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with a great deal of work

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1 a good deal, a great deal

كَثِير مِن \ a lot of, lots of: a great deal of (but much or many is more common in questions or negative sentences): He has a lot of money but he hasn’t much sense. a good deal, a great deal: a lot: he suffers a good deal of pain. He has a great deal of money. dozen: a lot: I have dozens of relations. masses: a lot: I’ve got masses of work to finish. much: (it should be used: (a) only with nu nouns; use many for nc. nouns; (b) in negative sentences or questions; (c) in statements only when it describes the subject or when it follows how, too, so or as; in other statements use a lot, plenty of, a good deal of) a large amount of: We haven’t much food. Much money was spent on repairs. You eat too much sugar.

Arabic-English glossary > a good deal, a great deal
2 a good deal, a great deal

كَمِّيَّة كَبيرة مِن \ a good deal, a great deal: a lot: He has a great deal of money. masses: a lot: I’ve got masses of work to finish. much: (it should be used: (a) only with nu. nouns; use many for nc. nouns; (b) in negative sentences or questions; (c) in statements only when it describes the subject or when it follows how, too, so or as; in other statements use a lot, plenty of, a good deal of) a large amount of: We haven’t much food. Much money was spent on repairs. You eat too much sugar.

Arabic-English glossary > a good deal, a great deal
3 Arbeitsaufwand

m amount of work involved ( für in); etw. mit großem Arbeitsaufwand erreichen (have to) put a lot of work into s.th.; das lohnt den Arbeitsaufwand nicht it’s not worth the effort ( oder candle umg.)

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der Arbeitsaufwand

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Ạr|beits|auf|wand
1. m
labour (Brit), labor (US)
mit geringem/großem Arbeitsaufwand — with little/a lot of work; a\#r|beits|auf|wän|dig

2. adj

See:

= arbeitsaufwendig

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Ar·beits·auf·wand

m expenditure of energy

was für ein \Arbeitsaufwand! what a lot of work!

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der

mit großem Arbeitsaufwand — with a great deal of work

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Arbeitsaufwand m amount of work involved (

für in);

etwas mit großem Arbeitsaufwand erreichen (have to) put a lot of work into sth;

das lohnt den Arbeitsaufwand nicht it’s not worth the effort ( oder candle umg)

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der

mit großem Arbeitsaufwand — with a great deal of work

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(für) m.

amount of work (involved in) n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Arbeitsaufwand
4 snowed under

overwhelmed eg with a great deal of work:

Last week I was absolutely snowed under with work.
مَغْمور بالعَمَل

Arabic-English dictionary > snowed under
5 на ранней стадии

На ранней стадии-- This investigation is at an early stage with a great deal of work to do for completion.

Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > на ранней стадии
6 viel

I Adj. a lot of, lots of umg.; viele many; nicht viel not much; nicht viele not many; sehr viel a great deal (of); sehr viele very many, a lot ( oder lots umg) (of), a great many; noch einmal so viel as much again; ziemlich viel(e) quite a lot (of); viel verdienen earn a lot of money; viele sind dafür etc. many people are in favo(u)r of it etc.; einer zu viel one too many; einer unter vielen one among(st) many; ein bisschen viel a bit ( oder little) (too) much; siehe auch bisschen II; viel zu viel far too much; das viele Geld all that money; in vielem in many ways; viel Erfreuliches etc. lots of nice things etc.; das letzte Jahr hat nicht viel Erfreuliches gebracht the past year hasn’t brought much joy; um vieles besser far ( oder much) better; das will viel / nicht viel heißen that’s saying a lot / that’s not saying much; Dank, Glück 1, so I 8; Spaß 2 etc.

II Adv.

1. a lot, lots umg.; viel reisen / krank sein etc. travel / be ill etc. a lot; die Straße wird viel befahren the road is used a lot, a lot of traffic uses the road; viel besser much better; was gibt es da noch viel zu bereden? what is there to discuss?, I thought we’d settled things; was soll ich dir noch viel erzählen? there’s no point in my going into (any great) detail about it

2. mit P.P.: viel beachtet well regarded; viel befahren very busy; eine viel befahrene Straße auch a road with heavy traffic; viel begehrt Künstler, Junggeselle etc.: much ( oder highly) sought-after; viel benutzt well-used; viel beschäftigt very busy; viel besucht much-frequented; viel besungen lit. oder hum. präd. frequently celebrated in song, attr. auch oft-sung lit.; viel bewundert much-admired; viel diskutiert much-discussed, widely discussed; viel gebraucht much-used; viel gefragt very popular; viel gefragt sein auch be in great demand; viel gehasst much-hated; viel gekauft frequently bought; viel gelesen much-read; viel geliebt much-loved; viel gelobt much-praised; viel genannt often-mentioned, lit. oft-mentioned; Buch: much-cited, oft-cited; (berühmt) noted, distinguished; viel gepriesen much-praised; viel geprüft sorely tried; viel gereist widely- ( oder much-)travel(l)ed; er ist ein viel gereister Mann he’s done a lot of travel(l)ing (in his time); viel gerühmt much-praised; viel geschmäht oder gescholten much-maligned, much-reviled; viel kritisiert much-criticized; viel umjubelt highly acclaimed; viel umstritten highly controversial; viel umworben much sought-after; viel zitiert much-cited, oft-cited

3. mit Part. Präs.: viel sagend Blick: meaningful; sie sah mich viel sagend an she gave me a meaningful look; viel sagend schweigen fall into a meaningful silence; viel verheißend oder viel versprechend (very) promising

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a great deal (Adv.); much (Adj.); much (Adv.); a lot (Adv.); a lot of (Pron.); lots of (Pron.)

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[fiːl]
indef pron, adj comp mehr
[meːɐ] superl meiste(r, s) or adv am meisten ['maistə]
1) sing (adjektivisch) a lot of, a great deal of; (substantivisch) a lot, a great deal; (esp fragend, verneint) much

víéles — a lot of things

víél(es), was..., víél(es) von dem, was... — a lot or great deal of what...

in víélem, in víéler Hinsicht or Beziehung — in many respects

mit víélem — with a lot of things

um víéles besser etc — a lot or much or a great deal better etc

sehr víél (Geld etc) — a lot or a great deal (of money etc)

nicht sehr víél (Geld etc) — not very much (money etc)

so víél — so much

halb/doppelt so víél — half/twice as much

so víél als or wie... — as much as...

nimm dir so víél du willst — take as much as you like

noch einmal so víél — the same again

das ist so víél wie eine Zusage — that is tantamount to a promise, that amounts to a promise

so víél für heute! — that's all for today

so víél, was ihn betrifft — so much for him

so víél (Arbeit etc) — so much or such a lot (of work etc)

noch (ein)mal so víél (Zeit etc) — as much (time etc) again

zweimal so víél (Arbeit etc) — twice as much (work etc)

gleich víél (Gewinn etc) — the same amount (of profit etc)

wie víél — how much; (bei Mehrzahl) how many

(um) wie víél größer — how much bigger

ziemlich víél (Schmutz etc) — rather a lot (of dirt etc)

zu víél — too much; (inf

víél zu víél — much or far too much

besser zu víél als zu wenig — better too much than too little

wenns dir zu víél wird, sag Bescheid — say if it gets too much for you

ihm ist alles zu víél (inf) — it's all too much for him

da krieg ich zu víél (inf) — I blow my top (inf)

einer/zwei etc zu víél — one/two etc too many

einen/ein paar zu víél trinken (inf) — to drink or have (inf) one/a few too many

was zu víél ist, ist zu víél — that's just too much, there's a limit to everything

ein bisschen víél (Regen etc) — a bit too much (rain etc)

furchtbar víél (Regen etc) — an awful lot (of rain etc)

víél Erfolg! — good luck!, I wish you every success!

víél Spaß! — have fun!, enjoy yourself/yourselves!

víél Neues/Schönes etc — a lot of or many new/beautiful etc things

víél Volk — a lot of people

das víéle Geld — all that money

sein víéles Geld — all his money

das víéle Geld/Lesen etc — all this money/reading etc

víél zu tun haben — to have a lot to do

er hält víél von ihm/davon — he thinks a lot or a great deal of him/it

er hält nicht víél von ihm/davon — he doesn't think much of him/it

das will víél/nicht víél heißen or sagen — that's saying a lot or a great deal/not saying much

2)

víéle pl (adjektivisch) — many, a lot of, a great number of; (substantivisch) many, a lot

es waren nicht víéle auf der Party — there weren't many (people) or a lot (of people) at the party

es waren nicht víéle in der Schule — there weren't many (children) or a lot (of children) at school

da wir so víéle sind — since there are so many or such a lot of us

davon gibt es nicht víéle — there aren't many or a lot about

davon gibt es nicht mehr víéle — there aren't many or a lot left

furchtbar víéle (Kinder/Bewerbungen etc) — a tremendous number or an awful lot (of children/applications etc)

gleich víéle (Angestellte/Anteile etc) — the same number (of employees/shares etc)

so/zu víéle (Menschen/Fehler etc) — so/too many (people/mistakes etc)

er hat víél(e) Sorgen/Probleme etc — he has a lot of worries/problems etc

víéle hundert or Hundert Menschen — many hundreds of people

die/seine víélen Fehler etc — the/his many mistakes etc

die víélen Leute/Bücher! — all these people/books!

víéle glauben,... — many (people) or a lot of people believe...

und víéle andere —

es waren derer or ihrer víéle (liter) — there were many of them

3) (adverbial: mit vb) a lot, a great deal; (esp fragend, verneint) much

er arbeitet víél — he works a lot

er arbeitet nicht víél — he doesn't work much

er arbeitet zu víél — he works too much

er arbeitet so víél — he works so much or such a lot

sie ist víél krank/von zu Hause weg — she's ill/away a lot

die Straße wird (sehr/nicht) víél befahren — this street is (very/not very) busy

dieses Thema wird víél diskutiert — this subject is much debated

sich víél einbilden — to think a lot of oneself

4) (adverbial: mit adj, adv) much, a lot

víél größer etc — much or a lot bigger etc

víél beschäftigt — very busy

víél diskutiert — much discussed

víél erörtert — much discussed

víél gehasst — much-hated

víél gekauft — frequently bought, much-purchased

víél geliebt — much-loved

víél genannt — much-cited, frequently mentioned

víél geprüft (hum) — sorely tried

víél gereist — much-travelled (Brit), much-traveled (US)

víél geschmäht — much-maligned

víél umworben — much-sought-after; Frau much-courted

víél verheißend — promising, full of promise; anfangen promisingly

sich víél verheißend anhören — to sound promising

nicht víél anders — not very or much or a lot different

víél zu... — much too...

víél zu víél — much or far too much

víél zu víéle — far too many

ich würde víél lieber auf eine Party gehen — I'd much rather go to a party, I'd much prefer to go to a party

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1) (a large quantity or number: What a lot of letters!) a lot

2) (a (great) amount or quantity of: This job won't take much effort; I found it without much difficulty; How much sugar is there left?; There's far too much salt in my soup; He ate so much ice-cream that he was sick; Take as much money as you need; After much discussion they decided to go.) much

3) (a large amount; a great deal: He didn't say much about it; Much of this trouble could have been prevented; Did you eat much?; not much; too much; as much as I wanted; How much did you eat?; Only this/that / so much; How much is (= What is the price of) that fish?; Please tidy your room - it isn't much to ask.) much

4) ((by) a great deal; (by) far: She's much prettier than I am; He isn't much older than you; How much further must we walk?; much more easily; He's much the best person to ask.) much

5) (to have a good, or bad, opinion of: She thought highly of him and his poetry.) think highly

6) (to have a good, or bad, opinion of: She thought highly of him and his poetry.) well

7) (to have a good, or bad, opinion of: She thought highly of him and his poetry.) badly etc of

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viel

[fi:l]

I. pron indef sing

▪ \vieles a lot, a great deal, much/many

sie weiß \vieles she knows a lot [or a great deal]

ich habe meiner Frau \vieles zu verdanken I have to thank my wife for a lot

\vieles, was du da sagst, trifft zu a lot [or much] of what you say is correct

in \vielem hast du Recht in many respects you're right

in \vielem gebe ich Ihnen Recht I agree with you in much of what you say

mit \vielem, was er vorschlägt, bin ich einverstanden I agree with many of the things he suggests

mein Mann ist um \vieles jünger als ich my husband is much younger than me

es ist \vieles neu an diesem Modell this model has many [or a lot of] new features

schöner ist dieser Lederkoffer natürlich, aber auch um \vieles teurer this leather suitcase is nicer, of course, but a lot more expensive

II. art indef sing

sie kam mit \vielem alten Zeug she came with a lot of old stuff

in \vieler Beziehung in many respects

\vieles Ermutigende/Faszinierende/Schreckliche much encouragement/fascination/horror

\vieles Interessante gab es zu sehen there was much of interest [or were many interesting things] to see

III. adj

<mehr, meiste>

1. sing, attr, inv

\viel Arbeit/Geduld/Geld a lot [or great deal] of work/patience/money

\viel Erfolg! good luck!, I wish you every success!

\viel Glück! all the best!, I wish you luck!

\viel Spaß! enjoy yourself/yourselves!, have fun!

\viel Vergnügen! enjoy yourself/yourselves!

2. sing, attr

▪ \viele/ \vieler/ \vieles... many/much..., a lot of...

ihre Augen waren rot von \vielem Weinen her eyes were red from much crying

\vielen Dank! thank you very much!

3. sing, attr

▪ der/die/das \viele... all this/that

das \viele Essen über die Weihnachtstage ist mir nicht bekommen all that food over Christmas hasn't done me any good

der \viele Ärger lässt mich nicht mehr schlafen I can't get to sleep with all this trouble

▪ sein \vieler/sein \vieles/seine \viele... all one's...

4. sing, allein stehend, inv a lot, a great deal, much/many

ich habe zu \viel zu tun I have too much to do

sechs Kinder sind heute \viel six children today are many [or a lot]

das ist sehr/unendlich \viel that's a huge/an endless amount/number

viel wurde getan a lot [or a great deal] [or much] was done

ihr Blick sagte \viel her look spoke volumes

sie hat \viel von ihrem Mutter she has a lot of her mother

das ist ein bisschen \viel [auf einmal]! that's a little too much [all at once]!

nicht/recht \viel not much [or a lot]/quite a lot

von dem Plan halte ich nicht \viel I don't think much of the plan

das hat nicht \viel zu bedeuten that doesn't mean much

er kann nicht \viel vertragen he can't hold his drink

sie ist nicht \viel über dreißig she's not much over thirty

was kann dabei schon \viel passieren? (fam) nothing's going to happen!

\viel verheißend/versprechend highly promising

was zu \viel ist, ist zu \viel enough is enough

5. pl, attr

▪ \viele... a lot of..., a great number of..., many...

unglaublich \viele Heuschrecken an unbelievable number of grasshoppers

ein Geschenk von \vielen hundert Blumen a present of many hundreds of flowers

und \viele andere and many others

▪ die \vielen... the great many [or number of]...

6. pl, allein stehend

▪ \viele many; von Dingen a. a lot

diese Ansicht wird immer noch von \vielen vertreten this view is still held by many [people]

es sind noch einige Fehler, aber \viele haben wir verbessert there are still some errors, but we've corrected many [or a lot] [of them]

\viele deiner Bücher kenne ich schon I know many [or a lot] of your books already

es waren \viele von ihnen [o (geh) ihrer \viele] da there were many of them there

einer unter \vielen one among many

7. mit vorangestelltem Vergleichsadverb

so \viel ist gewiss one thing is for certain

ebenso \viel equally many/as much

genauso \viel exactly as many/much

gleich \viel just as much/many, the same

gleich \viel Sand/Wasser the same amount of sand/water

wir haben gleich \viele Dienstjahre we've been working here for the same number of years

nicht \viel nützen (fam) to be not much use

wie \viel/ \viele? how much/many?

8. sing, allein stehend, inv DIAL (fam: nichts)

ich weiß \viel, was du willst I haven't a clue what you want fam

IV. adv

<mehr, am meisten>

1. (häufig)

im Sommer halten wir uns \viel im Garten auf we spend a lot of time in the garden in summer

früher hat sie ihre Mutter immer \viel besucht she always used to visit her mother a lot

man redet \viel von Frieden there's much [or a lot of] talk about peace

eine \viel befahrene Straße a [very] busy street

ein \viel beschäftigter Mann a very busy man

\viel diskutiert much discussed

einmal zu \viel once too often

ein \viel erfahrener Pilot a pilot with a lot of experience

ein \viel gefragtes Model a model that is in great demand

\viel gekauft popular

\viel gelesen widely read

\viel geliebt much loved

\viel gepriesen highly acclaimed

ein \viel gereister Mann a man who has travelled a great deal

\viel geschmäht much maligned [or abused]

eine \viel gestellte Frage a question that comes up frequently

\viel ins Kino/Theater gehen to go to the cinema/theatre frequently [or a lot], to be a regular cinema-goer/theatre-goer

\viel umstritten highly controversial

2. (wesentlich)

woanders ist es nicht \viel anders als bei uns there's not much [or a lot of] difference between where we live and somewhere else

ich weiß \viel mehr, als du denkst I know far [or much] [or a lot] more than you think

\viel kürzer/schwerer/weiter far [or much] [or a lot] shorter/heavier/more distant

\viel zu groß/lang/teuer far [or much] too big/long/expensive

\viel zu viel far [or much] too much

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1.
Indefinitpronomen und unbestimmtes Zahlwort

1) Sg. a great deal of; a lot of (coll.)

so/wie/nicht/zu viel — that/how/not/too much

viel[es] — (viele Dinge, vielerlei) much

ich kann mich an vieles nicht mehr erinnern — there's much I can't remember

der viele Regen — all the rain

gleich viel Geld — the same amount of money

um vieles jünger — a great deal younger

viel Erfreuliches — a great many pleasant things

er hat in vielem recht — he is right on many points

viel sagend — (fig.) meaningful

viel sagend lächeln — smile meaningfully

viel versprechend — [very] promising

2) Plural many

gleich viel[e] — the same number of

wie viel[e] — how many

zu viel[e] — too many

viele hundert — many hundreds of

die vielen Menschen — all the people

seine vielen Kinder — all his children
2.
Adverb

1) (oft, lange) a great deal; a lot (coll.)

viel beschäftigt — very busy

2) (wesentlich) much; a great deal; a lot (coll.)

viel mehr/weniger — much more/less

viel zu viel — far or much to much

viel zu wenig — far too little

viel zu klein — much too small

er ist nicht viel über fünfzig — he is not much more than or much over fifty

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viel

A. adj a lot of, lots of umg;

viele many;

nicht viel not much;

nicht viele not many;

sehr viel a great deal (of);

sehr viele very many, a lot ( oder lots umg) (of), a great many;

noch einmal so viel as much again;

ziemlich viel(e) quite a lot (of);

viel verdienen earn a lot of money;

viele sind dafür etc many people are in favo(u)r of it etc;

einer zu viel one too many;

einer unter vielen one among(st) many;

ein bisschen viel a bit ( oder little) (too) much; → auch bisschen B;

viel zu viel far too much;

das viele Geld all that money;

in vielem in many ways;

viel Erfreuliches etc lots of nice things etc;

das letzte Jahr hat nicht viel Erfreuliches gebracht the past year hasn’t brought much joy;

um vieles besser far ( oder much) better;

das will viel/nicht viel heißen that’s saying a lot/that’s not saying much; → Dank, Glück 1, so A 8; Spaß 2 etc

B. adv

1. a lot, lots umg;

viel reisen/krank sein etc travel/be ill etc a lot;

die Straße wird viel befahren the road is used a lot, a lot of traffic uses the road;

viel besser much better;

was gibt es da noch viel zu bereden? what is there to discuss?, I thought we’d settled things;

was soll ich dir noch viel erzählen? there’s no point in my going into (any great) detail about it

2. mit pperf:

viel beachtet well regarded;

viel befahren very busy;

eine viel befahrene Straße auch a road with heavy traffic;

viel begehrt Künstler, Junggeselle etc: much ( oder highly) sought-after;

viel benutzt well-used;

viel beschäftigt very busy;

viel besucht much-frequented;

viel besungen liter oder hum präd frequently celebrated in song, attr auch oft-sung liter;

viel bewundert much-admired;

viel diskutiert much-discussed, widely discussed;

viel gebraucht much-used;

viel gefragt very popular;

viel gefragt sein auch be in great demand;

viel gehasst much-hated;

viel gekauft frequently bought;

viel gelesen much-read;

viel geliebt much-loved;

viel gelobt much-praised;

viel genannt often-mentioned, liter oft-mentioned; Buch: much-cited, oft-cited; (berühmt) noted, distinguished;

viel gepriesen much-praised;

viel geprüft sorely tried;

viel gereist widely- ( oder much-)travel(l)ed;

er ist ein viel gereister Mann he’s done a lot of travel(l)ing (in his time);

viel gerühmt much-praised;

viel geschmäht oder

gescholten much-maligned, much-reviled;

viel kritisiert much-criticized;

viel umjubelt highly acclaimed;

viel umstritten highly controversial;

viel umworben much sought-after;

viel zitiert much-cited, oft-cited

3. mit ppr:

viel sagend → vielsagend;

viel verheißend oder

viel versprechend (very) promising

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1.
Indefinitpronomen und unbestimmtes Zahlwort

1) Sg. a great deal of; a lot of (coll.)

so/wie/nicht/zu viel — that/how/not/too much

viel[es] — (viele Dinge, vielerlei) much

ich kann mich an vieles nicht mehr erinnern — there's much I can't remember

der viele Regen — all the rain

gleich viel Geld — the same amount of money

um vieles jünger — a great deal younger

viel Erfreuliches — a great many pleasant things

er hat in vielem recht — he is right on many points

viel sagend — (fig.) meaningful

viel sagend lächeln — smile meaningfully

viel versprechend — [very] promising

2) Plural many

gleich viel[e] — the same number of

wie viel[e] — how many

zu viel[e] — too many

viele hundert — many hundreds of

die vielen Menschen — all the people

seine vielen Kinder — all his children
2.
Adverb

1) (oft, lange) a great deal; a lot (coll.)

viel beschäftigt — very busy

2) (wesentlich) much; a great deal; a lot (coll.)

viel mehr/weniger — much more/less

viel zu viel — far or much to much

viel zu wenig — far too little

viel zu klein — much too small

er ist nicht viel über fünfzig — he is not much more than or much over fifty

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(wenig) zu wünschen übriglassen ausdr.

to leave much (little)

to be desired expr. adj.

many adj.

much adj.

much n.

umpteen adj.

various adj.

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7 Mühe

f; -, -n trouble; (Anstrengung) effort; viel Mühe kosten cost a lot of effort; spar dir die Mühe you can save yourself the trouble; nur mit Mühe / mit Müh(e) und Not only with (great) difficulty; (gerade noch) just about; ( nicht) der oder die Mühe wert (not) worth the effort, (not) worth it; die Mühe lohnt sich it’s worth the effort; sich (Dat) Mühe geben (mit jemandem / etw.) go to great trouble ( oder pains) (over s.o. / s.th.); er müsste sich mehr Mühe geben he should make more of an effort ( oder try harder); gib dir doch etwas Mühe! (you could) make some sort of an effort!; sich (Dat) große Mühe geben oder machen zu (+ Inf.) go to great trouble ( oder pains) to (+ Inf.) sich (Dat) die Mühe machen zu (+ Inf.) go to the trouble of (+ Ger.) er machte sich nicht einmal die Mühe zu (+ Inf.) he couldn’t even be bothered to (+ Inf.) keine Mühe scheuen spare no effort oder pains (zu + Inf. in + Ger.); machen Sie sich keine Mühe! don’t go to any trouble; wenn es Ihnen keine Mühe macht if it’s no trouble (for you); alle oder seine ( liebe) Mühe haben, jemanden zu überreden have a hard time persuading s.o.; alle oder seine ( liebe) Mühe mit jemandem / etw. haben have no end of trouble with s.o. / s.th.

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die Mühe

toil; trouble; effort; labor; labour

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Mü|he ['myːə]
f -, -n
trouble; (= Anstrengung auch) effort; (= Arbeitsaufwand auch) bother
ohne Mǘhe — without any trouble or bother

nur mit Mǘhe — only just

mit Müh und Not (inf) — with great difficulty

unter (großen) Mǘhen — with a great deal of effort

er kann mit Müh und Not seinen Namen schreiben (inf) — he can just about write his name

alle/viel Mǘhe haben — to have a tremendous amount of/a great deal of trouble or bother (etw zu tun doing sth)

wenig/keine Mǘhe haben — not to have much trouble or bother (etw zu tun doing sth)

das ist mit einigen Mǘhen or einiger Mǘhe verbunden — that involves considerable effort

mit jdm/etw seine Mǘhe haben — to have a great deal of trouble or bother with sb/sth

or die Mǘhe wert, es lohnt die Mǘhe — it's worth the trouble or bother (etw zu tun of doing sth)

die kleine Mǘhe hat sich gelohnt — it was worth the little bit of trouble

etwas/mehr/keine Mǘhe geben — to take some/more/no trouble

große Mǘhe gegeben — he has taken great pains, he has taken a lot of trouble

die Mǘhe machen, etw zu tun — to take the trouble to do sth, to go to the trouble or bother of doing sth

nicht die Mǘhe machen, etw zu tun — not to take the trouble to do sth, not to bother to do sth

keine Mǘhe! — (please) don't go to any trouble or bother

sie hatte sich die Mǘhe umsonst gemacht — her efforts were wasted

jdm Mǘhe machen — to give sb some trouble or bother

wenn es Ihnen keine Mǘhe macht — if it isn't too much or any trouble or bother

viel Mǘhe auf etw (acc) verwenden — to take a lot of trouble or bother with sth

es hat viel Mǘhe gekostet — it took a great deal of trouble

verlorene Mǘhe — a waste of effort

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die

1) (trouble or fuss: It's such a hassle to get to work on time: Travelling with children is such a hassle.) hassle

2) ((something which causes) worry, difficulty, work, anxiety etc: He never talks about his troubles; We've had a lot of trouble with our children; I had a lot of trouble finding the book you wanted.) trouble

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Mü·he

<-, -n>

[ˈmy:ə]

f trouble

sich dat alle erdenkliche \Mühe geben to make every [imaginable] effort, to go to the greatest lengths [possible]

[für jdn] eine geringe \Mühe sein to be no bother [for sb]

[für jdn] eine große \Mühe sein to be a lot of trouble [or fam a big deal] [for sb]

verlorene \Mühe sein to be a waste of effort [or time]

der \Mühe wert sein [o lohnen] to be worth the trouble [or effort] [or it]

sich dat [große] \Mühe geben [o machen] [, etw zu tun] to take [great] pains [or make a[n] [great] [or the] effort] [to do sth]

sich dat keine \Mühe geben [o machen] [, etw zu tun] to make no effort [to do sth]

Sie brauchen sich keine \Mühe zu geben, mich vom Gegenteil zu überzeugen! there's no point trying to convince me otherwise!

er hat sich gar nicht erst \Mühe gegeben, es zu verleugnen he didn't even bother trying to deny it

geben Sie sich keine \Mühe, ich weiß bereits alles! save your breath, I already know everything

\Mühe haben, etw zu tun to have trouble [or difficulty] doing [or find it difficult to do] sth

mit jdm seine \Mühe haben to have [a lot of] trouble [or a hard time] with sb

[jdn] [einige/viel] \Mühe kosten to be [quite/very] hard work [or quite an effort/a real effort] [for sb]

etw lohnt die \Mühe sth is worth the trouble [or effort] [or it]

die \Mühe lohnt sich it is worth the trouble [or effort] [or it]

[jdm] \Mühe machen to give [sb] [some] trouble

sich dat die \Mühe machen, etw zu tun to take [or go to] the trouble [or make the effort] to do sth

machen Sie sich keine \Mühe! [please] don't go to any trouble!

sich dat die \Mühe schenken [o sparen] to save oneself the trouble

mit \Mühe verbunden sein to take a lot of effort

viel/einige/ziemliche \Mühe auf etw akk verwenden to put a lot/a fair amount/quite a lot of effort into sth

[nur] mit \Mühe with [great] difficulty

ohne \Mühe without any trouble

nicht ohne \Mühe erledigten wir die Aufgabe not without difficulty [or trouble] did we complete the task

ich könnte dir ohne \Mühe drei solche Typen nennen I could name you three people off the top of my head

mit \Mühe und Not (fam) only just

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die; Mühe, Mühen trouble

alle Mühe haben, etwas zu tun — be hard put to do something

mit jemandem/etwas seine Mühe haben — have a lot of trouble or a hard time with somebody/something

keine Mühe scheuen — spare no pains or effort

sich (Dat.) viel Mühe machen — go to or take a lot of trouble ( mit over)

machen Sie sich [bitte] keine Mühe! — [please] don't put yourself out!; [please] don't bother!

es hat viel Mühe gekostet — it took much time and effort

sich (Dat.) Mühe geben — make an effort or take pains

sich (Dat.) mit jemandem/etwas Mühe geben — take [great] pains or trouble over somebody/something

gib dir keine Mühe! — you needn't bother

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Mühe f; -, -n trouble; (Anstrengung) effort;

viel Mühe kosten cost a lot of effort;

spar dir die Mühe you can save yourself the trouble;

nur mit Mühe/mit Müh(e) und Not only with (great) difficulty; (gerade noch) just about;

(nicht) der oder

die Mühe wert (not) worth the effort, (not) worth it;

die Mühe lohnt sich it’s worth the effort;

sich (dat)

Mühe geben (mit jemandem/etwas) go to great trouble ( oder pains) (over sb/sth);

er müsste sich mehr Mühe geben he should make more of an effort ( oder try harder);

gib dir doch etwas Mühe! (you could) make some sort of an effort!;

sich (dat)

große Mühe geben oder

machen zu (+inf) go to great trouble ( oder pains) to (+inf)

sich (dat)

die Mühe machen zu (+inf) go to the trouble of (+ger)

er machte sich nicht einmal die Mühe zu (+inf) he couldn’t even be bothered to (+inf)

keine Mühe scheuen spare no effort oder pains (

zu +inf in +ger);

machen Sie sich keine Mühe! don’t go to any trouble;

wenn es Ihnen keine Mühe macht if it’s no trouble (for you);

alle oder

seine (liebe) Mühe haben, jemanden zu überreden have a hard time persuading sb;

alle oder

seine (liebe) Mühe mit jemandem/etwas haben have no end of trouble with sb/sth

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die; Mühe, Mühen trouble

alle Mühe haben, etwas zu tun — be hard put to do something

mit jemandem/etwas seine Mühe haben — have a lot of trouble or a hard time with somebody/something

keine Mühe scheuen — spare no pains or effort

sich (Dat.) viel Mühe machen — go to or take a lot of trouble ( mit over)

machen Sie sich [bitte] keine Mühe! — [please] don't put yourself out!; [please] don't bother!

es hat viel Mühe gekostet — it took much time and effort

sich (Dat.) Mühe geben — make an effort or take pains

sich (Dat.) mit jemandem/etwas Mühe geben — take [great] pains or trouble over somebody/something

gib dir keine Mühe! — you needn't bother

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-n f.

effort n.

trouble n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Mühe
8 suponer

v.

1 to suppose.

supongo que ya habrán llegado I suppose o expect (that) they'll have arrived by now

supongo que sí/no I suppose o expect so/not

supongamos que me niego supposing I refuse

es de suponer que se disculparán I would expect them to apologize

suponiendo que… supposing o assuming that…

María supone bien Mary supposes well.

Esto supone un riesgo This entails a risk.

2 to involve, to entail.

Supone muchos peligros It involves much danger.

3 to mean.

4 to imagine.

lo suponía I guessed as much

te suponía mayor I thought you were older

5 to be important.

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suponer

Conjugation model [ PONER], like link=poner poner (pp supuesto,-a)

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to suppose, assume

■ supongamos que dice la verdad let's suppose he's telling the truth

2 (significar) to mean

3 (conllevar) to mean, entail, require

4 (adivinar) to guess; (imaginar) to imagine, think

■ lo suponía I thought as much

5 (creer) to think

► nombre masculino

1 familiar supposition

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FRASEOLOGÍA

como es de suponer as is to be expected

ser de suponer to be likely

■ es de suponer que no miente he isn't likely to be lying

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verb

1) to suppose, presume

2) assume

3) involve

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( pp supuesto)
1. VT

1) (=imaginar) to imagine

estoy muy satisfecho, como puedes suponer — I'm very pleased, as you can imagine

ya puedes suponer lo que pasó — you can guess o imagine what happened

le pagaron, supongamos, diez millones — he was paid, say, ten million

• es de suponer, es de suponer que haya protestas — I would imagine there will be protests, presumably there will be protests

están muy apenados, como es de suponer — they are very upset, as you would expect

como era de suponer, llegaron tarde — as was to be expected, they arrived late

2)

• suponer que — [intentando adivinar] to imagine that, suppose that, guess that *; [como hipótesis] to suppose that; [dando por sentado] to assume that, presume that

supongo que necesitaréis unas vacaciones — I imagine o suppose you'll need a holiday, I guess you'll need a holiday *

sí, supongo que tienes razón — yes, I suppose you're right, yes, I guess you're right *

eso nos hace suponer que ha habido un cambio de actitud — this would suggest (to us) that there has been a change of attitude

supón que tuvieras mucho dinero, ¿qué harías? — suppose o supposing you had a lot of money, what would you do?

suponiendo que todo salga según lo previsto — assuming o presuming everything goes according to plan

• supongo que no, -¿crees que llegará tarde? -no lo sé, supongo que no — "do you think he'll be late?" - "I don't know, I don't suppose so"

-no será fácil -no, supongo que no — "it won't be easy" - "no, I suppose not"

supongo que no habrá problemas — I don't suppose there will be any problems

• supongo que sí — I suppose so, I imagine so, I guess so *

3) (=atribuir)
[con objeto indirecto de persona]
os suponía informados de este asunto — I assumed o presumed you had been informed about this matter

le suponía mucho más inteligente — I had imagined him to be more intelligent

le supongo unos 60 años — I would say o guess he's about 60

se le supone una gran antigüedad — it is thought o believed to be very old

el equipo no mostró la calidad que se le suponía — the team did not show the talent expected of them o they had been credited with

4) (=implicar) to mean

la mudanza no nos supondrá grandes gastos — the move won't mean o involve a lot of expense for us

nuestra amistad supone mucho para mí — our friendship means a great deal to me

el nuevo método supuso una auténtica revolución — the new method brought about a complete revolution

2.

See:

suponerse

3.

SM

• un suponer, a ver, un suponer, si tú fueras su marido, ¿qué harías? — OK, just supposing you were her husband, what would you do?

si te ofrecen el puesto, es un suponer, ¿lo aceptarías? — supposing o suppose they were to offer you the job, would you accept?

supongamos, es solo un suponer, que eso sea verdad — let us suppose, for the sake of argument, that it is true

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I
masculino

si quebraran, es un suponer,... — suppose o supposing they were to go bankrupt,...

si, es un suponer, perdieses tu trabajo... — just supposing for the sake of argument that you were to lose your job
II
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( tomar como hipótesis) to suppose, assume

supongamos que lo que dice es cierto — let's suppose o assume what he says is true

suponiendo que todo salga bien — assuming everything goes OK

supongamos que los dos ángulos son iguales — let us suppose o assume that both angles are equal

b) ( imaginar)

supongo que tienes razón — I suppose you're right

nada hacía suponer que... — there was nothing to suggest that...

¿va a venir hoy? - supongo que sí — is she coming today? - I should think so o I imagine so

es de suponer que se lo habrán dicho — presumably o I should think o I would imagine he's been told

se supone que empieza a las nueve — it's supposed to start at nine

c) ( atribuir) (+ me/te/le etc)

le suponía más edad — I imagined o thought he was older

se le suponía un valor aproximado de... — it was thought to be worth approximately...

2) (significar, implicar) to mean

supuso mucho trabajo — it involved a great deal of work

eso supondría tener que empezar desde el principio — that would mean having to start from the beginning again; (+ me/te/le etc)

ese negocio no le supuso ningún beneficio — that deal didn't make him any profit

no me supone ninguna molestia — it's no trouble at all

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= assume, entail, guess, involve, mean, presume, surmise, suppose, gather, account for.

Ex. The foregoing discussion concerning analytical entries assumes implicitly a conventional catalogue format, that is, card, microform or other printed catalogue.

Ex. Secondly, the admission of rules incompatible with the general ideology adopted inevitably entails subsequent remedial revision.

Ex. 'Anything wrong?' 'Oh, I'm okay, I guess,' volunteered Datto cautiously.

Ex. Generating author indexes or catalogues involves creating headings from author's names, that is the names of persons or organisations.

Ex. These changes have meant modifications, some very time-consuming, to serials catalogues in libraries.

Ex. We presumed this principle of organization in the case of searching the public library for a document about programmed instruction.

Ex. One is to read a portion of the newspaper and to surmise under what headings it has been indexed.

Ex. Suppose we are searching for information about the subject 'The use of television in remedial teaching in primary schools'.

Ex. The script was improvised on an outline which, I gathered, was the result of three sessions' hard talking to decide whose ideas out of the many suggested should be used.

Ex. The major four categories of physical forms outlined so far account for most of the published indexes and catalogues.

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* como cabría suponer = as might be expected.

* es de suponer que = presumably.

* gastos que no suponen un gran desembolso de dinero = out-of-pocket costs.

* no suponer gran cosa = not add up to much.

* no suponer nada = add up to + nothing.

* que supone = associated with.

* según cabe suponer = presumably, supposedly.

* según sabe suponer = allegedly.

* suponer la diferencia entre el éxito o el fracaso = make or break.

* suponer peligro = hold + danger.

* suponerse que + Subjuntivo = be alleged + Infinitivo.

* suponer una avance sobre = move + one away from.

* suponer una diferencia sobre = move + one away from.

* suponer un avance = be a step forward.

* suponer un cambio = bring about + change.

* supongo que = I daresay that.

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I
masculino

si quebraran, es un suponer,... — suppose o supposing they were to go bankrupt,...

si, es un suponer, perdieses tu trabajo... — just supposing for the sake of argument that you were to lose your job
II
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( tomar como hipótesis) to suppose, assume

supongamos que lo que dice es cierto — let's suppose o assume what he says is true

suponiendo que todo salga bien — assuming everything goes OK

supongamos que los dos ángulos son iguales — let us suppose o assume that both angles are equal

b) ( imaginar)

supongo que tienes razón — I suppose you're right

nada hacía suponer que... — there was nothing to suggest that...

¿va a venir hoy? - supongo que sí — is she coming today? - I should think so o I imagine so

es de suponer que se lo habrán dicho — presumably o I should think o I would imagine he's been told

se supone que empieza a las nueve — it's supposed to start at nine

c) ( atribuir) (+ me/te/le etc)

le suponía más edad — I imagined o thought he was older

se le suponía un valor aproximado de... — it was thought to be worth approximately...

2) (significar, implicar) to mean

supuso mucho trabajo — it involved a great deal of work

eso supondría tener que empezar desde el principio — that would mean having to start from the beginning again; (+ me/te/le etc)

ese negocio no le supuso ningún beneficio — that deal didn't make him any profit

no me supone ninguna molestia — it's no trouble at all

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= assume, entail, guess, involve, mean, presume, surmise, suppose, gather, account for.

Ex: The foregoing discussion concerning analytical entries assumes implicitly a conventional catalogue format, that is, card, microform or other printed catalogue.

Ex: Secondly, the admission of rules incompatible with the general ideology adopted inevitably entails subsequent remedial revision.

Ex: 'Anything wrong?' 'Oh, I'm okay, I guess,' volunteered Datto cautiously.

Ex: Generating author indexes or catalogues involves creating headings from author's names, that is the names of persons or organisations.

Ex: These changes have meant modifications, some very time-consuming, to serials catalogues in libraries.

Ex: We presumed this principle of organization in the case of searching the public library for a document about programmed instruction.

Ex: One is to read a portion of the newspaper and to surmise under what headings it has been indexed.

Ex: Suppose we are searching for information about the subject 'The use of television in remedial teaching in primary schools'.

Ex: The script was improvised on an outline which, I gathered, was the result of three sessions' hard talking to decide whose ideas out of the many suggested should be used.

Ex: The major four categories of physical forms outlined so far account for most of the published indexes and catalogues.

* como cabría suponer = as might be expected.

* es de suponer que = presumably.

* gastos que no suponen un gran desembolso de dinero = out-of-pocket costs.

* no suponer gran cosa = not add up to much.

* no suponer nada = add up to + nothing.

* que supone = associated with.

* según cabe suponer = presumably, supposedly.

* según sabe suponer = allegedly.

* suponer la diferencia entre el éxito o el fracaso = make or break.

* suponer peligro = hold + danger.

* suponerse que + Subjuntivo = be alleged + Infinitivo.

* suponer una avance sobre = move + one away from.

* suponer una diferencia sobre = move + one away from.

* suponer un avance = be a step forward.

* suponer un cambio = bring about + change.

* supongo que = I daresay that.

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suponer¹

masculine

imagínate que te toca la lotería, es un suponer, ¿qué harías? imagine you won the lottery, just supposing, what would you do?

si la empresa quebrara, es un suponer, … just suppose o just supposing the company were to go bankrupt, …, if the company were to go bankrupt, just for the sake of argument, …

suponer² [ E22 ]

vt

A

1 (tomar como hipótesis) to suppose

supongamos que lo que dice es cierto let's suppose o assume what he says is true

suponiendo que todo salga como está previsto assuming everything goes according to plan

supongamos que los dos ángulos son iguales let us suppose o assume that both angles are equal

ni aun suponiendo que fuera verdad, no tiene derecho a hablar así even supposing it were true, he has no right to talk like that

2

(imaginar): supuse que ibas a comprarlo tú I thought o presumed o assumed you were going to buy it

supongo que tienes razón I suppose you're right

nada hacía suponer que ocurriría una cosa así there was nothing to suggest o there was no reason to suppose that something like that would happen

¿va a venir hoy? — supongo que sí is she coming today? — I should think so o I imagine so

es de suponer que se lo habrán dicho presumably o I should think o I would assume o I would imagine he's been told

era de suponer que se lo iban a dar it was to be expected that they would give it to him

se supone que tendría que empezar a las nueve it's supposed to start at nine

¿dónde se supone que vamos? where are we supposed o meant to be going?

3 (atribuir) (+ me/te/le etc):

le suponía más edad I imagined o thought he was older

se le suponen propiedades medicinales it is believed o held to have medicinal qualities

al cuadro se le suponía un valor aproximado de … the painting was thought to be worth approximately …

B (significar, implicar) to mean

el proyecto supondrá una inversión de cinco millones de dólares the project will mean an investment of five million dollars

la preparación del congreso supuso cinco meses de trabajo the preparation for the convention involved o took five months' work

eso supondría tener que empezar desde el principio that would mean having to start from the beginning again

(+ me/te/le etc): ese negocio no le supuso ningún beneficio that deal didn't make him any profit

no me supone problema ninguno/ninguna molestia it's no trouble at all

el traslado nos va a suponer muchos inconvenientes the move will cause us a great deal of inconvenience, the move will mean o will involve a great deal of inconvenience

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suponer ( conjugate suponer) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( tomar como hipótesis) to suppose, assume;

◊ supongamos que lo que dice es cierto let's suppose o assume what he says is true;

suponiendo que todo salga bien assuming everything goes OK
b) ( imaginar):

◊ supongo que tienes razón I suppose you're right;

¿va a venir hoy? — supongo que sí is she coming today? — I should think so o I suppose so;
es de suponer que se lo habrán dicho presumably o I should think he's been told;
se supone que empieza a las nueve it's supposed to start at nine
2 (significar, implicar) to mean;
◊ eso supondría tener que repetirlo that would mean having to do it again

suponer verbo transitivo
1 (creer, imaginar) to suppose: supongamos que..., let's assume o suppose that...
supongo que me llamarán, I presume they're going to phone me
supongo que sí, I suppose so
se supone que acaba a las seis, it's supposed to finish at six
se supone que él es el entendido, he's supposed to be the expert
te suponía en París, I thought you were in Paris
2 (conllevar, significar) to mean, involve: no supone ningún riesgo, it doesn't involve any risk
(la amistad, el aprecio) to mean ➣ Ver nota en mean
♦ Locuciones: ser de suponer: es de suponer que se lo han contado, presumably o I would imagine she's been told
ser un suponer, to be conjecture
' suponer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
condicionamiento
- creer
- esperar
- hacer
- imaginar
- imaginarse
- jugar
- significar
- asumir
- supuse
English:
assume
- entail
- expect
- guess
- imagine
- imply
- involve
- mean
- pose
- presumably
- presume
- suppose
- surmise
- take
- say

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suponer

♦ nm

imagino que nos invitarán – eso es un suponer I imagine they'll invite us – that's pure conjecture o you can't say for sure;

imagina, y es un suponer, que te quedas sin dinero imagine, for the sake of argument, that you didn't have any money

♦ vt

1. [creer, presuponer] to suppose;

supongo que ya habrán llegado I suppose o expect (that) they'll have arrived by now;

supongo que tienes razón I suppose o guess you're right;

supongo que sí/no I suppose o expect so/not;

supongamos que me niego supposing I refuse;

es de suponer que se disculparán I would expect them to apologize;

es de suponer una nueva bajada de los tipos de interés a further drop in interest rates seems likely, we can expect a further drop in interest rates;

al final lo perdí todo – era de suponer in the end I lost everything – it was only to be expected o that's hardly surprising;

nada hacía suponer que… there was nothing to suggest that…;

todo hacía suponer que se llegaría a un acuerdo everything pointed to an agreement;

suponiendo que… supposing o assuming that…;

suponiendo que no te moleste as long as o assuming it doesn't bother you

2. [implicar] to involve, to entail;

una dieta así supone mucho sacrificio a diet like that involves a lot of sacrifices;

esto nos supone un cambio de planes this involves o entails o means a change of plan for us;

no me supuso ningún esfuerzo it was no trouble (for me)

3. [significar] to mean;

supone mucho para mí it means a lot to me;

este descubrimiento supone un importante avance para la ciencia this discovery constitutes a major advance for science

4. [conjeturar] to imagine;

lo suponía I guessed as much;

te suponía mayor I thought you were older

♦ See also the pronominal verb suponerse

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suponer

<part supuesto> v/t suppose, assume;

supongamos que … let’s suppose o assume that …;

supongo que sí I suppose so

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suponer {60} vt

1) presumir: to suppose, to assume

supongo que sí: I guess so, I suppose so

se supone que van a llegar mañana: they're supposed to arrive tomorrow

2) : to imply, to suggest

3) : to involve, to entail

el éxito supone mucho trabajo: success involves a lot of work

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suponer vb

1. (creer) to suppose / to expect

supongo que sí I suppose so

supongo que llegará mañana I expect he'll arrive tomorrow

2. (significar) to mean [pt. & pp. meant]

su familia supone mucho para ella her family means a lot to her

3. (implicar, conllevar) to involve / to be

supone demasiados gastos it involves too much expense

supone un riesgo para la salud it is bad for your health

supongamos que... supposing...

Spanish-English dictionary > suponer
9 sbrigare

attend to

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sbrigare v.tr. to finish off, to dispatch, to see* to (sthg.); to get* through (sthg.); (sl.) to knock off: in pochi minuti sbrigò ogni cosa, in a few minutes he dealt with (o fixed) everything; sbrigo un paio di faccende e poi esco, I'll do a couple of jobs and then I'll go out; sbrigare affari, to dispatch business; sbrigare un lavoro, to finish off a piece of work; sbrigare una gran quantità di lavoro, to get through a great deal of work // sbrigare una questione, ( risolverla) to settle a matter // sbrigare la corrispondenza, to clear the correspondence // sbrigare un cliente, ( servirlo) to attend to a customer // sbrigatela tu, io non ho tempo!, you see to it, I haven't time // (amm.): sbrigare una pratica, to deal with a case (o to settle a matter); sbrigare le pratiche doganali, to effect customs clearance.

◘ sbrigarsi v.rifl. to hurry up, to be quick: sbrigati, è ora di andare, hurry up (o be quick), it is time to go; sbrighiamoci a finire!, let's hurry up and finish! // sbrigare di qlcu., to get rid of s.o.

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[zbri'ɡare]
1. vt

(lavoro, pratiche) to deal with, get through, (clienti) to attend to, see to, deal with

ho ancora alcune faccende da sbrigare — I've still got a few things to do

sbrigare le faccende domestiche — to do the housework

se la sa sbrigare da solo — he can manage o do it by himself

2. vip (sbrigarsi)

(fare in fretta) to hurry (up), get a move on

devi sbrigarti se non vuoi perdere il treno — you'll have to hurry if you don't want to miss the train

sbrigatevi! — hurry up!

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[zbri'gare] 1.
verbo transitivo

sbrigare un lavoro — to finish off o get through a piece of work

sbrigare le faccende di casa — to do the housework

sbrigare una pratica — to deal with a case, to settle a matter

sbrigare la posta — to deal with o answer one's post
2.
verbo pronominale sbrigarsi

1) (affrettarsi) to hurry up, to be* quick

sbrigati! — hurry up!

- rsi a fare — to hurry over doing

2) sbrigarsela

sbrigarsela con qcn., qcs. — to see to o deal with sb., sth.

me la sbrigo in un minuto — I'll be finished in a minute

sbrigarsela da solo — to sort it o things out by oneself, to do it on one's own

sapere sbrigarsela da solo — to know one's way around

* * *

sbrigare

/zbri'gare/ [1]

I verbo transitivo

sbrigare un lavoro to finish off o get through a piece of work; sbrigare le faccende di casa to do the housework; sbrigare una pratica to deal with a case, to settle a matter; sbrigare la posta to deal with o answer one's post

II sbrigarsi verbo pronominale

1 (affrettarsi) to hurry up, to be* quick; sbrigati! hurry up! - rsi a fare to hurry over doing

2 sbrigarsela sbrigarsela con qcn., qcs. to see to o deal with sb., sth.; me la sbrigo in un minuto I'll be finished in a minute; sbrigarsela da solo to sort it o things out by oneself, to do it on one's own; sapere sbrigarsela da solo to know one's way around.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > sbrigare
10 cancha

intj.

make way.

f.

1 court.

está en su cancha he's in his element (RP)

cancha de aterrizaje runway (Chilean Spanish)

cancha de carreras racetrack (Am)

2 open space, open ground (descampado) ( Latin American Spanish).

3 toasted (informal) (maíz). (Andean Spanish (Bolivia, Chilean Spanish, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), Puerto Rican Spanish)

4 playing field, field, camp, court.

* * *

cancha

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) ground; (tenis) court

2 (para peleas de gallos) cockpit

* * *

noun f.

court, field

* * *

SF

1) (Dep) (=de tenis, baloncesto) court; [de fútbol] ground

cancha de bolos — LAm bowling alley

cancha de golf — LAm golf course

2) Cono Sur (=espacio) room

abrir cancha — to make way, make room

- estar en su cancha

dar cancha a algn —

hay que dar cancha a los jóvenes escritores — we have to give a chance to young writers

medios de difusión que dan mucha cancha a los terroristas — media that give a lot of coverage o exposure to terrorists

3) [en aeropuerto]

cancha de aterrizaje — Cono Sur landing strip, runway

4) LAm (=experiencia) experience

tener cancha — to be experienced

5) LAm (=hipódromo) racecourse, racetrack (EEUU)

- en la cancha se ven los pingos o gallos

6) LAm (=maíz) toasted corn

7) And * (=tajada) cut

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (Dep) (de baloncesto, frontón, squash, tenis) court; (de fútbol, rugby) (AmL) field, pitch; ( de golf) (CS) course; ( de polo) (AmL) field

b) (CS) ( de esquí) slope

c) (Chi) (Aviac) tb

cancha de aterrizaje — landing strip, runway

2) (AmL fam) ( desenvoltura)

un político con mucha cancha — a politician with a great deal of experience, a seasoned politician

3) (CS) ( espacio) space, room

abran cancha! — make way!

darle cancha a alguien — (Col fam) to give somebody an advantage

dejarle la cancha libre a alguien — (CS fam) to leave somebody room to maneuver; ( hacerse a un lado) to leave the way clear for somebody

sentirse en su cancha — (CS fam) to be in one's element

* * *

= playground.

Ex. Students were required to work through geometric concepts in designing a playground.

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* cancha de tenis = tennis court.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (Dep) (de baloncesto, frontón, squash, tenis) court; (de fútbol, rugby) (AmL) field, pitch; ( de golf) (CS) course; ( de polo) (AmL) field

b) (CS) ( de esquí) slope

c) (Chi) (Aviac) tb

cancha de aterrizaje — landing strip, runway

2) (AmL fam) ( desenvoltura)

un político con mucha cancha — a politician with a great deal of experience, a seasoned politician

3) (CS) ( espacio) space, room

abran cancha! — make way!

darle cancha a alguien — (Col fam) to give somebody an advantage

dejarle la cancha libre a alguien — (CS fam) to leave somebody room to maneuver; ( hacerse a un lado) to leave the way clear for somebody

sentirse en su cancha — (CS fam) to be in one's element

* * *

= playground.

Ex: Students were required to work through geometric concepts in designing a playground.

* cancha de tenis = tennis court.

* * *

cancha

feminine

A

1 ( Dep) (de baloncesto) court; (de frontón, squash) court; (de tenis) court; (de fútbol, rugby) ( AmL) field, pitch ( BrE); (de golf) (CS) course; (de polo) ( AmL) field

2 (CS) (de esquí) slope

3

( Chi) ( Aviac) tb cancha de aterrizaje landing strip, runway

B

( AmL fam) (desenvoltura): es un político con mucha cancha he is a politician with a great deal of presence

es inteligente pero le falta cancha she's intelligent but she lacks self-confidence

tiene mucha cancha con los niños she's very good with children o ( colloq) she has a real way with kids

C (CS) (espacio) space, room

¡abran cancha! make way!

abrirse cancha en la vida (CS fam); to make one's way in the world

darle cancha a algn ( Col fam); to give sb an advantage

darle cancha tiro y lado a algn (CS fam); to beat sb hands down ( colloq)

dejarle la cancha libre a algn (CS fam); to leave sb room to maneuver

sentirse en su cancha (CS fam); to be in one's element

D ( Col) (sarna) mange

* * *

Del verbo canchar: ( conjugate canchar)

cancha es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

cancha sustantivo femenino
1
a) (Dep) (de baloncesto, frontón, squash, tenis) court;

(de fútbol, rugby) (AmL) field, pitch (BrE);
( de golf) (CS) course;
( de polo) (AmL) field;
( de esquí) (CS) slope
b) (Chi) (Aviac) tb

◊ cancha de aterrizaje runway

2 (AmL fam) ( desenvoltura):
◊ un político con mucha cancha a politician with a great deal of experience, a seasoned politician

cancha sustantivo femenino ground
Ten court
♦ Locuciones: familiar dar cancha, to give an advantage
' cancha' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
frontón
- mandar
English:
court
- field
- golf course
- indoor
- course
- golf
- grid
- ground
- pitch
- playing
- slope
- tennis

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cancha nf

1. [de tenis, baloncesto, balonmano] court;
Am [de fútbol, rugby] field, Br pitch; Am [de golf] course; Am [de polo] field; CSur [de esquí] slope;
Comp
RP
está en su cancha he's in his element

Comp
Am cancha de carreras racetrack
2. Chile [para aviones] cancha de aterrizaje runway;

una cancha de aterrizaje en mitad de la selva a landing strip in the middle of the jungle

3. Am [descampado] open space, open ground

4. Am [corral] fenced yard

5. Andes, PRico Fam [maíz] toasted maize o US corn

6. Comp

dar cancha a alguien [darle una oportunidad] to give sb a chance;
RP Fam
¡abran cancha! make way!;
RP Fam
tener cancha to be streetwise o savvy

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cancha

f

1 DEP court; L.Am.

de fútbol field, Br tb

pitch;

cancha de tenis tennis court

2 Rpl

:

¡cancha! gangway!;

abrir o

hacer cancha make room

* * *

cancha nf

: court, field (for sports)

* * *

cancha n court

cancha de baloncesto basketball court

Spanish-English dictionary > cancha
11 veterano

adj.

1 veteran, experienced, old campaigner, skilled.

2 old-timer.

m.

1 old timer, old chap, buffer, old duffer.

2 veteran, ex-soldier, old soldier, vet.

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veterano

► adjetivo

1 veteran

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 veteran

2 figurado old hand

* * *

(f. - veterana)

noun adj.

veteran

* * *
veterano, -a
1.

ADJ (Mil) veteran

es veterana en el oficio — she's an old hand *

2.

SM/ F (Mil) veteran; (fig) old hand *, old stager *

* * *
I
- na adjetivo veteran (before n)

es veterano en esas lides — he has a great deal of experience in these matters
II
- na masculino, femenino veteran

* * *
I
- na adjetivo veteran (before n)

es veterano en esas lides — he has a great deal of experience in these matters
II
- na masculino, femenino veteran

* * *

veterano¹

¹ = old hand, oldtimer [old-timer], established player, longtimer, veteran.

Nota: Nombre.

Ex: This collection of essays on Garcia Marquez is aimed at readers new to his work, but there is plenty here to interest old hands.

Ex: Throughout the book, he demonstrates how racial tensions often overshadowed class and cultural differences between oldtimers and newcomers.

Ex: The mysterious decline in the profitability of the children's book market has less to do with an economic slump than with shifts in market share between established players and the newcomers.

Ex: Findings concerning characteristics of recently arrived youth and of longtimers in correctional institutions are compared.

Ex: One of every three homeless males in the United States is a veteran.

* centro social para veteranos de guerra = Veterans' centre.

* más veterano, el = seniormost, the.

* veterano de guerra = war veteran.

* viejo veterano = war horse.

veterano²

= seasoned, veteran, old-time, long-time [longtime].

Ex: At the same time, seasoned librarians are faced with new learning requirements for computer seaching.

Ex: He also lumps himself and librarians together as 'devoted and in some instances veteran pursuers, preservers, and disseminators of truth'.

Ex: Over a hundred years ago Samuel S Green advised librarians 'Receive readers with something of the cordiality displayed by an old-time innkeeper'.

Ex: The late James Bennet Childs, one-time head of Descriptive Cataloging at LC and long-time documents specialist, has often pointed out how the quality of documents cataloging went downhill after the special cataloging unit was abolished.

* soldado veterano = veteran soldier.

* * *

veterano¹ -na

adjective

1 ‹soldado/militar› veteran ( before n)

2 (en cualquier actividad) veteran ( before n)

un tenista veterano a veteran tennis player

un abogado veterano en esas lides a lawyer with a great deal of experience in these matters

veterano² -na

masculine, feminine

1 ( Mil) veteran

2 (en otras actividades) veteran

3 ( Chi fam) (persona anciana) elderly person

Compuesto:

veterano/veterana de guerra

masculine, feminine war veteran

* * *

veterano
◊ -na adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino, femenino

veteran
veterano,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino veteran

' veterano' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
veterana
- antiguo
English:
hand
- old-timer
- veteran
- vet

* * *

veterano, -a

♦ adj

1. [militar] veteran

2. [en otra actividad] experienced;

es más veterano que yo he's more experienced than me;

una de las directoras de cine más veteranas a movie director with one of the longest track records in the business

3. CSur Fam [maduro]
estamos veteranos, nos cansamos pronto we're getting on a bit now, we get tired easily

♦ nm,f

1. [militar] veteran

2. [en otra actividad] veteran;

es ya un veterano en estas lides he's an old hand at these things

3. CSur Fam [maduro] older person;

es una veterana muy simpática she's a very sweet old thing

* * *

veterano

I adj veteran; ( experimentado) experienced

II m, veterana f veteran

* * *

veterano, -na adj & n

: veteran

Spanish-English dictionary > veterano
12 fatica

f (pl -che) ( sforzo) effort

( stanchezza) fatigue

a fatica with a great deal of effort

faccio fatica a crederci I find it hard to believe

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fatica s.f.

1 ( sforzo) effort, exertion, strain: fatica fisica, mentale, mental, physical exertion; sopportare la fatica, to take (o stand) the strain; fa fatica a parlare, it's an effort for him to talk // che fatica!, what an effort!; è fatica sprecata, it is a wasted effort

2 ( stanchezza) weariness, fatigue, exhaustion: organismo resistente alla fatica, tough constitution; cascare dalla fatica, to drop with fatigue (o to be exhausted) // morto di fatica, dog-tired (o dead beat)

3 ( lavoro faticoso) labour; toil, fatigue, hard work: mi è costata una fatica enorme finire entro la scadenza, it was really hard work meeting the deadline; le fatiche della guerra, the toils (o hardships) of war // alleviare la fatica a qlcu., to lighten s.o.'s work (o load) // vive col frutto delle sue fatiche, he lives by the fruit of his labours // le fatiche di Ercole, the labours of Hercules // abito da fatica, working clothes; (mil.) uniforme da fatica, fatigue dress // cavallo da fatica, work horse // uomo di fatica, man who does the heavy work

4 ( difficoltà) difficulty; trouble: a fatica, with difficulty; feci molta fatica a capirlo, I had a lot of difficulty in understanding him (o I could hardly understand him) // avanzare a fatica, to toil (o struggle) along // parlare, respirare a fatica, to talk, to breathe with difficulty

5 (mecc.) fatigue: (metall.) limite di fatica, fatigue limit.

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pl. - che [fa'tika, ke] sostantivo femminile

1) (sforzo) effort, exertion

senza (fare) fatica — with ease, effortlessly, without effort

che fatica! — what an effort o a struggle!

fare fatica (a fare) — to have difficulty (in doing)

è (tutta) fatica sprecata — it's a waste of effort o time, it's wasted effort o time

è una fatica fargli fare i compiti — it's hard to make him do his homework

il coronamento delle proprie -che — the consummation of one's efforts

2) (lavoro faticoso) toil, hard work

la fatica non mi spaventa — I'm not afraid of hard work

uomo di fatica — drudge

3) (fastidio)

risparmiarsi la fatica di fare qcs. — to save oneself the trouble of doing sth

4) (stanchezza) tiredness, exhaustion

essere morto di o crollare dalla fatica — to be fit to drop, to be dead tired

5) (opera)

l'ultima fatica di uno scrittore — the last work of a writer

6) tecn. fatigue

7) a fatica (con difficoltà) with difficulty; (a malapena) [sentire, vedere] hardly

respirare a fatica — to labour to breathe

••

una fatica di Ercole — a labour of Hercules

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fatica

pl. - che /fa'tika, ke/

sostantivo f.

1 (sforzo) effort, exertion; senza (fare) fatica with ease, effortlessly, without effort; che fatica! what an effort o a struggle! fare fatica (a fare) to have difficulty (in doing); è (tutta) fatica sprecata it's a waste of effort o time, it's wasted effort o time; è una fatica fargli fare i compiti it's hard to make him do his homework; il coronamento delle proprie -che the consummation of one's efforts

2 (lavoro faticoso) toil, hard work; la fatica non mi spaventa I'm not afraid of hard work; uomo di fatica drudge

3 (fastidio) risparmiarsi la fatica di fare qcs. to save oneself the trouble of doing sth.

4 (stanchezza) tiredness, exhaustion; essere morto di o crollare dalla fatica to be fit to drop, to be dead tired

5 (opera) l'ultima fatica di uno scrittore the last work of a writer

6 tecn. fatigue

7 a fatica (con difficoltà) with difficulty; (a malapena) [sentire, vedere] hardly; respirare a fatica to labour to breathe

IDIOMS

una fatica di Ercole a labour of Hercules.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > fatica
13 experiencia

f.

1 experience.

tiene mucha experiencia en la reparación de lavadoras he has a lot of experience at repairing washing machines

experiencia laboral work experience

2 experience (vivencia).

sé por (propia) experiencia que este trabajo implica sacrificio I know from my own experience that this job involves a lot of sacrifices

3 experiment (experimento).

* * *

experiencia

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) experience

2 (experimento) experiment

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

por experiencia from experience

* * *

noun f.

experience

* * *

SF

1) (=acontecimientos) experience

una triste experiencia — a sad experience

saber por experiencia — to know by o from experience

aprender por la experiencia — to learn by experience

intercambiar experiencias — to swap stories

experiencia laboral — work experience

2) (=experimento) experiment (en on)

experiencia clínica — clinical trial

experiencia piloto — pilot scheme

* * *

femenino

1) (conocimiento, suceso) experience

con mucha experiencia — very experienced

experiencia profesional/docente — professional/teaching experience

saber algo por experiencia — to know something by o from experience

lo sé por experiencia propia — I know from my own experience

2) ( experimento) experiment

•

- experiencia piloto

* * *

= experience, exposure, connoisseurship, seasoning.

Ex. Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.

Ex. This article also examines the need for exposure to AI by all students in order to become familiar with capabilities and limitations of AI-based systems.

Ex. This book explores the underlying institutional factors that help museum-based connoisseurship and aestheticism and university-based critical theory and revisionist scholarship exist.

Ex. All the artists were influenced by their seasoning as commercial illustrators.

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* acumular experiencia = garner + experience.

* adquirido con la experiencia = experiential.

* adquirir experiencia = gain + experience, cut + Posesivo + teeth (on).

* ámbito de experiencia = circle of experience.

* ampliar la experiencia = extend + experience, broaden + experience.

* aprender de la experiencia = learn from + experience.

* aprendizaje a través de la experiencia = experiential learning.

* aprovechar la experiencia profesional = harness + expertise.

* ASTINFO (Red Regional para el Intercambio de Información y Experiencias de l = ASTINFO (Regional Network for the Exchange of Information and Experience in Science and Technology in Asia and the Pacific).

* aumentar la experiencia = deepen + experience.

* compartir experiencias = share + experience.

* compartir la experiencia profesional = pool + expertise.

* con experiencia = experienced.

* con experiencia profesional = professionally-qualified.

* con la sabiduría que da la experiencia = with the benefit of hindsight.

* conocer por experiencia = know (by/from) + experience.

* con poca experiencia = inexperienced.

* contar experiencias = tell + tales.

* contar la experiencia = relate + experience, recount + experience.

* crear un fondo común de experiencias profesionales = pool + expertise.

* escuchar la voz de la experiencia = listen to + the voice of experience.

* experiencia aleccionadora = awakening.

* experiencia amarga = bitter experience.

* experiencia cercana a la muerte = near death experience.

* experiencia cotidiana = flux of experience.

* experiencia de la vida = experience of life.

* experiencia del mundo = worldliness.

* experiencia del mundo real = real-world training.

* experiencia + demostrar = experience + show.

* experiencia de primera mano = first-hand experience.

* experiencia desalentadora = downer.

* experiencia difícil = bumpy ride.

* experiencia docente = teaching experience.

* experiencia en bibliotecas = library experience.

* experiencia enriquecedora = learning experience.

* experiencia + enseñar = experience + teach.

* experiencia incomparable = experience of a lifetime.

* experiencia inolvidable = experience of a lifetime.

* experiencia irrepetible = experience of a lifetime.

* experiencia laboral = work experience.

* experiencia lectora = reading life.

* experiencia liberadora = liberating experience.

* experiencia maravillosa = experience of a lifetime.

* experiencia mística = mystic experience.

* experiencia personal = life experience, living experience, personal experience.

* experiencia política = political experience.

* experiencia positiva = success story.

* experiencia práctica = field experience, hands on experience, practical experience.

* experiencia profesional = career experience, expertise, staff expertise, professional skills, professional expertise, professional experience.

* experiencia profesional común = pool of expertise.

* experiencia traumática = traumatic experience.

* experiencia única = experience of a lifetime.

* experiencia vital = living experience.

* experiencia vivida = life experience, living experience.

* intercambiar experiencias = exchange + experience, share + experience.

* intercambio de experiencias = exchange of experience.

* la voz de la experiencia = the voice of experience.

* mala experiencia = horror story, awful experience.

* recoger experiencia = garner + experience.

* servir de experiencia = chart + the waters.

* servirse de la experiencia = draw on/upon + background.

* servirse de la experiencia de = draw on/upon + experience of.

* sin experiencia = inexperience, callow [callower -comp., callowest -sup.].

* sufrir una experiencia = undergo + experience.

* tener experiencia = have + experience.

* terrible experiencia = ordeal.

* toda una vida de experiencia = a lifetime of experience.

* una gran experiencia = a wealth of experience.

* un caudal de experiencia = a wealth of experience.

* * *

femenino

1) (conocimiento, suceso) experience

con mucha experiencia — very experienced

experiencia profesional/docente — professional/teaching experience

saber algo por experiencia — to know something by o from experience

lo sé por experiencia propia — I know from my own experience

2) ( experimento) experiment

•

- experiencia piloto

* * *

= experience, exposure, connoisseurship, seasoning.

Ex: Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.

Ex: This article also examines the need for exposure to AI by all students in order to become familiar with capabilities and limitations of AI-based systems.

Ex: This book explores the underlying institutional factors that help museum-based connoisseurship and aestheticism and university-based critical theory and revisionist scholarship exist.

Ex: All the artists were influenced by their seasoning as commercial illustrators.

* acumular experiencia = garner + experience.

* adquirido con la experiencia = experiential.

* adquirir experiencia = gain + experience, cut + Posesivo + teeth (on).

* ámbito de experiencia = circle of experience.

* ampliar la experiencia = extend + experience, broaden + experience.

* aprender de la experiencia = learn from + experience.

* aprendizaje a través de la experiencia = experiential learning.

* aprovechar la experiencia profesional = harness + expertise.

* ASTINFO (Red Regional para el Intercambio de Información y Experiencias de l = ASTINFO (Regional Network for the Exchange of Information and Experience in Science and Technology in Asia and the Pacific).

* aumentar la experiencia = deepen + experience.

* compartir experiencias = share + experience.

* compartir la experiencia profesional = pool + expertise.

* con experiencia = experienced.

* con experiencia profesional = professionally-qualified.

* con la sabiduría que da la experiencia = with the benefit of hindsight.

* conocer por experiencia = know (by/from) + experience.

* con poca experiencia = inexperienced.

* contar experiencias = tell + tales.

* contar la experiencia = relate + experience, recount + experience.

* crear un fondo común de experiencias profesionales = pool + expertise.

* escuchar la voz de la experiencia = listen to + the voice of experience.

* experiencia aleccionadora = awakening.

* experiencia amarga = bitter experience.

* experiencia cercana a la muerte = near death experience.

* experiencia cotidiana = flux of experience.

* experiencia de la vida = experience of life.

* experiencia del mundo = worldliness.

* experiencia del mundo real = real-world training.

* experiencia + demostrar = experience + show.

* experiencia de primera mano = first-hand experience.

* experiencia desalentadora = downer.

* experiencia difícil = bumpy ride.

* experiencia docente = teaching experience.

* experiencia en bibliotecas = library experience.

* experiencia enriquecedora = learning experience.

* experiencia + enseñar = experience + teach.

* experiencia incomparable = experience of a lifetime.

* experiencia inolvidable = experience of a lifetime.

* experiencia irrepetible = experience of a lifetime.

* experiencia laboral = work experience.

* experiencia lectora = reading life.

* experiencia liberadora = liberating experience.

* experiencia maravillosa = experience of a lifetime.

* experiencia mística = mystic experience.

* experiencia personal = life experience, living experience, personal experience.

* experiencia política = political experience.

* experiencia positiva = success story.

* experiencia práctica = field experience, hands on experience, practical experience.

* experiencia profesional = career experience, expertise, staff expertise, professional skills, professional expertise, professional experience.

* experiencia profesional común = pool of expertise.

* experiencia traumática = traumatic experience.

* experiencia única = experience of a lifetime.

* experiencia vital = living experience.

* experiencia vivida = life experience, living experience.

* intercambiar experiencias = exchange + experience, share + experience.

* intercambio de experiencias = exchange of experience.

* la voz de la experiencia = the voice of experience.

* mala experiencia = horror story, awful experience.

* recoger experiencia = garner + experience.

* servir de experiencia = chart + the waters.

* servirse de la experiencia = draw on/upon + background.

* servirse de la experiencia de = draw on/upon + experience of.

* sin experiencia = inexperience, callow [callower -comp., callowest -sup.].

* sufrir una experiencia = undergo + experience.

* tener experiencia = have + experience.

* terrible experiencia = ordeal.

* toda una vida de experiencia = a lifetime of experience.

* una gran experiencia = a wealth of experience.

* un caudal de experiencia = a wealth of experience.

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experiencia

feminine

A

1 (conocimiento, práctica) experience

un médico con mucha experiencia a very experienced doctor, a doctor with a great deal of experience

no tengo ninguna experiencia en este tipo de trabajo I have no experience in this sort of work

experiencia laboral/profesional/docente work/professional/teaching experience

lo sé por experiencia propia I know from my own experience

2 (hecho, suceso) experience

este viaje ha sido una experiencia inolvidable this trip has been an unforgettable experience

B (experimento) experiment

Compuesto:

experiencia piloto

pilot scheme

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experiencia sustantivo femenino
a) (conocimiento, suceso) experience;

◊ saber algo por experiencia to know sth by o from experience;

experiencia piloto pilot scheme
b) ( experimento) experiment

experiencia sustantivo femenino experience: lo sé por experiencia, I know it from experience
♦ Locuciones: con experiencia, experienced
sin experiencia, inexperienced
' experiencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
balanza
- baqueteada
- baqueteado
- curtida
- curtido
- dilatada
- dilatado
- docencia
- escaldada
- escaldado
- extracorpórea
- extracorpóreo
- fascinador
- fascinadora
- fascinante
- fructífera
- fructífero
- fructificar
- guarnición
- mundo
- sabiduría
- traumática
- traumático
- verde
- vivir
- acumular
- adquirir
- alguien
- amargo
- compensar
- contar
- cuidado
- envejecer
- escaso
- espeluznante
- función
- ganar
- imberbe
- inexperto
- marcar
- místico
- previo
- provecho
- saludable
- sobrado
- superar
- terrible
- trago
- valioso
- vasto
English:
around
- blot out
- build up
- come
- cost
- dispose
- downer
- draw on
- experience
- first-hand
- gain
- get through
- green
- hand
- have
- lack
- learned
- lesson
- live through
- mind-blowing
- miss
- ordeal
- previous
- think back
- time
- traumatic
- trying
- unforgettable
- unqualified
- unrewarding
- wide
- worthwhile
- background
- experienced
- familiarity
- from
- inexperience
- inexperienced
- know
- substitute
- weigh
- work

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experiencia nf

1. [veteranía] experience;

tiene mucha experiencia en la reparación de lavadoras he has a lot of experience at repairing washing machines;

se necesita jefe de mantenimiento con amplia experiencia [en anuncio] wanted: maintenance foreman with extensive experience;

¿qué experiencia tiene como jardinero? what experience do you have as a gardener?;

Prov

la experiencia es la madre de la ciencia experience is the mother of wisdom

Comp
experiencia laboral work experience
2. [vivencia] experience;

viví una experiencia única I had a unique experience;

sé por (propia) experiencia que este trabajo implica sacrificio I know from my own experience that this job involves a lot of sacrifices

3. [experimento] experiment

* * *

experiencia

f experience;

por experiencia from experience;

sin experiencia inexperienced

* * *

experiencia nf

1) : experience

2) experimento: experiment

* * *

experiencia n experience

Spanish-English dictionary > experiencia
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(trennb., hat -ge-)

I v/t

1. (Plan etc.) gedanklich: conceive, develop, formulate; schriftlich: draw up

2. (vervollkommnen) complete; (Schriftliches) finish, write up

II v/refl: sich ( körperlich) ausarbeiten (have a) work out

* * *

to elaborate; to scheme; to work out

* * *
aus|ar|bei|ten sep
1. vt
to work out; (= errichten, entwerfen auch) System, Gedankengebäude to elaborate, to draw up; (= vorbereiten) to prepare; (= formulieren) to formulate, to compose
2. vr (SPORT)
to have a work-out
* * *

1) (to produce (an agreement etc) with a great deal of effort and discussion: to hammer out a solution.) hammer out

2) (to plan (a route, course of action etc) in detail: to map out a route/journey.) map out

* * *

aus|ar·bei·ten

vt

▪ etw \ausarbeiten to work out sth sep; (verbessern) to perfect sth

ein System \ausarbeiten to elaborate form [or sep draw up] a system

einen Text \ausarbeiten to prepare [or sep draw up] a text; (formulieren a.) to formulate [or compose] a text

eine Theorie aus etw dat \ausarbeiten to elaborate form [or sep draw up] a theory from [or on the basis of] sth

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transitives Verb

1) (erstellen) work out, develop <guidelines, system, method>; prepare, draw up < agenda, draft, regulations, contract>; prepare < leaflet>

2) (vollenden) work out the details of < plan, proposal, list, lecture, etc.>; elaborate the details of <picture, drawing>

* * *

ausarbeiten (trennb, hat -ge-)

A. v/t

1. (Plan etc) gedanklich: conceive, develop, formulate; schriftlich: draw up

2. (vervollkommnen) complete; (Schriftliches) finish, write up

B. v/r:

sich (körperlich) ausarbeiten (have a) work out

* * *

transitives Verb

1) (erstellen) work out, develop <guidelines, system, method>; prepare, draw up <agenda, draft, regulations, contract>; prepare < leaflet>

2) (vollenden) work out the details of <plan, proposal, list, lecture, etc.>; elaborate the details of <picture, drawing>

* * *

v.

to elaborate v.

to map v.

to work out v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > ausarbeiten
15 übertragen

n; -s, kein Pl.; EDV transfer; blockweises Übertragen EDV transfer in blocks

* * *

(Bedeutung) figurative (Adj.);

(Blut) to transfuse ( Verb);

(Recht) to devolve ( Verb); to commit ( Verb); to confer ( Verb); to transfer ( Verb); to make over ( Verb); to convey ( Verb);

(Rundfunk) to relay ( Verb); to transmit ( Verb); to broadcast ( Verb);

(Stenogramm) to transcribe ( Verb);

(Text) to translate ( Verb);

(Übertrag) to carry ( Verb)

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über|tra|gen I [yːbɐ'traːgn] ptp übertragen insep irreg
1. vt

1) (= an eine andere Stelle bringen, an jdn übergeben) to transfer (AUCH JUR, PSYCH, COMPUT); Krankheit to pass on (
auf +acc to), to transmit ( auf +acc to); (TECH) Bewegung, Kraft to transmit
2) (= an eine andere Stelle schreiben) to transfer; (= kopieren) to copy (out); (= transkribieren) to transcribe

3) (TV, RAD) to broadcast, to transmit

etw im Fernsehen übertrágen — to televise sth, to broadcast sth on television

via or durch Satelliten übertrágen werden — to be broadcast or sent by satellite

4) (= übersetzen) Text to render (
in +acc into)
einen Roman aus dem Englischen ins Deutsche übertrágen — to render or translate an English novel into German

... aus dem Englischen übertrágen von... —... translated from the English by...

5) (= anwenden) Methode, Maßstab to apply (
auf +acc to)
6)

etw auf Band übertrágen — to tape sth, to record sth (on tape)

eine CD auf Kassette übertrágen — to tape a CD

7) (= verleihen) Auszeichnung, Würde to confer (jdm on sb); Vollmacht, Verantwortung, Amt to give (jdm sb)

8) (= auftragen) Aufgabe, Mission to assign (jdm to sb)

2. vr
(Eigenschaft, Krankheit etc) to be passed on or communicated or transmitted ( auf +acc to); (TECH) to be transmitted ( auf +acc to); (Heiterkeit etc) to communicate itself, to spread ( auf +acc to)
seine Fröhlichkeit hat sich auf uns übertrágen — we were infected by his happiness
II [yːbɐ'traːgn]
1. adj

1) (Bedeutung etc) figurative

2) (Aus) worn; (= gebraucht) second-hand, used

2. adv
(= figurativ) figuratively
* * *

1) (to give to someone as his share or duty: They assigned the task to us.) assign

2) (to receive and pass on (news, a message, a television programme etc).) relay

3) (to add on (a number from one column of figures to the next): I forgot to carry the 2 forward.) carry forward

4) carry

5) (to give (a piece of work, power etc) to someone else: He delegates a great deal of work to his assistant.) delegate

6) (to hand over (a task etc) to someone else to do for one.) depute

7) (to give to another person, especially legally: I intend to transfer the property to my son.) transfer

* * *

über·tra·gen *¹

[y:bɐˈtra:gn̩]

irreg

I. vt

1. (senden)

▪ etw \übertragen to broadcast sth

2. (geh: übersetzen)

▪ etw \übertragen to translate sth

etw wortwörtlich \übertragen to translate sth word for word, to do a literal translation of sth

▪ etw aus etw dat \übertragen to translate [or form render] sth from sth

▪ etw in etw akk \übertragen to translate [or form render] sth into sth

3. (infizieren)

▪ etw [auf jdn] \übertragen to communicate [or form pass on sep] sth [to sb]

▪ etw wird von jdm/dem Tier auf jdn/das Tier \übertragen sth is communicated form [or passed on] from sb/animal to sb/animal

4. (von etw woanders eintragen)

▪ etw auf etw akk/in etw akk \übertragen to transfer sth to/into sth

5. (mit etw ausstatten)

▪ jdm etw \übertragen to vest sb with sth form

▪ jdm die Verantwortung \übertragen to entrust sb with the responsibility

6. (in den Besitz von etw setzen)

▪ jdm etw \übertragen, etw auf jdn \übertragen to transfer sth to sb

▪ jdm ein Recht \übertragen to assign sb a right, to transfer a right to sb

7. (überspielen)

▪ etw auf etw akk \übertragen to record sth on sth

etw auf eine Kassette \übertragen to tape sth, to record sth on tape [or cassette

8. (anwenden)

▪ etw auf etw akk \übertragen to apply sth to sth

9. TECH

▪ etw auf etw akk \übertragen to transmit [or transfer] sth to sth

II. vr

1. MED

▪ sich akk [auf jdn] \übertragen to be communicated form [or passed on] [or transmitted] [to sb]

2. (ebenfalls beeinflussen)

▪ sich akk auf jdn \übertragen to spread [or form communicate itself] to sb

über·tra·gen²

[y:bɐˈtra:gn̩]

I. adj figurative; (durch Metapher) transferred

im \übertragenen Sinn in a/the figurative sense

II. adv figuratively

▪ etw \übertragen meinen to mean sth in a [or the] figurative/transferred sense

* * *
1.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) transfer (auf + Akk. to); transmit <power, torque, etc.> (auf + Akk. to); communicate <disease, illness> (auf + Akk. to); carry over < subtotal>; (auf etwas anderes anwenden) apply (auf + Akk. to); (übersetzen) translate; render

etwas ins reine od. in die Reinschrift übertragen — make a fair copy of something

in übertragener Bedeutung, im übertragenen Sinne — in a transferred sense

2) (senden) broadcast <concert, event, match, etc.>; (im Fernsehen) televise

3) (geben)

jemandem Aufgaben/Pflichten usw. übertragen — hand over tasks/duties etc. to somebody; (anvertrauen) entrust somebody with tasks/duties etc.

jemandem ein Recht übertragen — confer a right on somebody
2.
reflexives Verb

sich auf jemanden übertragen — <disease, illness> be communicated or be passed on to somebody; (fig.) <enthusiasm, nervousness, etc.> communicate itself to somebody

* * *

übertragen¹ (irr, untrennb, hat)

A. v/t

1. transfer (

auf +akk to); ins Heft etc: copy out (

in +akk into)

2. TECH, PHYS, ELEK transmit; RADIO, TV auch broadcast; IT transfer, translate;

im Fernsehen übertragen auch televise;

live übertragen broadcast live;

auf Band übertragen tape, record on tape

3. (Besitz) make over (

auf +akk jemanden: to), transfer (to); (Grundeigentum) convey (to); (Amt, Titel) confer ([up]on); (Vollmachten) delegate (to);

Rechte etc

auf jemanden übertragen vest sb with rights etc;

etwas auf jemandes Namen übertragen register sth in sb’s name

4.

jemandem die Ausführung etc

von etwas

übertragen charge ( oder entrust) sb with;

jemandem (mehr) Verantwortung übertragen give sb (more) responsibility

5. (übersetzen) translate;

ins Englische etc

übertragen translate into ( oder render in[to]) English etc;

in Verse/Prosa übertragen put into verse/prose

6. (Stenogramm) transcribe; MUS, in andere Tonart: change ( oder put) into a different key

7. (anwenden) apply

8. (Stimmung etc, auch Krankheit) communicate (

auf +akk to);

Malaria wird durch Insekten übertragen malaria is transmitted by insects

9. MED (Blut etc) transfuse; Organ: transplant; plastische Chirurgie: transplant, graft

10. MED (Baby) carry post-term;

sie hat (ihr Baby) jetzt schon um zwei Wochen übertragen she is now already two weeks overdue

B. v/r Stimmung, Panik etc: spread (

auf +akk to); Krankheit: auch be transmitted (to), be passed on (to);

i-e Fröhlichkeit übertrug sich auf uns alle we were all infected by her cheerfulness

übertragen²

A. pperf → übertragen¹

B. adj

1. Bedeutung etc: figurative;

im übertragenen Sinn in the figurative sense

2. MED:

übertragenes Kind post-term infant

* * *
1.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) transfer (auf + Akk. to); transmit <power, torque, etc.> (auf + Akk. to); communicate <disease, illness> (auf + Akk. to); carry over < subtotal>; (auf etwas anderes anwenden) apply (auf + Akk. to); (übersetzen) translate; render

etwas ins reine od. in die Reinschrift übertragen — make a fair copy of something

in übertragener Bedeutung, im übertragenen Sinne — in a transferred sense

2) (senden) broadcast <concert, event, match, etc.>; (im Fernsehen) televise

3) (geben)

jemandem Aufgaben/Pflichten usw. übertragen — hand over tasks/duties etc. to somebody; (anvertrauen) entrust somebody with tasks/duties etc.

jemandem ein Recht übertragen — confer a right on somebody
2.
reflexives Verb

sich auf jemanden übertragen — <disease, illness> be communicated or be passed on to somebody; (fig.) <enthusiasm, nervousness, etc.> communicate itself to somebody

* * *

adj.

broadcast adj.

transferred adj. adv.

figuratively adv.

in the figurative sense expr. v.

to alienate v.

to assign v.

to broadcast v.

to carry v.

to confer v.

to convey v.

to devolve v.

to overtop v.

to transfer v.

to transfuse v.

to transmit v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > übertragen
16 Übertragen

n; -s, kein Pl.; EDV transfer; blockweises Übertragen EDV transfer in blocks

* * *

(Bedeutung) figurative (Adj.);

(Blut) to transfuse ( Verb);

(Recht) to devolve ( Verb); to commit ( Verb); to confer ( Verb); to transfer ( Verb); to make over ( Verb); to convey ( Verb);

(Rundfunk) to relay ( Verb); to transmit ( Verb); to broadcast ( Verb);

(Stenogramm) to transcribe ( Verb);

(Text) to translate ( Verb);

(Übertrag) to carry ( Verb)

* * *
über|tra|gen I [yːbɐ'traːgn] ptp übertragen insep irreg
1. vt

1) (= an eine andere Stelle bringen, an jdn übergeben) to transfer (AUCH JUR, PSYCH, COMPUT); Krankheit to pass on (
auf +acc to), to transmit ( auf +acc to); (TECH) Bewegung, Kraft to transmit
2) (= an eine andere Stelle schreiben) to transfer; (= kopieren) to copy (out); (= transkribieren) to transcribe

3) (TV, RAD) to broadcast, to transmit

etw im Fernsehen übertrágen — to televise sth, to broadcast sth on television

via or durch Satelliten übertrágen werden — to be broadcast or sent by satellite

4) (= übersetzen) Text to render (
in +acc into)
einen Roman aus dem Englischen ins Deutsche übertrágen — to render or translate an English novel into German

... aus dem Englischen übertrágen von... —... translated from the English by...

5) (= anwenden) Methode, Maßstab to apply (
auf +acc to)
6)

etw auf Band übertrágen — to tape sth, to record sth (on tape)

eine CD auf Kassette übertrágen — to tape a CD

7) (= verleihen) Auszeichnung, Würde to confer (jdm on sb); Vollmacht, Verantwortung, Amt to give (jdm sb)

8) (= auftragen) Aufgabe, Mission to assign (jdm to sb)

2. vr
(Eigenschaft, Krankheit etc) to be passed on or communicated or transmitted ( auf +acc to); (TECH) to be transmitted ( auf +acc to); (Heiterkeit etc) to communicate itself, to spread ( auf +acc to)
seine Fröhlichkeit hat sich auf uns übertrágen — we were infected by his happiness
II [yːbɐ'traːgn]
1. adj

1) (Bedeutung etc) figurative

2) (Aus) worn; (= gebraucht) second-hand, used

2. adv
(= figurativ) figuratively
* * *

1) (to give to someone as his share or duty: They assigned the task to us.) assign

2) (to receive and pass on (news, a message, a television programme etc).) relay

3) (to add on (a number from one column of figures to the next): I forgot to carry the 2 forward.) carry forward

4) carry

5) (to give (a piece of work, power etc) to someone else: He delegates a great deal of work to his assistant.) delegate

6) (to hand over (a task etc) to someone else to do for one.) depute

7) (to give to another person, especially legally: I intend to transfer the property to my son.) transfer

* * *

über·tra·gen *¹

[y:bɐˈtra:gn̩]

irreg

I. vt

1. (senden)

▪ etw \übertragen to broadcast sth

2. (geh: übersetzen)

▪ etw \übertragen to translate sth

etw wortwörtlich \übertragen to translate sth word for word, to do a literal translation of sth

▪ etw aus etw dat \übertragen to translate [or form render] sth from sth

▪ etw in etw akk \übertragen to translate [or form render] sth into sth

3. (infizieren)

▪ etw [auf jdn] \übertragen to communicate [or form pass on sep] sth [to sb]

▪ etw wird von jdm/dem Tier auf jdn/das Tier \übertragen sth is communicated form [or passed on] from sb/animal to sb/animal

4. (von etw woanders eintragen)

▪ etw auf etw akk/in etw akk \übertragen to transfer sth to/into sth

5. (mit etw ausstatten)

▪ jdm etw \übertragen to vest sb with sth form

▪ jdm die Verantwortung \übertragen to entrust sb with the responsibility

6. (in den Besitz von etw setzen)

▪ jdm etw \übertragen, etw auf jdn \übertragen to transfer sth to sb

▪ jdm ein Recht \übertragen to assign sb a right, to transfer a right to sb

7. (überspielen)

▪ etw auf etw akk \übertragen to record sth on sth

etw auf eine Kassette \übertragen to tape sth, to record sth on tape [or cassette

8. (anwenden)

▪ etw auf etw akk \übertragen to apply sth to sth

9. TECH

▪ etw auf etw akk \übertragen to transmit [or transfer] sth to sth

II. vr

1. MED

▪ sich akk [auf jdn] \übertragen to be communicated form [or passed on] [or transmitted] [to sb]

2. (ebenfalls beeinflussen)

▪ sich akk auf jdn \übertragen to spread [or form communicate itself] to sb

über·tra·gen²

[y:bɐˈtra:gn̩]

I. adj figurative; (durch Metapher) transferred

im \übertragenen Sinn in a/the figurative sense

II. adv figuratively

▪ etw \übertragen meinen to mean sth in a [or the] figurative/transferred sense

* * *
1.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) transfer (auf + Akk. to); transmit <power, torque, etc.> (auf + Akk. to); communicate <disease, illness> (auf + Akk. to); carry over < subtotal>; (auf etwas anderes anwenden) apply (auf + Akk. to); (übersetzen) translate; render

etwas ins reine od. in die Reinschrift übertragen — make a fair copy of something

in übertragener Bedeutung, im übertragenen Sinne — in a transferred sense

2) (senden) broadcast <concert, event, match, etc.>; (im Fernsehen) televise

3) (geben)

jemandem Aufgaben/Pflichten usw. übertragen — hand over tasks/duties etc. to somebody; (anvertrauen) entrust somebody with tasks/duties etc.

jemandem ein Recht übertragen — confer a right on somebody
2.
reflexives Verb

sich auf jemanden übertragen — <disease, illness> be communicated or be passed on to somebody; (fig.) <enthusiasm, nervousness, etc.> communicate itself to somebody

* * *

Übertragen n; -s, kein pl; IT transfer;

blockweises Übertragen IT transfer in blocks

* * *
1.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) transfer (auf + Akk. to); transmit <power, torque, etc.> (auf + Akk. to); communicate <disease, illness> (auf + Akk. to); carry over < subtotal>; (auf etwas anderes anwenden) apply (auf + Akk. to); (übersetzen) translate; render

etwas ins reine od. in die Reinschrift übertragen — make a fair copy of something

in übertragener Bedeutung, im übertragenen Sinne — in a transferred sense

2) (senden) broadcast <concert, event, match, etc.>; (im Fernsehen) televise

3) (geben)

jemandem Aufgaben/Pflichten usw. übertragen — hand over tasks/duties etc. to somebody; (anvertrauen) entrust somebody with tasks/duties etc.

jemandem ein Recht übertragen — confer a right on somebody
2.
reflexives Verb

sich auf jemanden übertragen — <disease, illness> be communicated or be passed on to somebody; (fig.) <enthusiasm, nervousness, etc.> communicate itself to somebody

* * *

adj.

broadcast adj.

transferred adj. adv.

figuratively adv.

in the figurative sense expr. v.

to alienate v.

to assign v.

to broadcast v.

to carry v.

to confer v.

to convey v.

to devolve v.

to overtop v.

to transfer v.

to transfuse v.

to transmit v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Übertragen
17 быть

(в разн. знач.; тж. как связка)
be

он был здесь — he was here

он был рабочим — he was a worker

у него, у них и т. д. есть — he has, they have, etc.

у него вчера было много работы — he had a great deal of work to do yesterday

был сильный ветер — there was a strong wind

быть вынужденным (+ инф.) — be obliged (+ to inf.), have (+ to inf.):

он вынужден был пойти — he was obliged to go, he had to go

быть знакомым — (с кем-л.) know* (smb.), be acquainted (with smb.); (с чем-л.) have a knowledge (of smth.)

быть в пальто — wear* a coat, have a coat on

быть в отсутствии — be absent / away

быть при чём-л. ( присутствовать) — be present at / during smth.

быть ни при чём — have nothing to do (with)

он тут ни при чём — he has nothing to do with it

будь он проклят — damn / curse him

не будь его, её и т. д. — but for him, her, etc., had it not been for him, her, etc.

быть обязанным кому-л. — be indebted to smb., be obliged to smb.

быть свидетелем чего-л. — witness smth., be a witness of smth.

♢ быть в состоянии (+ инф.) — be able (+ to inf.)

он не был в состоянии пойти — he was not able, или he was unable, to go

быть впору (дт.) — fit (d.); (перен.) be fit (for)

быть начеку — be on the alert

как быть? — what shall we do?, what is to be done?

может быть как вводн. сл. — maybe, perhaps

быть чему-л. — smth. is sure to happen

быть буре — there'll be a storm, there's sure to be a storm

быть беде — there'll be trouble

была не была! — here goes!

быть по-твоему — have it your own way; let it be as you wish

будь, что будет — come what may

будь то — though it were

будьте добры — (+ пов.) please (+ imper.); (+ инф.) would you be so kind (+ as to inf.)

будьте добры, позвоните, или позвонить, ему завтра — please ring him up tomorrow, would you be so kind as to ring him up tomorrow?

так и быть — all right, very well; right you are, so be it

Русско-английский словарь Смирнитского > быть
18 нам предстоит

1) General subject: have sth. ahead of sb. (We've got a great deal of work ahead of us.)

2) Mathematics: we are faced (with)

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > нам предстоит
19 работа

work, paper, report, investigation, study, contribution, performance, operation, labor, run
• В нашей последующей работе мы устраним этот дефект и... - Our subsequent work will remedy this defect and...

• В процессе выполнения мы основываем нашу работу на... - In doing this, we base our work on...

• Для очень тонких работ обычно используется серебро, потому что... - For very accurate work, silver is usually used because...

• Мы избавимся от большой и утомительной работы, если... - We save a good deal of tedious effort if...

• Мы ожидаем опубликовать нашу работу в течение двух лет. - We expect to publish our work within two years.

• На протяжении всей работы мы делали существенный упор на... - Throughout our work, we lay heavy emphasis on...

• Недавняя работа показала, что... - Recent work has shown that...

• Огромная исследовательская работа была проделана для... - A great deal of development work has gone into...; A great deal of development effort has been expended on...

• Однако (все) эти моменты находятся в стороне от целей данной работы. - These are, however, outside the scope of this work.

• Он автор более чем 40 опубликованных работ на темы... - Не is the author of more than 40 published papers on topics in...

• Основная часть этой работы была проделана в главе 2. - The bulk of the work was done in Chapter 2.

• Относительно строгого вывода соотношения (12) читатель должен обратиться к работе Смита [1]. - For a rigorous derivation of (12) the reader is referred to Smith [1].

• При некоторых работах необходимо... - In some work it is necessary to...

• При экспериментальных работах обычно... - In experimental work it is usual to...

• Причиной для выполнения этой работы послужило, в основном, то обстоятельство, что... - The reason for undertaking the work was principally that...

• Производя экспериментальные работы, иногда необходимо... - In the course of experimental work, it is sometimes necessary to...

• Профессор Смит был талантливым исследователем, опубликовавшим большое число работ о... - Prof. Smith was a talented researcher who published a long list of papers on...

• Профессор Смит был умелым исследователем с многолетним опытом работы... - Prof. Smith was a skilled researcher who had many years of experience with...

• Работа должна быть доступна математикам, ученым, а также инженерам-исследователям. - It should be accessible to mathematicians, scientists, and engineering researchers.

• Развитие подобной теории началось в ранних 1980-х годах работой Смита[1]. - The development of such a theory began in the early 1980s with the work of Smith [1].

• Регулировка может быть сделана во время работы машины. - Adjustments can be made while the machine is operating.

• Смит [1] имел многолетний опыт работы с... - Smith [1] had many years of experience dealing with...

• Тем не менее эта формальная работа привела к конкретному результату. - Nevertheless, this formal work has produced a concrete result.

• Часть этой знаменитой работы относительно... была выполнена Брэмблом. - Some of the most famous work on... was performed by Bramble.

• Этой работы можно было бы избежать... - This labor may be avoided by...

• Ясно, что это не такая уж простая работа. Поэтому мы будем... - Clearly this would not be an easy task, so we shall...

Русско-английский словарь научного общения > работа
20 mucho

adj.

a lot of, too much, much, plenty of.

adv.

1 a lot, much, very much, a great deal.

2 very often, too often.

m.

a great deal, quite much, much, a lot.

* * *

mucho

► adjetivo

1 (singular - en afirmativas) a lot of; (- en negativas, interrogativas) a lot of, much

■ hicieron mucho ruido they made a lot of noise

■ no tiene mucho dinero he hasn't got a lot of/much money

■ ¿nos queda mucha gasolina? have we got a lot of/much petrol left?

2 (plural - en afirmativas) a lot of, lots of; (- en negativas, interrogativas) a lot of, many

■ son muchos socios en ese club the club has a lot of members

■ hay mucha gente esperando there are a lot of people waiting

■ tiene muchos discos he's got lots of records

■ no hay muchas copas there aren't a lot of/many glasses

■ ¿tienes muchos libros? have you got a lot of/many books?

■ hace mucho calor/frío it's very hot/cold

■ tengo mucha hambre/sed I'm very hungry/thirsty

3 (demasiado - singular) too much; (- plural) too many

■ es mucho trabajo para una sola persona it's too much work for just one person

■ el proyecto supone demasiados problemas the project involves too many problems

■ ya son muchas preguntas that's far too many questions

► pronombre

1 (singular) a lot, much; (plural) a lot, many

■ no me queda mucho por hacer I haven't got much left to do

■ muchos de ellos acudieron many of them came

■ muchos de mis amigos viven en el extranjero a lot of my friends live abroad

■ muchos dicen que no es apto para el trabajo a lot of people say he's not suitable for the job

► adverbio

1 (de cantidad) a lot, much

■ mucho mejor/peor much better/worse

■ era mucho más peligroso de lo que pensábamos it was much more dangerous than we thought

■ se preocupa mucho por ellos he worries a lot about them

■ me gusta mucho I like it a lot

■ lo siento mucho I'm really sorry

■ me alegro mucho de verte I'm very pleased to see you

■ ¿te ha gustado la película? --sí, mucho did you like the film? --yes, very much

■ ¿estaba buena la comida? --sí, mucho was the food good? --yes, very good

2 (de tiempo)

■ mucho antes/después much earlier/later

■ hace mucho que no nos vemos we haven't seen each other for a long time

3 (de frecuencia) often

■ no vienen mucho por aquí they don't come here often

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FRASEOLOGÍA

como mucho at the most

■ te pagarán como mucho treinta euros they'll pay you thirty euros at the most

con mucho by far

■ es con mucho el mejor concursante he's the best competitor by far

muy mucho familiar very much so

ni con mucho nowhere near as

■ no es ni con mucho tan inteligente he's nowhere near as clever

ni mucho menos far from

■ no es ni mucho menos tonto he's far from stupid

por mucho que however much

■ por mucho que lo intentes no lo conseguirás you won't get it however much you try

* * *
1. (f. - mucha)
adj.

many, much, a lot of, plenty of
2. adv.
much, a lot

- como mucho
- con mucho
- mucho tiempo 3. (f. - mucha)
pron.

many, much, a lot

* * *

1. ADJ

1) [en singular] [en oraciones afirmativas] a lot of, lots of; [en oraciones interrogativas y negativas] a lot of, much

tengo mucho dinero — I have a lot of o lots of money

había mucha gente — there were a lot of o lots of people there

¿tienes mucho trabajo? — do you have a lot of o much work?

no tengo mucho dinero — I don't have a lot of o much money

hace mucho calor — it's very hot

tengo mucho frío — I'm very cold

tengo mucha hambre — I'm very hungry

tengo mucha sed — I'm very thirsty

tuve mucha suerte — I was very lucky

no hace mucho tiempo — not long ago

llevo aquí mucho tiempo — I've been here a long time

2) [en plural] [en oraciones afirmativas] a lot of, lots of; [en oraciones interrogativas y negativas] a lot of, many

tiene muchas plantas — he has got a lot of o lots of plants

muchas personas creen que no — a lot of o lots of people don't think so

se lo he dicho muchas veces — I've told him many o lots of times

¿había muchos niños en el parque? — were there a lot of o many children in the park?

no había muchos patos en el lago — there weren't a lot of o many ducks on the lake

3) * [con singular colectivo]

había mucho borracho — there were a lot of o lots of drunks there

hay mucho tonto suelto — there are a lot of o lots of idiots around

mucho beso, pero luego me critica por la espalda — she's all kisses, but then she criticizes me behind my back

4) (=demasiado)

es mucho dinero para un niño — it's too much money for a child

es mucha mujer para ti — * that woman is too much for you

esta es mucha casa para nosotros — * this house is too big for us

2. PRON

1) [en singular]

a) [en frases afirmativas] a lot, lots; [en frases interrogativas y negativas] a lot, much

tengo mucho que hacer — I have a lot o lots to do

tiene la culpa de mucho de lo que pasa — he's to blame for a lot of o much of what has happened

el plan tiene mucho de positivo — there's a lot about the plan that is positive

su discurso tiene mucho de fascista — his rhetoric contains a lot of fascist elements

¿has aprendido mucho en este trabajo? — have you learnt a lot o much from this job?

no tengo mucho que hacer — I haven't got a lot o much to do

-¿cuánto vino queda? -mucho — "how much wine is left?" - "a lot" o "lots"

b) [referido a tiempo] long

¿te vas a quedar mucho? — are you staying long?

no tardes mucho — don't be long

¿falta mucho para llegar? — will it be long till we arrive?

-¿cuánto nos queda para acabar? -mucho — "how long till we finish?" - "ages"

hace mucho que no salgo a bailar — it's a long time o ages since I went out dancing

2) [en plural] [en frases afirmativas] a lot, lots; [en frases interrogativas y negativas] a lot, many

somos muchos — there are a lot of o lots of us

son muchos los que no quieren — there are a lot o lots who don't want to

muchos dicen que... — a lot of o lots of o many people say that...

muchos de los ausentes — many of o a lot of those absent

-¿hay manzanas? -sí, pero no muchas — "are there any apples?" - "yes, but not many o not a lot"

¿vinieron muchos? — did many o a lot of people come?

-¿cuántos había? -muchos — "how many were there?" - "a lot" o "lots"

3. ADV

1) (=en gran cantidad) a lot

come mucho — she eats a lot

te quiero mucho — I love you very much o a lot

viene mucho — he comes often o a lot

me gusta mucho el jazz — I really like jazz, I like jazz a lot

sí señor, me gusta y mucho — I do indeed like it and I like it a lot

- son 75 euros -es mucho — "that will be 75 euros" - "that's a lot"

alegrarse mucho — to be very glad

correr mucho — to run fast

lo siento mucho — I'm very o really sorry

¡mucho lo sientes tú! — * a fat lot you care! *

trabajar mucho — to work hard

• mucho antes — long before

• mucho más — much o a lot more

• mucho menos — much o a lot less

• muy mucho, se guardará muy mucho de hacerlo — * he'll jolly well be careful not to do it *

• si no es mucho pedir — if that's not asking too much

eso es mucho pedir — it's a lot to ask

• pensárselo mucho, se lo pensó mucho antes de contestar — he thought long and hard about it before replying

• mucho peor — much o a lot worse

2) [en respuestas]

-¿estás cansado? -¡mucho! — "are you tired?" - "I certainly am!"

-¿te gusta? -no mucho — "do you like it?" - "not really"

3) [otras locuciones]

• como mucho — at (the) most

como mucho leo un libro al mes — at (the) most I read one book a month

• con mucho — by far, far and away

fue, con mucho, el mejor — he was by far the best, he was far and away the best

no se puede comparar, ni con mucho, a ninguna de nuestras ideas — it bears no comparison at all o you can't begin to compare it with any of our ideas

• cuando mucho — frm at (the) most

• tener a algn en mucho — to think highly of sb

• ni mucho menos, Juan no es ni mucho menos el que era — Juan is nothing like the man he was

mi intención no era insultarte, ni mucho menos — I in no way intended to insult you, I didn't intend to insult you, far from it

• por mucho que, por mucho que estudies — however hard you study

por mucho que lo quieras no debes mimarlo — no matter how much you love him, you shouldn't spoil him

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adverbio

a) <salir/ayudar> a lot

me gusta muchísimo — I like it/her/him very much o a lot

funciona mucho mejor — it works much o a lot better

trabaja mucho — he works very hard

¿llueve mucho? — is it raining hard?

por mucho que insistas — no matter how much you insist

después de mucho discutir — after long discussions

b) ( en respuestas)

¿estás preocupado? - mucho — are you worried? - (yes, I am,) very

¿te gusta? - sí, mucho — do you like it? - yes, very much; para locs ver mucho III 3)
II
- cha adjetivo

1)

a) (sing) a lot of; ( en negativas e interrogativas) much, a lot of

¿tienes mucha hambre? — are you very hungry?

b) (pl) a lot of; ( en negativas e interrogativas) many, a lot of

somos muchos — there are a lot of us

¿recibiste muchos regalos? — did you get many o a lot of presents?

2) (sing)

a) (fam) ( con valor plural)

mucho elogio pero no me lo van a publicar — they're full of praise but they're not going to publish it

hay mucho sinvergüenza por ahí — there are a lot of rogues around

b) (fam) ( con valor ponderativo)

era mucho jugador para un equipo así — he was much too good a player for a team like that
III
- cha pronombre

1) (refiriéndose a cantidad, número)

mucho de lo que ha dicho — much o a lot of what he has said

tengo mucho que hacer — I have a lot to do

si no es mucho pedir — if it's not too much to ask

muchos creen que... — many (people) believe that...

2) mucho ( refiriéndose a tiempo) a long time

hace mucho que no lo vemos — we haven't seen him for a long time

¿falta mucho para llegar? — are we nearly there?

¿tuviste que esperar mucho? — did you have to wait long?

3) (en locs)

como mucho — at (the) most

con mucho — by far, easily

ni mucho menos — in no way

no es un buen pianista ni mucho menos — he isn't a good pianist, far from it

* * *

= heavily, much, widely, a great deal, eminent + Nombre, utmost, vitally + Verbo, plenty, to any great degree, severely, lots of, rather a lot, numerable, a whole lot (of), a great deal of, a good deal of, greatly, wide [wider -comp., widest -sup.], broad [broader -comp., broadest -sup.], extensively, a barrel/barrow load of monkeys, bags of.

Ex. Regular overhaul of guiding is important, especially for the new user who may rely heavily upon it.

Ex. Although the 1949 code was much longer than its predecessor, the 1908 code, it only contained rules pertaining to headings.

Ex. An aggressive approach is made to publicity, with posters and leaflets distributed widely, visits to local shops, post offices, doctors surgeries etc, to drum up business, and the use of volunteers to hand out leaflets at street corners = Se inicia una campaña de publicidad enérgica, distribuyendo de forma general folletos y pósteres, visitando las tiendas, oficinas de correos y consultorías médicas de la localidad, etc., para promocionar el negocio, además de utilizar voluntarios para distribuir prospectos por las esquinas de las calles.

Ex. Thus charwomen and porters in a university work in an institution where books are used a great deal but they themselves are highly unlikely to use them.

Ex. 'I think it makes eminent sense, for the reasons I've outlined,' he said and started toward the door.

Ex. Indeed, he must take the utmost care never to jump to conclusions.

Ex. Though the reference librarian cannot enter the reference process until he receives the question from the enquirer he is vitally concerned about all of its stages.

Ex. One of the great glories of books is that there are plenty to suit everybody, no matter what our taste, our mood, our intellectual ability, age or living experience.

Ex. Consumer advice centres were not used to any great degree by the working classes or those groups most at risk as consumers -- the elderly, divorced, widowed and separated.

Ex. Pressure on space will create the desire on the part of the editor to limit severely the length any paper being published.

Ex. Though reference work is the backbone of their task, they do lots of things that are not reference work.

Ex. Carlyle has been dead nearly a hundred years, but many an academic would like to agree with Carlyle even if, perhaps, universities have changed rather a lot since his day.

Ex. During the past decade both groups have developed numerable measures to assess creative potential.

Ex. For the libraries in Belgium CD-ROM offers a new range of possibilities and a whole lot of reference works will be searchable and much more used.

Ex. As earlier sections amply demonstrate, there is a great deal of choice with regards to data bases.

Ex. There is a good deal of scope for users and novice cataloguers to find difficulty in identifying the appropriate heading for many of the works which are the responsibility of corporate bodies.

Ex. The computer can greatly assist in thesaurus compilation and updating.

Ex. The method is sufficiently flexible to allow for wide modifications.

Ex. In 'upper town' streets are broad, quiet, and tree-shaded; the homes are tall and heavy and look like battleships, each anchored in its private sea of grass.

Ex. Fiction classifications are used extensively in public libraries.

Ex. The landlord is as mad as a barrel load of monkeys, but a fine man and ex-soldier.

Ex. His colleagues would say he's as daft as a brush, has bags of energy and enthusiasm but gets the job done.

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* a costa de mucho = at (a) great expense.

* afectar mucho = hit + hard.

* Algo a lo que hay que dedicar mucho tiempo = time-consuming [time consuming].

* Algo que lleva mucho tiempo de hacer = time-consuming [time consuming].

* a muchos niveles = many-levelled [many-leveled, -USA].

* andarse con mucho cuidado = walk on + eggshells, tread + the thin line between... and.

* andarse con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.

* arriesgar mucho = play (for) + high stakes.

* avanzar mucho = travel + a long way down the road.

* bajar mucho = go + way down.

* beber mucho = drink + heavily.

* bebida alcohólica con muchos grados = hard drink, hard liquor.

* cada vez mucho mayor = fast-increasing, exploding.

* causar muchas víctimas = take + a toll on life.

* como mucho = at best, at most, if at all, at the most, at the very latest.

* conceder mucha importancia a = lay + great store on.

* con mucha antelación = far in advance.

* con mucha ceremonia = ceremoniously.

* con mucha diferencia = by far.

* con mucha energía = high energy.

* con mucha frecuencia = very often.

* con mucha información = populated.

* con mucha labia = glibly, smooth-talking.

* con mucha palabrería = glibly.

* con mucha población = heavily populated.

* con mucha pompa = ceremoniously.

* con mucha prisa = without a minute to spare.

* con muchas actividades = event-filled.

* con muchas deudas = heavily indebted.

* con muchas ilustraciones = copiously illustrated.

* con muchas imágenes = image intensive.

* con muchas prestaciones = feature-filled, multifacility.

* con mucha vitalidad = lively [livelier -comp., liveliest -sup.].

* con mucho = very much, far + Verbo, grossly, by far, by a long shot, by a long way, hands down.

* con mucho ánimo = spiritedly.

* con mucho bombo = ceremoniously.

* con mucho contenido = information packed [information-packed].

* con mucho esfuerzo = painfully.

* con mucho éxito = with a wide appeal.

* con mucho protocolo = ceremoniously.

* con mucho público = well attended [well-attended].

* con muchos acontecimientos = event-filled.

* con muchos detalles = elaborately.

* con muchos eventos = event-filled.

* con muchos huesos y poca carne = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].

* con muchos lectores = with a wide appeal.

* con muchos miramientos = ceremoniously.

* con mucho trabajo = painfully.

* conseguir mucho = do + much.

* contener mucho = be high in.

* costar mucho trabajo = have + a tough time, have + a hard time.

* dar mucha importancia = put + a premium on.

* dar mucho en qué pensar = give + Nombre + much to think about, give + Nombre + a lot to think about.

* dar mucho valor a Algo = value + Nombre + highly.

* darse (muchos) aires = give + Reflexivo + such airs, aggrandise + Reflexivo.

* decir mucho de Algo = speak + volumes.

* de hace muchos años = long-standing.

* de hace mucho tiempo = age-old, long-term, long-lost.

* dejar mucho que desear = fall (far) short of + ideal, leave + a lot to be desired, leave + much to be desired.

* demandar mucho esfuerzo por parte de Alguien = tax + Posesivo + imagination.

* de muchas formas = in more ways than one.

* de muchas maneras = in every way.

* de mucho arraigo = long-established.

* de mucho beneficio = high-payoff.

* de mucho cuidado = badass.

* de mucho provecho = high-payoff.

* de muchos usos = all-purpose.

* desde hace muchos años = for years.

* desde hace mucho tiempo = for ages, long-time [longtime], far back in time, for a long time, long since, in ages (and ages and ages).

* desear mucha suerte a Alguien = wish + Nombre + the (very) best of luck.

* desempeñando muchas funciones = in many capacities.

* destacar con mucho sobre = stand out + head and shoulders (above/over), be head and shoulder (above/over).

* día de mucho calor = scorcher.

* donde cabe mucho también cabe poco = what holds a lot will hold a little.

* durante el transcurso de muchos años = over many years.

* durante muchas horas = for many long hours.

* durante muchos años = for many years, for years to come, for many years to come, over many years, for years and years (and years).

* durante mucho tiempo = long [longer -comp., longest -sup.], for generations, long-time [longtime], for a long time to come, for long periods of time, for a long period of time, lastingly, for a very long time, for many long hours, for a long time, in ages (and ages and ages).

* durar mucho = last + long.

* durar mucho rato = take + a long time.

* durar mucho tiempo = last + long.

* echar muchas horas al día = work + long hours.

* echar mucho de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* echar mucho en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* el que mucho abarca poco aprieta = jack of all trades, master of none.

* en muchos aspectos = in most respects.

* en muchos casos = in many instances.

* en muchos grupos = in many quarters.

* en muchos grupos de la población = in many quarters.

* en muchos sectores = in many quarters.

* en muchos sectores de la población = in many quarters.

* en muchos sentidos = in many ways, in many respects, in most respects, in more ways than one.

* escribir mucho sobre Algo = a lot + be written about, much + be written about.

* existen de muchos tipos = come in + many guises.

* existir mucha diferencia entre... y... = be a far cry from... to....

* faltar mucho = be a long way off.

* faltar mucho (para) = there + be + a long way to go (before), have + a long way to go (before).

* fue durante mucho tiempo = long remained.

* ganar mucho dinero = make + good money, earn + good money.

* guardar con mucho cariño = treasure.

* guardar muchas esperanzas = get + Posesivo + hopes up.

* gustar mucho = come up + a treat, go down + a treat.

* gustar mucho las mujeres = womanise [womanize, -USA].

* gustar mucho lo dulce = have + a sweet tooth.

* haber de muchos tipos = come in + all/many (sorts of) shapes and sizes.

* haber recorrido mucho mundo = be well-travelled.

* haber viajado mucho = be well-travelled.

* hace muchas lunas = all those many moons ago, many moons ago.

* hace muchos años = many years ago.

* hace mucho tiempo = long since, all those many moons ago, many moons ago.

* hacer mucho = do + much.

* hacer mucho dinero = make + good money, earn + good money.

* hacer mucho por = go + a long way (towards/to/in) + Gerundio.

* hacer muchos aspavientos por Algo = make + a song and dance about.

* hace ya mucho tiempo que = gone are the days of.

* hombre que tiene mucho mundo = a man of the world.

* ir con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.

* la mayoría con mucho = the vast majority of.

* llenar mucho = be filling.

* lo mucho que = how extensively.

* mucha gente + esperar que = be widely expected.

* muchas ganancias = high return.

* Muchas gracias = Thank you very much.

* muchas horas = long hours.

* muchas otras cosas = much else.

* muchas otras cosas más = much else besides.

* mucha suerte = best of luck.

* muchas veces = multiple times.

* mucho + Adjetivo = very much + Adjetivo, significantly + Adjetivo.

* mucho antes = early on.

* mucho antes de = well before.

* mucho + Comparativo = a good deal + Comparativo.

* mucho dinero = big bucks.

* mucho esfuerzo = hard work.

* mucho interés = keen interest.

* mucho más = order of magnitude, much more, much more so, a lot more, lots more.

* mucho más + Adjetivo = all the more + Adjetivo, far + Adjetivo Comparativo.

* mucho más + Adverbio/Adjetivo = far more + Adverbio/Adjetivo, far more + Adverbio/Adjetivo.

* mucho más allá de = far beyond.

* mucho más cerca = far closer.

* mucho más de = well over + Expresión Numérica.

* mucho más rápido = far faster.

* mucho mayor = far greater, far larger, very much greater.

* mucho mejor = far better.

* mucho mejor que = far superior to.

* mucho menos = a great deal less, let alone, far less.

* mucho menos + Adjetivo = far + Adjetivo Comparativo.

* mucho + Nombre = a lot of + Nombre, bleeding + Adjetivo/Nombre.

* mucho peor = far worse.

* mucho que + Infinitivo = a lot + Infinitivo.

* mucho ruido y pocas nueces = much ado about nothing, storm in a teacup, Posesivo + bark is worse than + Posesivo + bite.

* muchos = many, good many, many a(n).

* muchos beneficios = high return.

* muchos jefes y pocos trabajadores = too many chiefs and not enough Indians.

* muchos más = a great many more.

* muchos + Nombre = a lot of + Nombre.

* mucho tiempo = long time, long periods of time, a very long time, long hours, ample time, for a long time.

* mucho tiempo antes de (que) = long before.

* mucho tiempo después = ages and ages hence.

* mucho tiempo después (de que) = long after.

* mucho trabajo = hard graft.

* ni con mucho = not by a long shot.

* ni mucho menos = by any stretch (of the imagination), by any means, not by a long shot.

* no estar finalizado (con mucho) = fall (far) short of + completeness.

* no existir muchos indicios de que = there + be + little sign of.

* no haber muchas señales de que = there + be + little sign of.

* no hace mucho = in the recent past.

* no hace mucho tiempo = not so long ago.

* Nombre + no tardará mucho en = it won't be long before + Nombre.

* Nombre + no tardó mucho en = it wasn't long before + Nombre.

* no mucho después = not long after.

* no parar mucho en un sitio = live out of + a suitcase.

* no pasar mucho tiempo antes de que + Subjuntivo = be not long before + Indicativo.

* no perderse mucho = be no great loss.

* pasar mucho tiempo antes de que = be a long time before.

* pasar por muchas dificultades = be to hell and back.

* persona con mucha ambición = social climber.

* persona que ha viajado mucho = seasoned traveller.

* poner mucho ahínco = try + Posesivo + heart out.

* poner mucho ahínco en = put + Posesivo + heart into.

* poner mucho empe = put + Posesivo + heart into.

* poner mucho empeño = try + Posesivo + heart out.

* poner mucho empeño en + Verbo = be at pains to + Infinitivo.

* poner mucho empeño por = take + (great) pains to.

* poner mucho esmero por = take + (great) pains to.

* por muchas razones = in many ways.

* por mucho que lo + intentar = try as + Pronombre + might.

* por mucho que lo intento = for the life of me.

* por mucho tiempo = for long, for long periods of time.

* prometer mucho = promise + great possibilities, bode + well.

* que consume mucha CPU = CPU intensive.

* que consume mucha energía = energy-intensive.

* que contiene muchas imágenes = image intensive.

* quedar mucho más por hacer = much more needs to be done.

* quedar mucho (para) = have + a long way to go (before), there + be + a long way to go (before).

* quedar mucho por conocer = there + be + a great deal yet to be learned, there + be + still a great deal to be learned.

* quedar mucho por hacer = more needs to be done, have + a long way to go.

* quedar mucho por saber = there + be + a great deal yet to be learned, there + be + still a great deal to be learned.

* que deja mucho al azar = hit-or-miss.

* que hay que dar muchas vueltas = circuitous.

* que hay que dedicarle mucho tiempo = time-intensive.

* que ocupa mucho espacio = space-consuming.

* que se percibe desde hace mucho tiempo = long-felt.

* que utiliza muchos recursos = resource-intensive.

* quien mucho abarca poco aprieta = bite off more than + Pronombre + can chew.

* resaltar con mucho sobre = stand out + head and shoulders (above/over), be head and shoulder (above/over).

* saber un poco de todo y mucho de nada = jack of all trades, master of none.

* ser de mucho uso = take + Nombre + a long way.

* ser mucho = be a mouthful.

* ser mucho más = be all the more.

* ser mucho más que = be far more than.

* sin mucha antelación = at short notice.

* sin mucha anticipación = at short notice.

* sin mucha dificultad = painlessly.

* sin muchas contemplaciones = unceremoniously.

* sin muchos inconvenientes = without much grudging.

* sin pensarlo mucho = off the top of + Posesivo + head.

* sorprenderse mucho = eyes + pop (out), Posesivo + eyes + pop out of + Posesivo + head, Posesivo + eyes + pop out of + Posesivo + socket.

* tener mucha distancia que recorrer = have + a long way to go.

* tener mucha personalidad = be full of character.

* tener mucho camino que recorrer = have + a long way to go.

* tener mucho carácter = be full of character.

* tener mucho cuidado = be extra vigilant.

* tener mucho éxito = hit + a home run, hit it out of + the park, knock it out of + the park.

* tener mucho interés en = have + a high stake in.

* tener mucho interés por = be keen to.

* tener mucho que ver con = have + a great deal to do with.

* tener mucho tiempo libre = have + plenty of time to spare.

* trabajando mucho = hard at work.

* trabajar muchas horas al día = work + long hours.

* trabajar mucho = work + hard.

* usuario que hace mucho uso del préstamo = heavy borrower.

* venir de mucho tiempo atrás = go back + a long way.

* Verbo + mucho = Verbo + hard.

* y cuanto mucho menos = much less.

* y mucho más = and much more.

* y mucho menos = much less, least of all.

* y mucho(s) más = and more.

* * *
I
adverbio

a) <salir/ayudar> a lot

me gusta muchísimo — I like it/her/him very much o a lot

funciona mucho mejor — it works much o a lot better

trabaja mucho — he works very hard

¿llueve mucho? — is it raining hard?

por mucho que insistas — no matter how much you insist

después de mucho discutir — after long discussions

b) ( en respuestas)

¿estás preocupado? - mucho — are you worried? - (yes, I am,) very

¿te gusta? - sí, mucho — do you like it? - yes, very much; para locs ver mucho III 3)
II
- cha adjetivo

1)

a) (sing) a lot of; ( en negativas e interrogativas) much, a lot of

¿tienes mucha hambre? — are you very hungry?

b) (pl) a lot of; ( en negativas e interrogativas) many, a lot of

somos muchos — there are a lot of us

¿recibiste muchos regalos? — did you get many o a lot of presents?

2) (sing)

a) (fam) ( con valor plural)

mucho elogio pero no me lo van a publicar — they're full of praise but they're not going to publish it

hay mucho sinvergüenza por ahí — there are a lot of rogues around

b) (fam) ( con valor ponderativo)

era mucho jugador para un equipo así — he was much too good a player for a team like that
III
- cha pronombre

1) (refiriéndose a cantidad, número)

mucho de lo que ha dicho — much o a lot of what he has said

tengo mucho que hacer — I have a lot to do

si no es mucho pedir — if it's not too much to ask

muchos creen que... — many (people) believe that...

2) mucho ( refiriéndose a tiempo) a long time

hace mucho que no lo vemos — we haven't seen him for a long time

¿falta mucho para llegar? — are we nearly there?

¿tuviste que esperar mucho? — did you have to wait long?

3) (en locs)

como mucho — at (the) most

con mucho — by far, easily

ni mucho menos — in no way

no es un buen pianista ni mucho menos — he isn't a good pianist, far from it

* * *

= heavily, much, widely, a great deal, eminent + Nombre, utmost, vitally + Verbo, plenty, to any great degree, severely, lots of, rather a lot, numerable, a whole lot (of), a great deal of, a good deal of, greatly, wide [wider -comp., widest -sup.], broad [broader -comp., broadest -sup.], extensively, a barrel/barrow load of monkeys, bags of.

Ex: Regular overhaul of guiding is important, especially for the new user who may rely heavily upon it.

Ex: Although the 1949 code was much longer than its predecessor, the 1908 code, it only contained rules pertaining to headings.

Ex: An aggressive approach is made to publicity, with posters and leaflets distributed widely, visits to local shops, post offices, doctors surgeries etc, to drum up business, and the use of volunteers to hand out leaflets at street corners = Se inicia una campaña de publicidad enérgica, distribuyendo de forma general folletos y pósteres, visitando las tiendas, oficinas de correos y consultorías médicas de la localidad, etc., para promocionar el negocio, además de utilizar voluntarios para distribuir prospectos por las esquinas de las calles.

Ex: Thus charwomen and porters in a university work in an institution where books are used a great deal but they themselves are highly unlikely to use them.

Ex: 'I think it makes eminent sense, for the reasons I've outlined,' he said and started toward the door.

Ex: Indeed, he must take the utmost care never to jump to conclusions.

Ex: Though the reference librarian cannot enter the reference process until he receives the question from the enquirer he is vitally concerned about all of its stages.

Ex: One of the great glories of books is that there are plenty to suit everybody, no matter what our taste, our mood, our intellectual ability, age or living experience.

Ex: Consumer advice centres were not used to any great degree by the working classes or those groups most at risk as consumers -- the elderly, divorced, widowed and separated.

Ex: Pressure on space will create the desire on the part of the editor to limit severely the length any paper being published.

Ex: Though reference work is the backbone of their task, they do lots of things that are not reference work.

Ex: Carlyle has been dead nearly a hundred years, but many an academic would like to agree with Carlyle even if, perhaps, universities have changed rather a lot since his day.

Ex: During the past decade both groups have developed numerable measures to assess creative potential.

Ex: For the libraries in Belgium CD-ROM offers a new range of possibilities and a whole lot of reference works will be searchable and much more used.

Ex: As earlier sections amply demonstrate, there is a great deal of choice with regards to data bases.

Ex: There is a good deal of scope for users and novice cataloguers to find difficulty in identifying the appropriate heading for many of the works which are the responsibility of corporate bodies.

Ex: The computer can greatly assist in thesaurus compilation and updating.

Ex: The method is sufficiently flexible to allow for wide modifications.

Ex: In 'upper town' streets are broad, quiet, and tree-shaded; the homes are tall and heavy and look like battleships, each anchored in its private sea of grass.

Ex: Fiction classifications are used extensively in public libraries.

Ex: The landlord is as mad as a barrel load of monkeys, but a fine man and ex-soldier.

Ex: His colleagues would say he's as daft as a brush, has bags of energy and enthusiasm but gets the job done.

* a costa de mucho = at (a) great expense.

* afectar mucho = hit + hard.

* Algo a lo que hay que dedicar mucho tiempo = time-consuming [time consuming].

* Algo que lleva mucho tiempo de hacer = time-consuming [time consuming].

* a muchos niveles = many-levelled [many-leveled, -USA].

* andarse con mucho cuidado = walk on + eggshells, tread + the thin line between... and.

* andarse con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.

* arriesgar mucho = play (for) + high stakes.

* avanzar mucho = travel + a long way down the road.

* bajar mucho = go + way down.

* beber mucho = drink + heavily.

* bebida alcohólica con muchos grados = hard drink, hard liquor.

* cada vez mucho mayor = fast-increasing, exploding.

* causar muchas víctimas = take + a toll on life.

* como mucho = at best, at most, if at all, at the most, at the very latest.

* conceder mucha importancia a = lay + great store on.

* con mucha antelación = far in advance.

* con mucha ceremonia = ceremoniously.

* con mucha diferencia = by far.

* con mucha energía = high energy.

* con mucha frecuencia = very often.

* con mucha información = populated.

* con mucha labia = glibly, smooth-talking.

* con mucha palabrería = glibly.

* con mucha población = heavily populated.

* con mucha pompa = ceremoniously.

* con mucha prisa = without a minute to spare.

* con muchas actividades = event-filled.

* con muchas deudas = heavily indebted.

* con muchas ilustraciones = copiously illustrated.

* con muchas imágenes = image intensive.

* con muchas prestaciones = feature-filled, multifacility.

* con mucha vitalidad = lively [livelier -comp., liveliest -sup.].

* con mucho = very much, far + Verbo, grossly, by far, by a long shot, by a long way, hands down.

* con mucho ánimo = spiritedly.

* con mucho bombo = ceremoniously.

* con mucho contenido = information packed [information-packed].

* con mucho esfuerzo = painfully.

* con mucho éxito = with a wide appeal.

* con mucho protocolo = ceremoniously.

* con mucho público = well attended [well-attended].

* con muchos acontecimientos = event-filled.

* con muchos detalles = elaborately.

* con muchos eventos = event-filled.

* con muchos huesos y poca carne = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].

* con muchos lectores = with a wide appeal.

* con muchos miramientos = ceremoniously.

* con mucho trabajo = painfully.

* conseguir mucho = do + much.

* contener mucho = be high in.

* costar mucho trabajo = have + a tough time, have + a hard time.

* dar mucha importancia = put + a premium on.

* dar mucho en qué pensar = give + Nombre + much to think about, give + Nombre + a lot to think about.

* dar mucho valor a Algo = value + Nombre + highly.

* darse (muchos) aires = give + Reflexivo + such airs, aggrandise + Reflexivo.

* decir mucho de Algo = speak + volumes.

* de hace muchos años = long-standing.

* de hace mucho tiempo = age-old, long-term, long-lost.

* dejar mucho que desear = fall (far) short of + ideal, leave + a lot to be desired, leave + much to be desired.

* demandar mucho esfuerzo por parte de Alguien = tax + Posesivo + imagination.

* de muchas formas = in more ways than one.

* de muchas maneras = in every way.

* de mucho arraigo = long-established.

* de mucho beneficio = high-payoff.

* de mucho cuidado = badass.

* de mucho provecho = high-payoff.

* de muchos usos = all-purpose.

* desde hace muchos años = for years.

* desde hace mucho tiempo = for ages, long-time [longtime], far back in time, for a long time, long since, in ages (and ages and ages).

* desear mucha suerte a Alguien = wish + Nombre + the (very) best of luck.

* desempeñando muchas funciones = in many capacities.

* destacar con mucho sobre = stand out + head and shoulders (above/over), be head and shoulder (above/over).

* día de mucho calor = scorcher.

* donde cabe mucho también cabe poco = what holds a lot will hold a little.

* durante el transcurso de muchos años = over many years.

* durante muchas horas = for many long hours.

* durante muchos años = for many years, for years to come, for many years to come, over many years, for years and years (and years).

* durante mucho tiempo = long [longer -comp., longest -sup.], for generations, long-time [longtime], for a long time to come, for long periods of time, for a long period of time, lastingly, for a very long time, for many long hours, for a long time, in ages (and ages and ages).

* durar mucho = last + long.

* durar mucho rato = take + a long time.

* durar mucho tiempo = last + long.

* echar muchas horas al día = work + long hours.

* echar mucho de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* echar mucho en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* el que mucho abarca poco aprieta = jack of all trades, master of none.

* en muchos aspectos = in most respects.

* en muchos casos = in many instances.

* en muchos grupos = in many quarters.

* en muchos grupos de la población = in many quarters.

* en muchos sectores = in many quarters.

* en muchos sectores de la población = in many quarters.

* en muchos sentidos = in many ways, in many respects, in most respects, in more ways than one.

* escribir mucho sobre Algo = a lot + be written about, much + be written about.

* existen de muchos tipos = come in + many guises.

* existir mucha diferencia entre... y... = be a far cry from... to....

* faltar mucho = be a long way off.

* faltar mucho (para) = there + be + a long way to go (before), have + a long way to go (before).

* fue durante mucho tiempo = long remained.

* ganar mucho dinero = make + good money, earn + good money.

* guardar con mucho cariño = treasure.

* guardar muchas esperanzas = get + Posesivo + hopes up.

* gustar mucho = come up + a treat, go down + a treat.

* gustar mucho las mujeres = womanise [womanize, -USA].

* gustar mucho lo dulce = have + a sweet tooth.

* haber de muchos tipos = come in + all/many (sorts of) shapes and sizes.

* haber recorrido mucho mundo = be well-travelled.

* haber viajado mucho = be well-travelled.

* hace muchas lunas = all those many moons ago, many moons ago.

* hace muchos años = many years ago.

* hace mucho tiempo = long since, all those many moons ago, many moons ago.

* hacer mucho = do + much.

* hacer mucho dinero = make + good money, earn + good money.

* hacer mucho por = go + a long way (towards/to/in) + Gerundio.

* hacer muchos aspavientos por Algo = make + a song and dance about.

* hace ya mucho tiempo que = gone are the days of.

* hombre que tiene mucho mundo = a man of the world.

* ir con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.

* la mayoría con mucho = the vast majority of.

* llenar mucho = be filling.

* lo mucho que = how extensively.

* mucha gente + esperar que = be widely expected.

* muchas ganancias = high return.

* Muchas gracias = Thank you very much.

* muchas horas = long hours.

* muchas otras cosas = much else.

* muchas otras cosas más = much else besides.

* mucha suerte = best of luck.

* muchas veces = multiple times.

* mucho + Adjetivo = very much + Adjetivo, significantly + Adjetivo.

* mucho antes = early on.

* mucho antes de = well before.

* mucho + Comparativo = a good deal + Comparativo.

* mucho dinero = big bucks.

* mucho esfuerzo = hard work.

* mucho interés = keen interest.

* mucho más = order of magnitude, much more, much more so, a lot more, lots more.

* mucho más + Adjetivo = all the more + Adjetivo, far + Adjetivo Comparativo.

* mucho más + Adverbio/Adjetivo = far more + Adverbio/Adjetivo, far more + Adverbio/Adjetivo.

* mucho más allá de = far beyond.

* mucho más cerca = far closer.

* mucho más de = well over + Expresión Numérica.

* mucho más rápido = far faster.

* mucho mayor = far greater, far larger, very much greater.

* mucho mejor = far better.

* mucho mejor que = far superior to.

* mucho menos = a great deal less, let alone, far less.

* mucho menos + Adjetivo = far + Adjetivo Comparativo.

* mucho + Nombre = a lot of + Nombre, bleeding + Adjetivo/Nombre.

* mucho peor = far worse.

* mucho que + Infinitivo = a lot + Infinitivo.

* mucho ruido y pocas nueces = much ado about nothing, storm in a teacup, Posesivo + bark is worse than + Posesivo + bite.

* muchos = many, good many, many a(n).

* muchos beneficios = high return.

* muchos jefes y pocos trabajadores = too many chiefs and not enough Indians.

* muchos más = a great many more.

* muchos + Nombre = a lot of + Nombre.

* mucho tiempo = long time, long periods of time, a very long time, long hours, ample time, for a long time.

* mucho tiempo antes de (que) = long before.

* mucho tiempo después = ages and ages hence.

* mucho tiempo después (de que) = long after.

* mucho trabajo = hard graft.

* ni con mucho = not by a long shot.

* ni mucho menos = by any stretch (of the imagination), by any means, not by a long shot.

* no estar finalizado (con mucho) = fall (far) short of + completeness.

* no existir muchos indicios de que = there + be + little sign of.

* no haber muchas señales de que = there + be + little sign of.

* no hace mucho = in the recent past.

* no hace mucho tiempo = not so long ago.

* Nombre + no tardará mucho en = it won't be long before + Nombre.

* Nombre + no tardó mucho en = it wasn't long before + Nombre.

* no mucho después = not long after.

* no parar mucho en un sitio = live out of + a suitcase.

* no pasar mucho tiempo antes de que + Subjuntivo = be not long before + Indicativo.

* no perderse mucho = be no great loss.

* pasar mucho tiempo antes de que = be a long time before.

* pasar por muchas dificultades = be to hell and back.

* persona con mucha ambición = social climber.

* persona que ha viajado mucho = seasoned traveller.

* poner mucho ahínco = try + Posesivo + heart out.

* poner mucho ahínco en = put + Posesivo + heart into.

* poner mucho empe = put + Posesivo + heart into.

* poner mucho empeño = try + Posesivo + heart out.

* poner mucho empeño en + Verbo = be at pains to + Infinitivo.

* poner mucho empeño por = take + (great) pains to.

* poner mucho esmero por = take + (great) pains to.

* por muchas razones = in many ways.

* por mucho que lo + intentar = try as + Pronombre + might.

* por mucho que lo intento = for the life of me.

* por mucho tiempo = for long, for long periods of time.

* prometer mucho = promise + great possibilities, bode + well.

* que consume mucha CPU = CPU intensive.

* que consume mucha energía = energy-intensive.

* que contiene muchas imágenes = image intensive.

* quedar mucho más por hacer = much more needs to be done.

* quedar mucho (para) = have + a long way to go (before), there + be + a long way to go (before).

* quedar mucho por conocer = there + be + a great deal yet to be learned, there + be + still a great deal to be learned.

* quedar mucho por hacer = more needs to be done, have + a long way to go.

* quedar mucho por saber = there + be + a great deal yet to be learned, there + be + still a great deal to be learned.

* que deja mucho al azar = hit-or-miss.

* que hay que dar muchas vueltas = circuitous.

* que hay que dedicarle mucho tiempo = time-intensive.

* que ocupa mucho espacio = space-consuming.

* que se percibe desde hace mucho tiempo = long-felt.

* que utiliza muchos recursos = resource-intensive.

* quien mucho abarca poco aprieta = bite off more than + Pronombre + can chew.

* resaltar con mucho sobre = stand out + head and shoulders (above/over), be head and shoulder (above/over).

* saber un poco de todo y mucho de nada = jack of all trades, master of none.

* ser de mucho uso = take + Nombre + a long way.

* ser mucho = be a mouthful.

* ser mucho más = be all the more.

* ser mucho más que = be far more than.

* sin mucha antelación = at short notice.

* sin mucha anticipación = at short notice.

* sin mucha dificultad = painlessly.

* sin muchas contemplaciones = unceremoniously.

* sin muchos inconvenientes = without much grudging.

* sin pensarlo mucho = off the top of + Posesivo + head.

* sorprenderse mucho = eyes + pop (out), Posesivo + eyes + pop out of + Posesivo + head, Posesivo + eyes + pop out of + Posesivo + socket.

* tener mucha distancia que recorrer = have + a long way to go.

* tener mucha personalidad = be full of character.

* tener mucho camino que recorrer = have + a long way to go.

* tener mucho carácter = be full of character.

* tener mucho cuidado = be extra vigilant.

* tener mucho éxito = hit + a home run, hit it out of + the park, knock it out of + the park.

* tener mucho interés en = have + a high stake in.

* tener mucho interés por = be keen to.

* tener mucho que ver con = have + a great deal to do with.

* tener mucho tiempo libre = have + plenty of time to spare.

* trabajando mucho = hard at work.

* trabajar muchas horas al día = work + long hours.

* trabajar mucho = work + hard.

* usuario que hace mucho uso del préstamo = heavy borrower.

* venir de mucho tiempo atrás = go back + a long way.

* Verbo + mucho = Verbo + hard.

* y cuanto mucho menos = much less.

* y mucho más = and much more.

* y mucho menos = much less, least of all.

* y mucho(s) más = and more.

* * *

mucho¹

adverb

1

salen mucho they go out a lot

no salen mucho they don't go out much o a lot

¿salen mucho? do they go out much o a lot?

me ayudaron muchísimo they really helped me a lot

ahora funciona mucho mejor it works much o a lot better now

esto preocupa, y mucho, a los ecologistas this is a matter of great concern to ecologists

trabaja mucho he works very hard

¿llueve mucho? is it raining hard?

me gusta muchísimo I like it a lot o very much

por mucho que insistas, no te va a hacer caso no matter how much you insist o however much you insist he won't listen to you

por mucho que le grites no te oye you can shout as much as you like but he won't hear you

después de mucho discutir llegaron a un acuerdo after long discussions, they reached an agreement

mucho criticar a los demás pero ella tampoco hace nada por ayudar she's forever o always criticizing others but she doesn't do anything to help either

2

(en respuestas): ¿estás preocupado? — mucho are you worried? — (yes, I am,) very

¿te gusta? — sí, mucho do you like it? — yes, very much

para locs ver mucho³ pron C. (↑ mucho (3))

mucho² - cha

adjective

A

1 ( sing) a lot of; (en negativas e interrogativas) much, a lot of

tiene mucha vitamina C it contains a lot of vitamin C

no le tienen mucho respeto they don't have much o a lot of respect for him

había mucha gente there were lots of o a lot of people there

sucedió hace mucho tiempo it happened a long time ago

¿tienes mucha hambre? are you very hungry?

una ciudad con mucha vida nocturna a city with plenty of night life

2 (pl) a lot of; (en negativas e interrogativas) many, a lot of

¿recibiste muchos regalos? did you get many o a lot of presents?

sus muchas obligaciones le impidieron asistir his many commitments prevented him from attending

muchos niños pasan hambre many children go hungry

seis hijos son muchos six children's a lot

somos muchos there are a lot of us

B ( sing)

1 ( fam)

(con valor plural): mucho elogio, mucho cumplido pero no me lo van a publicar they're full of praise and compliments but they're not going to publish it

hoy día hay mucho sinvergüenza por ahí these days there are a lot of rogues around

2 ( fam)

(con valor ponderativo): era mucho jugador para un equipo tan mediocre he was much too good a player for a mediocre team like that

mucho³ - cha

pronoun

A

(refiriéndose a cantidad, número): mucho de lo que ha dicho es falso much o a lot of what he has said is untrue

tengo mucho que hacer I have a lot to do

si no es mucho pedir if it's not too much to ask

muchos creen que … many (people) believe that …

muchos son los llamados pero pocos los elegidos ( Bib) many are called but few are chosen

B

mucho (refiriéndose a tiempo) a long time

hace mucho que no vamos al teatro we haven't been to the theater for a long time o for ages

¿falta mucho para llegar? are we nearly there?, is it much further?

¿tuviste que esperar mucho? did you have to wait long?

mucho antes de conocerte long o a long time before I met you

C ( en locs):

como mucho at (the) most

costará unos 30 dólares como mucho it probably costs about 30 dollars at (the) most

con mucho by far, easily

fue, con mucho, la mejor de la clase she was by far o easily the best in the class, she was the best in the class, by far

cuando mucho at (the) most

ni mucho menos: no pretendo aconsejarte ni mucho menos I'm in no way trying to give you advice

no es un buen pianista ni mucho menos he isn't a good pianist, far from it

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mucho 1 adverbio
a) ‹salir/ayudar› a lot;

‹ trabajar› hard;
◊ no salen mucho they don't go out much o a lot;

me gusta muchísimo I like it very much o a lot;
mucho mejor a lot better;
por mucho que insistas no matter how much you insist;
después de mucho discutir after much discussion
b) ( en respuestas):

◊ ¿estás preocupado? — mucho are you worried? — (yes, I am,) very;

¿te gusta? — sí, mucho do you like it? — yes, very much
mucho 2
◊ - cha adjetivo

a) ( sing) a lot of;

(en oraciones negativas, interrogativas) much, a lot of;
◊ mucho vino a lot of wine;

no gano mucho dinero I don't earn much o a lot of money;
¿ves mucha televisión? do you watch much o a lot of television;
tiene mucha hambre he's very hungry
b) (pl) many, a lot of;

◊ había muchos extranjeros/muchas personas allí there were many o a lot of foreigners/people there;

hace muchos años many years ago
■ pronombre
1 ( referido a cantidad)
a) ( sing) a lot;

( en oraciones negativas) much;
◊ mucho de lo dicho a lot of what was said;

tengo mucho que hacer I have a lot to do;
eso no es mucho that's not much;
no queda mucha there isn't much left
b) (pl) many;

◊ muchos creen que … many (people) believe that …;

muchos de nosotros many of us
2
◊ mucho

a) ( referido a tiempo):

◊ hace mucho que no la veo I haven't seen her for a long time;

¿te falta mucho para terminar? will it take you long to finish?;
mucho antes long before;
¿tuviste que esperar mucho? did you have to wait long?
b) ( en locs)

◊ como mucho at (the) most;

con mucho by far, easily;
ni mucho menos far from it;
por mucho que … however much …
mucho,-a
I adj indef
1 (abundante, numeroso) (en frases afirmativas) a lot of, lots of
mucha comida, a lot of food
muchos animales, lots of animals
(en frases negativas) much, many pl: no queda mucho azúcar, there isn't much sugar left
no conozco muchos sitios, I don't know many places
2 (intenso) very: tengo mucho calor/miedo, I'm very hot/scared
hizo mucho esfuerzo, he made a great effort
3 (demasiado) es mucha responsabilidad, it's too much responsibility
II pron
1 a lot, a great deal, many: muchos fuimos al baile, many/lots of us went to the dance
muchos de nosotros/vosotros, many of us/you
de ésos tengo muchos, I've got lots of those
III adverbio
1 (cantidad) a lot, very much: me arrepentí mucho, I was very sorry
2 (tiempo) hace mucho que desapareció, he went missing a long time ago
hace mucho que estamos aquí, we have been here for a long time
(a menudo) often: vamos mucho al cine, we go to the cinema quite often
♦ Locuciones: como mucho, at the most
con mucho, by far
¡ni mucho menos!, no way!
por mucho (que), however much
Recuerda que el singular es much, el plural es many, y que estas dos palabras se suelen usar en frases negativas (no tengo demasiado tiempo, I haven't got much time), mientras que a lot (of) y lots (of) se encuentran en frases afirmativas: Tengo mucho dinero. I've got a lot of/lots of money. En frases interrogativas se usa tanto much y many como a lot o lots of: ¿Tienes mucho dinero?, Have you got much/ a lot of/lots of money? Sin embargo, en preguntas que empiezan por how sólo puedes emplear much o many: ¿Cuánto dinero tienes?, How much money have you got?
' mucho' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abandonarse
- abrigar
- abultar
- achicharrar
- achicharrarse
- acoger
- adelantar
- adentro
- adorar
- afear
- afecta
- afectar
- afecto
- agradecer
- alejarse
- antes
- aparato
- aprecio
- aprovechar
- ascendiente
- avejentarse
- avenida
- avenido
- bailar
- bastante
- boato
- bombo
- brío
- cacarear
- caché
- cachet
- calor
- carácter
- cariño
- carrete
- cascar
- cervical
- chapar
- chiflar
- cocerse
- coco
- comer
- contraponer
- costar
- cuando
- de
- deber
- decaer
- decir
- defraudar
English:
ability
- ado
- afraid
- age
- ago
- agony
- all-out
- alone
- anywhere
- around
- as
- attract
- attuned to
- backlog
- badly
- bake
- balance
- be
- best
- booze
- bulky
- busywork
- capital
- cautious
- chalk
- challenging
- charisma
- come along
- come into
- commotion
- concern
- deal
- dear
- demand
- devoted
- difficult
- do
- dog days
- doing
- easily
- emotional
- enthusiastic
- esteem
- exhilarate
- experience
- extravagant
- fancy
- far
- fat
- few

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mucho, -a

♦ adj

1. [gran cantidad de] a lot of;

comemos mucho pescado/mucha verdura we eat a lot of fish/vegetables;

había mucha gente there were a lot of people there;

producen muchos residuos they produce a lot of waste;

tengo muchos más/menos amigos que tú I've got a lot more/fewer friends than you;

no tengo mucho tiempo I haven't got much o a lot of time;

no nos quedan muchas entradas we haven't got many o a lot of tickets left;

¿hay muchas cosas que hacer? are there a lot of things to do?, is there much to do?;

no tengo muchas ganas de ir I don't really o much feel like going;

tengo mucho sueño I'm very sleepy;

hoy hace mucho calor it's very hot today;

hace mucho tiempo a long time ago;

¡mucha suerte! the best of luck!;

¡muchas gracias! thank you very much!

2. (singular) [demasiado]
hay mucho niño aquí there are rather a lot of kids here;

mucha sal me parece que le estás echando I think you're overdoing the salt a bit, I think you're adding a bit too much salt;

ésta es mucha casa para mí this house is much too big for me;
Fam
es mucho hombre he's a real man;

es mucho coche para un conductor novato it's far too powerful a car for an inexperienced driver;

es mucha mujer para ti she's out of your league!;
Fam
mucho lujo y mucho camarero trajeado pero la comida es horrible it's all very luxurious and full of smartly dressed waiters, but the food's terrible

♦ pron
(singular) a lot;
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mucho

I adj

1 singular a lot of, lots of; en frases interrogativas y negativas tb

much;

mucho tiempo a lot of time;

no tengo mucho tiempo I don’t have a lot of time o much time;

tengo mucho frío I am very cold;

es mucho coche para mí this car’s too much for me

2 plural a lot of, lots of; en frases interrogativas y negativas tb

many;

muchos amigos a lot of friends;

no tengo muchos amigos I don’t have a lot of friends o many friends

II pron

1 singular a lot; en frases interrogativas y negativas tb

much;

no tengo mucho I don’t have much o a lot

2 plural a lot; en frases interrogativas y negativas tb

many;

no tengo muchos I don’t have many o a lot;

muchos creen que … a lot of people o many people think that …

III adv

1 a lot; en frases interrogativas y negativas tb

much;

¿cuesta mucho? does it cost a lot o much?;

nos vemos mucho we see each other often o a lot;

hace mucho que no te veo I haven’t seen you for a long time;

¿dura/tarda mucho? does it last/take long?

2

:

como mucho at the most;

10 meses dan para mucho o

dan mucho de sí you can do a lot in 10 months;

no es ni con mucho he is far from being …;

ni mucho menos far from it;

por mucho que however much

* * *

mucho adv

1) : much, a lot

mucho más: much more

le gusta mucho: he likes it a lot

2) : long, a long time

tardó mucho en venir: he was a long time getting here

3)

por mucho que : no matter how much

mucho, - cha adj

1) : a lot of, many, much

mucha gente: a lot of people

hace mucho tiempo que no lo veo: I haven't seen him in ages

2)

muchas veces : often

mucho, - cha pron

1) : a lot, many, much

hay mucho que hacer: there is a lot to do

muchas no vinieron: many didn't come

2)

cuando mucho or

como mucho : at most

3)

con mucho : by far

4)

ni mucho menos : not at all, far from it

* * *

mucho¹ adj

1. (en general) a lot of / lots of

como mucho queso I eat a lot of cheese

lee muchos libros he reads a lot of books lots of es lo mismo que a lot of, pero un poco más familiar

como mucho queso I eat lots of cheese Much es singular y suele sustituir a lot of en frases negativas e interrogativas

no tenemos mucho tiempo we haven't got much time

¿ganas mucho dinero? do you earn much money? many es plural y suele sustituir a lot of en frases negativas e interrogativas

no tiene muchos amigos he hasn't got many friends

¿marcaste muchos goles? did you score many goals?

2. (otras expresiones) very

hace mucho calor it's very hot

tengo muchas ganas de verte I'm really looking forward to seeing you

mucho² adv

1. (en general) a lot

esta planta ha crecido mucho this plant has grown a lot

los atletas se entrenan mucho athletes train a lot

me gusta mucho I like it a lot

trabajamos mucho we work hard

lo siento mucho I'm very sorry / I'm really sorry

2. (comparaciones) much

era mucho más fácil de lo que pensaba it was much easier than I thought

comes mucho más que yo you eat much more than me

3. (mucho tiempo) a long time

hace mucho que no te veo I haven't see you for a long time

como mucho at the most

ni con mucho nowhere near as

ni mucho menos far from

no está acabado, ni mucho menos it is far from finished

por mucho que however much

mucho³ pron

1. (en singular frases afirmativas) a lot

aún me queda mucho por hacer I've still got a lot left to do

2. (en singular frases negativas e interrogativas) much / a lot

no es mucho lo que pides you're not asking for much

3. (con plurales) many / a lot

muchos de sus amigos acudieron many of his friends came

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