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41 falto
adj.short, deficient, devoid, incomplete.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: faltar.* * *estar falto,-a de to lack, be short of, be without* * *ADJ1) (=carente)falto de — [recursos, información, ideas, inteligencia] lacking in
nos pareció un partido falto de interés — we thought the match was uninteresting o lacking in interest
un hombre falto de carisma — a man lacking in charisma, a man with no charisma
2) † [moralmente] poor, wretched, mean3) And (=fatuo) fatuous, vain* * *- ta adjetivofalto de algo: un episodio falto de interés an episode lacking in interest; el organismo está falto de recursos the organization is short of funds; estamos faltos de personal — we're short-staffed
* * *----* andar falto de dinero = be strapped for + cash.* andar (muy) falto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.* andar (muy) falto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.* estar falto de = be short of.* estar falto de práctica = get + rusty.* falto de = lacking in, starved of, devoid of.* falto de agua = waterless.* falto de alegría = joyless.* falto de aliento = breathless.* falto de civismo = uncivic.* falto de claridad = nebulous.* falto de compañerismo = unsupportive.* falto de coordinación = uncoordinated [unco-ordinated].* falto de dinero = short of money, strapped, financially strapped, cash strapped.* falto de espacio = cramped.* falto de fundamento = without foundation.* falto de fundamentos = unsupported.* falto de ideas = short of ideas.* falto de imaginación = unimaginative.* falto de inteligencia = unintelligent.* falto de orden = unordered.* falto de oxígeno = rarefied.* falto de personal = understaffed [under-staffed].* falto de práctica = rusty [rustier -comp., rustiest -sup.].* falto de recursos = resource-starved.* falto de sensibilidad = insensitive.* falto de sentido crítico = uncritical.* falto de sentimientos = unsentimental.* falto de servicios = underserved.* falto de sueño = sleep-deprived.* falto de tiempo = crunched for time, time-crunched, short of time.* falto de visión de futuro = myopic.* personas faltas de servicios, las = underserved, the.* * *- ta adjetivofalto de algo: un episodio falto de interés an episode lacking in interest; el organismo está falto de recursos the organization is short of funds; estamos faltos de personal — we're short-staffed
* * ** andar falto de dinero = be strapped for + cash.* andar (muy) falto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.* andar (muy) falto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.* estar falto de = be short of.* estar falto de práctica = get + rusty.* falto de = lacking in, starved of, devoid of.* falto de agua = waterless.* falto de alegría = joyless.* falto de aliento = breathless.* falto de civismo = uncivic.* falto de claridad = nebulous.* falto de compañerismo = unsupportive.* falto de coordinación = uncoordinated [unco-ordinated].* falto de dinero = short of money, strapped, financially strapped, cash strapped.* falto de espacio = cramped.* falto de fundamento = without foundation.* falto de fundamentos = unsupported.* falto de ideas = short of ideas.* falto de imaginación = unimaginative.* falto de inteligencia = unintelligent.* falto de orden = unordered.* falto de oxígeno = rarefied.* falto de personal = understaffed [under-staffed].* falto de práctica = rusty [rustier -comp., rustiest -sup.].* falto de recursos = resource-starved.* falto de sensibilidad = insensitive.* falto de sentido crítico = uncritical.* falto de sentimientos = unsentimental.* falto de servicios = underserved.* falto de sueño = sleep-deprived.* falto de tiempo = crunched for time, time-crunched, short of time.* falto de visión de futuro = myopic.* personas faltas de servicios, las = underserved, the.* * *falto -tafalto DE algo:un episodio falto de interés an episode lacking in interestel niño nació falto de peso the child was underweight at birthuna persona totalmente falta de tacto a completely tactless person, a person totally lacking in tactel organismo está falto de recursos the organization is short of funds* * *falto, -a adjfalto de lacking in, short of;falto de escrúpulos lacking scruples;en estos momentos estamos faltos de recursos we are short of resources at the moment;falto de imaginación unimaginative;en su infancia estuvo falto de cariño she was starved of affection in her childhood* * *adj:falto de lacking in, devoid of;falto de recursos short of resources* * *falto, -ta adjfalto de : lacking (in), short of -
42 apretado
adj.tight, confining, binding, serried.past part.past participle of spanish verb: apretar.* * *1→ link=apretar apretar► adjetivo1 (objeto) tight2 (en un espacio) jammed; (personas) crowded, cramped3 (ocupado) busy4 (difícil) tight, difficult\estar/ir apretado,-a de dinero to be short of money* * *(f. - apretada)adj.* * *ADJ1) [tapa, tornillo, ropa] tightle puso la venda bien apretadita en la pierna — she put the bandage tightly around his leg, she tightened the bandage around his leg
2) (=difícil) difficult3) (=ocupado) [agenda, mañana] busyun apretado programa de actividades — a very full o busy programme of activities
4) (=apretujado) [en asiento, vehículo] squashed, crampedsi te sientas ahí, vamos a estar muy apretados — if you sit there we're going to be really squashed o cramped
pusieron a los hinchas apretados contra las vallas — they shoved o pushed the fans against the barriers
5) * (=tacaño) tight-fisted *, tight *6) * (=tozudo) pig-headed *7) [escritura] cramped8) Méx (=presumido) conceited9) Caribe [sin dinero] broke *, flat (EEUU) *10) Ven (=aprovechado)usa el teléfono sin pedir permiso ¡qué apretado es! — he uses the phone without asking permission, he's got a real cheek *
* * *- da adjetivo1)a) ( ajustado) tightb) ( sin dinero)andamos or estamos algo apretados — we're a little short of money (colloq)
c) ( apretujado) crampedíbamos muy apretados — it was o we were very cramped
2) <calendario/programa> tight; < victoria> narrow3) (fam) ( tacaño) tight (colloq), tightfisted (colloq)4) (Ven fam) ( estricto) strict* * *= serried, tight [tighter -comp., tightest -sup.], dense [denser -comp., densest -sup.], tight-fitting, cramped.Ex. Looking at the foot-thick carpet of serried and disordered books everywhere on the floor, he agreed that the library was outgrowing its accommodations.Ex. The platen was lashed up tight to the toe of the spindle by cords which connected hooks at its four corners to another set of hooks at the four lower corners of the hose.Ex. The author describes in detail the development of an integrated system of children's libraries in Singapore which has a dense, mostly urban, multilingual population.Ex. Caution should be taken if subjects are clothed in tight-fitting swimsuit.Ex. Vissenbjerg Library, Funen, serving a population of 5,860 and converted to full-time status in 1980, is placed in a stagnant shopping centre in cramped conditions.* * *- da adjetivo1)a) ( ajustado) tightb) ( sin dinero)andamos or estamos algo apretados — we're a little short of money (colloq)
c) ( apretujado) crampedíbamos muy apretados — it was o we were very cramped
2) <calendario/programa> tight; < victoria> narrow3) (fam) ( tacaño) tight (colloq), tightfisted (colloq)4) (Ven fam) ( estricto) strict* * *= serried, tight [tighter -comp., tightest -sup.], dense [denser -comp., densest -sup.], tight-fitting, cramped.Ex: Looking at the foot-thick carpet of serried and disordered books everywhere on the floor, he agreed that the library was outgrowing its accommodations.
Ex: The platen was lashed up tight to the toe of the spindle by cords which connected hooks at its four corners to another set of hooks at the four lower corners of the hose.Ex: The author describes in detail the development of an integrated system of children's libraries in Singapore which has a dense, mostly urban, multilingual population.Ex: Caution should be taken if subjects are clothed in tight-fitting swimsuit.Ex: Vissenbjerg Library, Funen, serving a population of 5,860 and converted to full-time status in 1980, is placed in a stagnant shopping centre in cramped conditions.* * *apretado -daA1 (ajustado) tightesta falda me queda muy apretada this skirt is very tight on me o too tight for meeste nudo está muy apretado this knot is very tightno hagas el punto tan apretado don't knit so tightlytiene la letra muy apretada he has very cramped handwriting2(de dinero): este mes andamos or estamos apretados we're a little short of money this month, money's a bit tight this month ( colloq)3 (apretujado) crampedíbamos muy apretados it was o we were very crampedcaben cinco pero bastante apretados there's room for five but it's a tight squeeze o it's a little crampeden ese piso tan pequeño viven muy apretados they're very cramped in that tiny apartmentB1 ‹calendario/programa› tight2 ‹victoria› narrow1 (de carácter fuerte) strict2* * *
Del verbo apretar: ( conjugate apretar)
apretado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
apretado
apretar
apretado◊ -da adjetivo
1
2 ‹calendario/programa› tight;
‹ victoria› narrow
3 (fam) ( tacaño) tight (colloq), tightfisted (colloq)
apretar ( conjugate apretar) verbo transitivo
1
‹ acelerador› to put one's foot on, press;
‹ gatillo› to pull, squeeze
‹puño/mandíbulas› to clench;
2a) ( apretujar):◊ apretó al niño contra su pecho he clasped o clutched the child to his breast;
me apretó el brazo con fuerza he squeezed o gripped my arm firmly
verbo intransitivo
1 [ropa/zapatos] (+ me/te/le etc) to be too tight;
2 ( hacer presión) to press down (o in etc)
apretarse verbo pronominal
to squeeze o squash together
apretado,-a adjetivo
1 (muy ceñido) tight: íbamos todos apretados en el metro, we were all squashed together in the tube
2 (atareado) busy
apretar
I vtr (pulsar un botón) to press
(el cinturón, un tornillo) to tighten
(el gatillo) to pull: me aprietan los zapatos, these shoes are too tight for me
II verbo intransitivo el calor ha apretado en julio, it was really hot in July
♦ Locuciones: apretar el paso, to hasten, hurry
apretarle las clavijas a alguien, to put the screws on someone
donde aprieta el zapato, where the problem is
' apretado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apretar
- apretada
- justa
- justo
- calendario
English:
cramped
- full
- heavy
- schedule
- tight
- dense
- feel
* * *apretado, -a♦ adj1. [ropa, nudo, tuerca] tight;estos pantalones me quedan apretados these trousers are too tight for me2. [estrujado] cramped;en esta oficina estamos muy apretados we're very cramped in this office;íbamos un poco apretados en el coche it was a bit of a squeeze o we were a bit squished in the car3. [caligrafía] cramped4. [triunfo] narrow;[esprint] close5. [de tiempo] busy;tengo unas tardes muy apretadas my afternoons are very busy6. [de dinero]vamos muy apretados things are very tight at the moment, we're very short of money at the moment;están pasando una época apretada they're going through hard times♦ nm,fMéx Fam Pey [reprimido] strait-laced o uptight person* * *adj1 tight2:iban muy apretados en el coche they were very cramped o squashed in the car* * *apretado, -da adj1) : tight♦ apretadamente adv* * *apretado adj2. (muy reñido) close3. (apiñado) squashed / cramped -
43 manquer
manquer [mɑ̃ke]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. [+ but, occasion, personne, train] to miss• la gare est sur la place, tu ne peux pas la manquer the station's right on the square, you can't miss itb. [+ photo, gâteau] to spoilc. ( = être absent de) to miss• manquer de ( = être dépourvu de) to lack• elle a manqué de se faire écraser ( = faillir) she nearly got run over3. intransitive verba. ( = faire défaut) to be lacking• ce qui lui manque, c'est l'imagination what he lacks is imagination• les mots me manquent pour exprimer... I can't find the words to express...• j'irais bien, ce n'est pas l'envie qui m'en manque I would like to go, it's not that I don't want tob. ( = être absent) to be absent ; ( = avoir disparu) to be missingc. ( = être regretté)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Le sujet du verbe français devient l'objet du verbe anglais.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• il manque dix personnes ( = elles ont disparu) there are ten people missing ; ( = on en a besoin) we are ten people short• il ne manquait plus que ça ! that's all we needed!• il ne manquerait plus que ça ! that really would be the end! (inf)• j'avais prévu qu'il serait furieux, et ça n'a pas manqué ! I knew he'd be angry and sure enough he was!5. reflexive verba.il s'est manqué ( = a raté son suicide) he bungled his suicide attempt• cette fois-ci, il ne s'est pas manqué he made a good job of it this time* * *mɑ̃ke
1.
1) (ne pas atteindre, ne pas voir) to miss [cible, spectacle, train, personne]vous l'avez manquée de cinq minutes — you missed her/it by five minutes
2) ( ne pas réussir)manquer son coup — (colloq) to fail
3) (colloq) ( ne pas sanctionner)
2.
manquer à verbe transitif indirect1)la Bretagne/ma tante me manque — I miss Brittany/my aunt
2)
3.
manquer de verbe transitif indirectmanquer de — to lack [patience, argent, expérience, pratique]
on ne manque de rien — we don't want ou lack for anything
ma cousine ne manque pas d'humour — my cousin's got a good sense of humour [BrE]
‘remercie-le de ma part’ - ‘je n'y manquerai pas’ — ‘thank him for me’ - ‘I won't forget'
et évidemment, ça n'a pas manqué! — (colloq) and sure enough that's what happened!
3) ( faillir)
4.
verbe intransitif1) ( faire défaut)les vivres vinrent à manquer — supplies ran out ou short
2) ( être absent) [élève, personne] to be absent
5.
verbe impersonnelil ne manquerait plus que ça! — (colloq) that would be the last straw!
6.
se manquer verbe pronominal1) ( soi-même) to bungle one's suicide attempt2) ( ne pas se voir) to miss each other* * *mɑ̃ke1. vb impersIl manque encore 100 euros. — We are still 100 euros short.
Il manque des pages. — There are some pages missing., Some pages are missing
il ne manquerait plus que... — all we need now is for...
Il ne manquerait plus qu'il démissionne. — All we need now is for him to resign.
2. vi1) [chose] to be lackingne pas manquer; Les exemples ne manquent pas. — There's no lack of examples.
2) [personne] to be missingmanquer à l'appel — to miss roll call, to be missing at roll call
3)Il a manqué de se tuer. — He very nearly got killed.
ne pas manquer de dire qch; Il n'a pas manqué de le dire. — He certainly said it.
ne pas manquer de faire qch; Je ne manquerai pas de te le rappeler le moment venu. — I'll certainly remind you when the time comes., I'll definitely remind you when the time comes.
4)manquer à qn [personne] Il me manque. — I miss him.
Mes parents me manquent. — I miss my parents.
Ma sœur me manque. — I miss my sister., [argent, temps]
Le temps leur manque. — They're short of time.
Le courage lui manqua. — His courage failed him.
La voix lui manqua. — His voice failed him.
5)manquer à qch [personne] ; manquer à tous ses devoirs — to fail in one's duty
Mais je manque à tous mes devoirs, asseyez-vous; désirez-vous un café? — Sorry, I'm forgetting myself: please sit down; would you like a coffee?
6)manquer de qch [chose] — to not have enough of sth, to lack sth
La quiche manque de sel. — The quiche hasn't got enough salt in it.
L'article manque de punch. — The article lacks punch., The article doesn't have enough punch.
Le film manque de rythme. — The film lacks pace.
Ses interventions manquent d'à-propos. — His remarks lack relevance.
7)manquer de qch [personne] [courage, présence d'esprit] — to lack sth, to not have enough of sth
Le gouvernement a manqué de courage politique. — The government lacked political courage.
J'ai manqué de présence d'esprit. — I didn't have enough presence of mind.
manquer de tact; Je trouve qu'il a manqué de tact. — I don't think he was very tactful.
3. vt1) to missTu n'as rien manqué: le film n'était pas très bon. — You didn't miss anything: the film wasn't very good.
2) (= faillir)Il a manqué se tuer. — He very nearly got killed.
* * *manquer verb table: aimerA vtr1 (ne pas atteindre, ne pas voir) to miss [cible, objectif, spectacle, événement]; la balle l'a manqué de peu the bullet just missed him; manquer une marche to miss a step; une grande maison rose à la sortie du village, vous ne pouvez pas la manquer a big pink house as you come out of the village, you can't miss it; manquer l'école to miss school; un film à ne pas manquer a film not to be missed; j'ai manqué le début du film I missed the beginning of the film; tu n'as rien manqué, le film est nul you didn't miss anything, it's an awful film; il n'en manque pas une○ you can rely on him to put his foot in it;2 ( être en retard pour) to miss [train, bus, avion, personne] (de by); vous l'avez manquée de cinq minutes you missed her/it by five minutes;3 ( ne pas réussir) to spoil, to ruin [plat, gâteau, photo]; to botch○ [expérience de laboratoire]; manquer sa vie to make a mess of one's life; elle a manqué son solo she made a mess of her solo; cet événement nous a fait manquer plusieurs contrats this incident has lost us several contracts; manquer son coup○ to fail;4 ○( ne pas sanctionner) la prochaine fois je ne le manquerai pas next time I won't let him get away with it; elle ne l'a pas manqué she put him in his place.B manquer à vtr ind1 ( faire éprouver un sentiment d'absence) manquer à qn to be missed by sb; ils nous manquent we miss them; la Bretagne/ma tante me manque I miss Brittany/my aunt;2 ( ne pas respecter) manquer à son devoir/honneur to fail in one's duty/honourGB; manquer à ses promesses to fail to keep one's promises; manquer à sa parole to break one's word.C manquer de vtr ind1 ( avoir en quantité insuffisante) manquer de to lack, to be lacking in [patience, talent, courage, imagination, ambition]; to lack, to be short of [argent, provisions, matériel, personnel, main-d'œuvre]; to lack [expérience, pratique]; on ne manque de rien ici we don't want ou lack for anything here; elle ne manque pas de détracteurs/prétendants she's not short of critics/suitors, she doesn't lack critics/suitors; le roman manque d'humour the novel lacks humourGB; ma cousine ne manque pas d'humour my cousin's got a good sense of humourGB; elle ne manque pas de charme she's not without charm; il ne manque pas de culot○! he's got a nerve!; la soupe manque de sel/poivre there isn't enough salt/pepper in the soup; ouvre la fenêtre, on manque d'air ici open the window, it's stuffy in here; il manque de magnésium/calcium he has a magnesium/calcium deficiency;2 ( toujours à la forme négative) si vous passez dans la région, ne manquez pas de nous rendre visite if you're in the area, be sure and visit us; je ne manquerai pas de vous le faire savoir I'll be sure to let you know; ne manquez pas de le signaler be sure and report it; ‘remercie-le de ma part’-‘je n'y manquerai pas’ ‘thank him for me’-‘I won't forget ou I most certainly shall’; je ne manquerai pas de le leur dire I'll be sure to tell them, I won't forget to tell them; on ne peut manquer d'être surpris one can't fail to be surprised; ça ne pouvait manquer d'arriver it was bound to happen; et évidemment, ça n'a pas manqué○! and sure enough that's what happened!;3 ( faillir) il a manqué (de) casser un carreau he almost broke a windowpane; elle a manqué (de) s'évanouir en le voyant she almost fainted when she saw him.D vi1 ( faire défaut) j'ai fait l'inventaire: rien ne manque I've done the inventory and nothing is missing; trois soldats manquaient à l'appel three soldiers were missing at roll call; les vivres vinrent à manquer supplies were running out; ne fais pas cette tête, ce ne sont pas les garçons qui manquent! don't look so downcast, there are plenty more fish in the sea!; ce ne sont pas les occasions qui manquent there's no lack of opportunity; le moment venu, le courage leur manqua when the time came, their courage failed them; je suis tellement outré que les mots me manquent I'm so outraged that words fail me; les mots me manquent pour exprimer ma joie/mon dégoût I can't find the words to express my joy/my disgust; le temps me manque pour t'expliquer I don't have enough time to explain to you; ce n'est pas l'envie qui me manque de faire it's not that I don't want to do; le pied lui manqua liter he/she missed his/her footing;2 ( être absent) [élève, personne] to be absent; cet étudiant manque très souvent this student is very often absent.E v impers il manquait deux fourchettes two forks were missing; il manque 100 euros dans la caisse 100 euros are missing from the cash register; il manque une roue à la voiture there's a wheel missing from the car; il lui manque un doigt he's got a finger missing; il lui manque un œil/bras he's only got one eye/arm; il leur manque 500 euros pour pouvoir acheter la voiture they're 500 euros short of the amount they need to buy the car; il nous manque deux joueurs pour former une équipe we're two players short of a team; il manque une signature à ce contrat ( il n'est pas signé) the contract isn't signed; ( sur plusieurs signatures) there's a signature missing on the contract; il manque du sel dans cette soupe there isn't enough salt in the soup; ça manque d'animation ici! it's not very lively here!; il ne manquerait plus que ça! that would be the last straw!; il ne manquerait plus qu'il se mette à pleuvoir all (that) we need now is for it to start raining.F se manquer vpr1 ( soi-même) to bungle one's suicide attempt;2 ( ne pas se voir) to miss each other.[mɑ̃ke] verbe transitifl'église est à droite, vous ne pouvez pas la manquer the church is on the right, you can't miss itb. (figuré) to miss one's target, to fail to hit one's target, to shoot wideelle s'est moquée de moi mais je ne la manquerai pas! (figuré) she made a fool of me but I'll get even with her!je n'ai pas vu l'opéra — tu n'as rien manqué/tu as manqué quelque chose! I didn't see the opera — you didn't miss anything/you really missed something there!tu as manqué une bonne occasion de te taire (humoristique) why couldn't you have just kept your mouth shut for once?a. [il remarque tout] he never misses a trick!b. [il est gaffeur] (you can always) trust him to put his foot in it!2. [ne pas rencontrer] to misscoup manqué failure, botch-upmoi qui croyais lui faire plaisir, c'est vraiment un coup manqué ou j'ai vraiment manqué mon coup! and here's me thinking I would make him happy, (just) how wrong can you get!4. [ne pas aller à] to miss————————[mɑ̃ke] verbe intransitif1. [être absent - fugueur, bouton, argenterie] to be missing ; [ - employé, élève] to be away ou off ou absentb. (figuré & humoristique) to be missingil ne manquait plus qu'elle/que ça! she's/that's all we need ou needed!quand le pain vint à manquer, ils descendirent dans la rue when the bread ran short, they took to the streetsles occasions de te rendre utile ne manqueront pas there will be no shortage of opportunities to make yourself usefulla pluie/le travail, ce n'est pas ce qui manque! there's no shortage of rain/work!l'argent leur a toujours manqué they've always been short of money ou lacked moneyla force/le courage lui manqua (his) strength/courage failed himles mots me manquent words fail me, I'm at a loss for wordsce n'est pas l'envie qui m'en manque, mais... not that I don't want to ou I'd love to, but...il manque une bouteille/un bouton there's a bottle/a button missinga. [ils sont absents] we have three players missingb. [pour jouer] we're three players shortil ne manque pas de gens pour dire que... there is no lack ou shortage of people who say that...il me manque un dollar I'm one dollar short, I need one dollara. [animal] the only thing it can't do is speakb. [machine] it does everything but talk3. [être pauvre] to want————————manquer à verbe plus préposition1. [faillir à]manquer à son devoir/son honneur to fail in one's duty/one's honourmanquer à sa parole/promesse to fail to keep one's word/promise, to break one's word/promisemanquer aux usages to defy ou to flout convention2. [être regretté par]3. (littéraire) [offenser] to be disrespectful to ou towards, to behave disrespectfully towards————————manquer de verbe plus prépositionta soupe manque de sel your soup lacks ou needs saltmanquer de personnel to be short-staffed, to be short of stafftoi, tu ne manques pas d'air (familier) ou de culot (très familier) ! you've (certainly) got some cheek ou nerve!2. (soutenu)ne pas manquer de dire/de faire [ne pas oublier de]: vous viendrez? — je n'y manquerai pas will you come? — definitely ou without failne manquez pas de me le faire savoir be sure to let me know, do let me know[par ellipse]ça ne manquera pas it's sure ou bound to happenj'ai dit qu'elle reviendrait et ça n'a pas manqué! I said she'd come back and sure enough(, she did)![s'empêcher de]on ne peut manquer de constater/penser one can't help but notice/thinkvous ne manquerez pas d'être frappé par cette coïncidence you're bound to be struck by this coincidence3. [faillir]elle a manqué (de) se noyer she nearly ou almost drowned (herself)————————se manquer verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)————————se manquer verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi) -
44 Kasse
Kasse f 1. BANK cash desk (Zahlstelle); 2. FIN cash; 3. FREI ticket office (Sportveranstaltung); box office (Theater); 4. GEN cash desk, till (Ladenkasse, Zahlstelle); cash, cash on hand (Bargeld); 5. V&M checkout, checkout lane, till (Supermarkt); 6. WIWI cash • die Kasse BANK (BE) the Exchequer, Exch. • Kasse machen 1. FIN (BE) (infrml) cash up; 2. RW balance the cash • per Kasse verkaufen BÖRSE sell spot* * *f 1. < Bank> cash desk; 2. < Finanz> cash; 3. < Frei> Sportveranstaltung ticket office, Theater box office; 4. < Geschäft> Zahlstelle cash desk, till, Bargeld cash, cash on hand; 5. <V&M> Supermarkt checkout, checkout lane, till; 6. <Vw> cash ■ die Kasse < Bank> the Exchequer (BE) (Exch.) ■ Kasse machen < Finanz> cash up infrml (BE) < Rechnung> balance the cash ■ per Kasse verkaufen < Börse> sell spot* * *Kasse
(Bahnhof) booking office (Br.), ticket window (US), (Bank) cashier’s (teller’s, US) department, cashier’s office, (Barangebot) cash offer, (Bargeld) cash [on hand], ready money, the ready, jack (sl.), hardtack (sl.), (Börse) spot cash, (Finanzen einer Firma) finances, Exchequer (fam.), (Fonds) means, resources, (Geldschrank) safe, [strong]box, (Kassenschalter) cash (paying) office, pay desk, (Krankenkasse) health insurance, sick[ness] fund, (Ladenkasse) cashbox, shop till, money chest, (Quästur) bursary, (Registrierkasse) cash register, (Selbstbedienungsladen) check-out stand, (Staatskasse) Exchequer (Br.), Treasury Department (US), (Unterstützungskasse) relief fund, (Verwaltung) finance, cash (finance) department, (Zahlstelle) counter;
• an der Kasse (Bank) over the counter (window), (Theater) at the booking (Br.) (ticket, US) office;
• bei Kasse in funds, financial, in the money (sl.);
• knapp bei Kasse short of cash, on the turf (US sl.);
• nicht bei Kasse short of means (money), out of cash (funds);
• schlecht bei Kasse short of money, money-starved, hard up;
• [bar] gegen Kasse in [ready] cash, cash on delivery (C.O.D.), (Wertpapiere) for delivery, spot;
• gegen Kasse gekauft bought for cash;
• nur gegen Kasse for cash only;
• gegen sofortige Kasse spot (for prompt) cash, payable cash down;
• gut bei Kasse flush of money, well-heeled (US sl.);
• netto Kasse net (spot) cash, (Börse) for money;
• rein netto Kasse net cash without discount;
• per Kasse (Devisen) on spot terms, (Wertpapiere) [for] cash (US), payable cash down;
• auszahlende Kasse paying office;
• gemeinsame (gemeinschaftliche) Kasse joint account, common purse (fund), (Kartenspiel) kitty;
• getrennte Kasse separate account, Dutch treat;
• kleine Kasse petty cash;
• leere Kasse bare (depleted) treasury;
• öffentliche Kasse county (public) funds;
• schwarze Kasse secret fund;
• sofortige Kasse cash down, ready [money], ready (spot, US) cash;
• tägliche Kasse (Bank) counter cash;
• Kasse bei Bestellung cash with order;
• Kasse gegen Dokumente cash against documents;
• Kasse bei Lieferung cash on delivery;
• Kasse vor Lieferung cash before delivery;
• Kasse mit 2% Skonto less 2 per cent cash discount;
• netto Kasse im Voraus net cash in advance;
• Kasse abnehmen (abrechnen) to balance the cash;
• Kasse abstimmen to tally (count, US, make up) the cash, to count the daily receipts;
• Kasse wieder auffüllen (Partei) to replenish its funds;
• volle Kasse bringen to be a box-office success (US);
• mit der Kasse durchbrennen (durchgehen) to make (run) off (bolt) with the money (cash), to shoot the moon (sl.);
• Kasse führen to keep cash, to act as a cashier, to hold the purse, to bear the bag;
• getrennte Kasse führen to go Dutch;
• in die Kasse greifen to rob (dip into) the till;
• Geld in der Kasse haben to have cash in hand;
• Kassen halten (öffentlicher Haushalt) to maintain cash funds;
• Kasse journalisieren to enter the cash into the journal;
• per (gegen bare) Kasse kaufen to buy for cash (outright, US), (Devisen) to buy on a spot basis (for spot cash);
• Kasse machen to count the daily receipts, to make (reckon, Br.) up the cash;
• gemeinsame Kasse machen to put one’s funds in common, to pool expenses;
• mit jem. gemeinsame Kasse machen to have a common purse with s. o.;
• getrennte Kasse machen to go Dutch;
• Griff in die Kasse machen to dip into (rob) the till;
• Kasse pfänden to seize the till;
• Kasse schließen to count the receipts;
• bei Kasse sein to be in funds (cash, stock, flush of money), to have plenty of (be up for) cash;
• gut bei Kasse sein to be pretty flush with funds, to be in the chips (in pocket);
• knapp bei Kasse sein to be short of cash;
• nicht bei Kasse sein to be out of cash;
• nicht gut (schlecht) bei Kasse sein to be in low funds (water);
• Kassen unterhalten (öffentliches Rechnungswesen) to maintain cash funds;
• über die Kasse verfügen to have one’s hand in the till, to hold the purse strings tightly;
• sich an der Kasse vergreifen to tamper with the cash;
• gegen Kasse verkaufen to sell for cash (outright, US);
• an der Kasse zahlen to pay at the desk;
• Kassekonto cash (cashier’s) account. -
45 mal
adj.1 bad, evil.2 bad, poor.3 bad, deficient, low-quality.adv.1 wrong (incorrectamente).hacer algo mal to do something wronghas escrito mal esta palabra you've spelled that word wronghiciste mal en decírselo it was wrong of you to tell himportarse mal to behave badly2 badly (inadecuadamente).la conferencia/reunión salió mal the talk/meeting went badlymal vestido badly dressedoigo/veo mal I can't hear/see very wellesta puerta cierra mal this door doesn't shut properlyHaces las cosas mal siempre! You always do things badly!3 hardly.mal puede saberlo si no se lo cuentas he's hardly going to know it if you don't tell him4 barely, hardly.Mal pudimos dormir esa noche We could barely sleep that night.m.1 harm, damage (daño).no te hará ningún mal salir un rato it won't harm you o it won't do you any harm to go out for a whilemal de ojo evil eye2 illness.mal de altura o montaña altitude o mountain sicknessel mal de las vacas locas mad cow disease3 evil.4 wrong.* * *1 evil2 (daño) harm3 (enfermedad) sickness► adjetivo► adverbio1 (no adecuadamente) badly2 (enfermo) ill, sick■ me encuentro mal I feel ill, I don't feel well3 (incorrectamente) wrong4 (difícilmente) hardly, scarcely5 (desagradablemente) bad■ como sigas así, acabarás mal if you keep on like that, you'll end up in trouble6 (en frases negativas) bad, badly\a grandes males, grandes remedios desperate situations call for desperate measuresde mal en peor from bad to worseestar a mal con alguien to be on bad terms with somebodymal que bien one way or anothermal que les (te, etc) pese whether they (you, etc) like it or notmenos mal que... it's a good job that..., thank God that...no hay mal que cien años dure nothing goes on foreverno hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver liningmal de altura altitude sicknessmal de ojo evil eyemal de la rosa pellagramal de la tierra homesicknessmal francés syphilis* * *1. adv.1) badly, poorly2) hardly3) wrong2. noun m.1) evil2) wrong3) harm4) misfortune5) illness, disease3. adj.* * *1. ADV1) (=imperfectamente) badlyoigo/veo mal — I can't hear/see well
si mal no recuerdo — if my memory serves me right, if I remember correctly
2) (=reprobablemente)•
hacer mal, hace mal en mentir — he is wrong to lie3) (=insuficientemente) poorlyeste disco se vendió muy mal — this record sold very poorly, this record had very poor sales
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comer mal, en este restaurante se come mal — the food isn't very good in this restaurantla niña come mal — the girl isn't eating properly, the girl is off her food
4) (=sin salud) illencontrarse o sentirse mal — to feel ill
5) (=desagradablemente)¡no está mal este vino! — this wine isn't bad!
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caer mal algn, me cae mal su amigo — I don't like his friend•
llevarse mal, me llevo mal con él — I don't get on with him•
oler mal, esta habitación huele mal — this room smells (bad)•
pensar mal de algn — to think badly of sb•
saber mal, sabe mal — it doesn't taste nice6) [otras locuciones]•
estar a mal con algn — to be on bad terms with sb•
¡ menos mal! — thank goodness!menos mal que... — it's just as well (that)..., it's a good job (that)...
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mal que bien — more or less, just aboutmal que bien lo hemos solucionado — we've more or less o just about managed to solve it
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tomarse algo (a) mal — to take sth the wrong way2.CONJ3.4. SM1) (=maldad)combatir el mal — frm to fight against evil
2) (=perjuicio) harmel mal ya está hecho — the harm o damage is done now
¡mal haya quien...! — frm a curse on whoever...!
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dar mal a algn — to make sb suffer•
darse mal — to torment o.s.rebajamos los precios, como mal menor — we cut the prices, as the lesser of two evils
esa solución no me satisface, pero es un mal menor — I'm not happy with that solution, but it could have been worse
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parar en mal — to come to a bad end3) (=problema) ill4) (Med) disease, illnessmal francés — ( Hist) syphilis
5)6) LAm (Med) epileptic fit* * *I IIadjetivo invariable1)a) (enfermo, con mal aspecto)estar mal — to be bad o ill; ( anímicamente) to be in a bad way (colloq)
me siento mal — I don't feel well, I feel ill
b) (incómodo, a disgusto)¿tan mal estás aquí que te quieres ir? — are you so unhappy here that you want to leave?
2) (fam) (en frases negativas) ( refiriéndose al atractivo sexual)no está nada mal — he's/she's not at all bad (colloq)
3) ( desagradable) <oler/saber> badaquí huele mal — there's a horrible smell o it smells in here
4) ( insatisfactorio)estoy or salí muy mal en esta foto — I look awful in this photograph
la casa no está mal, pero es cara — the house isn't bad, but it's expensive
5) ( incorrecto) wrongestá muy mal no decírselo — it's very wrong o bad not to tell her
6) ( indicando escasez)IIIestamos mal de arroz — we're low on o almost out of rice
1) ( de manera no satisfactoria) <hecho/vestido> badly; <cantar/escribir> badlyse expresó mal — he didn't express himself very well, he expressed himself badly
2) ( desventajosamente)3) ( desfavorablemente) badly, illhablar mal de alguien — to speak badly o ill of somebody
4)a) (de manera errónea, incorrecta) wrong, wronglyte han informado mal — you've been badly o wrongly informed
b) ( de manera reprensible) badlyobró mal — he acted wrongly o badly
me contestó muy mal — she answered me very rudely o in a very rude manner
portarse mal — to behave badly, to misbehave
5) ( difícilmente)mal puedes saber si te gusta si no lo has probado — you can hardly say whether you like it when you haven't even tried it
6) (en locs)hacer mal — (AmL) ( a la salud)
comí algo que me hizo mal — I ate something which didn't agree with me; ver tb mal IV 2)
mal que bien — (fam) somehow or other
mal que me/te/nos pese — whether I/you/we like it or not
menos mal: menos mal! thank goodness!; menos mal que le avisaron a tiempo! it's just as well they told him in time!; menos mal que no se enteró! it's a good thing she didn't find out! (colloq); estar a mal con alguien to be on bad terms with somebody; tomarse algo a mal — to take something to heart
•IV1) (Fil) evilel bien y el mal — good and evil, right and wrong
2) (daño, perjuicio)le estás haciendo un mal consintiéndole todo — you're not doing her any good by giving in to her all the time
lo que dijo me hizo mucho mal — what he said really hurt me; ver tb mal III 6)
3) (inconveniente, problema)mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos:... pero yo no soy la única - mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos —... but I'm not the only one - well, if that makes you feel better about it (iro)
4) (Med)a) (liter) ( enfermedad) illnessb) ( epilepsia)el mal — ( enfermedad) epilepsy
5) ( pena) trouble* * *= ill, malaise, ailment, evil, affliction, wrong, out of sorts, woe, woefulness.Ex. Americans, convinced that education could be the panacea for all their ills, answered with vigorous action.Ex. He interprets 'alienation' as the ' malaise that affects all of us, leaving us in some measure unable to operate in humane, supportive ways'.Ex. In the two years that followed Woodforde had various other ailments, including an inflammation of the eyelid.Ex. It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.Ex. In the Netherlands there are currently some 20,000 sufferers from this affliction.Ex. Librarians have traditionally been concerned with giving rather than selling information and information supplied negligently is dealt with by the law of torts: civil wrongs independent of contract.Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.Ex. 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.Ex. In presenting this story, Amenabar has managed to avoid both saccharine sentimentality and easy woefulness.----* eje del mal = axis of evil.* el dinero es el origen de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.* el dinero es la fuente de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.* evitar el mal = shun + evil.* fuente de todos los males, la = root of all evil, the.* hacer el mal = do + evil.* mal de amores = heartache, lovesick.* mal de Parkinson = Parkinson's disease.* males de la guerra, los = evils of war, the.* origen de todos males, el = root of all evil, the.* para colmo de males = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.* tener mal de amores = be lovesick.* * *I IIadjetivo invariable1)a) (enfermo, con mal aspecto)estar mal — to be bad o ill; ( anímicamente) to be in a bad way (colloq)
me siento mal — I don't feel well, I feel ill
b) (incómodo, a disgusto)¿tan mal estás aquí que te quieres ir? — are you so unhappy here that you want to leave?
2) (fam) (en frases negativas) ( refiriéndose al atractivo sexual)no está nada mal — he's/she's not at all bad (colloq)
3) ( desagradable) <oler/saber> badaquí huele mal — there's a horrible smell o it smells in here
4) ( insatisfactorio)estoy or salí muy mal en esta foto — I look awful in this photograph
la casa no está mal, pero es cara — the house isn't bad, but it's expensive
5) ( incorrecto) wrongestá muy mal no decírselo — it's very wrong o bad not to tell her
6) ( indicando escasez)IIIestamos mal de arroz — we're low on o almost out of rice
1) ( de manera no satisfactoria) <hecho/vestido> badly; <cantar/escribir> badlyse expresó mal — he didn't express himself very well, he expressed himself badly
2) ( desventajosamente)3) ( desfavorablemente) badly, illhablar mal de alguien — to speak badly o ill of somebody
4)a) (de manera errónea, incorrecta) wrong, wronglyte han informado mal — you've been badly o wrongly informed
b) ( de manera reprensible) badlyobró mal — he acted wrongly o badly
me contestó muy mal — she answered me very rudely o in a very rude manner
portarse mal — to behave badly, to misbehave
5) ( difícilmente)mal puedes saber si te gusta si no lo has probado — you can hardly say whether you like it when you haven't even tried it
6) (en locs)hacer mal — (AmL) ( a la salud)
comí algo que me hizo mal — I ate something which didn't agree with me; ver tb mal IV 2)
mal que bien — (fam) somehow or other
mal que me/te/nos pese — whether I/you/we like it or not
menos mal: menos mal! thank goodness!; menos mal que le avisaron a tiempo! it's just as well they told him in time!; menos mal que no se enteró! it's a good thing she didn't find out! (colloq); estar a mal con alguien to be on bad terms with somebody; tomarse algo a mal — to take something to heart
•IV1) (Fil) evilel bien y el mal — good and evil, right and wrong
2) (daño, perjuicio)le estás haciendo un mal consintiéndole todo — you're not doing her any good by giving in to her all the time
lo que dijo me hizo mucho mal — what he said really hurt me; ver tb mal III 6)
3) (inconveniente, problema)mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos:... pero yo no soy la única - mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos —... but I'm not the only one - well, if that makes you feel better about it (iro)
4) (Med)a) (liter) ( enfermedad) illnessb) ( epilepsia)el mal — ( enfermedad) epilepsy
5) ( pena) trouble* * *= ill, malaise, ailment, evil, affliction, wrong, out of sorts, woe, woefulness.Ex: Americans, convinced that education could be the panacea for all their ills, answered with vigorous action.
Ex: He interprets 'alienation' as the ' malaise that affects all of us, leaving us in some measure unable to operate in humane, supportive ways'.Ex: In the two years that followed Woodforde had various other ailments, including an inflammation of the eyelid.Ex: It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.Ex: In the Netherlands there are currently some 20,000 sufferers from this affliction.Ex: Librarians have traditionally been concerned with giving rather than selling information and information supplied negligently is dealt with by the law of torts: civil wrongs independent of contract.Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.Ex: 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.Ex: In presenting this story, Amenabar has managed to avoid both saccharine sentimentality and easy woefulness.* eje del mal = axis of evil.* el dinero es el origen de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.* el dinero es la fuente de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.* evitar el mal = shun + evil.* fuente de todos los males, la = root of all evil, the.* hacer el mal = do + evil.* mal de amores = heartache, lovesick.* mal de Parkinson = Parkinson's disease.* males de la guerra, los = evils of war, the.* origen de todos males, el = root of all evil, the.* para colmo de males = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.* tener mal de amores = be lovesick.* * *mal1mal2A1 (enfermo, con mal aspecto) estar mal to be bad o ill; (anímicamente) to be o feel low ( colloq), to be o feel down ( colloq)me siento mal I don't feel well, I feel illhace días que ando mal del estómago I've been having trouble with my stomach for some days nowlo encontré muy mal, pálido y desmejorado he didn't seem at all well, he looked pale and sicklyestá muy mal, no se ha repuesto de lo del marido she's in a bad way, she hasn't got over what happened to her husband¡éste está mal de la cabeza! he's not right in the headesas cosas me ponen mal things like that really upset me2(incómodo, a disgusto): ¿tan mal estás aquí que te quieres ir? are you so unhappy here that you want to leave?tú allí estás mal you aren't comfortable thereB ( fam) ( en frases negativas)C (desagradable) ‹oler/saber› badaquí huele mal there's a horrible smell in here, it smells in hereno sabe tan mal it doesn't taste that badesta leche huele mal this milk smells bad o offD(insatisfactorio): los soufflés siempre me quedan mal my soufflés never turn out rightestoy or quedé or salí muy mal en esta foto I look awful in this photole queda mal ese peinado that hairstyle doesn't suit herla casa no está mal, pero es cara the house isn't bad o is quite nice but it's expensivesacarnos un millón no estaría nada mal I wouldn't mind winning a millionE (incorrecto) wrongla fecha está mal the date is wrongcreo que está muy mal no decírselo I think it's very wrong o bad not to tell herestá mal que le hables en ese tono it's wrong (of you) to speak to him in that toneestuviste muy mal en no ayudarlo it was wrong of you not to help himF (indicando escasez) estar mal DE algo:estamos mal de dinero we're hard up ( colloq), we're short of moneyestamos mal de arroz we have hardly any rice (left), we're low on o almost out of ricemal3A (de manera no satisfactoria) ‹hecho/organizado/pintado/vestido› badlycanta muy mal she sings very badly, she's a very bad singer, she's very bad at singingse expresó mal he didn't express himself very well, he expressed himself badlyte oigo muy mal I can hardly hear you, I can't hear you very wellen el colegio se come muy mal the food's terrible at schoolle fue mal en los exámenes his exams went badlyde mal en peor from bad to worseB(desventajosamente): se casó muy mal she made a bad marriagevendieron muy mal la casa they got a terrible price for the houseel negocio marcha mal the business isn't doing very wellC (desfavorablemente) badly, illno hables mal de ella don't speak badly o ill of herpiensa mal de todo el mundo he thinks ill of everyoneD1 (de manera errónea, incorrecta) wrong, wronglylo has hecho mal you've done it wrongmi nombre está mal escrito my name has been misspelt, my name is spelt/has been spelt wrong(ly)te han informado mal you've been badly o wrongly informedte entendí mal I misunderstood you, I didn't understand you properly2 (de manera reprensible) badlyobró or procedió mal he acted wrongly o badlyhaces mal en no ir a verla it's wrong of you not to go and see herme contestó muy mal she answered me very rudely o in a very rude mannersi te portas mal no te traigo más if you behave badly o if you misbehave I won't bring you againE(difícilmente): mal puedes saber si te gusta si no lo has probado you can hardly say o I don't see how you can say whether you like it when you haven't even tried itF ( en locs):comí algo que me hizo mal I ate something which didn't agree with me o which made me feel bad o illmal que me/te/nos pese whether I/you/we like it or notmenos mal: aceptaron tu solicitud — ¡menos mal! they've accepted your application — thank goodness!¡menos mal que le avisaron a tiempo! it's just as well they told him in time!estar a mal con algn to be on bad terms with sbtomarse algo a mal to take sth to heartCompuesto:mal nacido, mal nacidamasculine, feminine swine ( colloq), rat ( colloq) ver tb maleducado1 (↑ maleducado (1)), maleducado2 (↑ maleducado (2))mal4A ( Fil) evilel bien y el mal good and evil, right and wronglíbranos del mal deliver us from evilB(daño, perjuicio): no le perdono todo el mal que me hizo I can't forgive her all the wrong she did mele estás haciendo un mal consintiéndole todo you're doing her a disservice o you're not doing her any good by giving in to her all the timeel divorcio de sus padres le hizo mucho mal her parents' divorce did her a lot of harmlo que me dijo me hizo mucho mal what he said hurt me deeply o really hurt meC(inconveniente, problema): los males que aquejan a nuestra sociedad the ills afflicting our societyla contaminación es uno de los males de nuestro tiempo pollution is one of the evils of our timea grandes males grandes remedios desperate situations call for desperate measuresno hay mal que cien años dure nothing goes on for everno hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver liningmal de muchos, consuelo de tontos: … pero a mucha gente le pasó lo mismo — mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos … but the same thing happened to a lot of other people — so that makes you feel better, does it? ( iro)todos mis amigos suspendieron también, así que mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos all my friends failed too, so that's some consolation, I suppose o so that makes things a bit better, I supposequien canta sus males espanta problems don't seem so bad if you keep cheerfulCompuesto:(entre dos alternativas) lesser of two evilseso fue un mal menor porque se podría haber matado in fact he was lucky o he can count himself lucky, he could have been killedD ( Med)1 ( liter) (enfermedad) illness2cuando le da el mal when she has a fitCompuestos:Alzheimer's disease( fam):tiene mal de amores he's lovesickChagas' diseasealtitude sickness, mountain sicknessevil eyele echó el mal de ojo or (CS) le hizo mal de ojo she gave him the evil eyeParkinson's disease( euf); syphilisE (pena) troubleno me vengas a contar tus males don't come to me with your troubles* * *
mal adjetivo: ver◊ malo
■ adjetivo invariable
1 [estar] ( enfermo) ill;
( anímicamente) in a bad way (colloq);
( incómodo) uncomfortable;
¡este está mal de la cabeza! he's not right in the head;
esas cosas me ponen mal things like that really upset me
2 (fam) ( en frases negativas) ( refiriéndose al aspecto):◊ no está nada mal she's/he's/it's not at all bad (colloq)
3 ( insatisfactorio): estoy or salí muy mal en esta foto I look awful in this photograph;
4 [estar] ( incorrecto) wrong
5 ( indicando escasez) estar or ir mal de algo ‹de dinero/tiempo› to be short of sth
■ adverbio
1 ( de manera no satisfactoria) ‹vestir/cantar/jugar› badly;
te oigo muy mal I can hardly hear you;
el negocio marcha mal the business isn't doing well;
de mal en peor from bad to worse
2 ( desfavorablemente) badly, ill;◊ hablar mal de algn to speak badly o ill of sb
3
◊ te han informado mal you've been badly o wrongly informed;
te entendí mal I misunderstood you
me contestó muy mal she answered me very rudely
4 ( desagradable) ‹oler/saber› bad;◊ aquí huele mal there's a horrible smell o it smells in here
5 ( en locs)
el pescado me hizo mal the fish didn't agree with me;
menos mal: ¡menos mal! thank goodness!;
¡menos mal que le avisaron a tiempo! it's just as well they told him in time!;
tomarse algo a mal to take sth to heart
■ sustantivo masculino
1 (Fil) evil;
2 (daño, perjuicio):
3 ( cosa dañina) ill, evil;
no hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver lining
4 (Med) (liter) ( enfermedad) illness;◊ tiene mal de amores (fam) he's lovesick;
mal de (las) altura(s) altitude sickness, mountain sickness
5 ( pena) trouble
mal
I adj (delante de sustantivo masculino) bad
un mal momento, (inoportuno) a bad time: está atravesando un mal momento, he's going through a bad patch ➣ malo,-a
II sustantivo masculino
1 evil, wrong
más allá del bien y del mal, beyond good and evil
2 (perjuicio) harm: me ha hecho mucho mal, it really hurt me
mal de ojo, the evil eye
3 (dolencia) illness, disease: padece un mal incurable, she suffers from an incurable disease
III adverbio
1 (de mala manera, incorrectamente) badly, wrong: oye muy mal, she can hardly hear
todo me sale mal, everything I do turns out badly
me siento mal del estómago, I've got an upset stomach
menos mal que estás aquí, it's a good job you are here
2 (difícilmente) scarcely, hardly: si no me lo cuentas, mal puedo yo ayudarte, if you don't tell me I can scarcely help you
♦ Locuciones: llevar uno mal algo, to take sthg badly: lleva muy mal la muerte de su padre, he took the death of his father really badly
mal que, even if: tendremos que ir mal que nos pese, whether we like it or not, we'll have to go
mal que bien, somehow or other: mal que bien vamos tirando, we're managing quite well somehow or other
ponerse a mal con alguien, to fall out with sb
tomar uno a mal, to take sthg badly: no te lo tomes a mal, don't take it badly
' mal' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agüero
- añadidura
- apestar
- apestosa
- apestoso
- atufar
- avenida
- avenido
- azotea
- berrear
- bicho
- bien
- caber
- cabeza
- caer
- café
- calcular
- caldo
- camino
- cantar
- carácter
- cardo
- chabacana
- chabacano
- chapuza
- comportarse
- comunicada
- comunicado
- conservarse
- contraluz
- contraria
- contrario
- criada
- criado
- daño
- desastre
- desencajada
- desencajado
- deslucir
- despertar
- día
- dinero
- educada
- educado
- efecto
- empañarse
- encajar
- encaminada
- encaminado
- encontrar
English:
abuse
- acquit
- act up
- agree
- along
- amulet
- astray
- bad
- bad-tempered
- badly
- barring
- best
- bile
- cheap
- cloud
- come off
- condition
- deal
- deliver
- disagree
- disapprove
- disrepair
- do
- do with
- doom
- downhill
- embody
- evil
- evil eye
- fit
- flare up
- foolish
- foot
- frown on
- gnawing
- go
- go down
- go off
- god
- going
- good
- greasy
- grief
- grim
- grin
- grumpy
- half-baked
- hash
- health
- hinder
* * *♦ adjver malo♦ nmLiterariolas fuerzas del mal the forces of darkness o evil2. [daño] harm, damage;nadie sufrió ningún mal no one was harmed, no one suffered any harm;¿no le hará mal al bebé tanta agua? all that water can't be good for the baby;no te hará ningún mal salir un rato it won't harm you o it won't do you any harm to go out for a while;todas aquellas habladurías le hicieron mucho mal all the gossip hurt her deeplymal de ojo evil eye; Arquit el mal de la piedra = the problem of crumbling masonry caused by pollution etc3. [enfermedad] illness;Figesto te curará todos los males this will make you feel better;tener mal de amores to be lovesickmal de (las) altura(s) altitude sickness;mal de montaña mountain sickness;Ven mal de páramo altitude sickness; Fam el mal de las vacas locas mad cow disease4. [problema, inconveniente] bad thing;el hambre y la pobreza son males que afectan al Tercer Mundo hunger and poverty are problems o ills which affect the Third World;entre las dos opciones, es el mal menor it's the lesser of two evils;un mal necesario a necessary evil5. Compdel mal, el menos it's the lesser of two evils;la crisis pasará, no hay mal que cien años dure the recession will end sooner or later, these things never last forever;a grandes males, grandes remedios drastic situations demand drastic action;mal de muchos, consuelo de todos o [m5]de tontos: he suspendido, pero también mis compañeros – mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos o [m5] de todos I failed, but so did my classmates – it doesn't make it all right, just because they did too;lo mismo pasa en otros países – mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos o [m5] de todos the same thing happens in other countries – that doesn't make it any better, though;no hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver lining♦ adv1. [incorrectamente] wrong;obrar mal to do wrong;portarse mal to behave badly;juzgar mal a alguien to misjudge sb;está mal hecho [un informe, un trabajo] it hasn't been done properly;[un producto, un aparato] it's badly made;eso está mal hecho, no debían haberlo aceptado it was wrong of them, they shouldn't have accepted it;está mal eso que has hecho what you've done is wrong;hacer algo mal to do sth wrong;has escrito mal esta palabra you've spelt that word wrong;hiciste mal en decírselo it was wrong of you to tell him;está mal que yo lo diga, pero esta sopa esta buenísima this soup is delicious, although I say so myself2. [inadecuadamente, insuficientemente] badly;creo que me he explicado mal I'm not sure I've explained myself clearly;oigo/veo mal I can't hear/see very well;el niño come bastante mal the boy isn't eating properly o very well;calculé mal el tiempo I miscalculated the time;canta muy mal she sings terribly, she's a terrible singer;esta puerta cierra mal this door doesn't shut properly;andar mal de dinero to be short of money;andamos mal de azúcar we're running out of sugar;la empresa/el equipo va mal the company/team isn't doing very well;va mal en la universidad she's not doing very well at university;le fue mal en la entrevista his interview didn't go very well;el sueldo no está nada mal the pay's pretty good, the pay isn't at all bad;ese chico no está nada mal that boy's not bad o pretty nice;la reparación quedó mal it wasn't repaired properly;me quedó mal el retrato my portrait didn't come out right;la conferencia/reunión salió mal the talk/meeting went badly;la fiesta salió mal the party was a failure[incómodo] to feel uncomfortable; [de calidad] to be bad;hablar mal de alguien to speak ill of sb;oler mal to smell bad;¡qué mal huele! what a smell!;Fam Figesto me huele mal this smells fishy to me;pasarlo mal to have a bad time;pensar mal de alguien to think ill of sb;saber mal to taste bad;Figme supo mal que no vinieses a despedirme I was a bit put out that you didn't come to see me off;me sabe muy mal que hablen a mis espaldas I don't like it that they talk behind my back;sentar mal a alguien [ropa] not to suit sb;[comida] to disagree with sb; [comentario, actitud] to upset sb4. [difícilmente] hardly;mal puede saberlo si no se lo cuentas he's hardly going to know if you don't tell him, how's he supposed to know if you don't tell him?5. Compestar a mal con alguien to have fallen out with sb;ir de mal en peor to go from bad to worse;no estaría mal que… it would be nice if…;tomar algo a mal to take sth the wrong way♦ mal que loc conjalthough, even though;mal que te pese, las cosas están así whether you like it or not, that's the way things are;mal que bien somehow or other* * *I adj → maloII adv badly;mal que bien one way or the other;¡no está mal! it isn’t bad!;¡menos mal! thank goodness!;no hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver lining;hacer mal en hacer algo be wrong to do sth;ir de mal en peor go from bad to worse;estar a mal con alguien be on bad terms with s.o.;hablar mal de alguien speak ill of s.o.;poner mal a alguien criticize s.o.;ponerse a mal con alguien fall out with s.o.;tomarse algo a mal take sth badly;ponerse mal get sickel mal menor the lesser of two evils* * *mal adv1) : badly, poorlybaila muy mal: he dances very badly2) : wrong, incorrectlyme entendió mal: she misunderstood me3) : with difficulty, hardlymal puedo oírte: I can hardly hear you4)de mal en peor : from bad to worse5)menos mal : it could have been worsemal nm1) : evil, wrong2) daño: harm, damage3) desgracia: misfortune4) enfermedad: illness, sickness* * *mal2 advme encuentro mal I don't feel well / I feel ill4. (de forma incorrecta) wrong5. (en frases negativas) badmal3 n1. (daño) harm / wrong2. (maldad) evil3. (problema) problem -
46 недоставать
гл.1. to lack; 2. to be lacking in smth; 3. not to have/to be enough; 4. to be short of smth; 5. to want; 6. to missРусские недоставать, не хватать при всей их многозначности не указывают ни на причину, ни на следствие недостаточности, ни на тип недостающего объекта, т. е. могут использоваться в разнообразных ситуациях без особых ограничений. Некоторые их английские соответствия включают такую конкретизацию в значение слова и поэтому употребляются в более лимитированных, конкретизированных ситуациях.1. to lack — недоставать чего-либо, не хватать, не иметь, не имен, в достаточном количестве ( указывает на сам факт отсутствия чего-либо): to lack courage — не иметь достаточно мужества; to lack skill — не иметь необходимого опыта/не иметь необходимого умения; to lack taste — недоставать/не иметь вкуса; to lack style — не иметь чувства стиля; to lack sense of humour — недоставать чувства юмора/не иметь чувства юмора; to lack manners — нет хороших манер/недостает воспитания; to lack selfconfidence — недостает уверенности в себе/не хватает уверенности в себе The play was good in parts but generally the acting lacked sparkle. — Пьеса была ничего себе, но игре явно не хватало огонька./Пьеса была местами хороша, но исполнению явно не хватало задора.2. to be lacking in smth — недостающий, отсутствующий, не имеющийся в наличии (употребляется только предикативно, определяет существительные со значением свойства, опыта, умения, чего-либо полезного и важного, поэтому часто сопровождается на речиями sadly, distinctly, noticeably, totally): to be lacking in experience — быть недостаточно опытным/не хватать опыта/не иметь опыта; to be lacking in skill — недоставать умения/на достаточных навыков/не иметь достаточных навыков; to be lacking in tact — не хватает такта/быть бестактным Concern for passenger safety has, up till now, been sadly lacking. — К сожалению, соображениям безопасности пассажиров до сих пор не уделяется достаточного внимания. She seems to be totally lacking in common sense. — Ей явно недостает здравого смысла. Не seems to be sadly lacking in tact. — Ему, к сожалению, не хватает такта. Financial backing for the project is still lacking. — Финансовое обеспечение проекта по-прежнему недостаточно./Финансовое обеспечение проекта по-прежнему отсутствует.3. not to have/to be enough — недоставать, не хватать, не иметь достаточного количества, быть недостаточным: not to have enough time — не иметь достаточно времени; not to have enough money — не иметь достаточно денег; not to have enough courage не иметь достаточно смелости; not to be brave enough to do smth — быть недостаточно храбным для чего-либо; not to be clever enough to under stand — быть недостаточно умным, чтобы понять/не хватает ума, чтобы понять We don't have enough time to go shopping now. — У нас сейчас нет времени, чтобы пойти за покупками. Не hadn't had enough interest in the matter. — Ему было неинтересно заниматься этим вопросом./Вопрос был для него недостаточно интересным. Children get bored if they don't have enough to do. — Детям становится скучно, если им нечего делать. The plant died because it didn't have enough sunshine. — Растение погибло, потому что ему не хватало солнца.4. to be short of smth — не хватать (того, что необходимо для чего-либо); недостает того, что необходимо для чего-либо: to be short of money — не хватает денег; to be short of time — не хватает времени; to be short of fuel — не хватает горючего; to be short of food — не хватает еды; to be short of clothing — нечего надеть; to be short of breath не хватает воздуха/не хватает дыхания I was short of money, so George lend me $20. — Мне не хватало денег, и Джордж дал мне взаймы двадцать долларов. After some months at sea, the ships were desperately short of fuel. — После нескольких месяцев пребывания в море кораблям отчаянно не хватало топлива. We are short of water. — Нам не хватает воды./У нас мало воды./Нам недостает воды. They were three votes short of a majority, so the vote wasn't passed. — Им не хватало трех голосов до большинства, и закон не прошел. Не is a good worker, but he is short of/on new ideas. — Он хороший paботник, но ему не хватает идей./Он хороший работник, но у него нет новых мыслей. Father did not work so money was short. — Отец не работал, и денег не к питало. The organization is short of skilled managers. — Организации не хватает квалифицированных менеджеров. The tea set is two cups short. — В чайном сервизе недостает двух чашек.5. to want — не хватать, страдать от недостатка чего-либо необходимого, страдать от нехватки чего-либо необходимого, испытывать нужду (с глаголом want в данном значении часто употребляются наречия badly, desperately): to want food — недостает еды; to want time — нет времени; to want fresh air — задыхаться без свежего воздуха; to want courage — не хватает смелости; to want patience — недостает терпения In many poor countries, people still want basic food and shelter. — Во многиx бедных странах люди по-прежнему испытывают нужду в пище и жилье. We desperately want rain. — Нам отчаянно не хватает дождей./Нам отчаянно недостает дождей.6. to miss — недоставать, не досчитаться, обнаружить нехватку (глагол miss подразумевает, что причиной недостаточности являются какие-либо неблагоприятные события): to miss the key— обнаружить пропажу ключа/обнаружить отсутствие ключа; to miss the favourite portrait — недостает любимого портрета/не хватает любимого портрета; to miss smb — не хватает кого-либо/скучать о ком-либо She did not miss the key untill it came to unlocking the door. — Она не знала о пропаже ключа, пока не надо было отпирать дверь. Having moved we left all the furniture behind now I miss some pieces of it desperately. — Переехав, мы оставили там всю мебель, и теперь мне ужасно не хватает некоторых предметов. I know I'll miss you. — Я знаю, мне тебя будет не хватать/я буду скучать без тебя. The police searched the body and found the documents missing. — Полицейские обыскали труп и обнаружили пропажу документов./Полицейские обыскали труп и обнаружили отсутствие документов/Полицейские обыскали труп и обнаружили, что документов нет./Полицейские обыскали труп и обнаружили, что документов не было. After the battle three soldiers were found missing. — После боя трое солдат оказались пропавшими без вести./Мы не досчитались троих солдат После битвы. -
47 FÉ
(gen. fjár), n.þeir ráku féit (the sheep) upp á geilarnar;gæta fjár, to herd or tend sheep;2) property, money (hvárt sem fé þat er land eðr annat fé);fyrirgøra fé ok fjörvi, to forfeit property and life;fé er fjörvi firr, life is dearer than money;fé veldr frænda rógi, money makes foes of kinsmen;afla sér fjár ok frægðar (frama), to gain wealth and fame;hér er fé þat (the money), er Gunnarr greiddi;þiggit þat, herra, fé er í því, there is value in it;pl. fé (dat. fjám), property, means.* * *n., irreg. gen. fjár, dat. fé; pl. gen. fjá, dat. fjám; with the article, féit, féinu, féin, mod. féð, fénu, fén: [Lat. pecu; Goth. faihu; A. S. feoh; Engl. fee; Hel. fehu; O. H. G. fehu; Germ. vieh; Dan. fæ; Swed. få]I. cattle, in Icel. chiefly sheep; fé né menn, Grett. 101; fjölda fjár, Ld. 210; gæta fjár, to mind sheep, 232; en ef þeir brenna húsin þó at fé manna sé inni, Grág. ii. 164; þeir ráku féit ( the sheep) upp á geilarnar, Ni. 119; kvik-fé, live-stock, q. v.: ganganda fé, id., opp. to dautt fé, dead property, Grág. passim.COMPDS: fjárbeit, fjárborg, fjárbreiða, fjárdauði, fjárfellir, fjárfóðr, fjárfæði, fjárfæling, fjárganga, fjárgeymsla, fjárgæzla, fjárhagi, fjárheimtur, fjárhirðir, fjárknappr, fjárhundr, fjárhús, fjárkaup, fjárkláði, fjárnyt, fjárpest, fjárrekstr, fjárréttr, fjársauðr.II. property, money; hvárt sem fé þat er land eðr annat fé, Grág. ii. 237: the allit. phrase, fé ok fjörvi, Sl. 1; hafa fyrir gört fé ok fjörvi, to forfeit property and life, Nj. 191: the proverbs, fé er fjörvi firr, life is dearer than money, 124; fé veldr frænda rógi, money makes foes of kinsmen, Mkv. 1. Common sayings, hafa fullar hendr fjár; afla fjár ok frægðar, to gain wealth and fame, Fms. i. 23 (a standing phrase); afla fjár ok frama, Fs. 7, fjár ok virðingar, id.; seint munu þín augu fylld verða á fénu, Gullþ. 7; þú munt ærit mjök elska féit áðr lýkr, id.; lát mík sjá hvárt fé þetta er svá mikit ok frítt, Gísl. 62; at Þorgils tæki við fjám sínum, Fs. 154; fagrt fé, fine money; at þeir næði féinu, Fms. x. 23; þegn af fé, liberal, Ísl. ii. 344; Auðr tekr nú féit, A. took the money, Gísl. 62; hér er fé þat ( the money) er Gunnarr greiddi mér, Nj. 55; fé þat allt er hann átti, Eg. 98; alvæpni en ekki fé annat, Fms. i. 47: skemman var full af varningi, þetta fé …, v. 255; Höskuldr færði fé allt til skips, Nj. 4; hversu mikit fé er þetta, id.; heimta fé sín, Grág. i. 87; þiggit þat herra, fé er í því, there is value in it, Fms. vii. 197.COMPDS: fjárafhlutr, fjáraflan, fjárafli, fjárauðn, fjáragirnd, fjárbón, fjárburðr, fjárdráttr, fjárefni, fjáreigandi, fjáreign, fjáreyðsla, fjáreyðslumaðr, fjárfang, fjárfar, fjárforráð, fjárframlag, fjárfundr, fjárgjald, fjárgjöf, fjárgróði, fjárgæzla, fjárgæzlumaðr, fjárhagr, fjárhagamaðr, fjárhald, fjárhaldsmaðr, fjárheimt, fjárhirðsla, fjárhlutr, fjárkaup, fjárkostnaðr, fjárkostr, fjárkrafa, fjárlag, fjárlán, fjárlát, fjárleiga, fjármegin, fjármet, fjármissa, fjármunir, fjárnám, fjárorkumaðr, fjárpína, fjárrán, fjárreiða, fjárreita, fjársaknaðr, fjársekt, fjársjóðr, fjárskaði, fjárskakki, fjárskilorð, fjárskipti, fjárskuld, fjársóan, fjársókn, fjárstaðr, fjártak, fjártal, fjártapan, fjártilkall, fjártillag, fjártjón, fjárupptak, fjárútlát, fjárvarðveizla, fjárvarðveizlumaðr, fjárván, fjárverðr, fjárviðtaka, fjárvöxtr, fjárþarfnaðr, fjárþurð, fjárþurfi.B. Fé- in COMPDS, usually in sense II, sometimes in sense I: fé-auðna, u, f. money luck. féauðnu-maðr, m. a man lucky in making money, Band. 4. fé-boð, n. an offer of money, Lv. 62, Fms. v. 26, 369, 656 A. 17; a bribe, Grág. i. 72. fébóta-laust, n. adj. without compensation, Glúm. 358. fé-brögð, n. pl. devices for making money, Fms. xi. 423, 623. 21. fé-bætr, f. pl. payments in compensation, esp. of weregild, opp. to mann-hefndir, Nj. 165, Eg. 106, Fs. 53, 74, Ísl. ii. 386. fé-bættr, part. paid for weregild, Gullþ. 12. fé-drengr, m. an open-handed man, Nj. 177. fé-drjúgr, adj. having a deep purse, Ld. 46. fé-fastr, adj. close-fisted, Ísl. ii. 392, Bs. i. 74. fé-fátt, n. adj. in want of money, Eg. 394, Fms. iii. 180, Hkr. iii. 422. fé-fellir, m. losing one’s sheep, Lv. 91. fé-festi, f. close-fistedness, Grett. 155 C. fé-fletta, tt, to strip one of money, cheat one, Fas. iii. 103, v. l. fé-frekr, adj. greedy for money, Rd. 314. fé-föng, n. pl. booty, plunder, spoil, Fms. iii. 18, vii. 78, Eg. 57, 236, Gullþ. 5, Sks. 183 B. fé-gefinn, part. given for (and to) gain, Band. 4, Valla L. 201. fé-girnd, f. avarice, Hom. 86, Al. 4, Pass. 16. 7, 10. fé-girni, f. = fégirnd, Sks. 358, Band. 11, Sturl. i. 47 C. fégjafa-guð, m. the god of wealth, Edda 55. fé-gjald, n. a payment, fine, Nj. 111, 120, Band. 11, Fms. vii. 248. fé-gjarn, adj. greedy, avaricious, Eg. 336, Fs. 133, Nj. 102, Fms. i. 52, vii. 238. fé-gjöf, f. a gift of money, Fs. 11, 21, Fms. i. 53, xi. 325, Ld. 52. fé-glöggr, f. close-handed, Eb. 158. fé-góðr, adj. good, i. e. current, money, D. N. fé-grið, n. pl. security for property, Grág. ii. 21. fé-gyrðill, m. [early Dan. fägürthil], a money bag, purse, worn on the belt, Gísl. 20, Fbr. 66, Þiðr. 35. fé-gætni, f. saving habits, Glúm. 358. fé-göfugr, adj. blessed with wealth, Ísl. ii. 322. fé-hirðir, m. a shepherd, Fas. i. 518, Fms. viii. 342, Gþl. 501: a treasurer, Hkr. i. 36, Eg. 202, Fms. x. 157, vi. 372, viii. 372. fé-hirzla, u, f. a treasury, Fms. vi. 171, vii. 174, Eg. 237, Hom. 9. féhirzlu-hús, n. a treasure-house, Stj. 154. féhirzlu-maðr, m. a treasurer, Karl. 498. fé-hús, n. = fjós, a stall, D. N. (Fr.): a treasury, Róm. 299. fé-kaup, n. a bargain, N. G. L. i. 9. fé-kátliga, adv., Thom. 403. fé-kátr, adj. proud of one’s wealth, Róm. 126. fé-kostnaðr, m. expenditure, expense, Stj. 512, Fms. iv. 215, xi. 202, Hkr. i. 148. fé-kostr, m. = fékostnaðr, Orkn. 40. fé-krókar, m. pl. money-angles, wrinkles about the eyes marking a greedy man (vide auga), Fms. ii. 84. fé-kvörn, f. a small gland in the maw of sheep, in popular superstition regarded, when found, as a talisman of wealth, vide Eggert Itin. ch. 323. fé-lag, n. fellowship, and fé-lagi, a, m. a fellow, vide p. 151. fé-lauss, adj. penniless, Fms. vi. 272, Fs. 79, Gullþ. 5, Landn. 324 (Mant.) fé-lát, n. loss of money, Landn. 195. fé-leysi, n. want of money, Fms. viii. 20. fé-ligr, adj. valuable, handsome, Fms. viii. 206. fé-lítill, adj. short of money, Eg. 691, Sturl. i. 127 C, Fms. v. 182, vi. 271: of little value, Vm. 74, Jm. 13; fé-minstr, yielding the least income, Bs. i. 432. fé-maðr, m. a monied man, Sturl. i. 171, iii. 97, Dropl. 3. fé-mál, n. money affairs, Nj. 5; a suit for money, Fms. viii. 130, Nj. 15, Grág. i. 83. fé-mikill, adj. rich, monied, Sks. 252, Sturl. i. 171 C: costly, Fms. v. 257, xi. 85, Bs. i. 295, Hkr. iii. 247, Eb. 256: expensive, Korm. 224 (in a verse). fé-mildr, adj. open-handed, Nj. 30. fé-missa, u, f. and fé-missir, m. loss of cattle, Jb. 362: loss of money, Grett. 150 C. fé-munir, m. pl. valuables, Hkr. i. 312, Grág. i. 172, Hrafn. 19, 21, Fms. vi. 298, viii. 342. fé-múta, u, f. a bribe in money, Nj. 215, 251, Gullþ. 7, Fms. v. 312, Bs. i. 839, Thom. 72. fé-mætr, adj. ‘money-worth,’ valuable, Fms. i. 105, Ísl. ii. 154, Orkn. 386. fé-neytr ( fé-nýtr), adj. money-worth, Fms. iv. 340, cp. Hkr. ii. 253. fé-nýta, tt, to turn to account, make use of, Bs. i. 760, Grág. ii. 155. fé-penningr, m. a penny-worth, Bs. i. 757. fé-pína, u, f. a fine, H. E. i. 511. fé-prettr, m. a money trick, N. G. L. i. 123. fé-pynd, f. extortion, Bs. i. 757. fé-ráð, n. pl. advice in money-matters, 656 C. 16. fé-rán, n. plunder, Fs. 9, Fms. vi. 263, Fb. i. 215 (in a verse):—execution, confiscation, in the law phrase, féráns-dómr, m. a court of execution or confiscation to be held within a fortnight after the sentence at the house of a person convicted in one of the two degrees of outlawry, vide Grág. Þ. Þ. ch. 29–33, and the Sagas passim, esp. Hrafn. 21, Sturl. i. 135; cp. also Dasent, Introd. to Burnt Njal. fé-ríkr, adj. rich, wealthy, Fms. ix. 272, Gullþ. 7, Ld. 102, Skálda 203. fé-samr, adj. lucrative, Sturl. i. 68 C. fé-sátt ( fé-sætt), f. an agreement as to payment, of weregild or the like, Grág. i. 136, Nj. 189, Ld. 308. fé-sekr, adj. fined, sentenced to a fine, Grág. i. 393. fé-sekt, f. a fine, Nj. 189, Finnb. 276. fé-sinki, f. niggardliness, Sks. 421, 699. fé-sinkr, adj. niggardly, Sturl. i. 162. fé-sjóðr, m., prop. a bag of money, Band. 6, Fbr. 35 new Ed., Nj. 55, Fas. iii. 194: mod. esp. in pl. a treasury, treasure, in Matth. vi. 20, Col. ii. 3, Heb. xi. 26. fé-skaði, a, m. loss in money, Bs. i, Fs. 4, Fms. iv. 327. fé-skipti, n. a sharing or division of property, Nj. 118, Ld. 134. fé-skjálgr, adj., féskjálg augu, eyes squinting for money, Band. 6. fé-skortr, m. shortness of money, Rd. 284. fé-skuld, f. a money debt, Finnb. 350. fé-skurðr, m. detriment, Ld. 44. fé-skygn, adj. covetous, Fms. v. 263. fé-skylft ( fé-skylmt), n. adj., in the phrase, e-n er f., one has many expenses to defray, Grett. 89, 159, Eb. 98. fé-snauðr, adj. poor in money, penniless, Bs. i. 335. fé-sníkja, u, f. ( fé-sníkni), begging, intruding as a parasite, Sks. 669, 451, 585. fé-snúðr, m. lucre, Band. 5, 655 xi. 4. fé-sparr, adj. sparing, close-handed, Band. 6, Fms. iii. 190. fé-spjöll, n. pl. an απ. λεγ. in Vsp. 23, fee-spells, i. e. spells wherewith to conjure hidden treasures out of the earth, where we propose to read,—valði hón (MS. henne, dat.) Herföðr (dat.) … f. spakleg, she (the Vala) endowed the father of hosts (Odin) with wise fee-spells; the passage in Yngl. S. ch. 7—Óðinn vissi of allt jarðfé hvar fólgit var—refers to this very word; Odin is truly represented as a pupil of the old Vala, receiving from her his supernatural gifts. fé-sterkr, adj. wealthy, Fms. iv. 231, Sks. 274. fé-stofn, m. stock. fé-sæla, u, f. wealth, Hkr. i. 15, Edda 16. fé-sæll, adj. wealthy, Edda 15. fé-sök, f. a suit, action for money, Nj. 15, Grág. i. 138. fé-útlega, u, f. a fine, outlay, N. G. L. i. 85. fé-vani, adj. short of money, Fms. iv. 27. fé-ván, f. expectancy of money, Gullþ. 7, Eg. 241, Fms. iv. 27, Orkn. 208. fé-veizla, u, f. contributions, help, Sks. 261, v. l. fé-vél, n. a trick, device against one’s property, N. G. L. i. 34. fé-víti, n. mulct, Grág. fé-vænliga, adv. in a manner promising profit, Fms. v. 257. fé-vænligr, adj. promising profit, profitable, Sturl. i. 138, Fms. v. 257. fé-vænn, adj. = févænligr, Sturl. i. 138. fé-vöxtr, m. increase in property, gain, Eg. 730. fé-þurfi, adj. in need of money, Eb. 164, Fms. ii. 80, Lv. 108, Fas. i. 392. fé-þúfa, u, f. a ‘money-mound,’ used in the Tales like Fortunatus’ purse; in the phrase, hafa e-n fyrir féþúfu, to use one as a milch cow, to squeeze money out of one. fé-þyrfi and fé-þörf, f. need of money, poverty, Rd. 236. fé-örk, f. a money-chest, 224. -
48 colgado
adj.hanging, hung-up, hung, underslung.past part.past participle of spanish verb: colgar.* * *1→ link=colgar colgar► adjetivo1 hanging (de, from)2 (ahorcado) hanged3 familiar (pendiente de resolución) pending■ le ha quedado una asignatura colgada she has to resit one exam, she has to do one retake4 familiar (totalmente pendiente) dependent (de, on)► nombre masculino,nombre femenino\dejar a alguien colgado,-a familiar to leave somebody in the lurch, leave somebody high and dry, leave somebody strandedestar colgado,-a (en apuros) to be in a fix, be in a tight spot* * *(f. - colgada)adj.hanging, hanged, hung* * *1.PP de colgar2. ADJ1) (=pendiente)colgar 2.este cuadro estuvo colgado muchos años en el museo de la ciudad — this picture hung for many years in the city museum
2) (=ahorcado) hanged, hung3) * [asignatura]tengo la física colgada — I have to resit o retake physics
4)• dejar colgado a algn — * [en una situación difícil] to leave sb in the lurch *; [en una cita] to stand sb up *
se fue del país y me dejó colgado con todas las facturas del negocio — he's left the country and left me in the lurch with all the company invoices to sort out *
vendrás ¿no?, espero que no me dejes colgado — you'll be there, won't you? I hope you're not going to stand me up *
5) ** (=drogado) spaced out **; (=chiflado) nuts *; (=sin dinero) broke *, short of money6) ** (=enviciado)•
colgado de algo — hooked on sth *7) ** (=enamorado)8) Chile * (=ignorante) clueless *estoy muy colgado en geografía — I haven't got a clue about geography *, I'm clueless in geography *
3. SMF **1) (=drogadicto) druggie *2) (=chiflado) nutter ** * *1) ( plantado)2)a) (Esp arg) < asignatura>b) (Esp arg) ( por drogas) spaced out (colloq)c) (Chi, Esp fam or arg) (que no entiende, no sabe)estar colgado — to be completely lost (colloq)
d) (Col fam) ( atrasado) behinde) (Col, Esp fam or arg) ( de dinero) short of money* * *----* colgado de un lazo continuo = looped.* dejar a Alguien colgado = hang + Nombre + out to dry.* * *1) ( plantado)2)a) (Esp arg) < asignatura>b) (Esp arg) ( por drogas) spaced out (colloq)c) (Chi, Esp fam or arg) (que no entiende, no sabe)estar colgado — to be completely lost (colloq)
d) (Col fam) ( atrasado) behinde) (Col, Esp fam or arg) ( de dinero) short of money* * ** colgado de un lazo continuo = looped.* dejar a Alguien colgado = hang + Nombre + out to dry.* * *(ver tb colgar)A(plantado): me dejó colgada con la comida hecha I had the food all ready and he didn't show o turn upme dejó colgado y tuve que hacerlo todo yo she didn't turn up o she left me in the lurch o she let me down and I had to do it all myselfB1 ( arg) ‹asignatura›¿te ha quedado alguna asignatura colgada para septiembre? do you have to do any retakes in September?3( Chi fam) (que no entiende, no sabe): quedé más colgado con su explicación … his explanation left me completely in the darken física estamos todos colgados none of us has a clue about physicsestoy colgado de trabajo I'm behind with my workviven colgados they're always short of money, they live from hand to mouthmasculine, feminine* * *
Del verbo colgar: ( conjugate colgar)
colgado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
colgado
colgar
colgado◊ -da adjetivo: dejar a algn colgado ( dejarlo en la estacada) to leave sb in the lurch;
ver tb colgar
colgar ( conjugate colgar) verbo transitivo
‹ lámpara› to put up;
‹ ropa lavada› to hang (out);
colgado algo de algo to hang sth on sth;
verbo intransitivo
el vestido me cuelga de un lado my dress is hanging down on one sideb) (Telec) to hang up;◊ no cuelgue, por favor hold the line please, please hold;
me colgó he hung up on me
colgarse verbo pronominal ( refl)
1
b) (agarrarse, suspenderse):
no te cuelges de mí don't cling on to me;
se pasa colgada del teléfono (fam) she spends her time on the phone
2 (Chi, Méx) (Elec):
colgado,-a adjetivo
1 (suspendido) hanging
2 argot (extravagante, temerario) weird
(drogado) high
♦ Locuciones: familiar dejar a alguien colgado, to leave sb in the lurch
quedarse colgado, to be disappointed
colgar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un cuadro) to hang (up)
(tender la ropa) to hang (out)
2 (suspender) to fail
3 (ahorcar) to hang
4 (el teléfono) to hang up o put down
II verbo intransitivo
1 to hang [de, from]
2 Tel (cortar la comunicación) to hang up
' colgado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
colgada
- sambenito
- colgar
English:
dangle
- strand
- wasted
- hang
* * *colgado, -a♦ adj2. [teléfono] on the hook;deben tener el teléfono mal colgado they can't have put the receiver back properlycancelaron la excursión y me quedé colgado todo el fin de semana they cancelled the trip and I was left with nothing to do all weekendestá colgado de María he's stuck on Maria;está colgado del alcohol he can't stay off the drink;se pasa el día colgado del teléfono he's on the phone all day long6. Fam [pendiente]tengo colgado el inglés del curso pasado I have to resit the exam for last year's English course♦ nm,fFam1. [atontado, loco] loony, Br nutter2. [desamparado] drip3. [drogadicto] junkie* * *adj1:dejar colgado a alguien fam let s.o. down;estar oquedarse colgado be (left) on one’s own2:estar colgado por alguien fam be nuts about s.o. fam* * *colgado, -da adj1) : hanging, hanged2) : pending3)dejar colgado a : to disappoint, to let down* * *colgado adj1. (en general) hanging2.¿te ha quedado alguna asignatura colgada? have you got to resit any exams? -
49 Mittel
Mittel npl 1. FIN resources, funds; 2. GEN agent, means; 3. IND agent; 4. MEDIA tool; 5. PERS resources, means; 6. WIWI means, resources • Mittel bereitstellen FIN, MGT, RW appropriate funds • Mittel bewilligen FIN, MGT, RW allocate resources, appropriate funds • Mittel vereinen WIWI pool resources • Mittel zusammenfassen WIWI pool resources • Mittel zuweisen FIN, MGT, RW allocate resources, appropriate funds • über die Mittel verfügen, etw. zu tun GEN have the means to do sth* * *npl 1. < Finanz> resources, funds; 2. < Geschäft> agent, means; 3. < Ind> agent; 4. < Medien> tool; 5. < Person> resources, means; 6. <Vw> means, resources ■ Mittel bereitstellen <Finanz, Mgmnt, Rechnung> appropriate funds ■ Mittel bewilligen <Finanz, Mgmnt, Rechnung> allocate resources, appropriate funds ■ Mittel vereinen <Vw> pool resources ■ Mittel zusammenfassen <Vw> pool resources ■ Mittel zuweisen <Finanz, Mgmnt, Rechnung> allocate resources, appropriate funds ■ über die Mittel verfügen, etw. zu tun < Geschäft> have the means to do sth* * *Mittel
(Durchschnitt) average, mean, (Geldmittel) means, funds, resources, purse, capital, money, (parl.) money, supplies (Br.), appropriation, (Unterhalt) support (US), (Vermögen) fortune, (Vorrat) supply;
• aus eigenen Mitteln out of one=s resources;
• aus Mangel an Mitteln from deficiency of means, for lack of funds;
• im Mittel on an average;
• im Besitz hinreichender Mittel independent;
• im Besitz verfügbarer Mittel in funds;
• mit reichlichen Mitteln ausgestattet well-financed;
• nicht aus öffentlichen Mitteln unterstützt non-provided;
• ohne Mittel penniless, destitute, without resources, stranded;
• unter Anwendung unerlaubter Mittel by unlawful means;
• angelegte Mittel invested capital;
• langfristig angelegte Mittel long-term (funded) capital;
• arithmetisches Mittel (maths.) arithmetic mean;
• aufgebrachte Mittel funds raised;
• aufgenommene Mittel borrowed funds, borrowings;
• aufgewandte Mittel money employed;
• ausländische Mittel foreign capital;
• ausreichende finanzielle Mittel sufficiency of money;
• nicht ausreichende Mittel insufficient means, inadequate resources;
• begrenzte Mittel limited resources (means);
• benötigte Mittel necessary funds;
• bereitgestellte Mittel appropriated funds;
• neu bereitgestellte Mittel new appropriations;
• bereitstehende Mittel available funds;
• bescheidene Mittel limited means;
• beschränkte Mittel limited resources;
• betriebsfremde Mittel outside capital;
• betriebsnotwendige Mittel permanent working capital;
• bewährtes Mittel proved remedy;
• bewilligte Mittel allocated funds;
• zur Defizitdeckung bewilligte Mittel deficiency appropriations;
• vom Parlament (parlamentarisch) bewilligte Mittel budgetary appropriations, money provided by Parliament (Br.);
• billige Mittel easy money;
• brachliegende Mittel idle (unemployed) funds, dead capital;
• eigene Mittel own funds, resources of one=s own, (Bilanz) capital and reserves;
• eingebrachte Mittel capital invested;
• entsprechende Mittel adequate means;
• erforderliche Mittel necessary funds;
• festliegende Mittel frozen capital, tied-up funds, lockup (Br.);
• finanzielle Mittel financial resources;
• flüssige Mittel available (liquid, current) funds, funds on (in) hand, ready money, quick (liquid, US) assets (resources), liquid (spare) capital, (Bilanz) cash;
• fremde Mittel borrowed (third-party, outside) funds, borrowed capital;
• geringfügige Mittel limited means;
• gewogenes Mittel weighted mean;
• gleitendes Mittel moving average (MAV);
• greifbare Mittel available funds;
• haftende Mittel amount guaranteed, guarantee fund[s];
• hinreichende Mittel sufficient funds;
• investierte Mittel capital invested;
• kurzfristige Mittel quick assets;
• langfristige Mittel long-term funds;
• liquide Mittel available (current, liquid) funds, liquid (US) (current) assets, liquid capital;
• sofort verfügbare liquide Mittel spot cash;
• öffentliche Mittel the public purse, public funds (money);
• private Mittel private means (funds);
• reichliche Mittel ample funds (means);
• staatliche Mittel government grant;
• alle uns zur Verfügung stehenden Mittel the whole of our resources;
• zur Handelsausweitung zur Verfügung stehende Mittel means of extending the trade;
• zusätzliche für die Masseverteilung zur Verfügung stehende Mittel surplus estate funds;
• die mir zur Verfügung stehenden Mittel the money at my command;
• überschüssige Mittel surplus funds;
• unerschöpfliche Mittel endless resources;
• vagabundierende Mittel hot money;
• verbrauchte Mittel exhausted means;
• verfügbare Mittel available means (funds), funds at deposit (disposal);
• frei verfügbare Mittel loose funds;
• verplante Mittel budgeted means;
• nicht verteilte (verwendete) Mittel unapplied (unappropriated) funds;
• von der Bank verwaltete Mittel bank funds;
• treuhänderisch verwaltete Mittel trustee investment (Br.), trust funds;
• im Haushaltsplan nicht vorgesehene Mittel unbudgeted appropriations;
• zur Deckung vorhandene Mittel coverage;
• wirtschaftliche Mittel economic resources;
• zweckbestimmte (zweckgebundene) Mittel earmarked (appropriated) funds;
• Mittel der Direktwerbung direct-mail media;
• Mittel für die Forschung research funds;
• Mittel gegen die Inflation deflationary instrument;
• liquide Mittel erster Ordnung primary liquidity;
• liquide Mittel dritter Ordnung tertiary liquidity;
• Mittel einer Pensionskasse pension fund money;
• Mittel der Verkaufsförderung sales-promotion aids;
• Mittel für die Warenbeschaffung merchandise budget;
• Mittel für den Wohnungsbau funds for housing;
• Mittel für Zahlungen appropriations for payments;
• Mittel abschöpfen to siphon off funds;
• nur einwandfreie Mittel anwenden to use only proper means;
• Mittel aufbringen to fund-raise, to raise funds;
• Mittel aufstocken to increase resources;
• öffentliche Mittel bestimmungsgemäß ausgeben to use public money only for legitimate purposes;
• mit Mitteln ausstatten to endow with capital;
• sich schwer tun, mit seinen Mitteln auszukommen to have a hard fight to make both ends meet;
• seinen Mitteln gemäß beitragen to contribute according to one=s means;
• sich mit allen Mitteln um eine Position bemühen to jockey for a position;
• notwendige Mittel bereitstellen to make the necessary funds available;
• Mittel beschaffen to procure capital, to raise funds;
• nur unbedeutende Mittel besitzen to have inadequate means;
• Mittel bewilligen to grant the money, (parl.) to vote the appropriations (supplies, Br.);
• zusätzliche Mittel in Höhe von 156 Mio. Dollar bewilligen to vote $ 156 million in extra money;
• seine Mittel einsetzen to make a draft on one=s means;
• seine Mittel schwerpunktartig einsetzen to make the most of one=s resources;
• Mittel entziehen to strip off funds;
• seine Mittel erschöpfen to exhaust one=s resources;
• Mittel festlegen to tie (lock, Br.) up funds, to immobilize capital;
• Mittel und Wege finden to provide instruments;
• ausreichend liquide Mittel haben to be liquid;
• nur beschränkte Mittel haben to have only limited resources;
• nicht genügend Mittel haben to be deficient in means;
• alle (seine) Mittel aufgebraucht haben to be at the end of one=s resources;
• keine Mittel mehr zur Verfügung haben to run (be) out of funds, to be in want of money;
• reichliche Mittel [zur Verfügung] haben to have ample means [at one=s disposal];
• Mittel investieren to put out funds;
• bereitgestellte Mittel um 4% kürzen to trim one=s appropriations by 4 per cent;
• reichlich mit Mitteln versehen sein to have ample means, to be flush of money;
• Mittel zur Verfügung stellen to ladle out funds;
• öffentliche Mittel unterschlagen to misappropriate public funds (Br.), to misapply public money;
• mit öffentlichen Mitteln unterstützen to subsidize;
• über bedeutende Mittel verfügen to have large resources;
• nur über beschränkte Mittel verfügen to have only limited resources;
• [nur] über geringe Mittel verfügen to be short of money;
• über umfangreiche Mittel verfügen to have ample resources;
• erhebliche kommunale Mittel verschlingen to run away with a lot of ratepayers= money;
• mit Mitteln versehen to furnish with (put in) funds;
• Mittel verweigern (parl.) to refuse supplies;
• Mittel anderen als den vorgesehenen Zwecken zuführen to alienate funds from their proper destination;
• j. ohne Mittel zurücklassen to leave s. o. penniless;
• Mittelabflüsse efflux of funds;
• Mittelabschöpfung siphoning off funds;
• Mittelabzweigung von einem Fonds fund diversion;
• kurzfristige Mittelanlage short-term investment of funds;
• Mittelaufbringung fund raising, mobilization (raising, procurement) of funds;
• Mittelaufkommen accumulation of capital, inflow;
• Mittelaufnahme der öffentlichen Hand public borrowing. -
50 apurado de dinero
= strapped, cash strapped, financially strapped, short of moneyEx. This open source book is a welcome relief for strapped college students who are paying $100 and more for textbooks.Ex. As a result, the society's publishing programme went from cash strapped to thriving, even while making the periodical free online.Ex. Many of our group are financially strapped, and that presents a problem but I'm game.Ex. This brings me to the third factoid, the most important of the three: most Americans are more aware of being short of time than short of money.* * *= strapped, cash strapped, financially strapped, short of moneyEx: This open source book is a welcome relief for strapped college students who are paying $100 and more for textbooks.
Ex: As a result, the society's publishing programme went from cash strapped to thriving, even while making the periodical free online.Ex: Many of our group are financially strapped, and that presents a problem but I'm game.Ex: This brings me to the third factoid, the most important of the three: most Americans are more aware of being short of time than short of money. -
51 corto de dinero
= strapped, cash strapped, financially strapped, short of moneyEx. This open source book is a welcome relief for strapped college students who are paying $100 and more for textbooks.Ex. As a result, the society's publishing programme went from cash strapped to thriving, even while making the periodical free online.Ex. Many of our group are financially strapped, and that presents a problem but I'm game.Ex. This brings me to the third factoid, the most important of the three: most Americans are more aware of being short of time than short of money.* * *= strapped, cash strapped, financially strapped, short of moneyEx: This open source book is a welcome relief for strapped college students who are paying $100 and more for textbooks.
Ex: As a result, the society's publishing programme went from cash strapped to thriving, even while making the periodical free online.Ex: Many of our group are financially strapped, and that presents a problem but I'm game.Ex: This brings me to the third factoid, the most important of the three: most Americans are more aware of being short of time than short of money. -
52 escaso de dinero
(adj.) = cash strapped, financially strapped, short of money, strappedEx. As a result, the society's publishing programme went from cash strapped to thriving, even while making the periodical free online.Ex. Many of our group are financially strapped, and that presents a problem but I'm game.Ex. This brings me to the third factoid, the most important of the three: most Americans are more aware of being short of time than short of money.Ex. This open source book is a welcome relief for strapped college students who are paying $100 and more for textbooks.* * *(adj.) = cash strapped, financially strapped, short of money, strappedEx: As a result, the society's publishing programme went from cash strapped to thriving, even while making the periodical free online.
Ex: Many of our group are financially strapped, and that presents a problem but I'm game.Ex: This brings me to the third factoid, the most important of the three: most Americans are more aware of being short of time than short of money.Ex: This open source book is a welcome relief for strapped college students who are paying $100 and more for textbooks. -
53 липсвам
1. (отсъствувам) be missing/wanting(за човек) be absentедна овца липсва one sheep is missingедин гост липсва one of the guests is absentлипсва една страница there is a page missing2. (не достигам) lack, be lacking/wanting, be shortлипсват ни три лева we are three levs short3. липсва ми lack, be in want of, be lacking/wanting/deficient inлипсва ми смелост/ум be lacking/deficient in courage/intellectлипсват му пари he is short of moneyнещо му липсва it wants/lacks s.th., there is s.th. wrong with it, ( за човек-не е с ума си) he is not all there, he's got a kink in the brainнищо не липсва nothing is wantingкакво ти липсва? haven't you got all/everything you want?не му липсва ум he has sense enoughлипсват ми думи words fail meмалко нещо липсва, за да бъде това една хубава пиеса it has just missed being a good playмного ми липсваш I miss you a great dealсамо това липсваше! that's the last straw! that tops it! that crowns all! sl. with knobs onсамо това му липсваше, та взе, че се ожени he must needs go and get married* * *лѝпсвам,гл.2. (не достигам) lack, be lacking/wanting, be short; липсват ни три долара we are three dollars short;3. липсва ми lack, be in want of, be lacking/wanting/deficient in; какво ти липсва? haven’t you got all/everything you want? липсват ми думи words fail me; липсват му пари he is short of money; малко нещо липсва, за да бъде това една хубава пиеса it has just missed being a good play; много ми липсваш l miss you a great deal; не му липсва ум he has sense enough; нещо му липсва it wants/lacks s.th., there is s.th. wrong with it, (за човек — не е с ума си) he is not all there, he’s got a kink in the brain; • само това липсваше! that’s the last straw! that tops it! that crowns all! sl. with knobs on.* * *fail; to be missing: I липсвам you. - Липсваш ми.; want; lack* * *1. (за човек) be absent 2. (не достигам) lack, be lacking/wanting, be short 3. (отсъствувам) be missing/wanting 4. един гост липсва one of the guests is absent 5. една овца липсва one sheep is missing 6. какво ти липсва? haven't you got all/everything you want? 7. липсва една страница there is a page missing 8. липсва ми lack, be in want of, be lacking/wanting/deficient in 9. липсва ми смелост/ум be lacking/deficient in courage/intellect 10. липсват ми думи words fail me 11. липсват му пари he is short of money 12. липсват ни три лева we are three levs short 13. малко нещо липсва, за да бъде това една хубава пиеса it has just missed being a good play 14. много ми липсваш I miss you a great deal 15. не му липсва ум he has sense enough 16. нещо му липсва it wants/lacks s.th., there is s.th. wrong with it, (за човек- не е с ума си) he is not all there, he's got a kink in the brain 17. нищо не липсва nothing is wanting 18. само това липсваше! that's the last straw! that tops it! that crowns all! sl. with knobs on 19. само това му липсваше, та взе, че се ожени he must needs go and get married -
54 corto1
1 = brief [briefer -comp., briefest -sup.], short [shorter -comp., shortest -sup.], skimpy [skimpier -comp., skimpiest -sup.].Ex. Longer titles since each title can occupy only one line will be truncated and only brief source references are included.Ex. The 'in' analytic entry consist of two parts: the description of the part, and a short citation of the whole item in which the part is to be found.Ex. Wimbledon organisers have imposed a ban on skimpy tennis outfits ahead of this year's tournament.----* a corto plazo = before very long, short term [short-term], in the short run, short-range, at short notice, in the short term, short-run.* andar corto de dinero = be strapped for + cash, be strapped for + cash.* andar (muy) corto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.* andar (muy) corto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.* arma corta = small arm.* camiseta de mangas cortas = T-shirt [tee-shirt].* con un plazo de tiempo muy corto = at (a) very short notice.* con un plazo de tiempo tan corto = at such short notice.* corta distancia de desplazamiento = easy travelling distance.* cortas miras = nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia.* corto de dinero = strapped, cash strapped, financially strapped, short of money.* corto de miras = myopic, short-sighted [shortsighted].* corto de vista = nearsighted [near-sighted].* corto y grueso = stubby [stubbier -comp., stubbiest -sup.].* de corta duración = short term [short-term].* de mangas cortas = short-sleeved.* demasiado corto = all too short.* edición de tiradas cortas = short run publishing.* en un corto espacio de tiempo = in a short space of time.* en un corto período de tiempo = in a short period of time.* en un tiempo relativamente corto = in a relatively short time, in a relatively short span of time.* hacerse más corto = grow + shorter.* más bien corto = shortish.* novela corta = novella, novelette.* quedarse corto = stop + short of, fall + short, fall + short of.* relato corto = short story.* siesta corta = power nap, catnap.* solución a corto plazo = short-term solution.* tirada corta = short run.* tirando a corto = shortish.* vacación corta = short break. -
55 тънък
1. thin; fine, delicate(за фигура, шия, кръст) slender, slim(за струя, нишка) fine(за стебло) slender(за ноздри, нос) delicate(за пръст) slender(за устни) thin(за игла) slender, fine(за слой) thin, fineтънък и гъвкав willowyтънки крака (хубави) slim/slender legs, ( грозни) thin/skinny legsс тънка талия (като оса) wasp-waistedтънки черва анат. small intestine(s)тънък като свирка as lean as a rake; as thin as a lath2. (за звук, глас) thin, high, high-pitched. small(писклив) shrill3. (за сетиво) keen4. (неуловим, незабележим) subtle; faintтънка усмивка a faint smileтънък аромат a faint/subtle scentтънка ирония subtle ironyтънък намек a gentle hintтънък оттенък a subtle shade5. (точен, подробен, проницателен) fine, delicate, nice, subtle(за ум, наблюдател) keen(за политик, дипломат) astute, subtle, shrewd(за вкус) discriminating(за анализ) fine, subtleтънка разлика a subtle/delicate/fine/nice distinction/difference; a minute distinction(най-)тънки подробности minutest detailsтънък ум a subtle intellect/intelligence; a keen/perspicacious mindтънък критик a subtle/discriminating criticтънък познавач connoisseurтънък усет a fine sense (за of)тънки сметки fine-spun schemesправя си тънки сметки be calculating/shrewd; make shrewd plans6. (изящен, грижливо изработен) fine, delicate, exquisiteтънки черти на лицето refined/delicate featuresтънка изработка fine/delicale/exquisite workmanshipтънък вятър a keen/biting windтънка супа thin soupтънка напитка a strong/short drinkтънка кесия a slender purseтънък съм be short of money/cashдето е тънко, там се къса a chain is no stronger than its weakest link* * *тъ̀нък,прил., -ка, -ко, -ки 1. thin; fine, delicate; (за фигура, шия, кръст) slender, slim; (за струя, нишка) fine; (за стебло) slender; (за ноздри, нос) delicate; (за пръст) slender; (за устни) thin; (за игла) slender, fine; (за слой) thin, fine; (за плат) sleazy; с \тънъкка талия wasp-waisted; \тънъкки крака ( хубави) slim/slender legs, ( грозни) thin/skinny legs; \тънъкки черва анат. small intestine(s); \тънъкък и гъвкав willowy; \тънъкък като свирка as lean as a rake; as thin as a lath;3. (за сетиво) keen;4. ( неуловим, незабележим) subtle; faint;5. ( точен, подробен; проницателен) fine, fine-drawn, delicate, nice, subtle; (за ум, наблюдател) keen; (за политик, дипломат) astute, subtle, shrewd; (за вкус) discriminating; (за анализ) fine, subtle; (най-)\тънъкки подробности minutest details; правя си \тънъкки сметки be calculating/shrewd; make shrewd plans; \тънъкка разлика subtle/delicate/fine/fine-drawn/nice distinction/difference; minute/hairline distinction; \тънъкки сметки fine-spun schemes; \тънъкък критик subtle/discriminating critic; \тънъкък познавач connoisseur; \тънъкък ум subtle intellect/intelligence; keen/perspicacious mind; \тънъкък усет fine sense (за of);6. ( изящен, грижливо изработен) fine, delicate; exquisite; • дето е \тънъкко, там се къса a chain is no stronger than its weakest link; \тънъкка кесия slender purse; \тънъкък вятър keen/biting wind; \тънъкък съм be short of money/cash;* * *thin: a тънък layer - тънък слой; fine: a тънък thread - тънка нишка; delicate ; (за човек): slim ; slender ; neat {ni;t}; slight ; (неуловим): subtle: a тънък scent - тънък аромат, a тънък thinker - тънък мислител; faint: a тънък smile - тънка усмивка; tenuous (за материя); small intestines - тънки черва; high (за глас)* * *1. (за анализ) fine, subtle 2. (за вкус) discriminating 3. (за звук, глас) thin, high, high-pitched. small 4. (за игла) slender, fine 5. (за ноздри, нос) delicate 6. (за политик, дипломат) astute, subtle, shrewd 7. (за пръст) slender 8. (за сетиво) keen 9. (за слой) thin, fine 10. (за стебло) slender 11. (за струя, нишка) fine 12. (за ум, наблюдател) keen 13. (за устни) thin 14. (за фигура, шия, кръст) slender, slim 15. (изящен, грижливо изработен) fine, delicate 16. (най-)тънки подробности minutest details 17. (неуловим, незабележим) subtle;faint 18. (писклив) shrill 19. (точен, подробен 20. exquisite: тънки черти на лицето refined/delicate features 21. thin;fine, delicate 22. ТЪНЪК аромат а faint/subtle scent 23. ТЪНЪК вятър a keen/biting wind 24. ТЪНЪК и гъвкав willowy 25. ТЪНЪК като свирка as lean as a rake;as thin as a lath 26. ТЪНЪК критик a subtle/discriminating critic 27. ТЪНЪК намек a gentle hint 28. ТЪНЪК оттенък a subtle shade 29. ТЪНЪК познавач connoisseur 30. ТЪНЪК съм be short of money/cash 31. ТЪНЪК ум a subtle intellect/intelligence;a keen/perspicacious mind 32. ТЪНЪК усет a fine sense (за of) 33. дето е тънко, там се къса a chain is no stronger than its weakest link 34. правя си тънки сметки be calculating/shrewd;make shrewd plans 35. проницателен) fine, delicate, nice, subtle 36. с тънка талия (като оса) wasp-waisted 37. тънка изработка finе/delicale/exquisite workmanship 38. тънка ирония subtle irony 39. тънка кесия a slender purse 40. тънка напитка a strong/short drink 41. тънка разлика a subtle/delicate/fine/nice distinction/difference;a minute distinction 42. тънка супа thin soup 43. тънка усмивка a faint smile 44. тънки крака (хубави) slim/slender legs, (грозни) thin/skinny legs 45. тънки сметки fine-spun schemes 46. тънки черва анат. small intestine(s) -
56 estarse acabando
v.1 to be running out, to run short, to be running short, to be wearing thin.Se está acabando el dinero Money is running short.2 to be using up one's, to use up one's.Me estoy acabando el dinero I am using up my money.3 to be running short of.Se me está acabando el dinero I am running short of money. -
57 cuesta
f.slope, climb, grade.cuesta arriba uphillcuesta abajo downhilltrabajar los viernes se me hace muy cuesta arriba (informal figurative) I find working on Fridays heavy goingpres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: costar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: costar.* * *1 (pendiente) slope\a cuestas on one's back, on one's shoulderscuesta abajo downhillcuesta arriba uphillhacérsele a uno algo cuesta arriba figurado to find something an uphill struggle, find something very difficultir cuesta abajo figurado to go downhillla cuesta de enero figurado the January squeeze* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=pendiente) hill, slopela cuesta de enero — period of financial stringency following Christmas spending
2)• a cuestas — on one's back
siempre va con su guitarra a cuestas — he always goes around with his guitar on his back o slung over his shoulder
se echa todas las responsabilidades a cuestas — she takes all the responsibilities on her own shoulders
* * *I1) ( pendiente)hacérsele muy cuesta arriba a alguien: se me hace muy cuesta arriba venderlo I'm finding it very difficult to sell it; ir cuesta abajo to go downhill; la cuesta de enero — January ( when people are traditionally short of money)
2)llevar algo a cuestas — to carry something on one's shoulders/back
IIecharse algo a cuestas — <carga/bulto> to put something on one's back; < problema> to burden oneself with something
* * *= slope, ascent.Ex. The heading PITCH (Slope) illustrates how to qualify a word by another in parenthesis to clarify the meaning = El encabezamiento PENDIENTE (inclinación) ilustra cómo modificar una palabra con otra entre paréntesis para aclarar el significado.Ex. Highways with repeating hairpin turns allow easier, safer ascents and descents of mountainous terrain than a direct, steep climb and descent.----* cuesta abajo = downhill, down the hill.* cuesta arriba = uphill.* cuesta para tirarse con trineos = sled hill.* ir a cuestas de = piggyback [piggy-back].* ir cuesta abajo = go + downhill.* * *I1) ( pendiente)hacérsele muy cuesta arriba a alguien: se me hace muy cuesta arriba venderlo I'm finding it very difficult to sell it; ir cuesta abajo to go downhill; la cuesta de enero — January ( when people are traditionally short of money)
2)llevar algo a cuestas — to carry something on one's shoulders/back
IIecharse algo a cuestas — <carga/bulto> to put something on one's back; < problema> to burden oneself with something
* * *= slope, ascent.Ex: The heading PITCH (Slope) illustrates how to qualify a word by another in parenthesis to clarify the meaning = El encabezamiento PENDIENTE (inclinación) ilustra cómo modificar una palabra con otra entre paréntesis para aclarar el significado.
Ex: Highways with repeating hairpin turns allow easier, safer ascents and descents of mountainous terrain than a direct, steep climb and descent.* cuesta abajo = downhill, down the hill.* cuesta arriba = uphill.* cuesta para tirarse con trineos = sled hill.* ir a cuestas de = piggyback [piggy-back].* ir cuesta abajo = go + downhill.* * *A(pendiente): íbamos cuesta arriba we were going uphilliba corriendo cuesta abajo y no pude parar I was running downhill and couldn't stopestacionar en cuesta to park on a hilldejé el coche en la cuesta I left the car on the hill/slopeuna cuesta muy pronunciada a very steep slopehacérsele muy cuesta arriba a algn: se me hace muy cuesta arriba trabajar con este calor I find it very difficult to work in this heat, it's an uphill struggle working in this heatir cuesta abajo «coche/corredor» to go downhill;«negocio» to go downhill, be on the skids ( colloq)Bno te eches los problemas ajenos a cuestas don't weigh yourself down o burden yourself with other people's problemsparece que llevas los problemas del mundo a cuestas you look as if you have the weight of the world on your shoulders* * *
Del verbo costar: ( conjugate costar)
cuesta es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
costar
cuesta
costar ( conjugate costar) verbo transitivo
◊ ¿cuánto me cuestaá arreglarlo? how much will it cost to fix it?b) ( en perjuicios):
le costó el puesto it cost him his jobc) ( en esfuerzo):
cuesta abrirlo it's hard to open;
me cuesta trabajo creerlo I find it hard o difficult to believe
verbo intransitivo
b) ( resultar perjudicial):
c) ( resultar difícil):
no te cuesta nada intentarlo it won't do you any harm to give it a try;
la física le cuesta he finds physics difficult;
me costó dormirme I had trouble getting to sleep
cuesta sustantivo femenino
iba corriendo cuesta abajo I was running downhillb)◊ a cuestas: llevar algo a cuestas to carry sth on one's shoulders/back;
echarse algo a cuestas ‹carga/bulto› to put sth on one's back;
‹ problema› to burden oneself with sth
costar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo
1 (tener un precio) to cost: ¿cuánto dinero te costó?, how much did it cost you?
2 (llevar tiempo) to take
3 (ser trabajoso) me cuesta hablar alemán, I find it difficult to speak German
nos costó mucho conseguir el empleo, it was really hard to get the job
♦ Locuciones: figurado te va a costar caro, you'll pay dearly for this
cueste lo que cueste, cost what it may
cuesta sustantivo femenino slope
cuesta abajo, downhill
cuesta arriba, uphill
♦ Locuciones: adverbio a cuestas, on one's back o shoulders
' cuesta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aterrizar
- baja
- bajar
- bajo
- cala
- costar
- difícil
- disparate
- escarpada
- escarpado
- estercolar
- flete
- idea
- reaccionar
- su
- subida
- cuánto
- ida
- jadeante
- suave
- subir
- trabajo
- tranquilo
- zancada
English:
be
- come to
- come up
- descend
- down
- downhill
- downward
- easy
- grade
- gradient
- gripping
- incline
- job
- labour
- mount
- much
- slog
- slope
- steep
- struggle
- subscription
- trouble
- uphill
- what
- work
- a
- about
- do
- find
- free
- hard
- hill
- labor
- mix
- pelt
- plow
- price
- race
- rise
- roll
- up
* * *♦ nf[pendiente] slope;una calle/un camino en cuesta a street/road on a hill;cuesta arriba uphill;también Figcuesta abajo downhill;Famhacerse cuesta arriba: trabajar los viernes se me hace muy cuesta arriba I find working on Fridays heavy goingla cuesta de enero = lack of money in January due to Christmas spending♦ a cuestas loc advon one's back, over one's shoulders;tuvo que llevar los sacos a cuestas he had to carry the sacks on his back o over his shoulders;lleva a cuestas la enfermedad de su marido she has to bear the burden of her husband's illness* * *f slope;cuesta abajo downhill;cuesta arriba uphill;se me hace cuesta arriba levantarme a las 7 todos los días I find it very hard to get up at 7am every day;a cuestas on one’s back* * *cuesta nf1) : slopecuesta arriba: uphill2)a cuestas : on one's back* * *cuesta n slope -
58 cuarta
f.1 span (palmo).2 fourth (gear) (automobiles).meter (la) cuarta to go into fourth (gear)3 quarter, division of the compass.4 fourth note.5 quirt, whip.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: cuartar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: cuartar.* * *1 (palmo) span2 (cuadrante) quadrant Table 1 NOTA See also cuarto,-a/Table 1* * *f., (m. - cuarto)* * *SF1) (Mat) quarter2) (=palmo) span3) (Aut) fourth gear, fourthmeter la cuarta — to go into fourth (gear), put it o the car into fourth (gear)
4) (Náut) point ( of the compass)6) Cono Sur (Agr) extra pair of oxen7)la situación económica nos trae a todos a la cuarta — the economic situation has left us all broke o short of money
es muy tacaño, nos tiene a todos a la cuarta — he's very mean, we're crying out for money
- andar de la cuarta al pértigo* * *femenino (Auto) fourth (gear)mete la cuarta — put it in fourth; ver tb cuarto
* * *femenino (Auto) fourth (gear)mete la cuarta — put it in fourth; ver tb cuarto
* * *1 ( Auto) fourth, fourth gearmete la cuarta put it in fourth* * *
cuarta sustantivo femenino (Auto) fourth (gear);
cuarto,-a
I adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino fourth
II sustantivo masculino
1 (habitación) room
cuarto de baño, bathroom
cuarto de estar, living room
cuarto trastero, boxroom, storage room
2 (cuarta parte) quarter
cuarto de hora, quarter of an hour
cuarto (de) kilo, a quarter of a kilo
cuarto creciente/menguante, first/last quarter (of the moon)
3 (de un animal) cuarto delantero, shoulderquarter
cuarto trasero, hindquarter
4 cuartos, fam (dinero) dough, money
Dep cuartos de final, quarter finals
III sustantivo femenino
1 Mús (intervalo) cuarta disminuida/aumentada, diminished/augmented fourth
2 Auto fourth (gear)
' cuarta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acogerse
- cuarto
- elevar
- el
English:
fourth
- quarter
- gill
* * *cuarta nf1. [palmo] span2. Mús perfect fourth3. [marcha] fourth (gear);meter (la) cuarta to go into fourth (gear)* * *f MÚS fourth -
59 knapp werden
to run short* * *1) (not to have enough of: I'll have to go to the supermarket - we're low on coffee and sugar.) be low on2) (to cause oneself not to have enough of something: Save this carton for tomorrow, or else we'll go short (of milk).) go short3) ((of a supply) to become insufficient: Our money is running short.) run short4) ((with of) not to have enough: We're running short of money.) run short* * *ausdr.to run short expr. -
60 sich
abkühlen, sich
(Konjunktur) to cool off.
abmelden, sich
to notify one’s departure.
absprechen, sich
to come to an arrangement, to agree;
• sich mit seinen Mitarbeitern absprechen to consult with one’s fellow workers;
• Schadenersatz absprechen to disallow damages.
abwechseln, sich
to take turns, to alternate;
• jährlich abwechseln (Vorsitz) to rotate every year;
• in Schichten abwechseln to rotate shifts.
aneignen, sich
to acquire, to appropriate, to adopt;
• sich Geld aneignen to embezzle funds, to misappropriate (convert) money;
• sich einen Namen aneignen to adopt a name.
auspendeln, sich
(Zinssätze) to stabilize at a certain level.
auswirken, sich
to bear upon, to take effect;
• sich auf das Betriebsergebnis auswirken to come through into the results;
• sich kostenmäßig auswirken to make a showing on costs;
• sich in einer Preiserhöhung auswirken to result in a price increase;
• sich schnell auswirken (Investitionen) to pick up quickly;
• sich ungünstig auswirken to have an unfavo(u)rable effect;
• sich voll auswirken to be in full swing;
• sich als Vorteil auswirken to turn out to be an advantage.
behaupten, sich
to stand one’s ground, (Kurse) to hold their ground, to keep its head, to keep (remain) steady, to remain firm;
• sich gut behaupten (Wechselkurs) to hold fairly steady;
• weiterhin hohe Kurse behaupten to continue to rule high;
• seine Rechte behaupten to safeguard one’s rights;
• sich am Schluss behaupten oder leicht abschwächen (Börse) to close steady to slightly lower;
• sich in seiner Stellung behaupten to hold one’s position;
• seine Stellung im technologischen Wettbewerb behaupten to keep up in the technology race.
behauptend, sich
(Preis) steady.
behelfen, sich
to make shift, to manage, to resort to expedients;
• sich ohne Sekretärin behelfen to do without the services of a secretary.
belaufen, sich
to come (mount up, run) to, to reach, to rise, to run into, to make;
• sich auf 10.000 Euro belaufen to foot up (figure out) to euro 10,000 debts;
• sich auf das Doppelte des Voranschlags belaufen to come to double the estimate;
• insgesamt belaufen to aggregate, to total;
• sich ungefähr belaufen to come near to.
bereichern, sich
to line one’s pockets, to make one’s pile;
• sich an Kinderarbeit bereichern to exploit child labo(u)r;
• sich öffentlich bereichern to enrich o. s. from public office.
beruhigen, sich
(Börse) to settle down, (politische Lage) to become stable, to ease;
• Gläubiger mit einer Ratenzahlung beruhigen to put off a dun with an instal(l)ment.
bewegen, sich
(Preise) to range (vary) from... to...;
• sich abwärts bewegen to be on the downgrade (skids, US);
• sich fast einheitlich um die 20% bewegen to cluster around the 20 per cent mark;
• sich entsprechend der Preisindexziffern bewegen to move in sympathy with the index figures of prices.
bewerben, sich
to apply for, to stand as a candidate for (Br.), to run, to [run as a] candidate, to seek, to go up (Br.), (um Lieferungen) to make a bid for, to tender, (um einen Preis) to compete for;
• sich um ein Amt bewerben to run (stand) for an office (US);
• sich um einen Auftrag bewerben to make a tender;
• sich persönlich bewerben to make a personal application;
• sich um eine Stelle (Stellung) bewerben to apply (run) for a position, to put in for a post (job, fam.), to compete for a job.
bewähren, sich
(Artikel) to stand the strain (test);
• sich nicht bewähren to prove a failure.
drehen, sich
(Börse) to turn;
• sich um ein Thema drehen to run on a subject.
durchschlagen, sich
to shift for a living;
• kostenmäßig durchschlagen to make a showing on cost;
• auf die Ladenverkaufspreise durchschlagen to work through to prices in the shops;
• direkt auf die Preise durchschlagen to feed straight through into the prices.
eignen, sich
to qualify, to be suitable (qualified);
• sich als Kapitalanlage eignen to be suitable for investment.
einbürgern, sich
to become established;
• teilweise einbürgern to denizen;
• wieder einbürgern to repatriate.
einigen, sich
to agree, to come to terms, to settle an issue (Br.);
• sich über die Bedingungen einigen to agree upon the terms;
• sich mit seinen Gläubigern einigen to compound with one’s creditors;
• sich auf die Gründung einer Gesellschaft einigen to agree to form a company;
• sich gütlich einigen to settle a matter amicably, to come to an amicable arrangement;
• sich auf einen bestimmten Preis einigen to agree on a certain price;
• sich vergleichsweise einigen to reach a settlement.
einmischen, sich
to intervene, to interfere, to meddle, to barge in (fam.);
• sich in die Angelegenheiten eines Nachbarlandes einmischen to intervene in the affairs of a neighbo(u)ring country;
• sich unaufgefordert (ungefragt) einmischen to meddle.
einpendeln, sich
(Kurse) to even out, to settle down.
einschiffen, sich
to embark, to get (go) aboard, to join one’s ship, to go on board, to [take] ship.
einwählen, sich
(Computer) to plug into.
emporarbeiten, sich
to work one’s way up, to win one’s way from poverty.
entschließen, sich
to determine, to decide, to make up one’s mind, to resolve;
• sich zu einem Kauf entschließen to decide on buying.
ereignen, sich
to occur, to happen, to take place.
erholen, sich
to recreate, to convalesce, to recuperate, to pick up, (Industrie) to be reviving, (Kurse) to look (pick, prick) up, to recover, to revive, to rally, to rise, to improve, (Markt) to improve, (sich schadlos halten) to make up for one’s losses, to repay (reimburse, recoup) o. s.;
• sich bei jem. erholen to draw (reimburse o. s.) upon s. o.;
• sich von einem geschäftlichen Fehlschlag erholen to recover from a business setback;
• sich beim Giranten erholen to have recourse to the endorser of a note;
• sich von den Nachwirkungen des Krieges erholen to recover from the effects of the war;
• sich bei den Schlusskursen erholen to be improving at the close;
• sich schnell erholen (Kurse) to brisk up;
• sich wieder erholen (Kurse) to be picking up again, to experience a recovery;
• sich finanziell wieder erholen to recover financially (one’s strength), to recuperate;
• sich für eine Zahlung erholen to cover o. s.
etablieren, sich
to establish o. s., to set up shop for o. s., to start a business.
festigen, sich
to consolidate, (Börse, Kurse, Preise) to [become] firm, to steady, to stiffen, to strengthen, to harden, to stabilize;
• Dollarkurs festigen to strengthen the dollar price;
• seine Stellung festigen to strengthen one’s position, to solidify one’s place;
• Währung festigen to stabilize the currency;
• sich erneut im Vergleich mit anderen harten Währungen festigen to strengthen again against other major currencies;
• Wechselkurse festigen to stabilize exchange rates.
freizeichnen, sich
to contract out, to exempt o. s. from a liability.
gesundschrumpfen, sich
to shrink to profitable size;
• sich gesundstoßen to make a packet (fam.).
heraufarbeiten, sich
to work one’s way (o. s.) up (o. s. into a good position).
herauskristallisieren, sich
to crystallize, to take shape;
• sich herausmachen (Firma) to make good progress;
• sein Kapital herausnehmen to withdraw one’s capital;
• Gehälter aus dem Preisindexsystem herausnehmen to disindex salaries from the price index;
• Geld aus jem. herauspressen to squeeze money out of s. o.;
• weitere Steuern aus dem Volk herauspressen to screw more taxes out of the people;
• Gewinne aus einem fallenden und überbesetzten Markt herausprügeln müssen to be forced to slug it out in a slumping and overcrowded market;
• Geld herausrücken to cough up (US sl.), to fork out (sl.);
• Zahlungen herausschieben to postpone payment;
• herausschinden to eke out;
• Geld aus jem. herausschinden to extract money from s. o.;
• zusätzliche Urlaubswoche herausschinden to wangle an extra week’s holiday;
• Geld aus einer Sache herausschlagen to get one’s money’s worth;
• allerlei Vorteile herausschlagen to gain all kinds of advantages;
• Unfähige herausschmeißen to weed out the incompetents;
• heraussetzen (Mieter) to evict, to eject, to turn out.
herausstellen, sich
to turn out, to prove;
• besonders herausstellen (Presse) to feature (US coll.), to highlight (US);
• sich als Fälschung herausstellen to prove to be a forgery;
• groß herausstellen to give a build-up;
• sich als sehr hoch herausstellen (Kosten) to come rather high;
• sich als missglückt herausstellen (Anlage) to turn sour;
• sich als Vorteil herausstellen to turn out to be an advantage.
hinschleppen, sich
to drag on.
konkretisieren, sich
(Forderung) to crystallize.
konstituieren, sich
(parl.) to assemble;
• Ausschuss konstituieren to appoint a committee;
• sich als eingetragene Gesellschaft konstituieren to form themselves into a registered corporation.
kreuzen, sich
to intersect, (Interessen) to clash, to run counter, (Straße) to cross.
kristallisieren, sich
to crystallize.
kräftigen, sich
(Kurs) to improve, to recover, (Markt) to strengthen;
• Dollarkurs kräftigen to strengthen the dollar price.
lebensversichern, sich
to assure one’s life with a company (Br.);
• sich für 20.000 L lebensversichern to insure (assure, Br.) o. s. for L 20,000;
• sich gegenseitig lebensversichern to insure one’s own life for the benefit of the other;
• seine Schlüsselkräfte lebensversichern to take out life policies on one’s key man.
liieren, sich
(Gesellschafter) to unite, to join, to associate, to become a partner.
massieren, sich
(Aufträge) to pile up.
niederlassen, sich
to set up for o. s., to take up one’s abode (domicile, residence), to locate, (Wohnsitz) to settle down;
• sich als Anwalt niederlassen to settle down in the practice of law;
• sich als Arzt niederlassen to put up (hang out) one’s shingle;
• sich als Buchhändler niederlassen to establish o. s. (set up business) as a bookseller;
• sich für dauernd niederlassen to settle down for good;
• sich geschäftlich niederlassen to establish o. s. as a businessman, to set up for o. s., to set up shop, to set o. s. up in business;
• sich im Hauptgeschäftsviertel niederlassen to fix one’s residence in the city;
• sich widerrechtlich niederlassen to abate.
rentieren, sich
to pay [its way (for costs)], to pay well, to bring a return, (Betrieb) to be profitable, (Ware) to leave a margin;
• sich gut rentieren to yield good profits;
• sich nicht rentieren not to be worthwhile;
• sich noch rentieren to break even;
• sich gerade noch rentieren to wash its face (Br. sl.);
• sich in zehn Jahren rentieren to pay its way in ten years.
stabilisieren, sich
to become stable;
• Preise stabilisieren to stabilize (peg) prices.
treffen, sich
to meet, to gather, to assemble;
• Abkommen treffen to come to an agreement (terms);
• Anordnungen treffen to prescribe;
• Auslese treffen to cull;
• Buchung treffen to pass (effect) an entry;
• Freigabeverfügungen für die Wirtschaftshilfe treffen to loosen its grip on the economic-aid purse strings;
• auf Öl treffen to strike oil;
• Steuerzahler heftig treffen to clobber the taxpayers;
• Übereinkommen treffen to compact;
• Übereinkunft treffen to come to an arrangement;
• Verabredung treffen to make (fix) an appointment;
• Verbraucher unmittelbar treffen to fall directly onto the consumer;
• vorläufige Vereinbarung treffen to make a provisional arrangement;
• Vorbereitungen (Vorkehrungen) treffen to make preparations;
• Vorsichtsmaßregeln treffen to take precautionary measures.
unterordnen, sich
to subordinate o. s.
verausgaben, sich
to spend beyond one’s means, to run short of money.
verbürgen, sich
to [a]vouch, to undertake, to warrant, to guarantee, to stand surety, to bail;
• sich für einen Bericht verbürgen to warrant a report;
• sich für jds. Ehrlichkeit und Zuverlässigkeit verbürgen to warrant s. o. an honest and reliable person;
• sich für eine Schuld verbürgen to answer for a debt;
• sich für jds. Zahlungsfähigkeit verbürgen to vouch for s. one's ability to pay.
verkalkulieren, sich
to miscalculate, to overshoot.
vermehren, sich
to multiply;
• sein Vermögen vermehren to enlarge one’s fortune;
• Zahlungsmittelumlauf vermehren to expand the currency.
verschulden, sich
to run into debt, to take on debts, to involve o. s. (get into) debt, to outrun the constable (Br.), to run up a score (Br.);
• sich kurzfristig erheblich verschulden to borrow heavily on a short-term basis;
• sich erneut verschulden to run into debt again;
• sich total verschulden (Staat) to plunge into debt;
• sich ungewöhnlich verschulden to go into debt at a record chip (US).
verschätzen, sich
to be out in one’s calculation[s] (estimate).
verspekulieren, sich
to lose money by bad investment.
verspäten, sich
(Schiff, Zug) to be overdue (behind schedule, US).
versteifen, sich
(Markt) to tighten [up].
verzweigen, sich
to branch out.
zurückhalten, sich
to keep a low profile, (Börse) to stay on the sidelines, (Verbraucher) to hold back, to resist;
• Aktien in Erwartung von Kurssteigerungen zurückhalten to hold stocks for a rise;
• Informationsmaterial zurückhalten to hold back information;
• Mittel zurückhalten to bottle up funds;
• sich mit der Verwirklichung geplanter Kapazitätsausweitungen zurückhalten to hold back on bringing in planned new capacity;
• restliche Ware zurückhalten to hold over the rest of the goods;
• Waren unberechtigt zurückhalten to wrongfully detain goods.
zurückmelden, sich
to report one’s return;
• sich vom Urlaub zurückmelden to report back from leave (one’s return).
zusammenschließen, sich
to amalgamate, to merge, to combine, to consolidate (US), (pol.) to unite, to fuse;
• Arbeiter in einer Gewerkschaft zusammenschließen to unite workers in a trade union;
• Firmen (Gesellschaften) zusammenschließen to consolidate business companies;
• sich zu einem Kartell zusammenschließen to join a cartel;
• sich in einem großen Unternehmen zusammenschließen to merge into one large organization;
• sich zu einem Verein zusammenschließen to club.
ändern, sich
to vary;
• Eintragung ändern to rectify (alter) an entry;
• nachträglich ändern (Wechsel) to alter materially;
• zweckentsprechend ändern to adapt.
überschneiden, sich
to overlap, to intersect, (Ereignisse) to clash;
• sich mit einem anderen Termin überschneiden to clash with another date.
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