre.

* por su volatilidad = mercurially.

* por su volubilidad = mercurially.

* por tanto = consequently, ergo, so, then, thereby, therefore, thus, it follows that.

* por teléfono = on the telephone, by tele(phone), over the phone, over the telephone.

* por temas = topically.

* por temor a = for fear of/that.

* por temor a represalias = under duress.

* por término medio = on average.

* por toda la ciudad = citywide [city-wide].

* por toda la Internet = Internet-wide.

* por toda la nación = nationwide [nation-wide].

* por toda la provincia = province-wide.

* por toda la vida = lifetime [life-time].

* por todas las instituciones oficiales = government-wide.

* por todas partes = all over the place, everywhere, widely, all around, far and wide.

* por toda una vida = lifetime [life-time].

* por todo = all over, throughout, all the way through.

* por todo el campus universitario = campus-wide [campuswide].

* por todo el continente = continent-wide.

* por todo el distrito = district-wide [districtwide].

* por todo el gobierno = government-wide.

* por todo el mundo = worldwide [world-wide], around the world, across the globe, around the globe, across the world, around the planet, the world over.

* por todo el planeta = across the planet, planet-wide.

* por todo el servicio = service-wide.

* por todo lo alto = grandly, on a grand scale.

* por todo + Lugar = up and down + Lugar.

* por todo + Nombre de Lugar = across + Nombre de Lugar.

* por todos conocido = well-known.

* por todos lados = left, right and centre, far and wide.

* por todos los medios = by all means.

* por todos sitios = everywhere.

* por triplicado = in triplicate.

* por trueque = in kind.

* por turnos = on a rotating basis, on a rota basis, on a rota system, on a rota.

* por última vez = for the last time, one last time.

* por último = finally, last, lastly, ultimately.

* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.

* por una lado... por otro = at one end... at the other.

* por unanimidad = unanimously.

* por una parte = on the one hand, on the one side.

* por un gran margen = by a huge margin.

* por un gustazo, un trancazo = a kingdom for a kiss.

* por unidad = per unit.

* por un lado = for one, on the one hand, on the one side.

* por un lado entra + Nombre + y por otro sale + Nombre = in go + Nombre + at one end, and out come + Nombre + at the other.

* por un momento = for a moment.

* por uno mismo = on + Posesivo + own, for + Reflexivo.

* por unos momentos = for a few moments, for a short time.

* por uno solo = solo.

* por un período de tiempo limitado = on a short-term basis.

* por un tiempo = for a time.

* por un tiempo indefinido = for an indefinite time to come, for indefinite time.

* por valor de + Cantidad = amounting to + Cantidad.

* por varias razones = for a variety of reasons, for a number of reasons.

* por varios motivos = for a number of reasons.

* por venganza = out of spite.

* por voluntad propia = voluntarily.

* quedar por ver = remain + to be seen.

* tirar dinero y esfuerzo por la borda = be money and effort down the drain.

* transporte por tierra = land transport.

* utilizar por primera vez = pioneer.

* venta al por mayor = wholesaling.

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Sentido I

A en relaciones causales

B según

C ¿por qué?

D en locuciones

E en expresiones concesivas

F

1 en expresiones de modo

2 indicando el medio

3 Educación

G

1 en relaciones de proporción

2 en multiplicaciones

H

1 en relaciones de sustitución etc

2 por ejemplo

I como

Sentido II

A al expresar finalidad, objetivo

B indicando consideración, favor

C indicando inclinación, elección

D en busca de

E en lo que respecta a

F indicando una situación pendiente

G estar por

Sentido III

A indicando lugar de acceso, salida

B

expresando lugar indeterminado

C expresando lugar determinado

D indicando extensión

Sentido IV

A expresando tiempo aproximado

B indicando una ocasión

C durante

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Sentido I

A (en relaciones causales) because of

he puesto esto aquí por el gato I've put this here because of the cat

nunca se lo dijo por miedo a perderla he never told her out of fear of losing her o because he was afraid of losing her

eso te pasa por crédulo that's what you get for being (so) gullible

lo conseguimos por él we got it thanks to him

ella es así por naturaleza she's like that by nature

lo hace por necesidad he does it out of necessity

no se acabó por falta de dinero it wasn't finished for o because of o owing to lack of money

el final no por conocido me resulta menos triste knowing how it ends doesn't make it any less sad

por su alto contenido en proteínas because of o owing to its high protein content

tanto por su precio como por su practicidad both for its price and its practical design

fue por eso por lo que no te llamé or fue por eso que no te llamé that was the reason o that was why I didn't call you

precisamente por eso no dije nada that's precisely why I didn't say anything

la muerte se produjo por asfixia he suffocated, death was caused by suffocation ( frml)

éste serviría si no fuera por el color this one would do if it weren't for the color

fue elogiado por su excelente actuación he was praised for his excellent performance

por + INF for -ING

me pidió perdón por haberme mentido he apologized for lying o for having lied to me

eso

B (según) from

por lo que he oído from what I've heard

por lo que parece no va a volver it seems o it would seem he's not coming back

por mi experiencia diría que … from my experience, I would say that …

C ( fam):

¿por? why?

¿con quién vas? — con Daniel ¿por? who are you going with? — with Daniel, why? o why do you want to know?

D ( en locuciones):

por qué why

¿por qué lloras? why are you crying?

¿por qué no vienes a almorzar a casa? why don't you come to my house for lunch?

por si in case

llévate una muda, por si tuvieras que quedarte take a change of clothes (just) in case you have to stay

acaso, mosca² (↑ mosca (2))

E (en expresiones concesivas) por … QUE:

por más que me esfuerzo me sigue saliendo mal no matter how hard I try o however hard I try, I still can't get it right

(+ subj): por (muy) fácil que se lo pongan, no creo que lo sepa hacer however easy o no matter how easy they make it for him I don't think he'll be able to do it

F

1

(en expresiones de modo): clasifícalos por tamaño classify them according to size o by size

colóquense por orden de altura line up in order of height

por adelantado in advance

por escrito in writing

2

(indicando el medio): se lo comunicaron por teléfono they told him over the phone

lo dijeron por la radio they said it on the radio

lo mandaron por avión/barco they sent it by air/sea

por carretera by road

la conocí por la voz I recognized the o her voice, I recognized her by her voice

me enteré por un amigo I heard from o through a friend

conocido por el nombre de Pancho known as Pancho

lo intenté por todos los medios I tried everything possible o every possible way

3 ( Educación):

es doctor honoris causa por Oxford he has an honorary doctorate from Oxford

un graduado en ciencias políticas por la universidad de Granada a graduate in political science from the university of Granada

G

1

(en relaciones de proporción): cobra $30 por clase he charges $30 a o per class

120 kilómetros por hora 120 kilometers an o per hour

lo venden por metro they sell it by the meter

tú comes por tres you eat enough for three people

había un hombre por cada dos mujeres there was one man to every two women

tiene tres metros de largo por uno de ancho it's three meters long by one meter wide

ya hemos hecho bastante por hoy we've done enough for today

los hizo entrar uno por uno she made them come in one by one o one at a time

examinar un escrito punto por punto to go through a document point by point

ciento² (↑ ciento (2))

2 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

(en multiplicaciones): tres por cuatro (son) doce three times four is twelve, three fours are twelve

H

1

(en relaciones de sustitución, intercambio, representación): su secretaria firmó por él his secretary signed for him o on his behalf

yo puedo ir por ti I can go for you o in your place

por toda respuesta se encogió de hombros all he did was shrug his shoulders

tú podrías pasar por inglesa you could pass as English o for an Englishwoman

te dan uno nuevo por dos viejos they give you one new one in exchange for two old ones

es senador por Canarias he's a senator for the Canary Islands

2

(como): por ejemplo for example

¿acepta usted por esposa a Carmen? do you take Carmen to be your (lawful wedded) wife?

I (introduciendo el agente) by

un lugar frecuentado por muchos famosos a place frequented by many famous people

se vieron sorprendidos por una tormenta they were caught in a sudden storm

la ocupación de la fábrica por (parte de) los obreros the occupation of the factory by the workers

ver tb parte² f B. (↑ parte (2))

Sentido II

A

(al expresar finalidad, objetivo): se estaban peleando por la pelota they were fighting over the ball

lo hace por el dinero he does it for the money

te lo digo por tu bien I'm telling you for your own good

por + INF:

daría cualquier cosa por verte contento I'd give anything to see you happy

no entré por no molestar I didn't go in so as not to disturb him o because I didn't want to disturb him

eso es hablar por hablar that's talking for the sake of talking o for the sake of it

por QUE + SUBJ here por que can also be written porque:

estaba ansioso por que lo escucharan he was eager for them to listen to him

recemos por que lleguen a un acuerdo let's pray that they'll come to an agreement

siguieron luchando por que se hiciera justicia they continued fighting for justice to be done

B

(indicando consideración, favor): haría cualquier cosa por ti I'd do anything for you

intercede por nosotros intercede for us

por mí no lo hagas don't do it just for me o for my sake

C

(indicando inclinación, elección): su amor por la música her love of music

demostró gran interés por el cuadro he showed great interest in the painting

no siento nada por él I don't feel anything for him

opté por no ir I chose not to go

votó por ella he voted for her

¿por la afirmativa? all those in favor?

se manifestaron por el derecho al aborto they demonstrated for the right to abortion

estar por algn ( fam); to be crazy about sb

D

(en busca de): salió/fue poror ( Esp) a por pan he went (out) for some bread, he went (out) to get some bread

E

(en lo que respecta a): por mí no hay inconveniente I don't mind

que haga lo que le dé la gana, por mí … let him do what he likes, as far as I'm concerned …

F (indicando una situación pendiente) por + INF:

tengo toda la casa por limpiar I've got the whole house to clean

estos cambios aún están por hacer these changes have still not been made o are yet to be made

ver² vt C 1. (↑ ver (2))

G

( AmL) estar por + INF (estar a punto de): deben de estar por llegar they should be arriving any minute

la leche está por hervir the milk's about to boil

Sentido III

A

(indicando lugar de acceso, salida, trayectoria): entró por la ventana he came in through the window

sal por aquí go out this way

el acceso al edificio es por la calle Lamas you enter the building from Lamas Street

el piano no va a pasar por la puerta the piano won't go through the door

se cayó por la escalera he fell down the stairs

subieron por la ladera este they went up by the east face

¿el 121 va por (la) Avenida Rosas? does the 121 go along Rosas Avenue?

fuimos por el camino más largo we took the longer route

no vayas por ahí que te vas a perder don't go that way, you'll get lost

¿por dónde has venido? which way did you come?

¿puedes pasar por la tintorería? could you call in at o drop by the drycleaner's?

B

(expresando lugar indeterminado): está por ahí he's over there somewhere

¿por dónde está or queda el restaurante? whereabouts is the restaurant?

viven por el sur/por mi barrio they live in the south somewhere/around my area

hace mucho que no lo vemos por aquí we haven't seen him around here for ages

¿qué tal te fue por Londres? how did you get on in London?

C

(expresando lugar determinado): corta por aquí cut here

voy por la página 15 I'm up to o I'm on page 15

empieza por el principio start at the beginning

agárralo por el mango hold it by the handle

D

(indicando extensión): lo he buscado por todos lados or por todas partes I've looked everywhere for it

la epidemia se extendió por todo el país the epidemic spread throughout the (whole) country

estuvimos viajando por el norte de Francia we were traveling around o in the North of France

fuimos a caminar por la playa we went for a walk along the beach

pasa un trapo por el piso give the floor a quick wipe

ver tb afuera, adentro, dentro, fuera¹ adv A 1. (↑ fuera (1)), encima, por etc

Sentido IV

A

(expresando tiempo aproximado): por aquella época at that time

por aquel entonces vivían en Pozuelo at that time they were living in Pozuelo

sucedió por allá por 1960 it happened some time back around 1960

B ( Esp) (indicando una ocasión) for

me lo regalaron por mi cumpleaños they gave it to me for my birthday

por Semana Santa pensamos ir a Londres we're thinking of going to London for Easter

C (durante) for

por los siglos de los siglos for ever and ever

no se lo confío ni por un minuto I wouldn't trust him with it for a minute

puede quedar así por el momento or por ahora it can stay like that for the time being o for now

ver tb mañana³ (↑ mañana (3)), tarde² (↑ tarde (2)), noche

* * *

por preposición
1 ( causa) because of;
◊ por falta de dinero because of o owing to lack of money;

por naturaleza by nature;
por necesidad out of necessity;
por eso no dije nada that's why I didn't say anything;
fue por eso que no te llamé that was why I didn't call you;
si no fuera por mi hijo … if it wasn't for my son …;
me pidió perdón por haberme mentido he apologized for lying o for having lied to me
2 ( en locs)
◊ por qué why;

no dijo por qué he didn't say why;
¿por qué no vienes conmigo? why don't you come with me?;
por si in case;
por si no entiende in case he doesn't understand;
See Also→ acaso 2, mosca
3 ( en expresiones concesivas):
◊ por más que me esfuerzo however hard o no matter how hard I try;

por (muy) fácil que sea however easy o no matter how easy it is
4
a) ( modo):

◊ colócalos por orden de tamaño put them in order of size;

por adelantado in advance;
por escrito in writing
b) ( medio):

◊ se lo comunicaron por teléfono they told him over the phone;

lo dijeron por la radio they said it on the radio;
por avión by air;
la conocí por la voz I recognized her by her voice;
me enteré por un amigo I heard from o through a friend
5
a) ( proporción):

◊ cobra $30 por clase he charges $30 a o per class;

120 kilómetros por hora 120 kilometers an o per hour;
por metro/docena by the meter/dozen;
tú comes por tres you eat enough for three people;
tiene tres metros de largo por uno de ancho it's three meters long by one meter wide;
uno por uno one by one;
See Also→ ciento sustantivo masculino b
b) ( en multiplicaciones):

◊ tres por cuatro (son) doce three times four is twelve, three fours are twelve

6
a) ( sustitución) for;

◊ su secretaria firmó por él his secretary signed for him o on his behalf;

pasa por inglesa she passes for an Englishwoman
b) ( como):

◊ por ejemplo for example

7 ( introduciendo el agente) by;
◊ compuesto por Mozart composed by Mozart

1 (finalidad, objetivo):
◊ pelearse por algo to fight over sth;

lo hace por el dinero he does it for the money;
no entré por no molestarlo I didn't go in because I didn't want to disturb him;
por que + subj (here por que can also be written porque): estaba ansioso por que lo escucharan he was eager for them to listen to him
2 (indicando inclinación, elección):
◊ su amor por la música her love of music;

no siento nada por él I don't feel anything for him;
votó por ella he voted for her
3 ( en busca de): salió/fue por or (Esp) a por pan he went (out) for some bread, he went (out) to get some bread
4 ( en lo que respecta a):
◊ por mí que haga lo que quiera as far as I'm concerned, he can do what he likes

5 (esp AmL) estar por + inf ( estar a punto de) to be about to + inf;
◊ está por terminar he's about to finish;

deben (de) estar por llegar they should be arriving any minute
1
a) ( lugar):

◊ entró por la ventana he came in through the window;

sal por aquí go out this way;
se cayó por la escalera he fell down the stairs;
¿el 121 va por (la) Avenida Rosas? does the 121 go along Rosas Avenue?;
¿por dónde has venido? which way did you come?;
está por ahí he's over there somewhere;
¿por dónde está el hotel? whereabouts is the hotel?;
viven por mi barrio they live around my area;
voy por la página 15 I'm up to o I'm on page 15;
empieza por el principio start at the beginning;
agárralo por el mango hold it by the handle
b) ( indicando extensión): por todos lados or por todas partes everywhere;

◊ viajamos por el norte de Francia we traveled around o in the North of France;

ver tb dentro, fuera, encima, etc
2 ( tiempo) for;
◊ por un mes for a month;

por el momento or por ahora for the time being, for now;
ver tb mañana, tarde, noche
3 (Esp) ( ocasión) for;
◊ me lo regaló por mi cumpleaños she gave it to me for my birthday

por preposición
1 (autoría) by: está escrito por mí, it was written by me
2 (camino, lugar) through: viajamos por Castilla, we travelled round Castilla
3 (medio) lo enviaron por avión, they sent it by plane
me enteré por el periódico, I read about it in the newspaper
4 (motivo, causa) because of
por tu culpa, because of you
(en favor de) for: hazlo por ellos, do it for their sake
por la libertad, for freedom
5 (en torno a) por San Juan, near Saint John's Day
6 (durante) por la mañana/noche, in the morning/at night
por el momento, for the time being
7 (a través) entramos por la puerta, we got in through the door
miramos por la ventana, we looked out (of) the window
pasamos por la ciudad, we went through the town
8 (sobre, por encima de) cruzaremos por el puente, we'll cross the bridge
9 (delante de) paso todos los días por tu casa, I go by your house every day
10 (a cambio de) for: te doy mi helado por tu yogur, I'll swap you my ice-cream for your yoghurt
11 (en una distribución, cálculo) por cabeza, a head, per person
mil pesetas por hora, a thousand pesetas per hour
dos mil revoluciones por minuto, two thousand revolutions per minute
12 (en una multiplicación) dos por dos, cuatro, two times two is four
un diez por ciento, ten per cent
13 (con infinitivo) in order to, so as to
trabajar por trabajar, to work for the sake of it
♦ Locuciones: por así decirlo, so to speak
por más/mucho que..., no matter how...
por qué, why
' por' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abogar
- abonar
- abonarse
- abotargada
- abotargado
- abuelo
- acabar
- acaso
- accidente
- acercarse
- acertar
- aclamación
- acomplejada
- acomplejado
- acomplejarse
- acoquinar
- acostumbrar
- actual
- adelantada
- adelantado
- adivinar
- admitir
- adoración
- aérea
- aéreo
- afanarse
- afectada I
- afectado
- afición
- agradecer
- aguantar
- ahí
- ahogada
- ahogado
- ahora
- ahorcarse
- ahorrar
- aire
- alegrarse
- algo
- allá
- allí
- almacén
- alquiler
- alta
- alto
- aludida
- aludido
- amarga
English:
A
- aback
- ablaze
- about
- above
- absence
- absorb
- accident
- accidentally
- acclaim
- accompany
- accord
- accordingly
- account
- accustom
- actual
- actually
- add to
- advocate
- after
- afternoon
- again
- against
- air
- airmail
- alert
- allowance
- alone
- alphabetically
- alternately
- amble
- amends
- amok
- angry
- annihilate
- annoy
- answer for
- answering service
- antipathy
- anxious
- anywhere
- apologetic
- apologize
- appal
- appall
- apparently
- appearance
- appease
- appointment
- appreciate

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por prep

1. [indica causa] because of;

llegó tarde por el tráfico she was late because of the traffic;

lo hizo por amor he did it out of o for love;

me disculpé por llegar tarde I apologized for arriving late;

miré dentro por simple curiosidad I looked inside out of pure curiosity;

accidentes por conducción temeraria accidents caused by reckless driving;

muertes por enfermedades cardiovasculares deaths from cardiovascular disease;

no quise llamar por la hora (que era) I didn't want to call because of the time;

cerrado por vacaciones/reformas [en letrero] closed for holidays/alterations;

por mí no te preocupes don't worry about me;
Esp
fue por eso por lo que tuvimos tantos problemas, Am [m5] fue por eso que tuvimos tantos problemas that's why we had so many problems;

eso te pasa por (ser tan) generoso that's what you get for being so generous;

la razón por (la) que dimite the reason (why) she is resigning;

¿por qué? why?;

¿por qué no vienes? why don't you come?;

¿por qué lo preguntas? – por nada why do you ask? – no reason;
Fam
¿por? why?;

por si in case;

por si se te olvida in case you forget

2. [indica indicio]
por lo que me dices/lo que he oído no debe de ser tan difícil from what you say/what I've heard, it can't be that difficult;

por lo que tengo entendido, viven juntos as I understand it, they live together, my understanding is that they live together;

por lo visto, por lo que se ve apparently

3. [indica finalidad] (antes de infinitivo) (in order) to;

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por

prp

1 motivo for, because of;

lo hace por mí he does it for me;

lo hizo por amor she did it out of o for love;

luchó por sus ideales he fought for his ideals;

por miedo a ofenderle for fear of upsetting her;

vino por verme he came to see me

2 medio by;

por avión by air;

por correo by mail, Br

tb by post

3 tiempo

:

por un año/un segundo for a year/a second;

por la mañana in the morning;

por Navidad around Christmas

4 movimiento

:

por la calle down the street;

por un tunel through a tunnel;

por aquí this way

5 posición aproximada around, about;

está por aquí it’s around here (somewhere);

vive por el centro de la ciudad she lives somewhere around the center of town

6 cambio

:

por cincuenta pesos for fifty pesos;

por cabeza each, a head

7 otros usos

:

por hora an o per hour;

dos por dos two times two;

¿por qué? why?;

el motivo por el cual o

por el que … the reason why …;

esa factura aún está por pagar that invoice still has to be paid;

tomar por esposa marry;

por difícil que sea however difficult it might be

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por prep

1) : for, during

se quedaron allí por la semana: they stayed there during the week

por el momento: for now, at the moment

2) : around, during

por noviembre empieza a nevar: around November it starts to snow

por la mañana: in the morning

3) : around (a place)

debe estar por allí: it must be over there

por todas partes: everywhere

4) : by, through, along

por la puerta: through the door

pasé por tu casa: I stopped by your house

por la costa: along the coast

5) : for, for the sake of

lo hizo por su madre: he did it for his mother

¡por Dios!: for heaven's sake!

6) : because of, on account of

llegué tarde por el tráfico: I arrived late because of the traffic

dejar por imposible: to give up as impossible

7) : per

60 millas por hora: 60 miles per hour

por docena: by the dozen

8) : for, in exchange for, instead of

su hermana habló por él: his sister spoke on his behalf

9) : by means of

hablar por teléfono: to talk on the phone

por escrito: in writing

10) : as for

por mí: as far as I'm concerned

11) : times

tres por dos son seis: three times two is six

12) según: from, according to

por lo que dices: judging from what you're telling me

13) : as, for

por ejemplo: for example

14) : by

hecho por mi abuela: made by my grandmother

por correo: by mail

15) : for, in order to

lucha por ganar su respeto: he struggles to win her respect

16)

estar por : to be about to

17)

por ciento : percent

18)

por favor : please

19)

por lo tanto : therefore, consequently

20)

¿por qué? : why?

21)

por que porque

22)

por... que : no matter how

por mucho que intente: no matter how hard I try

23)

por si or

por si acaso : just in case

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por prep

1. (a través de) through

entra por la puerta de la derecha go in through the door on the right

por el bosque through the wood

2. (la calle) along / down

iba por la calle I was walking down the street

3. (indica camino) via / by

fuimos por la carretera comarcal we went by the B road

4. (indica una parte concreta) by

sujeta la cacerola por el asa hold the saucepan by its handle

5. (indica el tiempo)

por la mañana in the morning

por Navidades at Christmas

por la noche at night

por unos días for a few days

6. (a causa de) because of

suspendieron el concierto por la lluvia the concert was cancelled because of the rain

7. (a fin de) to / in order to

por complacer al padre in order to please her father

8. (indica el autor) by

el cuadro fue pintado por Picasso the picture was painted by Picasso

9. (en favor o defensa de) for

haría cualquier cosa por su hijo she'd do anything for her son

es por tu propio bien it's for your own good

10. (multiplicado) times

cuatro por cuatro son dieciséis four times four is sixteen

11. (a cambio de) for

lo compré por cien pesetas I bought it for a hundred pesetas

te doy este libro por esos sellos I'll give you this book for those stamps

12. (en vez de) instead of

ya jugaré yo por Jaime I'll play instead of Jaime

13. (indica que una acción todavía no está hecha)

las camas están por hacer the beds still have to be made

ir por / ir a por to fetch

¡ve a por mis zapatillas, por favor! fetch my slippers, please!

por + adjetivo however + adjective

por barato que parezca however cheap it may seem

por mucho que te quejes however much you complain

por aquí (cerca) near here (indicando camino) this way

por ciento per cent

por correo by post

por fin at last

por la fuerza by force

por lo general generally / usually

por lo menos at least

por mí as far as I'm concerned

por si... in case...

por sorpresa by surprise

por supuesto of course

por tanto therefore

por teléfono on the telephone

¿por qué? why?

Spanish-English dictionary > por
7 prendre

prendre [pʀɑ̃dʀ]

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1. transitive verb

2. intransitive verb

3. reflexive verb

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► Lorsque prendre fait partie d'une locution comme prendre en photo, prendre en charge, reportez-vous aussi à l'autre mot.

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1. <

   a. to take ( dans out of)

• il l'a pris dans le tiroir he took it out of the drawer

• il prit un journal sur la table he took a newspaper off the table

• il a pris le bleu he took the blue one

• prendre qn par le bras to take sb by the arm

• c'est toujours ça de pris that's something at least

• c'est à prendre ou à laisser take it or leave it

• avec lui, il faut en prendre et en laisser you can't believe half of what he says

• je prends (dans un jeu) I'll answer

• tiens, prends ce marteau here, use this hammer

• si tu sors, prends ton parapluie if you go out, take your umbrella

• j'ai pris l'avion/le train de 4 heures I caught the 4 o'clock plane/train

• je prends quelques jours à Noël I'm taking a few days off at Christmas

• cela me prend tout mon temps it takes up all my time

• la réparation a pris des heures the repair took hours

• il prend une commission sur la vente he takes a commission on the sale

• il a pris sur son temps pour venir m'aider he gave up some of his time to help me

• je prends du 38 I take a size 38

   b. ( = aller chercher) [+ chose] to get ; [+ personne] to pick up ; ( = emmener) to take

• passer prendre qn à son bureau to pick sb up at his office

• je passerai les prendre chez toi I'll come and get them from your place

   c. ( = s'emparer de, surprendre) [+ poisson, voleur] to catch

• se faire prendre [voleur] to be caught

• il fut pris d'un doute he suddenly had a doubt

• qu'est-ce qui te prend ? (inf) what's the matter with you?

• ça te prend souvent ? (inf) are you often like this?

• je vous y prends ! caught you!

• si je t'y prends don't let me catch you doing that

• prendre qn sur le fait to catch sb in the act

   d. ( = duper) to take in

• on ne m'y prendra plus I won't be had a second time (inf)

   e. ( = manger, boire) [+ aliment, boisson] to have ; [+ médicament] to take

• prenez-vous du sucre ? do you take sugar?

• est-ce que vous prendrez du café ? would you like some coffee?

• à prendre avant les repas to be taken before meals

• il n'a rien pris depuis hier he hasn't eaten anything since yesterday

   f. ( = acheter) [+ billet, essence] to get ; ( = réserver) [+ couchette, place] to book

• peux-tu me prendre du pain ? can you get me some bread?

   g. ( = accepter) [+ client, locataire] to take ; [+ passager] to pick up

• l'école ne prend plus de pensionnaires the school no longer takes boarders

   h. ( = noter) [+ renseignement, adresse, nom, rendez-vous] to write down ; [+ mesures, température, empreintes] to take

• prendre des notes to take notes

   i. ( = adopter) [+ air, ton] to put on ; [+ décision, risque, mesure] to take

• il prit un ton menaçant his voice took on a threatening tone

   j. ( = acquérir) prendre de l'autorité to gain authority

• cela prend un sens particulier it takes on a particular meaning

   k. ( = faire payer) to charge

• ce spécialiste prend très cher this specialist charges very high fees

   l. ( = subir) (inf) [+ coup, choc] to get

• il a pris la porte en pleine figure the door hit him right in the face

• qu'est-ce qu'on a pris ! (reproches) we really got it in the neck! (inf) ; (averse) we got drenched!

• il a pris pour les autres he took the rap (inf)

   m. ( = réagir à) [+ nouvelle] to take

• si vous le prenez ainsi if that's how you want it

• il a bien pris la chose he took it well

• il l'a bien pris he took it well

• il a mal pris la chose he took it badly

• il l'a mal pris he took it badly

• il a mal pris ce que je lui ai dit he took exception to what I said to him

• prendre qch avec bonne humeur to take sth in good part

• prendre les choses comme elles sont to take things as they come

• prendre la vie comme elle vient to take life as it comes

   n. ( = manier) [+ personne] to handle ; [+ problème] to deal with

• elle sait le prendre she knows how to handle him

   o. (locutions)

► prendre qn/qch pour ( = considérer comme) to take sb/sth for ; ( = utiliser comme) to take sb/sth as

• pour qui me prenez-vous ? what do you take me for?

• prendre qch pour prétexte to take sth as a pretext

• prendre qch pour cible to make sth a target► prendre sur soi ( = se maîtriser) to grin and bear it ; ( = assumer) to take responsibility

• savoir prendre sur soi to keep a grip on o.s.

• prendre sur soi de faire qch to take it upon o.s. to do sth► à tout prendre on the whole

2. <

   a. ( = durcir) [ciment, pâte, crème] to set

   b. ( = réussir) [mouvement, mode] to catch on

• le lilas a bien pris the lilac's doing really well

• avec moi, ça ne prend pas (inf) it doesn't work with me (inf)

   c. ( = commencer à brûler) [feu] to take ; (accidentellement) to start ; [allumette] to light ; [bois] to catch fire

• le feu ne veut pas prendre the fire won't burn

   d. ( = passer) to go

• prendre par les petites rues to keep to the side streets

3. <

► se prendre

   a. ( = se considérer)

il se prend pour un intellectuel he thinks he's an intellectual

• pour qui se prend-il ? who does he think he is?

• se prendre au sérieux to take o.s. seriously

   b. ( = accrocher, coincer) to catch

• mon manteau s'est pris dans la porte my coat got caught in the door

   c. (locutions)

► s'en prendre à ( = passer sa colère sur) to take it out on ; ( = blâmer) to put the blame on ; ( = attaquer) to attack

• tu ne peux t'en prendre qu'à toi you've only got yourself to blame► s'y prendre to go about it

• il ne sait pas s'y prendre he doesn't know how to go about it

• je ne sais pas comment tu t'y prends I don't know how you manage it

• il faut s'y prendre à l'avance you have to do it in advance

• il s'y est mal pris he went about it the wrong way

• savoir s'y prendre avec qn to handle sb the right way

• il sait s'y prendre avec les enfants he really knows how to deal with children

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pʀɑ̃dʀ
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( saisir) to take

prendre un vase sur l'étagère/dans le placard — to take a vase off the shelf/out of the cupboard

2) (se donner, acquérir)

prendre un accent — ( involontairement) to pick up an accent; ( volontairement) to put on an accent

prendre une habitude — to develop ou pick up a habit

prendre une voix grave — to adopt a solemn tone

prendre un rôle — to assume a role

3) ( dérober) to take

on m'a pris tous mes bijoux — I had all my jewellery GB ou jewelry US stolen

la guerre leur a pris deux fils — they lost two sons in the war

4) ( apporter) to bring

je n'ai pas pris assez d'argent — I haven't brought enough money

5) ( emporter) to take

j'ai pris ton parapluie — I took your umbrella

6) ( retirer)

prendre de l'argent au distributeur — to get some money out of the cash dispenser

prendre de l'eau au puits — to get water from the well

prendre quelques livres à la bibliothèque — to get a few books out of the library

7) ( consommer) to have [boisson, aliment, repas]; to take [médicament, drogue]

je vais prendre du poisson — I'll have fish

aller prendre un café/une bière — to go for a coffee/a beer

je prends des calmants depuis la guerre — I've been on tranquillizers [BrE] since the war

je ne prends jamais d'alcool — I never touch alcohol

8) ( s'accorder) to take

prendre un congé — to take some time off

je vais prendre mon mercredi — (colloq) I'm going to take Wednesday off

9) ( choisir) to take [objet]; to choose [sujet, question]

j'ai pris la question sur Zola — I chose the question on Zola

prendre quelqu'un pour époux/épouse — to take somebody to be one's husband/wife

10) ( faire payer) to charge

elle prend combien de l'heure? — how much does she charge an hour?

il prend 15% au passage — (colloq) he takes a cut of 15%

11) ( nécessiter) to take [temps]; ( user) to take up [espace, temps]

mes enfants me prennent tout mon temps — my children take up all my time

12) (acheter, réserver, louer) to get [aliments, essence, place]

prendre une chambre en ville — to get a room in town

13) ( embaucher) ( durablement) to take [somebody] on [employé, assistant, apprenti]; ( pour une mission) to engage [personne]

ils ne m'ont pas pris — they didn't take me on

prendre quelqu'un comme nourrice — to take somebody on as a nanny

prendre un avocat/guide — to engage a lawyer/guide

14) ( accueillir) to take

ils ont pris la petite chez eux — they took the little girl in

prendre un client — [taxi] to pick up a customer

15) ( ramasser au passage) to pick up [personne, pain, clé, journal, ticket]

prendre les enfants à l'école — to collect the children from school

16) ( emmener) to take [personne]

je peux te prendre — ( en voiture) I can give you a lift

17) ( attraper) to catch [personne, animal]

elle s'est fait prendre en train de voler — she got caught stealing

prendre un papillon avec ses doigts — to pick up a butterfly

je vous y prends! — (colloq) caught you!

on ne m'y prendra plus! — (colloq) ( à faire) you won't catch me doing that again!; ( à croire) I won't be taken in (colloq) again!

je ne me suis pas laissé prendre — ( tromper) I wasn't going to be taken in (colloq)

18) (colloq) ( assaillir)

qu'est-ce qui te prend? — what's the matter with you?

ça te/leur prend souvent? — are you/they often like this?

19) ( captiver) to involve [spectateur, lecteur]

être pris par un livre/film — to get involved in a book/film

20) ( subir) to get [gifle, coup de soleil, décharge, contravention]; to catch [rhume]

j'ai pris le marteau sur le pied — the hammer hit me on the foot

21) ( utiliser) to take [autobus, métro, train, ferry, autoroute]

22) ( envisager) to take

prenons par exemple Nina — take Nina, for example

à tout prendre — all in all

23) ( considérer) to take

ne le prends pas mal — don't take it the wrong way

pour qui me prends-tu? — ( grossière erreur) what do you take me for?; ( manque de respect) who do you think you're talking to?

excusez-moi, je vous ai pris pour quelqu'un d'autre — I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else

24) ( traiter) to handle

il est très gentil quand on sait le prendre — he's very nice when you know how to handle him

25) ( mesurer) to take [mensurations, température, tension, pouls]

26) ( noter) to take down

je vais prendre votre adresse — let me just take down your address

27) ( apprendre)

prendre que — to get the idea (that)

où a-t-il pris qu'ils allaient divorcer? — where did he get the idea they were going to get divorced?

28) ( accepter) to take

il faut prendre les gens comme ils sont — you must take people as you find them

29) ( endosser) to take over [direction, pouvoir]; to assume [contrôle, poste]

je prends ça sur moi — I'll see to it

prendre sur soi de faire — to take it upon oneself to do, to undertake to do

30) ( accumuler) to put on [poids]; to gain [avance]

prendre des forces — to build up one's strength

31) ( contracter) to take on [bail]; to take [emploi]

32) ( défier) to take [somebody] on [concurrent]

je prends le gagnant — I'll take on the winner

33) ( conquérir) Armée to take, to seize [ville, forteresse]; to capture [navire, tank]; Jeux to take [pièce, carte]

2.

verbe intransitif

1) ( aller)

prendre à gauche/vers le nord — to go left/north

prenez tout droit — keep straight on

prendre par le littoral — to follow the coast

2) ( s'enflammer) [feu, bois, mèche] to catch; [incendie] to break out

3) ( se solidifier) [gelée, flan, glace, ciment, plâtre, colle] to set; [blancs d'œufs] to stiffen; [mayonnaise] to thicken

4) ( réussir) [grève, innovation] to be a success; [idée, mode] to catch on; [teinture, bouture, vaccination, greffe] to take; [leçon] to sink in

5) ( prélever)

prendre sur son temps libre pour traduire un roman — to translate a novel in one's spare time

6) ( se contraindre)

j'ai pris sur moi pour les écouter — I made myself listen to them

j'ai pris sur moi pour ne pas les insulter — I kept myself from insulting them

7) (colloq) ( être cru)

ça ne prend pas! — it won't wash (colloq) ou work!

8) (colloq) ( subir)

c'est toujours moi qui prends! — I'm always the one who gets it in the neck! (colloq)

il en a pris pour 20 ans — he got 20 years

3.

se prendre verbe pronominal

1) (devoir être saisi, consommé, mesuré)

un marteau se prend par le manche — you hold a hammer by the handle

en Chine le thé se prend sans sucre — in China they don't put sugar in their tea

la vitamine C se prend de préférence le matin — vitamin C is best taken in the morning

2) ( pouvoir être acquis)

les mauvaises habitudes se prennent vite — bad habits are easily picked up

3) ( se tenir l'un l'autre)

se prendre par la taille — to hold each other around the waist

4) ( se coincer)

se prendre les doigts dans la porte — to catch one's fingers in the door

mon écharpe s'est prise dans les rayons — my scarf got caught in the spokes

5) (colloq) ( recevoir)

il s'est pris une gifle — he got a slap in the face

je me suis pris une averse — I got caught in a shower

6) ( commencer)

se prendre à faire — to find oneself doing

se prendre de sympathie pour quelqu'un — to take to somebody

7) ( se considérer)

elle se prend pour un génie — she thinks she's a genius

8)

s'en prendre à — ( par des reproches ou des critiques) to attack [personne, presse, parti]; ( pour passer sa colère) to take it out on [personne]; ( agresser verbalement ou physiquement) to go for [personne]; ( blâmer) to blame [personne, groupe, institution]

il ne pourra s'en prendre qu'à lui-même — he will have only himself to blame

9) ( se comporter)

savoir s'y prendre avec — to have a way with [enfants, femmes, vieux]; to know how to handle [employés, élèves]

10) ( agir)

il faut s'y prendre à l'avance pour avoir des places — you have to book ahead to get seats

tu t'y es pris trop tard — you left it too late

il s'y est pris à plusieurs fois — he tried several times

regarde comment elle s'y prend — look how she's doing it

elle s'y prend bien/mal — she goes about it the right/wrong way

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c'est à prendre ou à laisser — take it or leave it

tel est pris qui croyait prendre — the tables are turned

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pʀɑ̃dʀ
1. vt

1) (= saisir) to take

Prends tes affaires et va-t'en! — Take your things and go!

prendre qch à qn — to take sth from sb

Il m'a pris mon stylo! — He took my pen!

2) (= se procurer) to get

J'ai pris du lait en rentrant. — I got some milk on the way home.

J'ai pris des places pour le concert. — I got some tickets for the concert.

3) (= aller chercher) to get, to fetch Grande-Bretagne, [passager] to pick up

passer prendre — to pick up, to go and fetch

Je passerai te prendre. — I'll come and pick you up., I'll come and fetch you.

Je dois passer prendre Richard. — I have to pick Richard up., I have to go and fetch Richard.

4) [train, bus] to take

Nous avons pris le train de huit heures. — We took the eight o'clock train.

Je prends toujours le train pour aller à Paris. — I always go to Paris by train., I always take the train when I go to Paris.

5) (= prélever) [pourcentage, argent] to take off

6) (= acquérir) [du poids] to put on, to gain

prendre de la valeur — to gain in value

prendre goût à qch — to develop a taste for sth, to acquire a taste for sth

7) (= adopter) [voix, ton] to put on

8) (= attraper) [malfaiteur, poisson] to catch

tel est pris qui croyait prendre — it's a case of the biter bit

9) [personnel] to take on, [locataire] to take in

10) (= s'y prendre avec) [enfant, problème] to handle

11) (autres locutions)

prendre qn pour — to take sb for

prendre qn en sympathie — to get to like sb

prendre qn en horreur — to get to loathe sb

prendre sur soi de faire qch — to take it upon o.s. to do sth

à tout prendre — all things considered

prendre sa source [rivière] — to rise, to have its source

prendre qn à partie — to take sb to task

être pris à partie par qn (= interpellé par qn) — to be taken to task by sb

être violemment pris à partie par qn (= molesté par qn) — to be violently set upon by sb

2. vi

1) [liquide, ciment] to set

2) [greffe, vaccin] to take

3) [ruse] to be successful

4) [feu] to go, [incendie] to start, [allumette] to light

5) (= se diriger)

prendre à gauche — to turn left

Prenez à gauche en arrivant au rond-point. — Turn left at the roundabout.

6) * (= être preneur)

je prends — count me in

* * *

prendre verb table: prendre

A vtr

1 ( saisir) to take; prendre un vase sur l'étagère/dans le placard to take a vase off the shelf/out of the cupboard; prendre le bras de son mari to take one's husband's arm; prendre qn par la taille ( des deux mains) to take sb by the waist; ( d'un bras) to put one's arm around sb's waist; puis-je prendre votre manteau? may I take your coat?; prenez donc une chaise do have ou take a seat; ⇒ clique, courage, jambe;

2 (se donner, acquérir) prendre un air/une expression to put on an air/an expression; prendre le nom de son mari to take one's husband's name; prendre une identité to assume an identity; prendre un accent ( involontairement) to pick up an accent; ( volontairement) to put on an accent; prendre une habitude to develop ou pick up a habit; prendre une voix grave to adopt a solemn tone; prendre un rôle to assume a role; ta remarque prend tout son sens you comment begins to make sense; prendre une nuance to take on a particular nuance;

3 ( dérober) to take; prendre de l'argent dans la caisse/à ses parents to take money from the till GB ou cash register/from one's parents; on m'a pris tous mes bijoux I had all my jewellery GB ou jewelry US stolen; il m'a pris ma petite amie he stole my girlfriend; la guerre leur a pris deux fils they lost two sons in the war; la guerre leur a pris tout ce qui leur était cher the war robbed them of all they held most dear;

4 ( apporter) to bring; n'oublie pas de prendre des bottes don't forget to bring boots; je n'ai pas pris assez d'argent I haven't brought enough money;

5 ( emporter) to take; j'ai pris ton parapluie I took your umbrella; ne prends rien sans demander don't take anything without asking; prends ton écharpe, il fait froid take your scarf, it's cold;

6 ( retirer) prendre de l'argent au distributeur to get some money out of the cash dispenser; prendre de l'eau au puits to get water from the well; prendre quelques livres à la bibliothèque to get a few books out of the library;

7 ( consommer) to have [boisson, aliment, repas]; to take [médicament, drogue]; vous prendrez bien quelque chose/un peu de gâteau? won't you have something to eat or drink/some cake?; je vais prendre du poisson I'll have fish; mais tu n'as rien pris! you've hardly taken any!; aller prendre un café/une bière to go for a coffee/a beer; je prends des calmants depuis la guerre I've been on tranquillizers^GB since the war; le médecin me fait prendre des antibiotiques the doctor has put me on antibiotics; je ne prends jamais d'alcool/de drogue I never touch alcohol/take drugs;

8 ( s'accorder) to take; prendre un congé to take a vacation; je vais prendre mon mercredi○ I'm going to take Wednesday off; ⇒ temps;

9 ( choisir) to take [objet]; to choose [sujet, question]; prendre la rouge/le moins cher des deux/la chambre double to take the red one/the cheaper one/the double room; j'ai pris la question sur Zola I chose the question on Zola; la romancière a pris comme sujet une histoire vraie the writer based her novel on a true story; prendre qn pour époux/épouse to take sb to be one's husband/wife;

10 ( faire payer) to charge; elle prend combien de l'heure/pour une coupe? how much does she charge an hour/for a cut?; on m'a pris très cher I was charged a lot; il prend 15% au passage he takes a cut of 15%;

11 ( nécessiter) to take [temps]; ( user) to take up [espace, temps]; le voyage m'a pris moins de deux heures the trip took me less than two hours; tes livres prennent trop de place your books take up too much room; mes enfants me prennent tout mon temps/toute mon énergie my children take up all my time/all my energy;

12 (acheter, réserver, louer) to get [aliments, essence, place]; prends aussi du jambon get some ham too; j'ai pris deux places pour ce soir I've got two tickets for tonight; prendre une chambre en ville to get a room in town; j'en prendrai un kilo I'll have a kilo;

13 ( embaucher) ( durablement) to take [sb] on [employé, assistant, apprenti]; ( pour une mission) to engage [personne]; ils ne m'ont pas pris they didn't take me on; prendre qn comme nourrice to take sb on as a nanny; prendre un avocat/guide to engage a lawyer/guide; être pris chez or par Hachette to get a job with Hachette; prendre une maîtresse to take a mistress;

14 ( accueillir) to take; ils ont pris la petite chez eux they took the little girl in; l'école n'a pas voulu la prendre the school wouldn't take her; ce train ne prend pas de voyageurs this train doesn't take passengers; prendre un client [taxi] to pick up a customer; [prostituée] to pick up a client; [coiffeur] to take a customer; prendre un patient [médecin] to see a patient; prendre un nouveau patient [médecin, dentiste] to take on a new patient; prendre un élève [professeur] to take on a student;

15 ( ramasser au passage) to pick up [personne, pain, clé, journal, ticket]; je passe te prendre à midi I'll come and pick you up at 12; prendre un auto-stoppeur to pick up a hitchhiker; prendre les enfants à l'école to collect the children from school;

16 ( emmener) to take [personne]; je prends les enfants cet après-midi I'll take the children this afternoon; je peux te prendre ( en voiture) I can give you a lift;

17 ( attraper) to catch [personne, animal]; elle s'est fait prendre en train de voler she got caught stealing; prendre un papillon avec ses doigts to pick up a butterfly; prendre un papillon entre ses mains to cup a butterfly in one's hands; je vous y prends○! caught you!; on ne m'y prendra plus○! I won't be taken in○ again!; se laisser prendre par un attrape-nigauds/une histoire to fall for a trick/a story; je ne me suis pas laissé prendre ( tromper) I wasn't going to be taken in○; se laisser prendre dans une bagarre to get drawn into a fight; se faire prendre par l'ennemi to be captured by the enemy; prendre un poisson to catch a fish; ⇒ flagrant, sac, taureau, vinaigre;

18 ( assaillir) une douleur le prit he felt a sudden pain; qu'est-ce qui te prend○? what's the matter with you?; ça te/leur prend souvent○? are you/they often like this? ça te prend souvent de gueuler○ comme ça? do you often yell○ like that?;

19 ( captiver) to involve [spectateur, lecteur]; être pris par un livre/film to be involved in a book/film;

20 ( subir) to get [gifle, coup de soleil, décharge, contravention]; to catch [rhume]; j'ai pris le marteau sur le pied the hammer hit me on the foot; qu'est-ce qu'ils ont pris○! (coups, défaite) what a beating○ they got!; ( reproches) what a telling-off○ they got!; prendre une quinte de toux to have a coughing fit;

21 Transp ( utiliser) to take [autobus, métro, train, ferry, autoroute]; prendre le train/la voiture/l'avion to take the train/the car/the plane; prendre le or un taxi to take a taxi; il a pris l'avion pour aller à Bruxelles he went to Brussels by air; je ne prends plus la voiture pour aller à Paris I've given up driving to Paris; s'il fait beau, je prendrai la bicyclette if the weather's nice, I'll cycle; en général je prends mon vélo pour aller travailler I usually cycle to work;

22 ( envisager) to take; prenons par exemple Nina take Nina, for example; si je prends une langue comme le chinois/un pays comme la Chine if we take a language like Chinese/a country like China; à tout prendre all in all;

23 ( considérer) to take; ne le prends pas mal don't take it the wrong way; il a plutôt bien pris ta remarque he took your comment rather well; il me prend pour un imbécile he takes me for a fool; pour qui me prends-tu? ( grossière erreur) what do you take me for?; ( manque de respect) who do you think you're talking to?; tu me prends pour ton esclave? I'm not your slave, you know!; excusez-moi, je vous ai pris pour quelqu'un d'autre I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else; ⇒ argent, canard, vessie;

24 ( traiter) to handle; il est très gentil quand on sait le prendre he's very nice when you know how to handle him; savoir prendre son enfant to know how to handle one's child; on ne sait jamais par où la prendre○ you never know how to handle her;

25 ( mesurer) to take [mensurations, température, tension, pouls]; je vais prendre votre pointure let me measure your foot;

26 ( noter) to take down; je vais prendre votre adresse let me just take down your address; il s'est enfui mais j'ai pris le numéro de sa voiture he drove off but I took down his registration GB ou license US number;

27 ( apprendre) prendre que to get the idea (that); où a-t-il pris qu'ils allaient divorcer? where did he get the idea they were going to get divorced?;

28 ( accepter) to take; prendre les cartes de crédit to take credit cards; il a refusé de prendre l'argent he refused to take the money; il faut prendre les gens comme ils sont you must take people as you find them; prendre les choses comme elles sont to take things as they come; à 1 500, je prends, mais pas plus at 1,500, I'll take it, but that's my best offer;

29 ( endosser) to take over [direction, pouvoir]; to assume [contrôle, poste]; je prends ça sur moi I'll see to it; prendre sur soi de faire to take it upon oneself to do, to undertake to do; elle a pris sur elle de leur parler/de leur cacher la vérité she took it upon herself to talk to them/to hide the truth from them; je prends sur moi tes dépenses I'll cover your expenses;

30 ( accumuler) to put on [poids]; to gain [avance]; prendre trois minutes (d'avance) to gain three minutes; prendre des forces to build up one's strength;

31 ( contracter) to take on [bail]; to take [emploi];

32 ( défier) to take [sb] on [concurrent]; je prends le gagnant/le perdant I'll take on the winner/the loser;

33 ( conquérir) Mil to take, to seize [ville, forteresse]; to capture [navire, tank]; Jeux to take [pièce, carte];

34 ( posséder sexuellement) to take [femme].

B vi

1 ( aller) prendre à gauche/vers le nord to go left/north; prenez tout droit keep straight on; prendre à travers champs to strike out GB ou head off across the fields; prendre au plus court to take the shortest route; prendre par le littoral to follow the coast;

2 ( s'enflammer) [feu, bois, mèche] to catch; [incendie] to break out;

3 ( se solidifier) [gelée, flan, glace, ciment, plâtre, colle] to set; [blancs d'œufs] to stiffen; [mayonnaise] to thicken;

4 ( réussir) [grève, innovation] to be a success; [idée, mode] to catch on; [teinture, bouture, vaccination, greffe] to take; [leçon] to sink in;

5 ( prélever) prendre sur ses économies pour entretenir un neveu to draw on one's savings to support a nephew; prendre sur son temps libre pour traduire un roman to translate a novel in one's spare time;

6 ( se contraindre) prendre sur soi to take a hold on oneself; prendre sur soi pour faire to make oneself do; prendre sur soi pour ne pas faire to keep oneself from doing; j'ai pris sur moi pour les écouter I made myself listen to them; j'ai pris sur moi pour ne pas les insulter I kept myself from insulting them;

7 ○( être cru) ça ne prend pas! it won't wash○ ou work!; ton explication ne prendra pas avec moi that explanation won't wash with me○;

8 ○( subir) prendre pour qn to take the rap○ for sb; c'est toujours moi qui prends! I'm always the one who gets it in the neck○!; tu vas prendre! you'll catch it○!; il en a pris pour 20 ans he got 20 years.

C se prendre vpr

1 (devoir être saisi, consommé, mesuré) un marteau se prend par le manche you hold a hammer by the handle; les pâtes ne se prennent pas avec les doigts you don't eat pasta with your fingers; en Chine le thé se prend sans sucre in China they don't put sugar in their tea; la vitamine C se prend de préférence le matin vitamin C is best taken in the morning; la température se prend le matin your temperature should be taken in the morning;

2 (pouvoir être acquis, conquis, utilisé, attrapé) les mauvaises habitudes se prennent vite bad habits are easily picked up; le roi ne se prend jamais ( aux échecs) the king can't be taken; un avion ne se prend pas sans réservation you can't take a plane without making reservation;

3 ( s'attraper) se prendre le pied gauche avec la main droite to take one's left foot in one's right hand; certains singes se prennent aux arbres avec leur queue some monkeys can swing from trees by their tails;

4 ( se tenir l'un l'autre) se prendre par la taille to hold each other around the waist;

5 ( se coincer) se prendre les doigts dans la porte to catch one's fingers in the door; mon écharpe s'est prise dans les rayons my scarf got caught in the spokes;

6 ○( recevoir) il s'est pris quinze jours de prison/une gifle he got two weeks in prison/a smack in the face; tu vas te prendre l'étagère sur la tête the shelf is going to come down on your head; je me suis pris une averse I got caught in a shower;

7 ( commencer) se prendre à faire to find oneself doing; elle s'est prise à aimer she found herself falling in love; se prendre de sympathie pour qn to take to sb;

8 ( se considérer) elle se prend pour un génie she thinks she's a genius; il se prend pour James Dean he fancies himself as James Dean; pour qui est-ce que tu te prends? who do you think you are?; ⇒ Dieu;

9 ( agresser) s'en prendre à qn ( par des reproches ou des coups) to set about sb; ( pour passer sa colère) to take it out on sb; s'en prendre à qch ( habituellement) to carry on about sth; ( à l'occasion) to lay into sth;

10 ( se comporter) savoir s'y prendre avec to have a way with [enfants, femmes, vieux]; to know how to handle [employés, élèves];

11 ( agir) il faut s'y prendre à l'avance pour avoir des places you have to book ahead to get seats; tu t'y es pris trop tard you left it too late (pour faire to do); il s'y est pris à plusieurs fois he tried several times; ils s'y sont pris à trois contre lui it was three against one; on s'y est pris à trois pour faire it took the three of us to do; regarde comment elle s'y prend look how she's doing it; elle s'y prend bien/mal she sets ou goes about it the right/wrong way; j'aime bien ta façon de t'y prendre I like the way you go about it; comment vas-tu t'y prendre? how will you go about it?; comment vas-tu t'y prendre pour les convaincre? how will you go about convincing them?

Idiomes

c'est toujours ça de pris○ that's something at least; il y a à prendre et à laisser it's like the curate's egg; c'est à prendre ou à laisser take it or leave it; tel est pris qui croyait prendre the tables are turned; bien m'en a pris○ it was a good job○; mal m'en a pris○ it was a mistake.

[prɑ̃dr] verbe transitif

A.[SAISIR, ACQUÉRIR]

1. [saisir] to take

la chatte prend ses chatons par la peau du cou the cat picks up her kittens by the scruff of the neck

prends la casserole par le manche pick the pan up by the handle

il prit son manteau à la patère he took his coat off the hook

prends le livre qui se trouve sur la table take the book on the table

prendre quelque chose des mains de quelqu'un to take something off somebody

[saisir et garder] to take (hold of), to hold

prendre sa tête entre ses mains to hold one's head in one's hands

prenez cette médaille qui vous est offerte par tous vos collègues accept this medal as a gift from all your colleagues

prendre un siège to take a seat, to sit down

2. [emporter - lunettes, document, en-cas] to take

tu as pris tes papiers (avec toi)? have you got your papers (with you)?

inutile de prendre un parapluie there's no need to take ou no need for an umbrella

quand prendrez-vous le colis? when will you collect the parcel?

[emmener] to take (along)

(passer) prendre quelqu'un: je suis passé la prendre chez elle à midi I picked her up at ou collected her from her home at midday

prendre quelqu'un en voiture to give somebody a lift

3. [trouver] to get

où as-tu pris ce couteau? where did you get that knife (from)?

où as-tu pris cette idée/cette citation/ces manières? where did you get that idea/this quotation/those manners?

4. [se procurer]

prendre des renseignements to get some information

5. [acheter - nourriture, billet de loterie] to get, to buy ; [ - abonnement, assurance] to take out (separable)

[réserver - chambre d'hôtel, place de spectacle] to book

j'ai pris des artichauts pour ce soir I've got ou bought some artichokes for tonight

je vais vous prendre un petit poulet aujourd'hui I'll have ou take a small chicken today

6. [demander - argent] to charge

je prends une commission de 3 % I take a 3% commission

mon coiffeur ne prend pas cher (familier) my hairdresser isn't too expensive ou doesn't charge too much

je prends 30 euros de l'heure I charge 30 euros per hour

elle l'a réparé sans rien nous prendre she fixed it free of charge ou without charging us (anything) for it

7. [retirer]

les impôts sont pris à la source tax is deducted at source

prendre de l'argent sur son compte to withdraw money from one's account, to take money out of one's account

B.[AVOIR RECOURS À, SE SERVIR DE]

1. [utiliser - outil] to use

prends un marteau, ce sera plus facile use a hammer, you'll find it's easier

[emprunter] to take, to borrow

je peux prendre ta voiture? can I take ou borrow your car?

2. [consommer - nourriture] to eat ; [ - boisson] to drink, to have ; [ - médicament] to take ; [ - sucre] to take

je ne prends jamais de somnifères I never take sleeping pills

nous en discuterons en prenant le café we'll discuss it over a cup of coffee

qu'est-ce que tu prends? what would you like to drink, what will it be?

je prendrais bien une bière I could do with a beer

si on allait prendre un verre? how about (going for) a drink?

à prendre matin, midi et soir to be taken three times a day

tu lui as fait prendre ses médicaments? did you make sure he took his medicine?

[comme ingrédient] to take

prendre 50 g de beurre et 200 g de farine take 50 g of butter and 200 g of flour

3. [se déplacer en] to take, to go ou to travel by (inseparable)

prendre l'avion to take the plane, to fly

prendre le bateau to take the boat, to sail, to go by boat

prendre le bus/le train to take the bus/train, to go by bus/train

prendre un taxi to take a taxi

je ne prends jamais la voiture I never use the car

4. [monter dans - bus, train] to catch, to get on (inseparable)

5. [louer]

on a pris une chambre dans un petit hôtel we took a room in a small hotel

j'ai pris un petit studio I rented a little studio flat

6. [suivre - voie] to take

prends la première à droite take the first (on the) right

prenez la direction de Lille follow the signs for Lille

j'ai pris un sens interdit I drove ou went down a one-way street

C.[PRENDRE POSSESSION DE, CONTRÔLER]

1. [retenir par la force - fugitif] to capture ; [ - prisonnier] to take ; [ - animal] to catch

MILITAIRE [ville, position] to take

prendre quelqu'un en otage to take somebody hostage

2. [voler] to take

il a tout pris dans la maison he took everything in the house

prendre une citation dans un livre [sans permission] to lift ou to poach a quotation from a book

prendre quelque chose à quelqu'un: combien vous a-t-on pris? how much was taken ou stolen from you?

elle m'a pris mon tour she took my turn

elle m'a pris mon idée/petit ami she stole my idea/boyfriend

3. [occuper - temps] to take (up), to require (soutenu) ; [ - place] to take (up)

pousse-toi, tu prends toute la place move up, you're taking up all the space

ça (m')a pris deux heures it took (me) two hours

ça prend du temps de chercher un appartement it takes time to find a flat, flat-hunting is time-consuming

4. [envahir - suj: malaise, rage] to come over (inseparable) ; [ - suj: peur] to seize, to take hold of

quand ses quintes de toux le prennent when he has a bout of coughing

l'envie le ou lui prit d'aller nager he felt like going for a swim

qu'est-ce qui te prend? what's wrong with ou what's the matter with ou what's come over you?

qu'est-ce qui le ou lui prend de ne pas répondre? why on earth isn't he answering?

ça te prend souvent? (familier & humoristique) are you often like this?

quand ça le ou lui prend, il casse tout (familier) when he gets into this state, he just smashes everything in sight

(tournure impersonnelle)

il me prend parfois le désir de tout abandonner I sometimes feel like giving it all up

il est rentré chez lui et bien/mal lui en a pris he went home and it was just as well he did/, but he'd have done better to stay where he was

prendre la tête à quelqu'un (très familier) : ça me prend la tête it's a real hassle

arrête de me prendre la tête stop being such a pain

5. [surprendre - voleur, tricheur] to catch

si tu veux le voir, il faut le prendre au saut du lit if you want to see him, you must catch him as he gets up

prendre quelqu'un à faire quelque chose to catch somebody doing something

je t'y prends, petit galopin! caught ou got you, you little rascal!

6. JEUX [pion, dame] to take

demain, je te prends aux échecs (familier) tomorrow I'll take you on at ou play you at chess

(en usage absolu) CARTES

je prends I'll try it

j'ai pris à cœur I went hearts

7. SPORT

prendre le service de quelqu'un to break somebody's service

il est venu prendre la deuxième place

a. [pendant la course] he moved into second place

b. [à l'arrivée] he came in second

D.[ADMETTRE, RECEVOIR]

1. [recevoir]

le docteur ne pourra pas vous prendre avant demain the doctor won't be able to see you before tomorrow

après 22 heures, nous ne prenons plus de clients after 10 pm, we don't let anymore customers in

2. [cours] to take

3. [accueillir - pensionnaire] to take in (separable) ; [ - passager] to take

[admettre par règlement] to take, to allow

[engager - employé, candidat] to take on (separable)

nous ne prenons pas les cartes de crédit/les bagages en cabine we don't take credit cards/cabin baggage

prendre un comptable to take on ou to hire an accountant

prendre quelqu'un comme stagiaire to take somebody on as a trainee

4. [acquérir, gagner]

prendre de l'avance/du retard to be earlier/later than scheduled

j'ai pris trois centimètres de tour de taille I've put on three centimetres round the waist

quand le gâteau commence à prendre une jolie couleur dorée when the cake starts to take on a nice golden colour

le projet commence à prendre forme ou tournure the project's starting to take shape

[terminaison] to take

le a prend un accent circonflexe there's a circumflex on the a

5. [subir] to get

prendre un coup de soleil to get sunburnt

prendre froid ou (vieilli) du mal to catch ou to get a cold

j'ai pris la tuile en plein sur la tête the tile hit me right on the head

c'est elle qui a tout pris

a. (familier) [coups, reproches] she got the worst ou took the brunt of it

b. [éclaboussures] she got most ou the worst of it

qu'est-ce qu'on a pris! (familier) , on a pris quelque chose! (familier)

a. [averse] we got soaked ou drenched!

b. [réprimande] we got a real dressing down!

c. [critique] we got panned!

d. [défaite] we got thrashed!

(en usage absolu)

c'est toujours les mêmes qui prennent! (familier) they always pick on the same ones, it's always the same ones who get it in the neck!

il en a pris pour 15 ans (familier) he got 15 years, he got put away for 15 years

E.[CONSIDÉRER DE TELLE MANIÈRE]

1. [accepter] to take

il a essayé de le prendre avec le sourire ou en souriant he tried to pass it off with a smile

bien/mal prendre quelque chose to take something well/badly

[interpréter]

ne prends pas ça pour toi [ne te sens pas visé] don't take it personally

prendre quelque chose en bien/en mal to take something as a compliment/badly

elle a pris mon silence pour de la désapprobation she took my silence as a criticism

2. [considérer] to take, to consider

prenons un exemple let's take ou consider an example

prendre quelqu'un/quelque chose en: prendre quelqu'un en amitié to grow fond of somebody

prendre quelqu'un en pitié to take pity on somebody

prendre quelque chose/quelqu'un pour

a. [par méprise] to mistake something/somebody for

b. [volontairement] to take something/somebody for, to consider something/somebody to be

on me prend souvent pour ma sœur I'm often mistaken for my sister

pour qui me prenez-vous? what do you take me for?, who do you think I am?

elle va me prendre pour un idiot she'll think I'm a fool

prendre quelque chose/quelqu'un comme to take something/somebody as

à tout prendre all in all, by and large, all things considered

3. [traiter - quelqu'un] to handle, to deal with (inseparable)

prendre quelqu'un par la douceur to use gentle persuasion on somebody

prendre l'ennemi de front/à revers MILITAIRE (figuré) to tackle the enemy head on/from the rear

F.[ENREGISTRER]

1. [consigner - notes] to take ou to write down (separable) ; [ - empreintes, mesures, température, tension] to take

2. PHOTOGRAPHIE

prendre quelque chose/quelqu'un (en photo) to take a picture ou photo ou photograph of something/somebody

G.[DÉCIDER DE, ADOPTER]

1. [s'octroyer - vacances] to take, to have ; [ - bain, douche] to have, to take

prendre un jour de congé to take ou to have the day off

prendre le temps de faire quelque chose to take the time to do something

prendre son temps to take one's time

prendre un amant to take a lover

tu n'as pas le droit! — je le prends! you've no right! — that's what you think!

2. [s'engager dans - mesure, risque] to take

prendre une décision

a. [généralement] to make a decision

b. [après avoir hésité] to make up one's mind, to come to a decision

prendre la décision de to make up one's mind to, to decide to

prendre l'initiative de quelque chose to initiate something

prendre l'initiative de faire quelque chose to take the initiative in doing something, to take it upon oneself to do something

prendre de bonnes résolutions pour l'avenir to resolve to do better in the future

prendre la résolution de to resolve to

3. [choisir - sujet d'examen, cadeau] to take, to choose, to have

j'ai pris le docteur Valiet comme médecin I chose Dr Valiet to be ou as my GP

qu'est-ce qu'on lui prend comme glace? which ice cream shall we get him?

ils n'ont pris que les 20 premiers they only took ou selected the top 20

c'est à prendre ou à laisser (you can) take it or leave it

il y a à prendre et à laisser dans son livre his book is a bit of a curate's egg (UK) ou is good in parts

4. [se charger de - poste] to take, to accept

prendre ses fonctions to start work

j'ai un appel pour toi, tu le prends? I've got a call for you, will you take it?

5. [adopter - air] to put on (separable), to assume ; [ - ton] to assume

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[prɑ̃dr] verbe intransitif

1. [se fixer durablement - végétal] to take (root) ; [ - bouture, greffe, vaccin] to take ; [ - mode, slogan] to catch on

la peinture ne prend pas sur le plastique the plastic won't take the paint

ça ne prendra pas avec elle [mensonge] it won't work with her, she won't be taken in

2. [durcir - crème, ciment, colle] to set ; [ - lac, étang] to freeze (over) ; [ - mayonnaise] to thicken

3. [passer]

prends à gauche [tourne à gauche] turn left

tu peux prendre par Le Mans you can go via Le Mans

prendre à travers bois/champs to cut through the woods/fields

4. [commencer] to start, to get going

je n'arrive pas à faire prendre le feu/les brindilles I can't get the fire going/the twigs to catch

5. MUSIQUE & THÉÂTRE

prenons avant la sixième mesure/à la scène 2 let's take it from just before bar six/from scene 2

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prendre sur verbe plus préposition

1. [entamer] to use (some of)

je ne prendrai pas sur mon week-end pour finir le travail! I'm not going to give up ou to sacrifice part of my weekend to finish the job!

2. (locution)

prendre sur soi to grin and bear it

prendre sur soi de faire quelque chose to take (it) upon oneself to do something

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se prendre verbe pronominal (emploi passif)

ces cachets se prennent avant les repas the tablets should be taken before meals

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se prendre verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)

ils se sont pris pour époux they were united in matrimony

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se prendre verbe pronominal intransitif

to get caught ou trapped

le foulard s'est pris dans la portière the scarf got caught ou shut in the door

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se prendre verbe pronominal transitif

1. [se coincer]

attention, tu vas te prendre les doigts dans la charnière! careful, you'll trap your fingers ou get your fingers caught in the hinge!

se prendre les pieds dans quelque chose to trip over something

2. (familier) [choisir]

prends-toi un gâteau get yourself a cake

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se prendre à verbe pronominal plus préposition

1. [se laisser aller à]

se prendre à faire quelque chose to find oneself starting to do something

se prendre à rêver to find oneself dreaming

2. (locution)

s'y prendre: comment pourrions-nous nous y prendre? how could we go about it?

tu t'y prends un peu tard pour t'inscrire! you've left it a bit late to enrol!

il faut s'y prendre deux mois à l'avance pour avoir des places you have to book two months in advance to be sure of getting seats

elle s'y est prise à trois fois pour faire démarrer la tondeuse she made three attempts before the lawn mower would start

s'y prendre bien/mal: s'y prendre bien/mal avec quelqu'un to handle somebody the right/wrong way

elle s'y prend bien ou sait s'y prendre avec les enfants she's good with children

je n'arrive pas à repasser le col — c'est parce que tu t'y prends mal I can't iron the collar properly — that's because you're going about it the wrong way ou doing it wrong

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se prendre de verbe pronominal plus préposition

se prendre d'amitié pour quelqu'un to grow fond of somebody, to feel a growing affection for somebody

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se prendre pour verbe pronominal plus préposition

il ne se prend pas pour rien ou pour n'importe qui he thinks he's God's gift to humanity

tu te prends pour qui pour me parler sur ce ton? who do you think you are, talking to me like that?

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s'en prendre à verbe pronominal plus préposition

s'en prendre à quelqu'un/quelque chose

a. [l'attaquer] to attack somebody/something

b. [le rendre responsable] to put the blame on somebody/something

pourquoi faut-il toujours que tu t'en prennes à moi? why do you always take it out on me?

ne t'en prends qu'à toi-même you've only (got) yourself to blame

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > prendre

8 colour

1.
(Brit.)noun

1) Farbe, die

primary colours — Grundfarben Pl.

secondary colours — Mischfarben Pl.

what colour is it? — welche Farbe hat es?

2) (complexion) [Gesichts]farbe, die

change colour — die Farbe ändern; (go red/pale) rot/blass werden

he is/looks a bit off colour today — ihm ist heute nicht besonders gut/er sieht heute nicht besonders gut aus

3) (racial) Hautfarbe, die

4) (character, tone, quality, etc.) Charakter, der

add colour to a story — einer Erzählung Farbe od. Kolorit geben

local colour — Lokalkolorit, das

5) in pl. (ribbon, dress, etc., worn as symbol of party, club, etc.) Farben Pl.

show one's [true] colours — sein wahres Gesicht zeigen

6) in pl. (national flag) Farben Pl.

7) (flag) Fahne, die; (of ship) Flagge, die

pass with flying colours — (fig.) glänzend abschneiden

nail one's colours to the mast — (fig.) Farbe bekennen
2. transitive verb
1) (give colour to) Farbe geben (+ Dat.)

2) (paint) malen

colour in — ausmalen [Bild, Figur]

colour a wall red — eine Wand rot anmalen

3) (stain, dye) färben [Material, Stoff]

4) (misrepresent) [schön]färben [Nachrichten, Bericht]

5) (fig.): (influence) beeinflussen
3. intransitive verb
(blush)

colour [up] — erröten; rot werden

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1. noun
1) (a quality which objects have, and which can be seen, only when light falls on them: What colour is her dress?; Red, blue and yellow are colours.) die Farbe

2) (paint(s): That artist uses water-colours.) die Farbe

3) ((a) skin-colour varying with race: people of all colours.) die Farbe

4) (vividness; interest: There's plenty of colour in his stories.) die Stimmung
2. adjective
((of photographs etc) in colour, not black and white: colour film; colour television.) Farb-...
3. verb
(to put colour on; to paint: They coloured the walls yellow.) färben

- academic.ru/14326/coloured">coloured
4. noun
((sometimes used impolitely) a dark-skinned person especially of Negro origin.) der/die Farbige

- colourful
- colouring
- colourless
- colours
- colour-blind
- colour scheme
- off-colour
- colour in
- show oneself in one's true colours
- with flying colours
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col·our, AM color

[ˈkʌləʳ, AM -ɚ]

I. n

1. (red, blue etc) Farbe f

what \colour is her hair? was hat sie für eine Haarfarbe?

\colour photos Farbfotos pl

favourite \colour Lieblingsfarbe f

rich jewel \colours satte, leuchtende Farben

primary \colour Grundfarbe f, Primärfarbe f fachspr

to be ablaze with [or be a riot of] \colour in allen Farben erstrahlen

to add [a splash of] \colour to the garden dem Garten ein wenig Farbe verleihen

to come [or be available] in a \colour in einer Farbe erhältlich sein

to give [or lend] \colour to sth etw dat [mehr] Farbe verleihen; food etw dat Würze verleihen

2. (vigour) Farbe f

to add some [or a little] \colour to sth etw ein wenig auflockern [o lebendig machen]

to give [or lend] \colour to a story eine Geschichte glaubwürdig erscheinen lassen

3. (dye) Färbemittel nt, Farbstoff m

4. (ruddiness of complexion) Gesichtsfarbe f

she hasn't much \colour sie sieht so blass aus

to have \colour in one's cheeks gerötete Wangen haben

to have a high [or AM a lot of] \colour (look healthy) eine gesunde Gesichtsfarbe haben; (look feverish) [ganz] rot im Gesicht sein

5. (skin colour) Hautfarbe f

6. SCH, UNIV

▪ \colours pl Sportabzeichen nt

to be awarded one's \colours for a sport, to gain [or get] one's \colours for a sport sein Sportabzeichen bekommen

7. (flag)

▪ \colours pl Fahne f, Flagge f

regimental \colours Regimentsfahne f

to display one's \colours Farbe bekennen

to salute the \colours die Fahne grüßen

8.

▶ to pass with flying \colours glänzend abschneiden

▶ to see sb in their true \colours jdn näher kennenlernen

▶ to show one's true \colours sein wahres Gesicht zeigen

II. vt

▪ to \colour sth

1. (change colour of) etw färben

to \colour one's hair sich dat die Haare färben

to \colour a room blue ein Zimmer blau streichen

2. (distort) etw beeinflussen; (misrepresent) etw beschönigen

to \colour an attitude/a judgment eine Haltung/ein Urteil beeinträchtigen

\coloured report gefärbter Bericht

III. vi face rot werden, erröten geh; leaves sich akk verfärben

to \colour with embarrassment vor Verlegenheit rot werden

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(US) ['kʌlə(r)]
1. n

1) (lit, fig) Farbe f

what colour is it? — welche Farbe hat es?

red/yellow in colour — rot/gelb

the film was in colour — der Film war in Farbe

colour illustration —

a good sense of colour — ein guter Farbensinn

let's see the colour of your money first (inf) — zeig erst mal dein Geld her

the colour of a note (Mus) — die Klangfarbe eines Tons

See:

→ glowing

2) (= complexion) (Gesichts)farbe f

to change colour — die Farbe wechseln

to get one's colour back — wieder Farbe bekommen

to bring the colour back to sb's cheeks — jdm wieder Farbe geben

to have a high colour (Brit) — eine gesunde Gesichtsfarbe haben

he had gone a funny colour — er nahm eine komische Farbe an

3) (racial) Hautfarbe f

I don't care what colour he is —

people of colour (dated) — Farbige pl

4) pl (= paints) Farben pl

a box of colours — ein Mal- or Tuschkasten m

5) (fig: bias of newspaper, report) Färbung f

6) (of place, period etc) Atmosphäre f

to add colour to a story — einer Geschichte (dat) Farbe geben

the pageantry and colour of Elizabethan England — der Prunk und die Farbenpracht des Elisabethanischen England

7)

(= appearance of truth) to lend colour to a tale — eine Geschichte ausschmücken

8) pl (= symbols of membership) Farben pl; (SPORT) (Sport)abzeichen nt; (= flag) Fahne f

the regimental colours —

to serve with/join the colours (old) — der Fahne dienen (dated)/den bunten Rock anziehen (old)

to nail one's colours to the mast (fig) — Farbe bekennen

to nail one's colours to sb's mast (fig) — sich zu jdm bekennen

to sail under false colours (fig) — unter falscher Flagge segeln

to show one's true colours (fig) — sein wahres Gesicht zeigen

2. vt

1) (lit) anmalen; (ART) kolorieren; (= dye) färben

2) (fig) beeinflussen; (= bias deliberately) färben

3. vi

1) (leaves) sich (ver)färben

2) (person) rot werden, erröten

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colour, colourable, colour bar, etc besonders Br → color, colorable, color bar etc

col. abk

1. collected

2. collector

3. college

4. colony

5. color (colour)

6. colored (coloured)

7. column

color, besonders Br colour [ˈkʌlə(r)]

A s

1. Farbe f:

what color is it? welche Farbe hat es?;

what color are her eyes? was hat sie für eine Augenfarbe?;

what color did you paint the door? in welcher Farbe hast du die Tür gestrichen?;

he won’t see the color of my money umg von mir sieht er keinen Pfennig;

I want to see the color of his money first umg ich will zuerst wissen, ob er überhaupt (genug) Geld hat oder ob er überhaupt zahlen kann;

two-color zweifarbig, Zweifarben…

2. ( auch gesunde) Gesichtsfarbe:

be ( oder feel) a bit off color sich nicht wohlfühlen;

he looks a bit off color today er sieht heute nicht besonders gut aus;

have color gesund aussehen;

lose color die Farbe verlieren, erbleichen, blass werden;

she has little color sie ist blass; → change A 1

3. Hautfarbe f:

gentleman of color obs Farbige(r) m;

people of color obs Farbige

4. (Gesichts)Röte f:

her color came and went sie wurde abwechselnd rot und blass

5. fig Farbe f, Kolorit n:

a novel with a great deal of local color ein Roman mit viel Lokalkolorit;

add ( oder lend) color to etwas beleben, lebendig oder realistisch machen

6. MAL, TECH Farbe f, Farbstoff m:

color additive Farbstoffzusatz m;

lay on the colors too thickly fig zu dick auftragen;

paint in bright (glowing, gloomy) colors fig etwas in rosigen (glühenden, düsteren) Farben schildern

7. a) Farbgebung f

b) Farbwirkung f

8. MUS Klangfarbe f

9. fig Färbung f, Ton m, Charakter m, Stimmung f

10. pl farbiges Band oder Abzeichen (einer Schule, eines Jockeys etc):

get one’s colors sein Mitgliedsabzeichen (als neues Mitglied) erhalten

11. pl MIL Fahne f:

call to the colors einberufen;

join the colors zur Fahne eilen;

come off with flying colors einen glänzenden Sieg oder Erfolg erringen;

he passed his examination with flying colors er hat seine Prüfung glänzend oder mit Glanz und Gloria bestanden;

he failed with flying colors er ist mit Glanz und Gloria oder mit Pauken und Trompeten durchgefallen

12. pl SCHIFF Flagge f:

lower one’s colors die Flagge streichen (a. fig:

to vor dat);

nail one’s colors to the mast fig sich unwiderruflich festlegen;

stick to one’s colors fig standhaft bleiben, nicht kapitulieren (wollen);

sail under false colors

a) unter falscher Flagge segeln (a. fig),

b) fig mit falschen Karten spielen;

come out in one’s true colors fig seinen wahren Charakter zeigen;

show one’s true colors fig

a) sein wahres Gesicht zeigen,

b) Farbe bekennen, sich erklären

13. fig Anschein m, Anstrich m:

his words had the color of truth;

give color to the story der Geschichte den Anstrich der Wahrscheinlichkeit geben, die Geschichte glaubhafter machen;

color of office JUR Amtsanmaßung f;

color of title JUR US (zu Unrecht) behaupteter Rechtstitel

14. fig Deckmantel m, Vorwand m:

unter the color of charity unter dem Vorwand oder Mäntelchen der Nächstenliebe

15. fig Art f, Sorte f:

a man of his color ein Mann seines Schlages

16. Heraldik: Wappenfarbe f

17. ausgewaschenes Goldteilchen

B v/t

1. färben, kolorieren, anstreichen, anmalen:

color in eine Zeichnung etc ausmalen

2. fig färben:

a) einen Anstrich geben (dat), gefärbt darstellen, entstellen:

a colored report ein gefärbter Bericht

b) schönfärben, beschönigen

3. fig abfärben auf (akk), beeinflussen

C v/i

1. sich (ver)färben, (eine) Farbe annehmen

2. auch color up erröten, rot werden ( beide:

with vor dat)

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1.
(Brit.)noun

1) Farbe, die

primary colours — Grundfarben Pl.

secondary colours — Mischfarben Pl.

what colour is it? — welche Farbe hat es?

2) (complexion) [Gesichts]farbe, die

change colour — die Farbe ändern; (go red/pale) rot/blass werden

he is/looks a bit off colour today — ihm ist heute nicht besonders gut/er sieht heute nicht besonders gut aus

3) (racial) Hautfarbe, die

4) (character, tone, quality, etc.) Charakter, der

add colour to a story — einer Erzählung Farbe od. Kolorit geben

local colour — Lokalkolorit, das

5) in pl. (ribbon, dress, etc., worn as symbol of party, club, etc.) Farben Pl.

show one's [true] colours — sein wahres Gesicht zeigen

6) in pl. (national flag) Farben Pl.

7) (flag) Fahne, die; (of ship) Flagge, die

pass with flying colours — (fig.) glänzend abschneiden

nail one's colours to the mast — (fig.) Farbe bekennen
2. transitive verb
1) (give colour to) Farbe geben (+ Dat.)

2) (paint) malen

colour in — ausmalen [Bild, Figur]

colour a wall red — eine Wand rot anmalen

3) (stain, dye) färben [Material, Stoff]

4) (misrepresent) [schön]färben [Nachrichten, Bericht]

5) (fig.): (influence) beeinflussen
3. intransitive verb
(blush)

colour [up] — erröten; rot werden

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(UK) n.

Farbe -n f. (color) monitor n.

Farbbildschirm m. (color) terminal n.

Farbbildschirm m. (UK) v.

beschönigen v.

färben v. v.

sich färben v.

English-german dictionary > colour

9 color

etc. (Amer.) see academic.ru/14323/colour">colour etc

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col·or

n, adj, vt, vi AM see colour

col·our, AM color

[ˈkʌləʳ, AM -ɚ]

I. n

1. (red, blue etc) Farbe f

what \color is her hair? was hat sie für eine Haarfarbe?

\color photos Farbfotos pl

favourite \color Lieblingsfarbe f

rich jewel \colors satte, leuchtende Farben

primary \color Grundfarbe f, Primärfarbe f fachspr

to be ablaze with [or be a riot of] \color in allen Farben erstrahlen

to add [a splash of] \color to the garden dem Garten ein wenig Farbe verleihen

to come [or be available] in a \color in einer Farbe erhältlich sein

to give [or lend] \color to sth etw dat [mehr] Farbe verleihen; food etw dat Würze verleihen

2. (vigour) Farbe f

to add some [or a little] \color to sth etw ein wenig auflockern [o lebendig machen]

to give [or lend] \color to a story eine Geschichte glaubwürdig erscheinen lassen

3. (dye) Färbemittel nt, Farbstoff m

4. (ruddiness of complexion) Gesichtsfarbe f

she hasn't much \color sie sieht so blass aus

to have \color in one's cheeks gerötete Wangen haben

to have a high [or AM a lot of] \color (look healthy) eine gesunde Gesichtsfarbe haben; (look feverish) [ganz] rot im Gesicht sein

5. (skin colour) Hautfarbe f

6. SCH, UNIV

▪ \colors pl Sportabzeichen nt

to be awarded one's \colors for a sport, to gain [or get] one's \colors for a sport sein Sportabzeichen bekommen

7. (flag)

▪ \colors pl Fahne f, Flagge f

regimental \colors Regimentsfahne f

to display one's \colors Farbe bekennen

to salute the \colors die Fahne grüßen

8.

▶ to pass with flying \colors glänzend abschneiden

▶ to see sb in their true \colors jdn näher kennenlernen

▶ to show one's true \colors sein wahres Gesicht zeigen

II. vt

▪ to \color sth

1. (change colour of) etw färben

to \color one's hair sich dat die Haare färben

to \color a room blue ein Zimmer blau streichen

2. (distort) etw beeinflussen; (misrepresent) etw beschönigen

to \color an attitude/a judgment eine Haltung/ein Urteil beeinträchtigen

\colored report gefärbter Bericht

III. vi face rot werden, erröten geh; leaves sich akk verfärben

to \color with embarrassment vor Verlegenheit rot werden

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(US) ['kʌlə(r)]
1. n

1) (lit, fig) Farbe f

what colour is it? — welche Farbe hat es?

red/yellow in colour — rot/gelb

the film was in colour — der Film war in Farbe

colour illustration —

a good sense of colour — ein guter Farbensinn

let's see the colour of your money first (inf) — zeig erst mal dein Geld her

the colour of a note (Mus) — die Klangfarbe eines Tons

See:

→ glowing

2) (= complexion) (Gesichts)farbe f

to change colour — die Farbe wechseln

to get one's colour back — wieder Farbe bekommen

to bring the colour back to sb's cheeks — jdm wieder Farbe geben

to have a high colour (Brit) — eine gesunde Gesichtsfarbe haben

he had gone a funny colour — er nahm eine komische Farbe an

3) (racial) Hautfarbe f

I don't care what colour he is —

people of colour (dated) — Farbige pl

4) pl (= paints) Farben pl

a box of colours — ein Mal- or Tuschkasten m

5) (fig: bias of newspaper, report) Färbung f

6) (of place, period etc) Atmosphäre f

to add colour to a story — einer Geschichte (dat) Farbe geben

the pageantry and colour of Elizabethan England — der Prunk und die Farbenpracht des Elisabethanischen England

7)

(= appearance of truth) to lend colour to a tale — eine Geschichte ausschmücken

8) pl (= symbols of membership) Farben pl; (SPORT) (Sport)abzeichen nt; (= flag) Fahne f

the regimental colours —

to serve with/join the colours (old) — der Fahne dienen (dated)/den bunten Rock anziehen (old)

to nail one's colours to the mast (fig) — Farbe bekennen

to nail one's colours to sb's mast (fig) — sich zu jdm bekennen

to sail under false colours (fig) — unter falscher Flagge segeln

to show one's true colours (fig) — sein wahres Gesicht zeigen

2. vt

1) (lit) anmalen; (ART) kolorieren; (= dye) färben

2) (fig) beeinflussen; (= bias deliberately) färben

3. vi

1) (leaves) sich (ver)färben

2) (person) rot werden, erröten

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color, besonders Br colour [ˈkʌlə(r)]

A s

1. Farbe f:

what color is it? welche Farbe hat es?;

what color are her eyes? was hat sie für eine Augenfarbe?;

what color did you paint the door? in welcher Farbe hast du die Tür gestrichen?;

he won’t see the color of my money umg von mir sieht er keinen Pfennig;

I want to see the color of his money first umg ich will zuerst wissen, ob er überhaupt (genug) Geld hat oder ob er überhaupt zahlen kann;

two-color zweifarbig, Zweifarben…

2. ( auch gesunde) Gesichtsfarbe:

be ( oder feel) a bit off color sich nicht wohlfühlen;

he looks a bit off color today er sieht heute nicht besonders gut aus;

have color gesund aussehen;

lose color die Farbe verlieren, erbleichen, blass werden;

she has little color sie ist blass; → change A 1

3. Hautfarbe f:

gentleman of color obs Farbige(r) m;

people of color obs Farbige

4. (Gesichts)Röte f:

her color came and went sie wurde abwechselnd rot und blass

5. fig Farbe f, Kolorit n:

a novel with a great deal of local color ein Roman mit viel Lokalkolorit;

add ( oder lend) color to etwas beleben, lebendig oder realistisch machen

6. MAL, TECH Farbe f, Farbstoff m:

color additive Farbstoffzusatz m;

lay on the colors too thickly fig zu dick auftragen;

paint in bright (glowing, gloomy) colors fig etwas in rosigen (glühenden, düsteren) Farben schildern

7. a) Farbgebung f

b) Farbwirkung f

8. MUS Klangfarbe f

9. fig Färbung f, Ton m, Charakter m, Stimmung f

10. pl farbiges Band oder Abzeichen (einer Schule, eines Jockeys etc):

get one’s colors sein Mitgliedsabzeichen (als neues Mitglied) erhalten

11. pl MIL Fahne f:

call to the colors einberufen;

join the colors zur Fahne eilen;

come off with flying colors einen glänzenden Sieg oder Erfolg erringen;

he passed his examination with flying colors er hat seine Prüfung glänzend oder mit Glanz und Gloria bestanden;

he failed with flying colors er ist mit Glanz und Gloria oder mit Pauken und Trompeten durchgefallen

12. pl SCHIFF Flagge f:

lower one’s colors die Flagge streichen (a. fig:

to vor dat);

nail one’s colors to the mast fig sich unwiderruflich festlegen;

stick to one’s colors fig standhaft bleiben, nicht kapitulieren (wollen);

sail under false colors

a) unter falscher Flagge segeln (a. fig),

b) fig mit falschen Karten spielen;

come out in one’s true colors fig seinen wahren Charakter zeigen;

show one’s true colors fig

a) sein wahres Gesicht zeigen,

b) Farbe bekennen, sich erklären

13. fig Anschein m, Anstrich m:

his words had the color of truth;

give color to the story der Geschichte den Anstrich der Wahrscheinlichkeit geben, die Geschichte glaubhafter machen;

color of office JUR Amtsanmaßung f;

color of title JUR US (zu Unrecht) behaupteter Rechtstitel

14. fig Deckmantel m, Vorwand m:

unter the color of charity unter dem Vorwand oder Mäntelchen der Nächstenliebe

15. fig Art f, Sorte f:

a man of his color ein Mann seines Schlages

16. Heraldik: Wappenfarbe f

17. ausgewaschenes Goldteilchen

B v/t

1. färben, kolorieren, anstreichen, anmalen:

color in eine Zeichnung etc ausmalen

2. fig färben:

a) einen Anstrich geben (dat), gefärbt darstellen, entstellen:

a colored report ein gefärbter Bericht

b) schönfärben, beschönigen

3. fig abfärben auf (akk), beeinflussen

C v/i

1. sich (ver)färben, (eine) Farbe annehmen

2. auch color up erröten, rot werden ( beide:

with vor dat)

col. abk

1. collected

2. collector

3. college

4. colony

5. color (colour)

6. colored (coloured)

7. column

* * *

etc. (Amer.) see colour etc

* * *

(US) n.

Farbe -n f. (US) v.

beschönigen v.

färben v. v.

sich färben v.

English-german dictionary > color

10 make\ up

1. I
abs

1) she takes a lot of time to make up у нее уходит очень много времени, чтобы накраситься /наложить косметику/; formerly it was not considered good taste for women to make up раньше считалось дурным тоном, если женщина красилась; the actor will need at least an hour to make up этому актеру потребуется по меньшей мере час, чтобы загримироваться

2) he dropped out of school for a term, he will have to make up он пропустил целый семестр, ему придется наверстывать упущенное; I have a lot of work to make up у меня много недоделок, надо поработать; I have large arrears of sleep to make up мне надо отоспаться

3) the stove (the fire, the boiler, etc.) needs making up в печь и т. д. надо подбросить дров

4) let's make up давай помиримся; everything is all right, they made up все в порядке, они помирились
2. II
make up at some time do you know if they made up yet? вы не знаете, они уже помирились?; they quarrelled and never made up они поссорились и так и не помирились
3. III
1) make up smth. /smth. up/ make up a medicine (an omelette, pancakes, etc.) готовить лекарство и т. д., make up a picnic basket /a hamper/ собрать корзину [продуктов] для пикника; make up a bed постелить /устроить/ постель; make up a bundle of old clothes связать старую одежду в узел; make up a train сформировать железнодорожный состав

2) make up smth. /smth. up/ make up rules устанавливать /вырабатывать/ правила; make up a group of eight создать /сколотить/ группу из восьми человек || make up one's mind решать, принимать решение; she is still making up her mind она все еще /никак/ не может решить, она все еще думает

3) make up smth., smb. /smth., smb. up/ make up a story (a poem, a book, a tune, etc.) сочинить рассказ и т. д.; did he make up the speech himself? он сам написал эту речь?; is it true or did he make that story up? это правда или он все сочинил?; make up excuses (lies, the whole thing, etc.) придумывать оправдание и т. д., stop making things up! перестань выдумывать!; there isn't any girl-friend he's just made her up никакой у него нет подружки, он просто все выдумал

4) make up smb., smth. / smb., smth. up/ a quality that goes to make up a good dancer (a sportsman, a perfect teacher, etc.) качества, необходимые, чтобы стать хорошим танцовщиком и т. д., what are the qualities that make up Hamlet's character? из каких черт складывается характер Гамлета?, какие черты присущи Гамлету?; make up the total population (most of that class, 15 per cent of the total imports, etc.) составлять все население и т. д., stories that go to make up the volume рассказы, из которых составлен этот томик; the bones and muscles that make up the body кости и мускулы, которые образуют человеческое тело; these are the things that make up the joy of life вот что составляет /из чего складывается/ радость жизни

5) make up smth., smb. /smth., smb. up/ make up one's face a) употреблять косметику (попудриться, подмазать губы и т. в.); б) гримировать лицо, накладывать грим; make up an actor загримировать актера

6) make up smth. /smth. up/ make up all the expenses (the loss, the wastage, the deficit, natural deficiency, etc.) покрывать /компенсировать/ все расходы и т. д.; I want to make up my share of the bill я хочу заплатить свою долю по счету; make up lost ground наверстывать упущенное

7) make up smth., smb. /smth., smb. up/ a dollar (a pound, a thousand, etc.) is wanted to make up the sum до полной суммы не хватает одного доллара и т. д.; we still need L 5 to make up the sum we asked for для суммы /чтобы набрать сумму/, которую мы просили, нам надо еще пять фунтов; collect all you can and he'll make up the rest соберите сколько можете, а он доложит /добавит/ остальное; we recruited locally to make up our full complement of labourers чтобы иметь полный штат, мы набирали рабочих на месте

8) make up smth. /smth. up/ make up a quarrel (one's differences, matters, etc.) уладить ссору и т. д.; it was years before they made up their quarrel прошли годы, прежде чем они помирились

9) make up smth. /smth. up/ make up a balance sheet (a statement of accounts, a report, etc.) составлять балансовый отчет и т. д.

10) make up smth. / smth. up/ make up the front page (a page of type, a magazine, etc.) print. сверстать первую полосу и т. д.
4. IV
|| make up one's mind in some manner принять какое-л. решение, решить каким-л. образом; he will make up his mind in his own way он решит все по-своему
5. VII
1) || make up one's mind to do smth. решить /принять решение/ что-л. (с)делать; he made up his mind to work harder (to hurry, to lend him the money, to start at once, etc.) он решил работать больше или усерднее и т. д.

2) make up smth. /smth. up/ to do smth. make up a party to go to a dance (to read plays, to go for walks, etc.) собрать компанию, чтобы пойти на танцы и т. д., we made up a group to help old people мы организовали / сколотили/ группу помощи пожилым людям
6. XI
1) be made up wait till your bed is made up подождите, вам еще не постелили; be made up for smb., smth. a parcel (a packet of sandwiches, a hamper, etc.) was made up for every child каждому ребенку был приготовлен пакет и т. д., а good basket of food was made up for the journey в дорогу приготовили полную корзину провизии; be made up into smth. flowers were made up into beautiful arrangements цветы были очень красиво расставлены || customer's own materials made up пошив из материала заказчика (объявление)

2) || my mind is made up я решил(ся); when once his mind is made up there is no changing it если уж он что-нибудь решит, его трудно переубедить / убедить изменить решение/

3) be made up the whole story is made up вся эта история выдумана

4) be made up I object to the way the committee is made up я возражаю против состава комиссии; be made up of smb., smth. the audience (the crowd, the march, etc.) was made up of young people (of soldiers, of women, etc.) аудитория и т. д. состояла из молодежи и т. д., this group is made up of people with widely differing abilities в эту группу входят люди очень разных способностей; be made up of cells (of four elements, of 15 coaches, of ten questions, etc.) состоять из клеток и т. д.; the problem was made up of many factors проблема складывалась из многих факторов; а letter made up of digressions письмо, полное всяких отступлений /изобилующее всякими отступлениями/

5) be made up the actor's face was made up лицо актера было загримировано; be made up in some manner be heavily (badly, slightly, ravishingly, etc.) made up быть сильно и т. д. накрашенным; she was wonderfully made up она была чудесно загримирована; be made up for smth. he was made up for this part его загримировали для этой роли

6) be made up to smb. I have no objection to working for an extra two hours, provided it is made up to me я не против отработать два лишних часа при условии, что мне заплатят или дадут отгул; don't worry it will be made up to you не беспокойся, ты внакладе не останешься /с тобой рассчитаются/; be made up with smth. our losses have to be made up with fresh capital наши потери придется покрыть за счет новых вложений; be made up for by smth. his forgetfulness was made up for by his charm он был так обаятелен, что ему прощали забывчивость; her display of bad manners was scarcely made up for by her tears вряд ли она могла слезами искупить свое дурное поведение

7) be made up if the stove isn't made up it will go out если в печь не подбросить дров, она погаснет

8) be made up their quarrel is made up их ссора улажена, они помирились

9) be made up in some time the newspaper (the page, the column, etc.) is already made up print, газета и т. д. уже сверстана

10) be made up to he doesn't like (welcome) being made up to он не любит, когда перед ним лебезят /заискивают/
7. XII
have smth. made up I had a bed made up for me [on the sofa] мне постелили [на диване]
8. XVI
1) make up into smth. this clay will make up into nice bricks из этой глины получатся хорошие кирпичи; this silk will make up into two dresses этого шелка хватит на два платья

2) make up for smth. make up for the part of an old man (for the part of Othello, for his new part, etc.) гримироваться для роли старика и т. д., make up at some age she began to make up at 20 она начала пользоваться косметикой, когда ей исполнилось двадцать [лет]; ought she to make up at the age of thirteen? надо ли или можно ли ей краситься в тринадцать лет?

3) make up for smth. make up for the loss a) возместить потерю; б) покрыть убытки; make up for lost time наверстать упущенное время; make up for smb.'s lost time компенсировать кому-л. затраченное им время; I worked last Sunday so I have today off to make up for it я работал прошлое воскресенье, поэтому сегодня у меня отгул; how can I make up for my rudeness? как мне искупить свою грубость?; how could he make up for all he had done to her? как ему загладить свою вину перед ней?: beauty cannot make up for stupidity красота не может заменить ум; you've no garden but the terrace makes up for it у вас нет сада, но зато есть терраса; make up with smth. as there was little meat I had to make up with vegetables недостаток мяса мне пришлось восполнить овощами

4) make up with smb. he is coming to make up with you он придет, чтобы с тобой помириться

5) make up to smb. make up to influential people (to one's senior officer, to his rich aunt, etc.) заискивать перед влиятельными людьми и т. д.; after what had happened he was trying to make up to her после того, что случилось, он хотел задобрить ее; he made up to every new girl in the office coll. он заигрывал с каждой новой девушкой в конторе
9. XX1
make up as smb. make up as an old man (as a beggar, as Othello, etc.) одеться и загримироваться стариком и т. д. /для роли старика и т. д./
10. XXI1
1) make up smth. /smth. up/ into smth. make up goods into parcels (butter into packages of half a kilo, presents into dainty packages, etc.) упаковать / расфасовать/ товар в пакеты и т. д.; make up cloth into a dress сделать /сшить/ из материала платье; make up smth. /smth. up/ in (on, etc.) some place they made up presents in her room подарки они готовили в ее комнате; they made up a bed on the sofa они постелили на диване

2) || I shall make up my mind in the morning я приму решение утром; I won't make up my mind until tomorrow я этого до завтра не решу; make up one's mind on smth. принять решение по какому-л. вопросу; make up smb.'s mind for him решать что-л. за кого-л.; he needs someone to make up his mind for him ему нужно, чтобы кто-нибудь решал за него

3) make up smb., smth. /smb., smth. up/ for smth. make oneself up for the party накраситься, чтобы пойти на вечер; make him up for the part загримировать его для этой роли; make up a room (a hall, a shed, etc.) for the dance (for a conference, for a particular occasion, etc.) убрать /украсить/ комнату и т. д. для танцевального вечера и т. д.

4) make up smth. /smth. up/ to smb. we must make their loss up to them мы должны возместить им их убытки; he's lost much time, the firm will make it up to him он потратил много времени, фирма ему это компенсирует; I'll make it up to you by giving you Saturday off я освобожу тебе субботу, и мы будем квиты; how can we make it up to them for what they have suffered? как мы сможем вознаградить их за их страдания?

5) make up smth. /smth. up/ to smth. we collected L 478, but he made it up to L 500 мы собрали четыреста семьдесят восемь фунтов, а он добавил до пятисот

6) make it up with smb. why don't you make it up with her? почему бы тебе не помириться с ней?

7) make up smth. /smth. up/ at some time we make up the pay-roll on the 15th of the month (a new list every year, a report every day, etc.) мы составляем платежную ведомость пятнадцатого числа каждого месяца и т. д.
11. XXVII2
abs

make up in diligence what one lacks in natural gifts восполнять недостаток таланта прилежанием; it is impossible to make up in quantity what a thing lacks in quality недостаток качества количеством не восполнишь

English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > make\ up

11 whole

həul
1. adjective
1) (including everything and/or everyone; complete: The whole staff collected the money for your present; a whole pineapple.) entero, íntegro, todo

2) (not broken; in one piece: She swallowed the biscuit whole.) entero

2. noun
1) (a single unit: The different parts were joined to form a whole.) todo

2) (the entire thing: We spent the whole of one week sunbathing on the beach.) totalidad, todo

•

- wholeness
- wholly
- wholehearted
- wholemeal
- on the whole

whole¹ adj entero / todo

have you told me the whole truth? ¿me has dicho toda la verdad?

whole² n todo

two halves make a whole dos mitades hacen un todo

on the whole en general

on the whole, I agree with you en general, estoy de acuerdo contigo

whole

tr[həʊl]

adjective

1 (entire, all (the), the full amount of) entero,-a, íntegro,-a, todo,-a

■ the whole day todo el día

■ a whole bottle una botella entera

■ the whole truth toda la verdad

■ in my whole life en toda mi vida

■ in the whole world en el mundo entero

■ that's the whole point precisamente de eso se trata

2 (intact, not broken) intacto,-a, sano,-a; (in one piece, complete) entero,-a

■ cook it whole guísalo entero

noun

1 conjunto, todo

■ two halves make a whole dos mitades hacen un todo

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

a whole lot mucho,-a, muchos,-as, un montón de

■ it's a whole lot better than I expected es muchísimo mejor de lo que me esperaba

■ a whole lot of things un montón de cosas, muchas cosas

as a whole en conjunto, en su totalidad

on the whole en general

the whole caboodle absolutamente todo, todo el tinglado

the whole of la totalidad de, todo,-a

■ the whole of Europe toda Europa

■ the whole of the summer todo el verano

to make somebody whole curar a alguien

whole number número entero

whole ['ho:l] adj

1) unhurt: ileso

2) intact: intacto, sano

3) entire: entero, íntegro

the whole island: toda la isla

whole milk: leche entera

4)

a whole lot : muchísimo

whole n

1) : todo m

2)

as a whole : en conjunto

3)

on the whole : en general

whole

adj.

• completo, -a adj.

• entero, -a adj.

• intacto, -a adj.

• sano, -a adj.

• todo, -a adj.

• total adj.

n.

• colectividad s.f.

• conjunto s.m.

• todo s.m.

• total s.m.

• totalidad s.f.

I həʊl
adjective

1)

a) ( entire) (before n, no comp)

there's a whole bottle left — queda una botella entera

he drank the whole bottle — se tomó toda la botella, se tomó la botella entera or íntegra

they've eaten the whole lot! — se lo han comido todo!

the whole truth — toda la verdad

whole milk — leche f entera or sin descremar or (Esp) sin desnatar

whole number — ( Math) (número m) entero m

b) ( emphatic use)

I'm fed up with the whole affair — estoy harto del asunto

2) (pred) ( in one piece) entero

she swallowed it whole — se lo tragó entero

II

noun

a) ( integral unit) todo m

the whole of something: the whole of the morning toda la mañana; a threat to the whole of mankind — una amenaza para toda la humanidad or para la humanidad entera

b) (in phrases)

as a whole: this will affect Europe as a whole esto va a afectar a Europa en su totalidad; on the whole — (indep) en general

[hǝʊl]
1.

N (=complete unit) todo m

the whole may be greater than the sum of the or its parts — el todo puede ser mayor que la suma de las partes

• four quarters make a whole — cuatro cuartos hacen una unidad

• as a whole, the estate is to be sold as a whole — la propiedad va a venderse como una unidad

Europe should be seen as a whole — Europa debería considerarse como un todo or una unidad

taken as a whole, the project is a success — si se considera en su totalidad, el proyecto es un éxito

is this true just in India, or in the world as a whole? — ¿es ese el caso solo en la India o en todo el mundo?

• the whole of — todo

the whole of Glasgow was talking about it — todo Glasgow hablaba de ello

the whole of our output this year — toda nuestra producción de este año

the whole of July — todo el mes de julio

the whole of the time — todo el tiempo

the whole of Europe — toda Europa, Europa entera

the whole of the morning — toda la mañana, la mañana entera

• on the whole — en general

2. ADJ

1) (=entire) todo

the whole family was there — toda la familia estaba allí

we spent the whole summer in Italy — pasamos todo el verano or el verano entero en Italia

a whole hour — toda una hora, una hora entera

it rained for three whole days — llovió durante tres días enteros or seguidos

whole towns were destroyed — pueblos enteros fueron destruidos

• along its whole length — todo a lo largo

• I've never told anyone in my whole life — nunca se lo he dicho a nadie en toda mi vida

• a whole load of people were there * — había un montón de gente allí *

• he took the whole lot * — se lo llevó todo

I'm fed up with the whole lot of them * — estoy harto de todos ellos

a whole lot better/worse * — muchísimo mejor/peor

• it's a whole new world to me * — es un mundo completamente nuevo para mí

I've bought myself a whole new wardrobe * — me he comprado un vestuario completamente nuevo

• the whole point was to avoid that happening — el propósito era evitar que eso pasara

the whole point of coming here was to relax — el objetivo de venir aquí era relajarse

• the figures don't tell the whole story — las cifras no nos dicen toda la verdad

• let's forget the whole thing — olvidemos todo el asunto, olvidémoslo todo

• he didn't tell the whole truth — no dijo toda la verdad

• the whole world — todo el mundo, el mundo entero

- go the whole hog

- this is a whole new ball game

2) (=intact) entero

not a glass was left whole following the party — no quedó ni un vaso entero tras la fiesta

keep the egg yolks whole — procure que no se rompan las yemas de huevo

the seal on the letter was still whole — el sello de la carta no estaba roto

• to make sth whole — liter (=heal) curar algo

• he swallowed it whole — se lo tragó entero

3.

CPD

whole grains NPL — cereales mpl integrales

whole milk N — leche f entera

whole note N — (US) (Mus) semibreve f

whole number N — número m entero

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I [həʊl]
adjective

1)

a) ( entire) (before n, no comp)

there's a whole bottle left — queda una botella entera

he drank the whole bottle — se tomó toda la botella, se tomó la botella entera or íntegra

they've eaten the whole lot! — se lo han comido todo!

the whole truth — toda la verdad

whole milk — leche f entera or sin descremar or (Esp) sin desnatar

whole number — ( Math) (número m) entero m

b) ( emphatic use)

I'm fed up with the whole affair — estoy harto del asunto

2) (pred) ( in one piece) entero

she swallowed it whole — se lo tragó entero

II

noun

a) ( integral unit) todo m

the whole of something: the whole of the morning toda la mañana; a threat to the whole of mankind — una amenaza para toda la humanidad or para la humanidad entera

b) (in phrases)

as a whole: this will affect Europe as a whole esto va a afectar a Europa en su totalidad; on the whole — (indep) en general

English-spanish dictionary > whole

12 creces

f.pl.

increase, interest.

pres.indicat.

2^nd person singular (tú) present indicative of spanish verb: crecer.

* * *

creces

► nombre femenino plural

1 increase sing in volume

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FRASEOLOGÍA

con creces fully

■ el dinero recaudado superó con creces lo que se necesitaba the money collected far exceeded what was needed

■ nos devolvió el dinero con creces she returned the money with interest

■ pagó su error con creces he paid dearly for his mistake

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SFPL

1)

con creces — amply, fully

superó las expectativas con creces — she far exceeded o surpassed all expectations

superó con creces el récord — he beat the record by a long way o a long chalk, he smashed the record

pagar con creces un error — to pay dearly for a mistake

pagó con creces lo que debía — he paid back the full amount and more, he gave back everything he owed and more

había cumplido su obligación con creces — he had amply carried out his obligation

devolver un favor/el cariño con creces — to return a favour/sb's affection hundredfold

2) (Cos) room to let out

para los niños se hace la ropa con creces — children's clothes are made to be let out

* * *

le devolví con creces su dinero — I paid him back all his money and more

pagar con creces un error — to pay dearly for a mistake

superar algo con creces — <nivel/previsiones> to far exceed something

superó con creces la prueba de acceso — she passed the entrance exam with flying colors

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* con creces = amply, far + Verbo.

* sobrepasar con creces = be well in excess of.

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le devolví con creces su dinero — I paid him back all his money and more

pagar con creces un error — to pay dearly for a mistake

superar algo con creces — <nivel/previsiones> to far exceed something

superó con creces la prueba de acceso — she passed the entrance exam with flying colors

* * *

* con creces = amply, far + Verbo.

* sobrepasar con creces = be well in excess of.

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creces

superó con creces la prueba de acceso she passed the entrance exam with flying colors

le devolví con creces el dinero que me prestó I paid him back the money he lent me and more

vas a pagar con creces este error you will pay dearly for this mistake

las cifras han superado con creces todas las previsiones the figures are way over o have far exceeded all estimates

ha superado con creces lo que se esperaba de él he has more than satisfied our expectations of him

superó con creces la marca mundial she smashed the world record

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Del verbo crecer: ( conjugate crecer)

creces es:

2ª persona singular (tú) presente indicativo

Multiple Entries:
crecer
creces
crecer ( conjugate crecer) verbo intransitivo
1
a) [ser vivo/pelo/uñas] to grow;

◊ dejarse creces la barba to grow a beard

b) ( criarse) to grow up;

◊ crecieron en un pueblo they grew up in a village

2
a) [ río] to rise;

[ ciudad] to grow;
[ luna] to wax
b) [sentimiento/interés] to grow;

[ rumor] to spread
c) [ economía] to grow;

◊ el número de desempleados ha crecido the number of unemployed has risen

d) (en importancia, sabiduría) creces en algo to grow in sth

creces:
◊ pagar con creces un error to pay dearly for a mistake;

superar algo con creces ‹nivel/previsiones› to far exceed sth
crecer verbo intransitivo
1 to grow
2 Astron la Luna está creciendo, the moon is waxing
3 (la marea, un río) to rise
4 (poner puntos al calcetar) to increase
creces fpl
♦ Locuciones: devolver con creces, to return with interest
con creces, fully, in full

' creces' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
interés
English:
outweigh

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creces: con creces loc adv

le devolvieron con creces el dinero que les prestó they paid back the money he lent them with interest;

los italianos nos superan con creces the Italians are a lot better than us;

es el mejor con creces he is by far the best;

la oferta supera con creces a la demanda supply far exceeds demand;

las temperaturas sobrepasaron con creces los 40 grados temperatures soared into the 40s;

cumplió con creces el trabajo que se le encargó he more than fulfilled the task he had been given;

superó con creces el examen de ingreso she sailed through the entrance exam

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creces

fpl

:

con creces superar by a comfortable margin; pagar with interest

Spanish-English dictionary > creces

13 even

1. n поэт. арх. вечер; склон дня

2. n чётное число

even or odd? — чёт или нечет?

even number — четное число

even numbers — четные числа

of even date — от того же числа

even integer — четное целое число

as of even date — от того же числа

3. n целое число

even ratio gear train — зубчатый механизм с передаточным числом 1

4. a ровный, гладкий

to make even — подравнивать, выравнивать ; сглаживать

laden on an even keel — груженный на ровный киль

trim on an even keel — посадка на ровный киль

on an even keel — на ровный киль

even ground — ровная местность

even Stephen — ровный счёт

5. a ровный, равномерный

even breathing — ровное дыхание

even development — равномерное развитие

even running — спокойный ход

even temperature — ровная температура

even trot — мерная рысь

even transmission of power — равномерная передача усилия

even use of fuel — равномерная выработка топлива

even stock descent — равномерный сход материалов

even distribution — равномерное распределение

even defrosting — равномерное размораживание

6. a равный, одинаковый; такой же, тот же

even stress — два ударения равной силы

even bet — пари с равными шансами

even break — равные шансы

a letter of even date — письмо от того же числа

to divide into even shares — делить поровну

and even — и даже

not even — даже не

even breaks — равные шансы

even so — даже в этом случае

even chances — равные возможности

7. a на одном уровне, вровень

even with the pavement — вровень с тротуаром

8. a параллельный

9. a уравновешенный

even temper — спокойный характер

10. a расквитавшийся, рассчитавшийся

to be even — свести счёты, расквитаться

11. a справедливый, честный

even bargain — честная сделка

12. a чётный

the even pages of a book — чётные страницы книги

13. a целый

14. a точный

even mile — ровно миля

15. a полигр. весь

even caps — слово, набранное прописными буквами

16. adv даже

even if — даже если, хотя бы и

even if I knew — даже если бы я знал

even if they asked for it — хотя бы они и просили это

even though — хотя бы, даром что

he went even though we wanted him — он уехал, хотя он нам и был нужен

they agreed even though I warned them — они согласились, даром что я их предупреждал

even now — даже теперь

17. adv ещё

even worse — даже хуже

18. adv усил. как раз

even as he spoke, it began to rain — как раз когда он говорил, пошёл дождь

they have the knack of looking tacky even when they are wealthy — эти люди умудряются выглядеть как оборванцы, даже когда у них есть средства

19. adv поэт. точно, именно

this is even so — это именно так; это совершенно верно

even thus — как раз таким образом

even lot — точный лот

20. adv полигр. в подбор

to begin even — начинать в подбор; набирать без абзаца

21. v выравнивать, сглаживать, делать ровным, гладким

to even with the soil — сровнять с землёй

even out — выравнивать

even keel — ровный киль

even teeth — ровные зубы

even dye — выравнивающий краситель

22. v выравниваться

after Bristol the road will even out — после Бристоля дорога будет ровнее

23. v преим. амер. шотл. равнять, приравнивать, ставить на одну доску; делать или считать равными

to even Homer and Dante — приравнивать Гомера к Данте, считать Гомера и Данте равными

even money — выигрыш, равный ставке

24. v эк. уравнять; нивелировать

to even an account — уравнять счёт

25. v амер. отплатить, отомстить

Синонимический ряд:

1. calm (adj.) calm; collected; composed; cool; cool-headed; detached; even-tempered; imperturbable; nonchalant; peaceful; placid; temperate; tranquil; unruffled

2. equitable (adj.) balanced; equal; equitable; even-up; fair; fifty-fifty; impartial; just

3. indeed (adj.) indeed; truly; verily

4. same (adj.) equivalent; identical; same; tantamount

5. smooth (adj.) flat; flush; lay; level; parallel; planate; plane; smooth; straight; surfaced

6. square (adj.) exact; quit; square

7. still (adj.) still; yet

8. uniform (adj.) conforming; constant; equable; homogeneous; in equilibrium; regular; stabile; stable; standard; steady; unbroken; unchanging; unfluctuating; uniform; unvarying

9. equalize (verb) balance; equal; equalise; equalize; equate; equilibrate; even up; square

10. flatten (verb) flatten; flush; grade; lay; level; plane; roll; smooth; smoothen

11. already (other) already

12. also (other) also; likewise; moreover; plus

13. as well (other) as well; exactly; expressly; just; precisely

14. indeed (other) completely; fully; in truth; indeed; nay; quite; still; truly; verily; yea; yet

15. so much as (other) so much as

Антонимический ряд:

agitated; biased; broken; disparate; inequitable; intemperate; irregular; jagged; prejudiced; rough; rugged; troubled; unequal; uneven

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