you and your wives

    corpus oris, n    [1 CER-], a body (living or lifeless): solidum et suci plenum, T.: requies animi et corporis: ingenium sine corpore exercere, S.: corpus sine pectore, H.: Corporis exigui, of small frame, H.: dedit pro corpore nummos, to escape flogging, H.: adverso corpore, in front: corpore toto intorquet, with all his might, V.: gravi salubris corpori, i. e. stomach, H.: volgatum, prostituted, L.—Plur., for sing. (poet.): cruciata corpora demittite nocti, O.: Sanguine in corpora summa vocato, the skin, O.— Flesh: ossa subiecta corpori: corpus amisi: fecisti tantum corporis, Ph.: pars versa est in corporis usum, to serve as flesh, O.— A lifeless body, corpse, trunk: per eorum corpora transire, Cs.: occisorum, S.: corpore ambusto: ne corpus eiciatur. — Substance, matter, reality (poet.): Spem sine corpore amat, O.: metuit sine corpore nomen, O.—A person, individual: tuum corpus domumque custodire: delecta virum corpora, V.: excepto corpore Turni, V.: corpora vestra, coniugum, etc., i. e. you and your wives, L.: liberum corpus habere, retain civil rights, S.: defuncta corpora vitā heroum, shades, V.—Of animals: corpora magna boum, heads, V.: septem ingentia (cervorum), V. — A mass, body, frame, system, structure, community, corporation: corpus navium viminibus contextum, framework, Cs.: totum corpus coronā militum cingere, structure, Cs.: rei p.: civitatis, political body, L.: sui corporis creari regem, L.: Romani iuris, L.—A part, particle, grain: quot haberet corpora pulvis, O.

עני, עָנָהII (b. h.; cmp. אָנָה) to press, be pressed; to be detained. Pi. עִינָּה 1) to detain, postpone, esp. ע׳ דין to delay execution of capital judgment (which should take place on the day of sentence). Snh.XI, 4 (89a) אין מְעַנִּין את דינו שלוכ׳ we must not put off his execution (opp. to the opinion משמרין אותו). Ib. 35a וליגמריה … נמצא אתה מְעַנֶּה את דינו shall we pass sentence on Friday and put him to death on Sunday? In such a case you would postpone his execution (against the law); v. עִינּוּי II. 2) to cause privation; to cause to fast. Yoma 77b (ref. to ויענה, Gen. 34:2) התם שעִינָּהּ מביאותוכ׳ this may be interpreted, that he deprived her of other connections. Ib. 8:4 התינוקות אין מענין אותןוכ׳ we must not let children fast on the Day of Atonement, v. חָנַךְ; a. e.Part. pass. מְעוּנֶּה fasting. Tosef.Taan.II, 7; Erub.41a כדי שלא יכנס לשבת כשהוא מע׳ that he may not begin the Sabbath fasting; Tanḥ. Bresh. 2. 3) to afflict, oppress, wrong. Mekh. Mishp., s. 18 (ref. to Ex. 22:22) עד שיְעַנֶּה וישנה until he practices oppression repeatedly; a. e.Part. pass. מְעוּנֶּה; pl. מְעוּנִּין. Yeb.48b מפני מה גרים בזמן הזה מע׳וכ׳ why are the proselytes of our days afflicted and subject to suffering? 4) to violate, outrage. Num. R. s. 9 (ref. to Mic. 2:9) שהיו מְעַנִּים נשיוכ׳ they violated married women and caused them to be forbidden to their husbands. Lev. R. s. 19; a. fr.Mekh. l. c.; Yalk. Ex. 349 אם כשלא תְעַנּוּן את הדיןוכ׳ if your wives will be spared from widowhood and your children from bereavement, because you do not violate justice, how much more, when you execute justice. Nif. נַעֲנֶה 1) to be afflicted, oppressed. Mekh. l. c. אלמנה … שדרכן לֵעָנוֹת בהןוכ׳ widows and orphans who are liable to be oppressed,of them the text speaks (Ex. 22:21); Yalk. l. c. שדרכן לֵיעָנוֹת (not שדרכו). 2) to humble ones self; to submit to a persons discretion, beg pardon. Ber.28a נַעֲנֵיתִי לך מחול לי I submit myself to thee, forgive me. Pesik. R. s. 38 נעניתי לו I beg his pardon. Yoma 22b נעניתי לכם עצמותוכ׳ I beg your pardon, bones of Saul!; Yalk. Sam. 117 נעניתי לך שאולוכ׳. Keth.67b נעניתי לך קום אכול I beg of thee, get up and eat. Tosef.Ohol.V, 12 נמניתי לכם עצמותוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. נמתי, read נעניתי) I beg your pardon, bones of Hithpa. הִתְעַנֶּה, Nithpa. נִתְעַנֶּה 1) to be afflicted, suffer. Sifré Deut. 130 שנִתְעַנּוּ, v. עִינּוּי II. 2) to afflict ones self, to fast. Ber.8b (ref. to Lev. 23:32) וכי בתשעה מִתְעַנִּין do men fast on the ninth (of Tishri)? R. Hash. 18b אין גזרת … רצו מתענין when there is no political persecution, but no peace, those who wish may fast Erub.41a והִתְעַנִּינוּ בו ולאוכ׳ we fasted, but not to the end of the day; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱנִי (denom. of עָנִי) to become poor. Keth.VI, 6. Ber.33a חזרו והֶעֱנוּ when they (the Jews) became poor again. Meïl. 17a מי שיש לו אויב יַעֲנִי או יעשיר if one has an enemy, does one wish him to be poor or rich?; a. e.

עני, עָנָהII (b. h.; cmp. אָנָה) to press, be pressed; to be detained. Pi. עִינָּה 1) to detain, postpone, esp. ע׳ דין to delay execution of capital judgment (which should take place on the day of sentence). Snh.XI, 4 (89a) אין מְעַנִּין את דינו שלוכ׳ we must not put off his execution (opp. to the opinion משמרין אותו). Ib. 35a וליגמריה … נמצא אתה מְעַנֶּה את דינו shall we pass sentence on Friday and put him to death on Sunday? In such a case you would postpone his execution (against the law); v. עִינּוּי II. 2) to cause privation; to cause to fast. Yoma 77b (ref. to ויענה, Gen. 34:2) התם שעִינָּהּ מביאותוכ׳ this may be interpreted, that he deprived her of other connections. Ib. 8:4 התינוקות אין מענין אותןוכ׳ we must not let children fast on the Day of Atonement, v. חָנַךְ; a. e.Part. pass. מְעוּנֶּה fasting. Tosef.Taan.II, 7; Erub.41a כדי שלא יכנס לשבת כשהוא מע׳ that he may not begin the Sabbath fasting; Tanḥ. Bresh. 2. 3) to afflict, oppress, wrong. Mekh. Mishp., s. 18 (ref. to Ex. 22:22) עד שיְעַנֶּה וישנה until he practices oppression repeatedly; a. e.Part. pass. מְעוּנֶּה; pl. מְעוּנִּין. Yeb.48b מפני מה גרים בזמן הזה מע׳וכ׳ why are the proselytes of our days afflicted and subject to suffering? 4) to violate, outrage. Num. R. s. 9 (ref. to Mic. 2:9) שהיו מְעַנִּים נשיוכ׳ they violated married women and caused them to be forbidden to their husbands. Lev. R. s. 19; a. fr.Mekh. l. c.; Yalk. Ex. 349 אם כשלא תְעַנּוּן את הדיןוכ׳ if your wives will be spared from widowhood and your children from bereavement, because you do not violate justice, how much more, when you execute justice. Nif. נַעֲנֶה 1) to be afflicted, oppressed. Mekh. l. c. אלמנה … שדרכן לֵעָנוֹת בהןוכ׳ widows and orphans who are liable to be oppressed,of them the text speaks (Ex. 22:21); Yalk. l. c. שדרכן לֵיעָנוֹת (not שדרכו). 2) to humble ones self; to submit to a persons discretion, beg pardon. Ber.28a נַעֲנֵיתִי לך מחול לי I submit myself to thee, forgive me. Pesik. R. s. 38 נעניתי לו I beg his pardon. Yoma 22b נעניתי לכם עצמותוכ׳ I beg your pardon, bones of Saul!; Yalk. Sam. 117 נעניתי לך שאולוכ׳. Keth.67b נעניתי לך קום אכול I beg of thee, get up and eat. Tosef.Ohol.V, 12 נמניתי לכם עצמותוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. נמתי, read נעניתי) I beg your pardon, bones of Hithpa. הִתְעַנֶּה, Nithpa. נִתְעַנֶּה 1) to be afflicted, suffer. Sifré Deut. 130 שנִתְעַנּוּ, v. עִינּוּי II. 2) to afflict ones self, to fast. Ber.8b (ref. to Lev. 23:32) וכי בתשעה מִתְעַנִּין do men fast on the ninth (of Tishri)? R. Hash. 18b אין גזרת … רצו מתענין when there is no political persecution, but no peace, those who wish may fast Erub.41a והִתְעַנִּינוּ בו ולאוכ׳ we fasted, but not to the end of the day; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱנִי (denom. of עָנִי) to become poor. Keth.VI, 6. Ber.33a חזרו והֶעֱנוּ when they (the Jews) became poor again. Meïl. 17a מי שיש לו אויב יַעֲנִי או יעשיר if one has an enemy, does one wish him to be poor or rich?; a. e.

עני, עָנָהII (b. h.; cmp. אָנָה) to press, be pressed; to be detained. Pi. עִינָּה 1) to detain, postpone, esp. ע׳ דין to delay execution of capital judgment (which should take place on the day of sentence). Snh.XI, 4 (89a) אין מְעַנִּין את דינו שלוכ׳ we must not put off his execution (opp. to the opinion משמרין אותו). Ib. 35a וליגמריה … נמצא אתה מְעַנֶּה את דינו shall we pass sentence on Friday and put him to death on Sunday? In such a case you would postpone his execution (against the law); v. עִינּוּי II. 2) to cause privation; to cause to fast. Yoma 77b (ref. to ויענה, Gen. 34:2) התם שעִינָּהּ מביאותוכ׳ this may be interpreted, that he deprived her of other connections. Ib. 8:4 התינוקות אין מענין אותןוכ׳ we must not let children fast on the Day of Atonement, v. חָנַךְ; a. e.Part. pass. מְעוּנֶּה fasting. Tosef.Taan.II, 7; Erub.41a כדי שלא יכנס לשבת כשהוא מע׳ that he may not begin the Sabbath fasting; Tanḥ. Bresh. 2. 3) to afflict, oppress, wrong. Mekh. Mishp., s. 18 (ref. to Ex. 22:22) עד שיְעַנֶּה וישנה until he practices oppression repeatedly; a. e.Part. pass. מְעוּנֶּה; pl. מְעוּנִּין. Yeb.48b מפני מה גרים בזמן הזה מע׳וכ׳ why are the proselytes of our days afflicted and subject to suffering? 4) to violate, outrage. Num. R. s. 9 (ref. to Mic. 2:9) שהיו מְעַנִּים נשיוכ׳ they violated married women and caused them to be forbidden to their husbands. Lev. R. s. 19; a. fr.Mekh. l. c.; Yalk. Ex. 349 אם כשלא תְעַנּוּן את הדיןוכ׳ if your wives will be spared from widowhood and your children from bereavement, because you do not violate justice, how much more, when you execute justice. Nif. נַעֲנֶה 1) to be afflicted, oppressed. Mekh. l. c. אלמנה … שדרכן לֵעָנוֹת בהןוכ׳ widows and orphans who are liable to be oppressed,of them the text speaks (Ex. 22:21); Yalk. l. c. שדרכן לֵיעָנוֹת (not שדרכו). 2) to humble ones self; to submit to a persons discretion, beg pardon. Ber.28a נַעֲנֵיתִי לך מחול לי I submit myself to thee, forgive me. Pesik. R. s. 38 נעניתי לו I beg his pardon. Yoma 22b נעניתי לכם עצמותוכ׳ I beg your pardon, bones of Saul!; Yalk. Sam. 117 נעניתי לך שאולוכ׳. Keth.67b נעניתי לך קום אכול I beg of thee, get up and eat. Tosef.Ohol.V, 12 נמניתי לכם עצמותוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. נמתי, read נעניתי) I beg your pardon, bones of Hithpa. הִתְעַנֶּה, Nithpa. נִתְעַנֶּה 1) to be afflicted, suffer. Sifré Deut. 130 שנִתְעַנּוּ, v. עִינּוּי II. 2) to afflict ones self, to fast. Ber.8b (ref. to Lev. 23:32) וכי בתשעה מִתְעַנִּין do men fast on the ninth (of Tishri)? R. Hash. 18b אין גזרת … רצו מתענין when there is no political persecution, but no peace, those who wish may fast Erub.41a והִתְעַנִּינוּ בו ולאוכ׳ we fasted, but not to the end of the day; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱנִי (denom. of עָנִי) to become poor. Keth.VI, 6. Ber.33a חזרו והֶעֱנוּ when they (the Jews) became poor again. Meïl. 17a מי שיש לו אויב יַעֲנִי או יעשיר if one has an enemy, does one wish him to be poor or rich?; a. e.

יְקַרch. sam(יקרto be dear, precious; to hold dear). 1) to be heavy. Targ. Ps. 38:5 יְקַרוּ (Ms. יקירו). Targ. Job 33:7 (some ed. אַיְקַר Af.). Targ. Gen. 48:10; Targ. O. Ex. 17:12 יְקָרָן, ed. Berl. יְקָרָא, v. Berl. Targ. O. II, p. 17); a. e. 2) to be dear, precious. Targ. 1 Sam. 26:21. Targ. 2 Kings 1:13, sq.; a. fr.B. Mets.64a אי יַקְרָאוכ׳, v. זוּל I, ch. Pa. יַקַּר 1) to make heavy. Targ. Lam. 3:7 (ed. Amst. יְקַר, corr. acc.). Targ. Zech. 7:11; a. fr. 2) to honor, hold dear. Targ. Is. 5:2. Ib. 58:13; a. fr. Targ. Prov. 25:27 מילי מְיַקְּרָתָא honoring words (flatteries).Koh. R. to II, 20; Lev. R. s. 25 תְּיַקְּרִינֵיה, v. מוֹקְרָא; a. e.(Gen. R. s. 17 מיקרך, v. יְקָרָא. 3) to offer, present. Targ. Is. 43:23 (not יְקרְתָּא). Targ. Prov. 3:9; a. e. Af. אוֹקִיר, אַיְקַר 1) to honor, treat with regard. Targ. Ps. 15:4. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:30; a. e.B. Mets.59a אוֹקִירוּ לנשייכווכ׳ honor your wives (in dress), in order that you may be blessed with wealth. Ber.48a לא את קא מוֹקְרַת … קָא מוֹקְרָא לי Ms. M. (ed. … היא דמְיַקְּרָא לי) it is not thou that honorest me, but it is the Law that honors me. Y.Kidd.I, 61b הלואי … דאוֹקְרִינוּן ואירתג״ע Oh, that I had father and mother (alive) that I might honor them and inherit paradise; Y.Peah I, 15c bot. דאַיְקְרִינְהון ונירתוכ׳; a. fr. 2) to offer. Y.Bets. V, end 63b אוֹקְרֵיה חד סרקיי כמהין a Saracen sent him mushrooms as a present (on a Holy Day). Y.B. Bath.II, end, 13c אוֹקְרַת תאניןוכ׳ brought R. … figs as a present; a. fr.( 3) to be heavy. Targ. Job 33:17, v. supra. Ithpe. אִתְיַיקַּר, אִיַּיקַּר 1) to become heavy, burdensome. Targ. Lam. 1:14. Targ. O. Ex. 7:14 (h. text כבד); a. e.Ab. Zar.46b אייקר ליה תלמודא ed., Ms. M. איעקר גמריה, v. עֲקַר. 2) to be honored, to honor ones self. Targ. 2 Sam. 6:20. Targ. Ex. 14:17, sq.; a. fr.Snh.46b כי היכי דמִיַּיקַּרוכ׳ (Ms. M. מִתְיַי׳, לִיתְיַי׳) that Abraham be honored through her (at her funeral). Ib. לִיַּיקְּרוּ בך … דמִתְיַיקְּרֵיוכ׳ Israel will be honored through thee (at thy funeral), as they were honored at the funerals of thy ancestors. Meg.28a אִתְיַיקּוּרֵי דמתייקרי בי they desire to be honored by me (by inviting me); a. e. 3) to rise in value. B. Kam. 103a איי׳ כיתנא flax grew dearer. Ber.5b; a. e.

יְקַרch. sam(יקרto be dear, precious; to hold dear). 1) to be heavy. Targ. Ps. 38:5 יְקַרוּ (Ms. יקירו). Targ. Job 33:7 (some ed. אַיְקַר Af.). Targ. Gen. 48:10; Targ. O. Ex. 17:12 יְקָרָן, ed. Berl. יְקָרָא, v. Berl. Targ. O. II, p. 17); a. e. 2) to be dear, precious. Targ. 1 Sam. 26:21. Targ. 2 Kings 1:13, sq.; a. fr.B. Mets.64a אי יַקְרָאוכ׳, v. זוּל I, ch. Pa. יַקַּר 1) to make heavy. Targ. Lam. 3:7 (ed. Amst. יְקַר, corr. acc.). Targ. Zech. 7:11; a. fr. 2) to honor, hold dear. Targ. Is. 5:2. Ib. 58:13; a. fr. Targ. Prov. 25:27 מילי מְיַקְּרָתָא honoring words (flatteries).Koh. R. to II, 20; Lev. R. s. 25 תְּיַקְּרִינֵיה, v. מוֹקְרָא; a. e.(Gen. R. s. 17 מיקרך, v. יְקָרָא. 3) to offer, present. Targ. Is. 43:23 (not יְקרְתָּא). Targ. Prov. 3:9; a. e. Af. אוֹקִיר, אַיְקַר 1) to honor, treat with regard. Targ. Ps. 15:4. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:30; a. e.B. Mets.59a אוֹקִירוּ לנשייכווכ׳ honor your wives (in dress), in order that you may be blessed with wealth. Ber.48a לא את קא מוֹקְרַת … קָא מוֹקְרָא לי Ms. M. (ed. … היא דמְיַקְּרָא לי) it is not thou that honorest me, but it is the Law that honors me. Y.Kidd.I, 61b הלואי … דאוֹקְרִינוּן ואירתג״ע Oh, that I had father and mother (alive) that I might honor them and inherit paradise; Y.Peah I, 15c bot. דאַיְקְרִינְהון ונירתוכ׳; a. fr. 2) to offer. Y.Bets. V, end 63b אוֹקְרֵיה חד סרקיי כמהין a Saracen sent him mushrooms as a present (on a Holy Day). Y.B. Bath.II, end, 13c אוֹקְרַת תאניןוכ׳ brought R. … figs as a present; a. fr.( 3) to be heavy. Targ. Job 33:17, v. supra. Ithpe. אִתְיַיקַּר, אִיַּיקַּר 1) to become heavy, burdensome. Targ. Lam. 1:14. Targ. O. Ex. 7:14 (h. text כבד); a. e.Ab. Zar.46b אייקר ליה תלמודא ed., Ms. M. איעקר גמריה, v. עֲקַר. 2) to be honored, to honor ones self. Targ. 2 Sam. 6:20. Targ. Ex. 14:17, sq.; a. fr.Snh.46b כי היכי דמִיַּיקַּרוכ׳ (Ms. M. מִתְיַי׳, לִיתְיַי׳) that Abraham be honored through her (at her funeral). Ib. לִיַּיקְּרוּ בך … דמִתְיַיקְּרֵיוכ׳ Israel will be honored through thee (at thy funeral), as they were honored at the funerals of thy ancestors. Meg.28a אִתְיַיקּוּרֵי דמתייקרי בי they desire to be honored by me (by inviting me); a. e. 3) to rise in value. B. Kam. 103a איי׳ כיתנא flax grew dearer. Ber.5b; a. e.

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Ex: These he bound up in three volumes, and on the fly leaf of the first volume wrote 'I have always retained a kind of affection for little story books, as they recall muy early days'.

Ex: 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.

Ex: Every teacher, I suppose, has his own collection of favorite yarns based on personal experiences.

Ex: The child who has the advantage of being brought up enriched by hearing stories and reading books will have the opportunity to air his knowledge about the characters in nursery stories.

Ex: One of these collectors was a Captain Cox, stone mason of Coventry, a person with 'great oversight... in matters of storie'.

* aplicársele el cuento a Alguien = cap + fit.

* contar un cuento = tell + story.

* cuenta-cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], storytelling [story-telling].

* cuento chino = tall tale, tall story.

* cuento de hadas = fairy story, fairy tale [fairytale].

* cuento de viejas = old wives' tale.

* cuento escrito = written story.

* cuento infantil = picture book.

* cuento popular = folk tale, folktale [folk tale].

* hora del cuento = story hour [storyhour], storytelling [story-telling], storytime [story time].

* lectura de cuentos = story reading.

* narración de cuentos = storytelling [story-telling].

* narrador de cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], story teller.

* que no viene a cuento = off-topic.

* rincón del cuento, el = storycorner, the.

* ¡se te acabó el cuento! = the jig's up!.

* sin venir a cuento = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.

* urdir un cuento = weave + a tale.

 

Del verbo contar: ( conjugate contar)

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cuento
contar ( conjugate contar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹dinero/votos/días› to count;

y eso sin cuento las horas extras and that's without including overtime;
lo cuento entre mis amigos I consider him (to be) one of my friends
2 ‹cuento/chiste/secreto› to tell;

es muy largo de cuento it's a long story;
¿qué cuentas (de nuevo)? (fam) how're things? (colloq)
verbo intransitivo
1 ( en general) to count;

¿este trabajo cuenta para la nota final? does this piece of work count toward(s) the final grade?;
ella no cuenta para nada what she says (o thinks etc) doesn't count for anything
2



sin cuento con que … without taking into account that …




contarse verbo pronominal


su novela se cuenta entre las mejores his novel is among the best


cuento sustantivo masculino

( para niños) story, tale;

cuento de hadas fairy story, fairy tale;
venir a cuento: eso no viene a cuento that doesn't come into it;
sin venir a cuento for no reason at all





eso es un cuento chino what a load of baloney;
el cuento del tío a con trick
contar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un suceso, una historia) to tell
2 (numerar) to count
II verbo intransitivo to count
♦ Locuciones: contar con, (confiar en) to count on
(constar de) to have
cuento sustantivo masculino
1 story
2 Lit short story
contar un cuento, to tell a story
cuento de hadas, fairy tale
3 (embuste) lie: ¡déjate de cuentos!, get on with it!
4 (cotilleo, acusación) ya le fue con el cuento a la suegra, she ran off to tell the tale to her mother-in-law
5 cuento chino, tall story
♦ Locuciones: figurado eso no viene a cuento, that's beside the point
vivir del cuento, to live off other people
' cuento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
colorín
- gratuitamente
- historia
- historieta
- modular
- moraleja
- novela
- si
- tal
- alargar
- aquél
- chabacano
- chiste
- colar
- contar
- inventar
- relato
- tragar
- venir
English:
bank on
- cock and bull story
- expect
- fairy story
- fairy tale
- horror story
- lurid
- moral
- number
- racy
- relate
- run
- spin out
- story
- tale
- tall story
- tell
- unfold
- yarn
- act
- eye
- fairy
- old
- short
- tall
- way
- yet
[fábula] tale; Fam Fam cuento de hadas fairy tale; Fam el cuento de la lechera: CSur Esp cuento chino:

[en oración directa no se traduce]

Ex: For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term ' Women's liberation' with this function.

Ex: Librarians who have to choose between Congress and Dewey are in the dilemma of the proverbial lady facing death or a fate worse than death.

Ex: Most of them -- there are 24 people on the library staff; 6 in reference (3 males and 3 females) -- have not personally experienced sexual harassment and haven't been aware that it exists.

* acaparado por la mujer = feminised [feminized, -USA].

* andar siempre detrás de las mujeres = womanise [womanize, -USA].

* asesinato de una mujer = femicide.

* bicicleta de mujeres = ladies bike.

* cárcel de mujeres = women's prison.

* centro de acogida de mujeres = women's shelter.

* derechos de la mujer = women's rights.

* derechos humanos específicos de la mujer = human rights of women.

* diferencia de retribución entre mujeres y hombres = gender pay gap.

* diferencial retributivo entre mujeres y hombres = gender pay differential.

* disfunción sexual de la mujer = female sexual dysfunction.

* dominado por la mujer = feminised [feminized, -USA].

* emancipación de la mujer = female emancipation.

* empoderamiento de la mujer = women('s) empowerment.

* equidad entre hombres y mujeres = gender equity.

* estudios de la mujer = women's studies, gender studies.

* estudios sobre la mujer = women's studies, gender studies.

* gobierno dominado por mujeres = petticoat government.

* gustar mucho las mujeres = womanise [womanize, -USA].

* liberación de la mujer = women's liberation.

* malos tratos a la mujer = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse.

* maltrato a la mujer = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse.

* maltrato de mujeres = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse.

* montura de mujer = side-saddle.

* movimiento en defensa de los derechos de la mujer = women's rights movement.

* mujer acosada psicológicamente por el marido = harassed housewife.

* mujer bella = belle.

* mujer con éxito = successful woman.

* mujer con un cutis de porcelana típico inglés = an English rose.

* mujer de color = coloured woman.

* mujer de éxito = successful woman.

* mujer de la limpieza = cleaning lady, cleaning woman.

* mujer maltratada = battered woman.

* mujer embarazada = pregnant woman.

* mujer en estado = pregnant woman.

* mujer en período de lactancia = nursing woman.

* mujer fácil = loose woman.

* mujer fatal = femme fatale, man-eater.

* mujer fresca = hussy.

* mujer ingenua = ingenue.

* mujer lasciva = wanton woman.

* mujer libertina = wanton woman.

* mujer militar = servicewoman.

* mujer negra = black woman, coloured woman.

* mujer objeto = sex object.

* mujer policía = policewoman [policewomen, -pl.].

* mujer promiscua = wanton woman.

* mujer que tiene mucho mundo = a woman of the world.

* mujer soldado = servicewoman.

* mujer soltera = bachelorette.

* ordenación de la mujer, la = ordination of women, the.

* póster de mujer desnuda = pin-up.

* proporción hombres-mujeres = sex ratio.

* relaciones entre hombres y mujeres = gender relations.

* revistas para mujeres = women's magazines.

* silla de mujer = side-saddle.

* tráfico de mujeres = trafficking in women.

 

mujer sustantivo femenino


mujer de la limpieza cleaning lady, cleaner;
mujer de mala vida or de mal vivir prostitute;
mujer de negocios businesswoman;
hacerse mujer (euf) to reach puberty, become a woman (euph)

mujer sustantivo femenino
1 woman
varias mujeres, several women
argot mujer fácil, easy lay
euf mujer de la calle/de mala vida/pública, prostitute
2 (esposa) wife
' mujer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abusar
- acomodador
- acomodadora
- adúltera
- adúltero
- agente
- albacea
- amante
- artesana
- artesano
- asesina
- asesino
- autor
- autora
- bañador
- bienhechor
- bienhechora
- blanca
- blanco
- bombera
- bombero
- bombo
- bruja
- cabrón
- cabrona
- cacatúa
- cada
- calle
- calostro
- calva
- cámara
- camarera
- camarero
- camella
- camello
- campesina
- campesino
- capataz
- cartera
- cartero
- casera
- casero
- cerda
- cobrador
- cobradora
- comedianta
- comediante
- cómica
- cómico
English:
A
- accompany
- alone
- amid
- amulet
- apologetic
- aside
- batter
- be
- beat
- beauty
- besides
- bitch
- blouse
- bosom
- both
- breast
- brief
- broody
- brunette
- businesswoman
- bust
- bust up
- butch
- buxom
- cardigan
- composure
- conspicuous
- cow
- curtsey
- curtsy
- deceive
- distinguished
- distraught
- disturbed
- drag
- dyke
- either
- evening dress
- ex
- executrix
- expectant mother
- fanny
- female
- feminine
- femme fatale
- flounder
- former
- frail
- frock
RP mujer de la calle streetwalker; Esp

Ex: Accurate records must be kept of all monies received and disbursed and normally the cash is balanced at weekly intervals.

Ex: As I plunk down $70 for the shoes, I know I am getting value, dollar for dollar.

Ex: I don't think the Council on Library Resources is of any mind to go shelling out money for ten years the way it did before.

Ex: And when men are the spenders, they typically shell out more than wives do -- about 40 percent more.

to owe

• devoir qch à qn to owe sb sth

• elle lui doit 200 € she owes him 200 euros

• c'est à son courage qu'elle doit la vie she owes her life to his courage

• je dois à mes parents d'avoir réussi I owe my success to my parents

• c'est à lui que l'on doit cette découverte it is to him that we owe this discovery

• devoir obéissance à qn to owe sb obedience

• il lui doit bien cela ! it's the least he can do for him!

• à qui doit-on la découverte du radium ? who discovered radium?

• il ne veut rien devoir à personne he doesn't want to be indebted to anyone

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   a. (obligation)

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► Lorsque devoir exprime une obligation, il se traduit généralement par to have (got) to lorsqu'il s'agit de contraintes extérieures ; notez que to have got to ne s'utilise qu'au présent. must a généralement une valeur plus impérative ; must étant défectif, on utilise to have to aux temps où il ne se conjugue pas.

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• je ne peux pas aller au cinéma, je dois travailler I can't go to the cinema, I've got to work

• si je rentre tard, je dois téléphoner à ma mère if I stay out late, I have to phone my mother

• je dois téléphoner à ma mère ! I must phone my mother!

• Stéphanie doit partir ce soir Stéphanie has to go tonight

• Martin avait promis, il devait le faire Martin had promised, so he had to do it

• David a cru devoir accepter David thought he should agree

• dois-je comprendre par là que... am I to understand from this that...

   b. (conseil)

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► Lorsque devoir est au conditionnel et qu'il exprime une suggestion, il se traduit par should.

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• tu devrais t'habiller plus chaudement you should dress more warmly

• il aurait dû la prévenir he should have warned her

   c. (fatalité)

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► Lorsque devoir exprime une fatalité, il se traduit généralement par to be bound to.

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• nos chemins devaient se croiser un jour ou l'autre our paths were bound to cross some time

• cela devait arriver ! it was bound to happen!

• les choses semblent devoir s'arranger things seem to be sorting themselves out

• elle ne devait pas les revoir vivants she was never to see them alive again

   d. (prévision)

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► Lorsque devoir exprime une prévision, il est souvent traduit par to be going to.

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• elle doit vous téléphoner demain she's going to ring you tomorrow

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► Notez l'emploi de to be due to dans les contextes où la notion de temps est importante.

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• son train doit or devrait arriver dans cinq minutes his train is due to arrive in five minutes

• Antoinette devait partir à six heures mais la réunion s'est prolongée Antoinette was due to leave at six but the meeting went on longer

   e. (hypothèse)

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► Lorsque devoir exprime une hypothèse, il se traduit par must dans les phrases affirmatives.

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• il doit faire froid ici en hiver it must be cold here in winter

• il a dû se tromper de chemin he must have lost his way

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► Au conditionnel, on utilise should.

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• ça devrait pouvoir se faire it should be feasible

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► Dans les phrases négatives, on utilise généralement can't.

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• elle ne doit pas être bête she can't be stupid

• il ne doit pas faire chaud en hiver it can't be warm in winter

3. <

► se devoir

• les époux se doivent fidélité husband and wife have a duty to be faithful to one another► se devoir de ( = être obligé de)

nous nous devons de le lui dire it is our duty to tell him

• je me devais d'essayer I had to try for my own sake► comme il se doit

• j'en ai informé mon chef, comme il se doit I informed my boss, of course

• on a fêté l'événement, comme il se doit and naturally, we celebrated the event

4. <

   a. ( = obligation) duty

• faire son devoir to do one's duty

• agir par devoir to act from a sense of duty

• se faire un devoir de faire qch to make it one's duty to do sth

• il est de mon devoir de... it is my duty to...

   b. (scolaire) ( = dissertation) essay ; ( = exercice fait en classe) exercise ; (fait à la maison) homework uncount

• faire ses devoirs to do one's homework

• devoirs de vacances holiday homework

• devoir surveillé or sur table written test

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Note: Lorsque devoir est utilisé comme auxiliaire pour exprimer une obligation posée comme directive, une recommandation, une hypothèse ou un objectif, il se traduit par must suivi de l'infinitif sans to: je dois finir ma traduction aujourd'hui = I must finish my translation today; tu dois avoir faim! = you must be hungry!

Lorsqu'il exprime une obligation imposée par les circonstances extérieures, il se traduit par to have suivi de l'infinitif: je dois me lever tous les matins à sept heures = I have to get up at seven o'clock every morning

Les autres sens du verbe auxiliaire, et devoir verbe transitif et verbe pronominal, sont présentés ci-dessous

I
1. dəvwɑʀ

verbe auxiliaire

1) (obligation, recommandation, hypothèse)

tu dois te brosser les dents au moins deux fois par jour — you must brush your teeth at least twice a day

je dois aller travailler — I've got to go to work

il a dû accepter — ( obligation) he had to accept; ( hypothèse) he must have accepted

tu ne dois pas montrer du doigt! — you shouldn't point!

ces mesures doivent permettre une amélioration du niveau de vie — these measures should allow an improvement in the standard of living

il doit absolument éviter l'alcool — it's imperative that he avoid alcohol, he really must avoid alcohol

je dois dire/reconnaître que cela ne m'étonne pas — I have to ou I must say/admit I'm not surprised

elle ne doit pas être fière! — she must be ashamed of herself

je devais avoir 12 ans à ce moment-là — I must have been 12 at the time

ils doivent arriver d'une minute à l'autre — they're due to arrive any minute

2) ( être dans la nécessité de)

l'entreprise va devoir fermer — the company will have to close

dois-je prendre un parapluie? — do I need to take an umbrella?

dussé-je en mourir — liter even if I die for it

il a cru devoir partir — he felt obliged to leave

3) ( exprime une prévision)

elles devaient en parler — they were to talk about it

le contrat doit être signé à 16 h — the contract is to be signed at 4 pm

à quelle heure doit-il rentrer? — what time should he be home?

je dois m'absenter prochainement — I'll have to leave shortly

4) ( exprime la fatalité)

ce qui devait arriver arriva — the inevitable happened

cela devait arriver — it was bound ou it had to happen

nous devons tous mourir un jour — we all have to die some day

elle devait mourir dans un accident de voiture — she was to die in a car crash

2.

verbe transitif

1) ( avoir à payer) to owe [argent, repas]

devoir quelque chose à quelqu'un — to owe something to somebody, to owe somebody something

combien vous dois-je? — ( pour un service) how much do I owe you?; ( pour un achat) how much is it?

2) ( être redevable de)

devoir quelque chose à quelqu'un — to owe something to somebody, to owe somebody something

je te dois d'avoir gagné — it's thanks to you that I won

3) ( avoir une obligation morale)

devoir quelque chose à quelqu'un — to owe somebody something

il me doit des excuses — he owes me an apology

3.

se devoir verbe pronominal

1) ( avoir une obligation morale)

se devoir à quelqu'un/son pays — to have a duty to somebody/one's country

2) ( réciproquement)

les époux se doivent fidélité — spouses owe it to each other to be faithful

3) ( par convention)

un homme de son rang se doit d'avoir un chauffeur — a man of his standing has to have a chauffeur

4.

comme il se doit locution adverbiale

1) ( comme le veut l'usage)

faire quelque chose/agir comme il se doit — to do something/to act in the correct way

2) ( comme prévu)

comme il se doit, elle est en retard! — as you might expect, she's late!

II dəvwɑʀ

nom masculin ( obligation morale) duty

faire son devoir — to do one's duty

le devoir m'appelle! — duty calls!

il est de mon devoir de — it's my duty to; École ( exercice fait en classe) test; ( fait à la maison) homework [U]

Phrasal Verbs:

- devoir surveillé or sur table

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d(ə)vwaʀ

1. nm

1) (= obligation) duty

Aller voter fait partie des devoirs du citoyen. — Voting is part of one's duty as a citizen.

se faire un devoir de faire qch — to make it one's duty to do sth

2) ÉDUCATION (à faire chez soi) piece of homework, homework no pl (à faire en classe) exercise

faire ses devoirs — to do one's homework

2. vt

1) (= être redevable de) [argent] to owe

devoir qch à qn [argent, respect] — to owe sb sth

Combien est-ce que je vous dois? — How much do I owe you?

devoir à qn de faire qch — to owe it to sb to do sth

Je lui dois de régler cette affaire le plus rapidement possible. — I owe it to him to sort this matter out as quickly as possible.

2) (obligation)

devoir faire qch — to have to do sth

Il doit le faire tout de suite. — He has to do it immediately., He must do it immediately.

Je dois partir. — I've got to go., I must go.

3) (au conditionnel)

je devrais faire... — I ought to do..., I should do...

Tu n'aurais pas dû... — You ought not to have..., You shouldn't have...

4) (fatalité)

devoir se produire — to be bound to happen

Cela devait arriver un jour. — It was bound to happen some day.

5) (intention)

devoir faire qch — to be due to do sth

Il doit partir demain. — He is to leave tomorrow., He is due to leave tomorrow.

Le nouveau centre commercial doit ouvrir en mai. — The new shopping centre is due to open in May.

6) (probabilité)

Il doit être tard. — It must be late.

Tu dois être fatigué. — You must be tired.

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I.

devoir

A nm

1 ( obligation morale) duty; avoir le sens du devoir to have a sense of duty; homme/femme de devoir man/woman of conscience; agir par devoir to act out of a sense of duty; faire son devoir to do one's duty; je n'ai fait que mon devoir I only did my duty;

2 ( obligation imposée par la loi ou les convenances) duty; manquer à tous ses devoirs to fail in all one's duties; le devoir m'appelle! duty calls!; se faire un devoir de faire to make it one's duty to do; il est de mon devoir de it's my duty to; se mettre en devoir de faire qch to set about doing sth; voter est un droit, c'est aussi un devoir voting is not only a right, but also a duty; ⇒ réserve;

3 Scol ( exercice écrit) ( fait en classe) test; ( fait à la maison) homework ¢; faire ses devoirs to do one's homework; fais tes devoirs avant d'aller jouer do your homework before going out to play; j'ai un devoir d'anglais demain I've got an English test tomorrow; j'ai un devoir à rendre pour lundi I have a piece of homework to hand in on Monday.

B † devoirs nmpl ( hommages) respects; présenter ses devoirs à qn to pay one's respects to sb; les derniers devoirs rendus à qn the last respects paid to sb.

Composés

devoir d'ingérence Pol duty to interfere in the affairs of another nation; devoir surveillé or sur table Scol written test; devoir de vacances holiday homework (done from workbooks).

II.

devoir verb table: devoir

❢ Lorsque devoir est utilisé comme auxiliaire pour exprimer une obligation posée comme directive, une recommandation, une hypothèse ou un objectif, il se traduit par must suivi de l'infinitif sans to: je dois finir ma traduction aujourd'hui = I must finish my translation today; tu dois avoir faim! = you must be hungry!Lorsqu'il exprime une obligation imposée par les circonstances extérieures, il se traduit par to have suivi de l'infinitif: je dois me lever tous les matins à sept heures = I have to get up at seven o'clock every morning.

Les autres sens du verbe auxiliaire, et devoir verbe transitif et verbe pronominal, sont présentés ci-dessous.

A v aux

1 (obligation, recommandation, hypothèse) tu dois te brosser les dents au moins deux fois par jour you must brush your teeth at least twice a day; je dois aller travailler I've got to go to work; je devais aller travailler I had to go to work; il doit accepter he has got to accept; il a dû accepter ( obligation) he had to accept; ( hypothèse) he must have accepted; tu ne dois pas montrer du doigt! you shouldn't point!; ces mesures doivent permettre une amélioration du niveau de vie these measures should allow an improvement in the standard of living; le texte doit pouvoir être compris de tous the text should be comprehensible to everyone; il doit absolument éviter l'alcool it's imperative that he avoid alcohol, he really must avoid alcohol; je dois dire/reconnaître que cela ne m'étonne pas I have to ou I must say/admit I'm not surprised; je dois avouer que j'ai hésité I have to ou must admit I did hesitate; vous devrez être attentif à cela you'll have to ou you must watch out for that; tu devrais réfléchir avant de parler you should think before you speak; on devrait mettre cet enfant au lit this child ought to be put to bed; elle ne doit pas être fière! she must be ashamed of herself!; ils ne doivent plus lui faire confiance they can't trust him any more; je devais avoir 12 ans à ce moment-là I must have been 12 at the time; ils doivent arriver d'une minute à l'autre they're due to arrive any minute;

2 ( être dans la nécessité de) l'entreprise va devoir fermer the company will have to close, the company is going to have to close; encore doivent-elles faire leurs preuves they still have to prove themselves; dois-je prendre un parapluie? should I take an umbrella?, do I need to take an umbrella?; dussé-je en mourir liter even if I die for it; il a cru devoir partir he felt obliged to leave;

3 ( exprime une prévision) elles devaient en parler they were to talk about it; le contrat doit être signé à 16 heures the contract is to be signed at 4 pm; cet argent devait rester disponible this money was to have remained available; à quelle heure doit-il rentrer? what time should he be home?; à quoi doivent-ils s'attendre ensuite? what are they to expect next?; nous ne devons pas partir cet été we're not intending to go away this summer; je dois le voir demain I'll be seeing him tomorrow; je dois m'absenter prochainement I'll have to leave shortly; nous devions partir quand il s'est mis à pleuvoir we were about to leave when it started raining, we should have left but it started raining;

4 ( exprime la fatalité) 10 ans plus tard, il devait sombrer dans la pauvreté 10 years later, he was to be found languishing in poverty; ce qui devait arriver arriva the inevitable happened; cela devait arriver it had ou it was bound to happen; nous devons tous mourir un jour we all have to die some day; elle devait mourir dans un accident de voiture she was to die in a car crash.

B vtr

1 ( avoir à payer) to owe [argent, repas]; devoir qch à qn to owe sth to sb, to owe sb sth; il déteste devoir de l'argent he hates owing money; combien vous dois-je? ( pour un service) how much do I owe you?; ( pour un achat) how much is it?; j'ai payé la veste mais je dois encore la jupe I've paid for the jacket but I haven't paid for the skirt yet;

2 ( être redevable de) devoir qch à qn to owe sth to sb, to owe sb sth; devoir qch à qch to owe sth to sth ; il doit tout à sa femme he owes it all to his wife; je te dois d'avoir gagné it's thanks to you that I won; c'est à votre générosité que nous devons de ne pas être morts de faim it's thanks to your generosity that we didn't die of hunger; ⇒ chandelle;

3 ( avoir une obligation morale) devoir qch à qn to owe sb sth; il me doit des excuses he owes me an apology.

C se devoir vpr

1 ( avoir une obligation morale) se devoir à qn/son pays to have a duty to sb/one's country; je me dois de le faire it's my duty to do it, I have a duty to do it;

2 ( réciproquement) les époux se doivent fidélité spouses owe it to each other to be faithful;

3 ( par convention) un homme de son rang se doit d'avoir un chauffeur a man of his standing has to have a chauffeur.

D comme il se doit loc adv

1 ( comme le veut l'usage) faire qch/agir comme il se doit to do sth/to act in the correct way; il plaça les convives comme il se doit he seated the guests as was proper;

2 ( comme prévu) comme il se doit, elle est en retard! as you might expect, she's late!

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[dəvwar] nom masculin

1. ÉDUCATION assignment, exercise

devoir de chimie chemistry assignment ou exercise

devoir de français French essay

faire ses devoirs to do one's homework

devoir sur table (written) class test

devoirs de vacances holiday (UK) ou vacation (US) homework

2. [impératifs moraux] duty

le devoir m'appelle duty calls

je ne l'ai prévenu que par devoir I warned him only because I thought it was my duty

3. [tâche à accomplir] duty, obligation

faire ou accomplir ou remplir son devoir to carry out ou to do one's duty

avoir le devoir de to have the duty to

se faire un devoir de faire quelque chose to make it one's duty to do something

se mettre en devoir de faire quelque chose to set about (doing) something

devoir conjugal conjugal duties

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devoirs nom masculin pluriel

rendre les derniers devoirs à quelqu'un to pay somebody a final homage ou tribute

rendre ses devoirs à quelqu'un to pay one's respects to somebody

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de devoir locution adjectivale

homme/femme de devoir man/woman with a (strong) sense of duty

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du devoir de locution prépositionnelle

il est du devoir de tout citoyen de voter it is the duty of every citizen to vote

j'ai cru de mon devoir de l'aider I felt duty-bound to help him

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[dəvwar] verbe auxiliaire

1. [exprime l'obligation]

il doit he has to, he needs to, he must

dois-je être plus clair? do I need ou have to be more explicit?

je dois admettre que... I must admit that...

il ne doit pas he must not, he musn't

on ne doit pas fumer smoking is forbidden ou is not allowed

2. [dans des conseils, des suggestions]

il devrait he ought to, he should

tu ne devrais pas boire you shouldn't drink

3. [indique une prévision, une intention]

il doit m'en donner demain he's due to ou he should give me some tomorrow

c'est une pièce que l'on doit voir depuis un an! it's a play we've supposedly been going to see ou we've been planning to see for a year!

[dans le passé]

il devait venir mais je ne l'ai pas vu he was supposed to come ou to have come but I didn't see him

4. [exprime une probabilité]

il/cela doit he/it must, he's/it's got to

il doit être fatigué he must be tired, he's probably tired

il ne devait pas beaucoup l'aimer pour écrire cela he can't have really loved her to write this

il doit y avoir ou cela doit faire un an que je ne l'ai pas vu it must be a year since I (last) saw him

une offre qui devrait les intéresser an offer which should interest them

5. [exprime l'inévitable]

nous devons tous mourir un jour we all have to die one day

la maison où elle devait écrire "Claudine" the house where she was to write "Claudine"

[exprime une norme]

un bon chanteur doit savoir chanter en direct a good singer should be able to sing live

le four ne devrait pas faire ce bruit the oven isn't supposed to ou shouldn't make that noise

6. (soutenu)

je l'aiderai, dussé-je aller en prison/y passer ma vie I'll help him, even if it means going to prison/devoting my life to it

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[dəvwar] verbe transitif

1. [avoir comme dette] to owe

devoir quelque chose à quelqu'un to owe somebody something, to owe something to somebody

je te dois l'essence I owe you for the petrol

je ne demande que ce qui m'est dû I'm only asking for my due

2. [être moralement obligé de fournir]

devoir quelque chose à quelqu'un to owe somebody something

je te dois bien ça that's the least I can do for you

traiter quelqu'un avec le respect qu'on lui doit to treat somebody with due respect

selon les honneurs dus à sa fonction with such pomp as befits her office

3. [être redevable de]

devoir quelque chose à quelqu'un to owe something to somebody

c'est à Guimard que l'on doit cette découverte we have Guimard to thank ou we're indebted to Guimard for this discovery

c'est à lui que je dois d'avoir trouvé du travail it's thanks to him that I found a job

le son doit sa qualité à des enceintes très performantes the good quality of the sound is due to excellent speakers

sa victoire ne doit rien au hasard her victory has nothing to do with luck

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se devoir verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)

[avoir comme obligation mutuelle]

les époux se doivent fidélité spouses ou husbands and wives must be faithful to each other

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se devoir à verbe pronominal plus préposition

tu te dois à ta musique you must dedicate yourself to your music

je me dois à mon public I must attend to my fans

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se devoir de verbe pronominal plus préposition

to have it as one's duty to

tu es grand, tu te dois de donner l'exemple you're a big boy now, it's your duty to show a good example