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1 courage

['kʌrɪdʒ]
American: guts (It takes a lot of \<b\>guts\</b\> to give the boss your true opinion)

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > courage
2 beaucoup

beaucoup [boku]

adverb

a. (modifiant verbe) a lot ; (modifiant adverbe) much

• il mange beaucoup he eats a lot

• pas beaucoup not much

• elle ne lit pas beaucoup she doesn't read much

• il y a beaucoup à voir there's a lot to see

• beaucoup plus rapide much quicker

• elle travaille beaucoup trop she works far too much

• se sentir beaucoup mieux to feel much better

• beaucoup plus d'eau much more water

• beaucoup pensent que... a lot of people think that...

• beaucoup d'entre eux a lot or many of them

► beaucoup de (quantité) a lot of

• beaucoup de monde a lot of people

• avec beaucoup de soin with great care

• il ne reste pas beaucoup de pain there isn't much bread left

• j'ai beaucoup (de choses) à faire I have a lot (of things) to do

• il en reste beaucoup/il n'en reste pas beaucoup there is a lot left/there isn't much left

• il a eu beaucoup de chance he's been very lucky► pas beaucoup de (quantité) not much ; (nombre) not many

► de beaucoup by far

• de beaucoup la meilleure by far the best

• il est de beaucoup supérieur he is far superior

• il préférerait de beaucoup s'en aller he'd much rather leave

• il s'en faut de beaucoup qu'il soit au niveau he's nowhere near up to standard

b. (locutions) c'est déjà beaucoup it's quite something

• c'est beaucoup dire that's an exaggeration

• il y est pour beaucoup he's had a lot to do with it

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boku
1.

adverbe

1) ( modifiant un verbe) a lot; ( dans les phrases interrogatives et négatives) much

aimer beaucoup quelqu'un/quelque chose — to like somebody/something a lot ou a great deal

la fin du roman surprend beaucoup — the ending of the novel is very surprising

s'intéresser beaucoup à quelque chose — to be very interested in something

je n'ai pas beaucoup aimé le concert — I didn't enjoy the concert very much

il n'écrit plus beaucoup — he doesn't write much any more

beaucoup à boire — a lot to drink

c'est beaucoup dire — that's going a bit far

c'est déjà beaucoup qu'elle soit venue — it's already quite something that she came

2) ( modifiant un adverbe) much, far

elle va beaucoup mieux — she's much ou a lot better

beaucoup moins/plus d'argent — far ou much less/more money

beaucoup moins de livres — far fewer books

beaucoup plus vite — much faster

beaucoup trop — far too much, much too much

beaucoup trop grand — far ou much too big

3) ( un grand nombre)

beaucoup de — a lot of [objets, idées]; ( dans les phrases interrogatives et négatives) much, many; ( une grande quantité)

beaucoup de — a lot of, a great deal of [argent, eau, bruit]

il ne reste plus beaucoup de pain — there isn't much bread left

il n'y a pas beaucoup de monde — there aren't many ou a lot of people

4) ( avec valeur pronominale) many

beaucoup sont retraités — many are pensioners

2.

de beaucoup locution adverbiale by far

3.

pour beaucoup locution adverbiale

ta réussite est due pour beaucoup à — your success is largely due to

être pour beaucoup dans — to have a lot to do with

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boku
1. adv

1) (= en grande quantité) a lot

Il boit beaucoup. — He drinks a lot.

Il ne boit pas beaucoup. — He doesn't drink much., He doesn't drink a lot.

2) (suivi de plus, moins, trop) much, a lot

il est beaucoup plus grand — he is much taller, he is a lot taller

3)

beaucoup de — a lot of, many

beaucoup d'étudiants — a lot of students, many students

beaucoup de touristes — a lot of tourists, many tourists

Elle fait beaucoup de fautes. — She makes a lot of mistakes.

beaucoup de courage — a lot of courage

Il y avait beaucoup de monde au concert. — There were a lot of people at the concert.

J'ai eu beaucoup de chance. — I was very lucky.

pas beaucoup de (nombre) — not many, not a lot of

Il n'y a pas beaucoup de touristes. — There aren't many tourists., There aren't a lot of tourists., (quantité) not much, not a lot of

Il n'a pas beaucoup d'argent. — He hasn't got much money., He hasn't got a lot of money.

4)

de beaucoup — by far

2. pron

1) (personnes) a lot of people, many

Beaucoup le savent. — A lot of people know that.

2) (choses) a lot, many

Beaucoup ont été endommagés durant le transport. — A lot were damaged in transport., Many were damaged in transport.

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beaucoup ⇒ Les quantités

A adv

1 ( modifiant un verbe) a lot; ( dans les phrases interrogatives et négatives) much; gagner/écrire/risquer beaucoup to earn/to write/to risk a lot ou a great deal; je vous remercie beaucoup thank you very much; aimer beaucoup qn/qch to like sb/sth a lot ou a great deal; elle va beaucoup au théâtre she goes to the theatre^GB a lot ou a great deal; je n'apprécie pas beaucoup leur comportement I don't much care for their behaviour^GB; la fin du roman surprend beaucoup the ending of the novel is very surprising; s'intéresser beaucoup à qch to be very interested in sth; il a beaucoup changé he has changed a lot ou a great deal; j'ai beaucoup aimé le concert I enjoyed the concert a lot ou very much ou a great deal; je n'ai pas beaucoup aimé le concert I didn't enjoy the concert very much; il n'écrit plus beaucoup he doesn't write much any more; a-t-il beaucoup joué ces derniers temps? has he played much recently?; beaucoup à boire a lot to drink; il a encore beaucoup à apprendre he still has a lot to learn; vous avez déjà fait beaucoup pour moi you've already done a lot ou a great deal for me; c'est beaucoup dire that's going a bit far; c'est beaucoup pour ton âge it's a lot for your age; ils sont 40 élèves par classe, c'est beaucoup there are 40 pupils in each class, that's a lot; c'est déjà beaucoup qu'elle soit venue it's already quite something that she came; c'est déjà beaucoup s'il ne nous met pas dehors it'll already be something if he doesn't throw us out;

2 ( modifiant un adverbe) much, far; elle va beaucoup mieux she's much ou a lot better; beaucoup moins much less; beaucoup moins d'argent far ou much less money; beaucoup moins de gens/de livres far fewer people/books; c'est beaucoup moins difficile qu'avant it's much easier than before, it's much less difficult than before; beaucoup plus much more, a lot more; beaucoup plus d'argent far ou much more money; il travaille beaucoup plus vite que moi he works much faster than I do; beaucoup trop far too much, much too much; il est resté beaucoup trop longtemps he stayed far ou much too long; c'est beaucoup trop grand it's far ou much too big; j'en ai déjà beaucoup trop dit I've already said far ou much too much;

3 ( un grand nombre) beaucoup de a lot of, lots of○ [objets, problèmes, idées]; ( dans les phrases interrogatives et négatives) much, many; ( une grande quantité) beaucoup de a lot of, a great deal of [argent, eau, bruit, chaleur] ; j'ai mangé beaucoup de cerises I've eaten a lot of cherries; il y a beaucoup de moustiques cette année there are a lot of mosquitoes this year; il ne reste plus beaucoup de places pour le concert there aren't many seats left for the concert; des gens intéressants j'en ai rencontré beaucoup au cours de mes voyages I met a lot of interesting people during my travels; a-t-il gagné beaucoup de matchs? did he win many matches?; cela ne m'a pas pris beaucoup de temps it didn't take me much time; il ne reste plus beaucoup de pain there isn't much bread left; il n'y a pas beaucoup de monde there aren't many ou a lot of people; avec beaucoup de gentillesse very kindly; avec beaucoup de soin very carefully, with great care; il a du courage et même beaucoup he has courage, and a lot of it;

4 ( avec valeur pronominale) many; parmi ces gâteaux, beaucoup me tentent I find many ou a lot of these cakes tempting; beaucoup des lieux que nous avons visités many ou a lot of the places we visited; beaucoup de ces gens/d'entre eux many ou a lot of these people/of them; beaucoup sont retraités many are pensioners; le soir certains lisent, beaucoup regardent la télévision in the evenings some read, many watch television; beaucoup sont tentés de le croire many are inclined to believe it.

B de beaucoup loc adv by far; elle le surpasse de beaucoup she surpasses him by far; elle est de beaucoup la plus intelligente she's by far the most intelligent; je préfère de beaucoup la musique baroque I prefer baroque music by far, I much prefer baroque music; ma montre retarde de beaucoup my watch is very slow; il s'en faut de beaucoup qu'elle ait le niveau she's nowhere near up to standard; il ne s'en est pas fallu de beaucoup qu'il remportât le championnat he came very close to winning the championship.

C pour beaucoup loc adv il compte pour beaucoup dans la réussite du projet he counts for a lot in the success of the project; ta réussite est due pour beaucoup à your success is largely due to; être pour beaucoup dans to have a lot to do with.

[boku] adverbe

1. [modifiant un verbe] a lot, a great deal

[dans des phrases interrogatives ou négatives] much, a lot, a great deal

il travaille beaucoup he works a lot ou a great deal

je ne l'ai pas beaucoup vu I didn't see much of him

je vous remercie beaucoup thank you very much (indeed)

ils ne s'apprécient pas beaucoup they don't like each other much

2. [modifiant un adverbe] much, a lot

beaucoup moins intéressant much ou a lot less interesting

beaucoup trop fort much ou far too loud

il parle beaucoup trop he talks far too much

en faire beaucoup trop to overdo it

3. [de nombreuses personnes] many, a lot

[de nombreuses choses] a lot

il n'y en a pas beaucoup qui réussissent not a lot of people ou not many succeed

nous étions beaucoup à le croire many ou a lot of us believed it

c'est déjà beaucoup qu'il y soit allé! at least he went!

il est pour beaucoup dans son succès he played a large part in ou he had a great deal to do with her success

c'est beaucoup dire that's a bit of an overstatement

4. [modifiant un adjectif]

imprudent, il l'est même beaucoup he's really quite careless

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beaucoup de locution déterminante

[suivi d'un nom comptable] many, a lot of

[suivi d'un nom non comptable] much, a lot of, a great deal of

beaucoup de monde a lot of people

beaucoup d'entre nous many ou a lot of us

elle a beaucoup de goût she has a lot of ou a great deal of taste

il ne nous reste plus beaucoup de temps we've not got much time left

il y en a beaucoup there is/are a lot

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de beaucoup locution adverbiale

1. [avec un comparatif ou un superlatif] by far

elle est de beaucoup la plus douée she's the most talented by far, she is by far the most talented

il est mon aîné de beaucoup he's considerably older than I am

2. [avec un verbe]

il a gagné de beaucoup he won easily

il te dépasse de beaucoup he's far ou much taller than you

je préférerais de beaucoup rester I'd much rather stay

as-tu raté ton train de beaucoup? did you miss your train by much?

je la préfère, et de beaucoup I much prefer her

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > beaucoup
3 gehören

I v/i

1. (+ Dat) belong to; wem gehört das Buch? whose book is this?, who does this book belong to?; gehört der Handschuh dir? is this your glove?; der Solarenergie gehört die Zukunft fig. the future belongs to solar energy; am Wochenende gehöre ich der Familie my weekends are given over to the family; ihre ganze Liebe gehört ihren Katzen she gives all her love to her cats

2. gehören zu belong to; (zählen zu) auch rank ( oder be) among; als Mitglied: auch be a member of; als Teil: auch be part of; als Voraussetzung: be necessary for, be called for; als Ergänzung: go with; unter eine Rubrik etc. gehören come ( oder fall) under; er gehört zu den besten Spielern he’s one of the best players; es gehört zu seiner Arbeit it’s part of his job; das gehört nicht zur Sache that’s irrelevant; er gehört nicht zu dieser Sorte he’s not like that, he’s not that sort of person; dazu gehört Geld / Zeit / Mut that takes ( oder for that you need) money / time / courage; es gehört nicht viel dazu it doesn’t take much; dazu gehört schon einiges that takes a lot of doing; an Frechheit: that takes a lot of nerve

3. (seinen Platz haben) belong (in / auf + Akk in/on); die Sachen gehören in den Schrank (tu sie hinein) these things go ( oder belong) in the cupboard; das Fahrrad gehört nicht in die Wohnung! the flat (Am. apartment) is no place for a bike

4. bes. südd. und umg.: du gehörst ins Bett you should be in bed; so etwas gehört doch verboten! that sort of thing should be forbidden; er gehört tüchtig verprügelt what he wants is a good hiding umg.; dir gehört eine Ohrfeige! you deserve a clip round the ear, Am. you need your ears boxed; er gehört auf den Fußballplatz he ought to be playing football; so einer gehört ins Gefängnis a man like that should be locked up

II v/refl (schicklich sein) be right ( oder fitting oder right and proper); das gehört sich nicht it’s not done; wie es sich gehört properly; so gehört es sich auch that’s the way it should be; er weiß, was sich gehört he knows how to behave

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to pertain; to appertain; to belong to;

sich gehören

to be fitting; to befit

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ge|hö|ren [gə'høːrən] ptp gehört
1. vi

1)

das Haus gehört ihm — he owns the house, the house belongs to him

ihm gehört meine ganze Liebe — he is the only one I love, he has all my love

ihr Herz gehört einem anderen — her heart belongs to another

2) (= den richtigen Platz haben) to go; (Mensch) to belong; (= gebühren) to deserve

das gehört nicht hierher (Gegenstand) — it doesn't go here; (Vorschlag) it is irrelevant here

das Buch gehört ins Regal — the book belongs in or goes on the bookshelves

das gehört nicht zur Sache/zum Thema — that is off the point, that is irrelevant

dieser Betrag gehört unter die Rubrik "Einnahmen" — this sum comes or belongs under the heading " credits"

er gehört ins Bett — he should be in bed

er gehört verprügelt (dial) — he needs a thrashing, he ought to be thrashed

3)

es gehört zu seiner Arbeit/zu seinen Pflichten — it's part of his work/one of his duties

zur Familie gehö́ren — to be one of the family

zum Wild gehört einfach Rotwein — red wine is a must with venison

4)

zu dieser Arbeit gehört viel Konzentration — this work calls for or takes a lot of concentration

dazu gehört Mut — that takes courage

dazu gehört nicht viel — it doesn't take much

dazu gehört ( schon) einiges or etwas — that takes some doing (inf)

dazu gehört mehr — there's more to it than that

2. vr
to be (right and) proper
das gehört sich einfach nicht — that's just not done

benimm dich, wie es sich gehört! — behave yourself properly

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1) ((with to) to be the property of: This book belongs to me.) belong

2) ((with to) to be a native, member etc of: I belong to the sailing club.) belong

3) ((with with) to go together with: This shoe belongs with that shoe.) belong

4) (to be put: Spoons go in that drawer.) go

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ge·hö·ren *

[gəˈhø:rən]

I. vi

1. (jds Eigentum sein)

▪ jdm \gehören to belong to sb, to be sb's

ihm \gehören mehrere Häuser he owns several houses

ihre ganze Liebe gehört ihrem Sohn she gives all her love to her son

mein Herz gehört einem anderen my heart belongs to another poet

wem gehört der Stift? whose pencil is this?

2. (den richtigen Platz haben)

▪ irgendwohin \gehören to belong somewhere

die Kinder \gehören ins Bett the children should be in bed

wohin \gehören die Hemden? where do the shirts go?

die Hose gehört in den Schrank the trousers go in the wardrobe

ein Schwein gehört nicht in die Wohnung the flat is no place for a pig

in eine Kategorie \gehören to come [or fall] [or belong] under a category

3. (angebracht sein)

▪ irgendwohin \gehören to be relevant somewhere

dieser Vorschlag gehört nicht hierher/zum Thema this suggestion is not relevant here/to the point

das gehört nicht zur Sache that is off the point

4. (passend sein)

▪ zu etw dat \gehören to go well with sth

zu einem grauen Mantel gehört entweder ein grauer oder ein schwarzer Hut with a grey coat one should wear a grey or black hat, a grey or black hat goes with a grey coat

5. (Mitglied sein)

▪ zu jdm/etw \gehören to belong to sb/sth

\gehören sie wirklich alle zu unserer Verwandtschaft? are they really all relatives [or relations] of ours [or related to us]?

zur Familie \gehören to be one of the family

6. (Teil sein von)

▪ zu etw dat \gehören to be part of sth

es gehört zu meiner Arbeit/meinen Pflichten it is part of my job/one of my duties

gehört zu der Hose denn kein Gürtel? shouldn't there be a belt with these trousers?

7. (Voraussetzung, nötig sein)

▪ zu etw dat \gehören to be called for with sth

zu dieser Arbeit gehört viel Konzentration this work calls for [or requires] a lot of concentration

dazu gehört nicht viel that doesn't take much, that's no big deal fam

dazu gehört [schon] einiges [o etwas] that takes something [or some doing]

dazu gehört [schon etwas] mehr there's [a bit] more to it than that!

es gehört viel Mut dazu,... it takes a lot of courage...

8. DIAL (muss... werden)

▪ ... \gehören to deserve to be...

er meint, dass sie ganz einfach wieder zurückgeschickt \gehören he thinks they ought simply to be sent back again

II. vr

▪ sich akk \gehören to be fitting [or proper] [or right]

das gehört sich auch so that's as it should be

sie weiß, was sich gehört she knows how to behave

wie es sich gehört as is right and proper, as one should

sich akk [einfach/eben] nicht \gehören to be [simply/just] not good manners

das gehört sich einfach nicht that's [or it's] just [or simply] not done

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1.
intransitives Verb

1) (Eigentum sein)

jemandem gehören — belong to somebody

das Haus gehört uns nicht — the house doesn't belong to us; we don't own the house

wem gehört das Buch? — whose book is it?; who does the book belong to?

2) (Teil eines Ganzen sein)

zu jemandes Freunden gehören — be one of somebody's friends

zu jemandes Aufgaben gehören — be part of somebody's duties

3) (passend sein)

dein Roller gehört doch nicht in die Küche! — your scooter does not belong in the kitchen!

das gehört nicht/durchaus zur Sache — that is not to the point/is very much to the point

4) (sein sollen)

das gehört verboten — that should be forbidden; that shouldn't be allowed

du gehörst ins Bett — you should be in bed

5) (nötig sein)

es hat viel Fleiß dazu gehört — it took or called for a lot of hard work

dazu gehört sehr viel/einiges — that takes a lot/something

dazu gehört nicht viel — that doesn't take much

6) (bes. südd.)

er gehört geohrfeigt — he deserves or (coll.) needs a box round the ears
2.
reflexives Verb (sich schicken) be fitting

es gehört sich [nicht],... zu... — it is [not] good manners to...

wie es sich gehört — comme il faut

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gehören

A. v/i

1. (+dat) belong to;

wem gehört das Buch? whose book is this?, who does this book belong to?;

gehört der Handschuh dir? is this your glove?;

der Solarenergie gehört die Zukunft fig the future belongs to solar energy;

am Wochenende gehöre ich der Familie my weekends are given over to the family;

ihre ganze Liebe gehört ihren Katzen she gives all her love to her cats

2.

gehören zu belong to; (zählen zu) auch rank ( oder be) among; als Mitglied: auch be a member of; als Teil: auch be part of; als Voraussetzung: be necessary for, be called for; als Ergänzung: go with;

unter eine Rubrik etc

gehören come ( oder fall) under;

er gehört zu den besten Spielern he’s one of the best players;

es gehört zu seiner Arbeit it’s part of his job;

das gehört nicht zur Sache that’s irrelevant;

er gehört nicht zu dieser Sorte he’s not like that, he’s not that sort of person;

dazu gehört Geld/Zeit/Mut that takes ( oder for that you need) money/time/courage;

es gehört nicht viel dazu it doesn’t take much;

dazu gehört schon einiges that takes a lot of doing; an Frechheit: that takes a lot of nerve

3. (seinen Platz haben) belong (

in/auf +akk in/on);

die Sachen gehören in den Schrank (tu sie hinein) these things go ( oder belong) in the cupboard;

das Fahrrad gehört nicht in die Wohnung! the flat (US apartment) is no place for a bike

4. besonders südd und umg:

du gehörst ins Bett you should be in bed;

so etwas gehört doch verboten! that sort of thing should be forbidden;

er gehört tüchtig verprügelt what he wants is a good hiding umg;

dir gehört eine Ohrfeige! you deserve a clip round the ear, US you need your ears boxed;

er gehört auf den Fußballplatz he ought to be playing football;

so einer gehört ins Gefängnis a man like that should be locked up

B. v/r (schicklich sein) be right ( oder fitting oder right and proper);

das gehört sich nicht it’s not done;

wie es sich gehört properly;

so gehört es sich auch that’s the way it should be;

er weiß, was sich gehört he knows how to behave

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1.
intransitives Verb

1) (Eigentum sein)

jemandem gehören — belong to somebody

das Haus gehört uns nicht — the house doesn't belong to us; we don't own the house

wem gehört das Buch? — whose book is it?; who does the book belong to?

2) (Teil eines Ganzen sein)

zu jemandes Freunden gehören — be one of somebody's friends

zu jemandes Aufgaben gehören — be part of somebody's duties

3) (passend sein)

dein Roller gehört doch nicht in die Küche! — your scooter does not belong in the kitchen!

das gehört nicht/durchaus zur Sache — that is not to the point/is very much to the point

4) (sein sollen)

das gehört verboten — that should be forbidden; that shouldn't be allowed

du gehörst ins Bett — you should be in bed

5) (nötig sein)

es hat viel Fleiß dazu gehört — it took or called for a lot of hard work

dazu gehört sehr viel/einiges — that takes a lot/something

dazu gehört nicht viel — that doesn't take much

6) (bes. südd.)

er gehört geohrfeigt — he deserves or (coll.) needs a box round the ears
2.
reflexives Verb (sich schicken) be fitting

es gehört sich [nicht],... zu... — it is [not] good manners to...

wie es sich gehört — comme il faut

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(zu) v.

to belong (to) v. v.

to appertain v.

to pertain v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > gehören
4 Mut

m; -(e)s, kein Pl.

1. (Tapferkeit) courage, bravery; (Schneid) pluck; umg. guts Pl.; (Verwegenheit) daring; Mut fassen take heart; für etw.: pluck up courage; jemandem Mut machen boost s.o.’s courage; ( auch jemandem Mut zusprechen) give s.o. a few words of encouragement; jemandem den Mut nehmen dishearten s.o.; den Mut verlieren oder sinken lassen lose heart; es gehört schon Mut dazu it takes a bit of courage; mir fehlt einfach der Mut ( dazu) I just haven’t got the courage (to do it); nur Mut! chin up!; umg. keep your pecker (Am. chin) up!; antrinken

2. geh.: guten oder frohen Mutes sein be in good spirits; mit frohem oder frischem Mut cheerfully; zumute

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der Mut

courage; spirit; gameness; gaminess; grit; pluckiness; spunkiness; guts; valor; valour

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[muːt]
m -(e)s,
no pl
1) courage, pluck (inf) (
zu +dat for); (= Zuversicht) heart
(wieder) Mút fassen — to pluck up courage (again)

Mút haben — to have (a lot of) courage

keinen Mút haben — not to have any courage

mit frischem Mút — with new heart

nur Mút! — don't lose heart!, cheer up!, keep your pecker up! (Brit inf)

jdm den Mút nehmen — to discourage sb, to make sb lose heart

den Mút verlieren — to lose heart

Mút bekommen — to gain confidence

wieder Mút bekommen — to take heart

den Mút aufbringen, etw zu tun — to find the courage to do sth

jdm Mút zusprechen or machen — to encourage sb

sich gegenseitig Mút machen — to keep each other's spirits up

das gab ihr wieder neuen Mút — that gave her new heart

ihm sank der Mút — his heart sank

mit dem Mút der Verzweiflung — with the courage born of desperation or despair

der Mút zum Leben — the will to live

der Mút zur Lücke (hum) — the courage to admit when one doesn't know something

See:

= zumute

2) (old = Laune, Stimmung) spirits pl

frohen or guten Mútes sein — to be of good cheer (old), to be in good spirits

mit frohem Mút — with good cheer (old)

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der

(the quality that makes a person able to meet dangers without fear; bravery: It took courage to sail the Atlantic singlehanded.) courage

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Mut

<-[e]s>

[ˈmu:t]

m kein pl

1. (Courage) courage no art, no pl

es gehört viel \Mut dazu, das zu tun it takes a lot of courage to do that

mir fehlt der \Mut, das zu tun I don't have the courage to do that

mit dem \Mut der Verzweiflung with the courage born of desperation

sich dat \Mut antrinken to have a drink to give oneself Dutch courage

\Mut/keinen \Mut haben to have/not have any courage

den \Mut haben, etw zu tun to have the courage to do sth

2. (Zuversicht) heart no art, no pl

mit frischem \Mut with fresh heart [or cheer]

frohen [o guten] \Mutes sein to be in high spirits

jdm den \Mut nehmen to make sb lose heart, to discourage sb

nur \Mut! take heart!

den \Mut sinken lassen, den \Mut verlieren to lose heart

[wieder] \Mut bekommen [o fassen] [o (geh) schöpfen] to take [or gain] heart

jdm [wieder] \Mut machen to encourage sb, to give sb [fresh] heart

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der; Mut[e]s

1) courage

allen od. all seinen Mut zusammennehmen — take one's courage in both hands; screw up one's courage

das gab od. machte ihr neuen Mut — that gave her new heart

nur Mut! — don't lose heart!; (trau dich) be brave!

2) (veralt.) in

guten od. frohen Mutes sein — be in good spirits

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Mut m; -(e)s, kein pl

1. (Tapferkeit) courage, bravery; (Schneid) pluck; umg guts pl; (Verwegenheit) daring;

Mut fassen take heart; für etwas: pluck up courage;

jemandem Mut machen boost sb’s courage; ( auch

jemandem Mut zusprechen) give sb a few words of encouragement;

jemandem den Mut nehmen dishearten sb;

den Mut verlieren oder

sinken lassen lose heart;

es gehört schon Mut dazu it takes a bit of courage;

mir fehlt einfach der Mut (dazu) I just haven’t got the courage (to do it);

nur Mut! chin up!; umg keep your pecker (US chin) up!; → antrinken

2. geh:

guten oder

frohen Mutes sein be in good spirits;

mit frohem oder

frischem Mut cheerfully; → zumute

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der; Mut[e]s

1) courage

allen od. all seinen Mut zusammennehmen — take one's courage in both hands; screw up one's courage

das gab od. machte ihr neuen Mut — that gave her new heart

nur Mut! — don't lose heart!; (trau dich) be brave!

2) (veralt.) in

guten od. frohen Mutes sein — be in good spirits

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nur sing. m.

audacity n.

boldness n.

courage n.

gameness n.

gaminess n.

mettle n.

pluckiness n.

spunkiness n.

valor n.

valour n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Mut
5 drôle

drôle [dʀol]

adjective

a. ( = amusant, bizarre) funny

• je ne trouve pas ça drôle I don't find that funny

• la vie n'est pas drôle life's no joke

• tu es drôle, je ne pouvais pourtant pas l'insulter ! you must be joking - I could hardly insult him!

• avoir un drôle d'air to look funny

• un drôle de type a strange guy

• il a fait une drôle de tête ! he pulled such a face!

• ça me fait (tout) drôle (de le voir) (inf) it gives me a funny feeling (to see him)

b. (intensif) (inf) un drôle d'orage a fantastic (inf) storm

• de drôles de muscles/progrès fantastic (inf) muscles/progress

• une drôle de correction a hell of a punishment (inf)

• on en a vu de drôles pendant la guerre we had a hard time of it during the war

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dʀol
adjectif

1) ( bizarre) funny, odd

c'est un drôle de type — he's odd

c'est drôle de faire/que — it's odd to do/that

ce qui est or ce qu'il y a de drôle c'est que — the funny thing is that

faire (tout) drôle à quelqu'un — to give somebody a funny feeling

faire une drôle de tête — to make a bit of a face

drôle de remerciement/consolation! — some thanks/consolation!

2) ( amusant) funny, amusing

vous êtes drôle, vous! — iron don't make me laugh!

3) (colloq) ( grand)

un drôle de courage/travail — a lot of courage/work

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Phrasal Verbs:

- drôle de guerre

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j'en ai entendu de drôles — I heard some funny things

en faire voir de drôles à quelqu'un — to lead somebody a merry dance

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dʀol adj
1) (= amusant) funny

Ça n'est pas drôle. — It's not funny.

2) (= bizarre) funny, peculiar

un drôle de... — a strange..., a funny...

un drôle de temps — funny weather

3) (intensif)

un drôle de... — an incredible..., a terrific...

Il a un drôle de culot! — He's got an incredible nerve!

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drôle

A adj

1 ( bizarre) funny, odd; c'est drôle comme les gens changent it's funny how people change; c'est un drôle de type he's odd; il avait un drôle d'air he had an odd expression; de drôles d'histoires odd sorts of stories; c'est drôle de faire/que it's odd to do/that; c'est drôle qu'elle n'ait pas téléphoné it's odd that she hasn't phoned; ce qui est or ce qu'il y a de drôle c'est que the funny thing is that; avoir l'air/se sentir (tout) drôle to look/to feel a bit funny○; faire (tout) drôle à qn to give sb a funny feeling; faire une drôle de tête to make a bit of a face; vous êtes drôle, vous! iron don't make me laugh!; drôle de remerciement/consolation! some thanks/consolation!;

2 ( amusant) [histoire, spectacle, comédien] funny, amusing; [vie] fun; ça n'a rien de drôle there is nothing funny about that; ce n'est pas drôle de faire it's no joke doing;

3 ○( grand) un drôle de courage/travail a lot of courage/work; j'ai eu or reçu une drôle d'engueulade○! I got a real telling-off!

B †nm old rascal†; mauvais drôle scoundrel†.

Composé

drôle de guerre Hist phoney war.

Idiomes

j'en ai entendu de drôles I heard some funny things; en faire voir de drôles à qn to lead sb a merry dance.

[drol] adjectif

1. [amusant - personne, film, situation etc.] comical, funny, amusing

le plus drôle c'est que... the funny thing is that...

ce n'est pas drôle!

a. [pas amusant] it's not funny!, I don't find that funny ou amusing!

b. [pénible] it's no joke!

ce n'est pas toujours drôle au bureau! life at the office isn't always a barrel of laughs!

tu aurais dû le laisser faire — tu es drôle, il se serait fait mal! (familier) you should have let him — are you kidding? he'd have hurt himself!

2. [étrange] strange, funny, peculiar

(tout)/toute drôle (familier) : ça me fait (tout) drôle de revenir ici it feels really strange to be back

se sentir (tout) drôle to feel (really) weird

drôle de: en voilà une drôle d'idée! what a strange ou funny ou weird idea!

ça fait un drôle de bruit it makes a strange ou funny noise

drôles de gens! what peculiar ou strange people!

tu en fais une drôle de tête! you look as if something's wrong!

avoir un drôle d'air to look strange ou funny

la drôle de guerre HISTOIRE the phoney war

3. [en intensif]

drôle de (familier) : il a de drôles de problèmes en ce moment he hasn't half got some problems at the moment

il faut un drôle de courage pour faire ça! you need a hell of a lot of courage to do that!

ça a de drôles d'avantages! it's got terrific ou fantastic advantages!

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[drol] nom masculin

(littéraire) [voyou] rascal, rogue

[enfant déluré] little rascal ou rogue

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drôles nom féminin pluriel

(familier) [histoires]

il en a entendu/raconté de drôles! he heard/told some very weird stories!

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > drôle
6 dazu

Adv.

1. räumlich: there; soll ich es 'hierzu legen? - nein, 'dazu no, (over) there

2. (dabei, damit) (together) with it; (außerdem) besides, in addition, into the bargain; noch dazu on top of it ( oder that); wie konntest du das nur vergessen, noch dazu, wo ich dich extra daran erinnert habe when I (even) reminded you about it specially; etw. dazu hinzugeben add s.th. to s.th.; möchtest du ein Glas Bier dazu? would you like a (glass of) beer with that?

3. Zweck, Aufgabe etc.: (dafür) for it ( oder that); er ist zu dumm dazu he’s too stupid for that; dazu gehört Zeit it takes time; es gehört viel Mut / schon einiges dazu zu (+ Inf.) it takes a lot of courage / quite a lot ( oder a fair bit) to (+ Inf.) dazu ist er ja da that’s what he’s there for, that’s his job; dazu hast du’s doch that’s what you’ve got it for ( oder it’s there for), isn’t it?; dazu habe ich dir nicht geholfen, dass du jetzt... I didn’t help you so that you (end up)...

4. Thema: (darüber) about it ( oder that); sich dazu äußern give one’s view ( oder voice one’s opinion) on it, comment (on it); hast du etwas dazu zu sagen? do you have anything to say about that?; dazu möchte ich gar nichts sagen I have no comment on that; sie schwieg dazu (zu diesen Vorwürfen) she made no comment ( oder remained silent); es ist alles dazu gesagt it’s all been said already

5. Veränderung, Ziel: sich dazu entwickeln develop into it; das führt dazu, dass... that leads to...; ich war früher nicht so misstrauisch, meine Erfahrungen haben mich dazu gemacht my experiences have made me it ( oder this way); es ist noch kein Kunstwerk, aber es wird noch dazu it will become one; wie ist es dazu gekommen? how did it happen?; wie konnte es nur dazu kommen? how could it turn out this way?; es wird / darf niemals dazu kommen! it won’t / mustn’t ever come to that!; doch es kam nie dazu but it never came to that

6. Anlass: darf ich dazu gratulieren? may I congratulate you (on your birthday etc.)?

7. Zugehörigkeit: der Deckel / Schlüssel dazu its lid / key, the lid / key belonging to ( oder going with) it

8. fig.: Liebe / Neigung dazu love / affection for it; Erlaubnis / Recht dazu permission / right to it; wie bist du dazu gekommen? (zu diesem Buch etc.) how did you get hold of ( oder come by) it?; (Stelle) how did you get into ( oder come to be doing) this?

9. anstelle oder vor zu + Inf.: ich habe keine Lust dazu ( aufzuräumen) I don’t want to (tidy up), I can’t be bothered (tidying up oder to tidy up); ich rate dir dazu, es zu tun I would advise you to do it; er tut das Seine dazu(, das Problem zu lösen) he’s doing his share ( oder bit) (to solve the problem); die Gelegenheit dazu haben(, ins Ausland zu gehen) have the opportunity ( oder chance) (to go abroad oder Am. auch overseas); wie kamst du dazu, für sie zu arbeiten? how did you come to work ( oder be working) for them?; ich kam nie dazu(, es zu lesen) I never got (a)round to (reading) it; wie komme ich dazu? empört: why should I?; wie kommst du dazu? empört: how could you?; etc.; vgl. auch die mit dazu verbundenen Adjektive, Substantive und Verben

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thereto

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da|zu [da'tsu] (emph) ['daːtsuː]
adv

1) (räumlich) there

wozu gehört das? – dazú! — where does that belong? – there!

2) (= dabei, damit) with it; (= außerdem, obendrein auch) into the bargain (inf), at the same time

er ist dumm und dazú auch noch faul — he's stupid and lazy with it or into the bargain (inf) or as well

sie ist hübsch und dazú nicht unintelligent — she's pretty and not unintelligent either

noch dazú — as well, too

noch dazú, wo... — when... too

dazú reicht or serviert man am besten Reis — it's best to serve rice with it

er singt und spielt Gitarre dazú — he sings and accompanies himself on the guitar

3) (= dahin) to that/it

auf dem besten Wege dazú sein, etw zu tun — to be well on the way to doing sth

er ist auf dem besten Wege dazú — he's well on the way to it

das führt dazú, dass weitere Forderungen gestellt werden — that will lead to further demands being made

dazú führt das dann — that's what it leads to

wie konnte es nur dazú kommen? — how could that happen?

wer weiß, wie sie dazú gekommen ist (zu diesem Auto etc) — who knows how she came by it

wie komme ich dazú? (empört) — why on earth should I?

... aber ich bin nicht dazú gekommen —... but I didn't get (a)round to it

4) (= dafür, zu diesem Zweck) for that/it

dazú bin ich zu alt — I'm too old for that

ich bin zu alt dazú, noch tanzen zu gehen — I'm too old to go dancing

dazú habe ich dich nicht studieren lassen, dass du... — I didn't send you to university so that you could... or for you to...

ich habe ihm dazú geraten — I advised him to (do that)

Sie sind/die Maschine ist dazú wie geschaffen — it's as if you were/the machine was made for it

dazú fähig sein, etw zu tun — to be capable of doing sth

dazú bereit sein, etw zu tun — to be prepared to do sth

er war nicht dazú fähig/bereit — he wasn't capable of it/prepared to

dazú gehört viel Geld — that takes a lot of money

dazú ist er da — that's what he's there for, that's why he's there

die Erlaubnis/die Mittel/das Recht dazú — permission/the means/the right to do it

ich habe keine Lust dazú — I don't feel like it

ich habe keine Lust dazú, mitzugehen — I don't feel like going along

dazú habe ich keine Zeit — I haven't the time (for that)

ich habe keine Zeit dazú, die Fenster zu putzen — I haven't (the) time to clean the windows

ich bin nicht dazú in der Lage — I'm not in a position to

5) (= darüber, zum Thema) about that/it

was sagst/meinst du dazú? — what do you say to/think about that?

meine Gedanken/Meinung dazú — my thoughts about/opinion of that

..., dazú hören Sie jetzt einen Kommentar —... we now bring you a commentary

das Hauptthema war die Inflation dazú schreibt die Zeitung... — the main subject was inflation – the paper has this to say about it...

er hat sich nur kurz dazú geäußert — he only commented briefly on that/it

6)

(in Wendungen) im Gegensatz dazú — in contrast to that

im Vergleich dazú — in comparison with that

früher war sie nicht so hysterisch, er hat sie dazú gemacht — she never used to be so hysterical, he made her like that

er war nicht immer Lord, er wurde erst dazú gemacht — he wasn't born a Lord, he was made or created one

dazú wird man nicht gewählt, sondern ernannt — one is appointed rather than elected to that

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da·zu

[daˈtsu:, ˈda:tsu:]

adv (emph)

1. (zu dem gehörend) with it

2. (außerdem) at the same time, into [or AM in] the bargain, to boot; s.a. noch

3. (zu diesem Ergebnis) to it/that

wie konnte es nur \dazu kommen? how could that happen?

wie ist er \dazu gekommen? how did he come by it?

wie komme ich \dazu? (fam) why on earth should I?

\dazu reicht das Geld nicht we/I haven't enough money for that

im Gegensatz \dazu contrary to this

im Vergleich \dazu in comparison to that; s.a. führen, Weg

4. (zu der Sache)

ich würde dir \dazu raten I would advise you to do that

ich bin noch nicht \dazu gekommen I haven't got round to it/to doing it yet

5. (dafür) for it/that/this

ich bin \dazu nicht bereit I'm not prepared to do that

er war \dazu nicht in der Lage he wasn't in a position to do so

es gehört viel Mut \dazu that takes a lot of courage

\dazu ist es da that's what it's there for

\dazu habe ich keine Lust I don't feel like it

\dazu habe ich schon Zeit I do have time for that

die Erlaubnis/die Mittel/das Recht \dazu the permission/the means/the right to do it

kein Recht \dazu haben, etw zu tun to have no right to do sth

6. (darüber) about it/that/this

er hat sich noch nicht \dazu geäußert he hasn't commented on it yet

was meinst du \dazu? what do you think about it/that?

das ist meine Meinung \dazu that's my opinion of it

7. NORDD (fam)

da habe ich keine Zeit zu I haven't the time [for it/that]

da komme ich heute nicht mehr zu I won't be able to get round to it today

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Adverb

1) with it/them; (gleichzeitig) at the same time; (außerdem) what is more

dazu reicht man am besten Salat — it's/they're best served with lettuce/salad

2) (darüber) about or on it/them

3) (zu diesem Zweck) for it; (es zu tun) to do it

dazu reicht das Geld nicht — we haven't enough money for that

4)

im Widerspruch od. Gegensatz dazu — contrary to this/that

dazu war sie nicht in der Lage — she was not in a position to do it or do so

er hatte dazu keine Lust — he didn't want to or didn't feel like it

wie komme ich dazu? — (ugs.) it would never occur to me; why on earth should I?

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dazu adv

1. räumlich: there;

soll ich es 'hierzu legen? -

nein, 'dazu no, (over) there

2. (dabei, damit) (together) with it; (außerdem) besides, in addition, into the bargain;

noch dazu on top of it ( oder that); wie konntest du das nur vergessen,

noch dazu, wo ich dich extra daran erinnert habe when I (even) reminded you about it specially;

etwas dazu hinzugeben add sth to sth;

möchtest du ein Glas Bier dazu? would you like a (glass of) beer with that?

3. Zweck, Aufgabe etc: (dafür) for it ( oder that);

er ist zu dumm dazu he’s too stupid for that;

dazu gehört Zeit it takes time;

es gehört viel Mut/schon einiges dazu zu (+inf) it takes a lot of courage/quite a lot ( oder a fair bit) to (+inf)

dazu ist er ja da that’s what he’s there for, that’s his job;

dazu hast du’s doch that’s what you’ve got it for ( oder it’s there for), isn’t it?;

dazu habe ich dir nicht geholfen, dass du jetzt … I didn’t help you so that you (end up) …

4. Thema: (darüber) about it ( oder that);

sich dazu äußern give one’s view ( oder voice one’s opinion) on it, comment (on it);

hast du etwas dazu zu sagen? do you have anything to say about that?;

dazu möchte ich gar nichts sagen I have no comment on that;

sie schwieg dazu (zu diesen Vorwürfen) she made no comment ( oder remained silent);

es ist alles dazu gesagt it’s all been said already

5. Veränderung, Ziel:

sich dazu entwickeln develop into it;

das führt dazu, dass … that leads to …; ich war früher nicht so misstrauisch,

meine Erfahrungen haben mich dazu gemacht my experiences have made me it ( oder this way);

es ist noch kein Kunstwerk, aber

es wird noch dazu it will become one;

wie ist es dazu gekommen? how did it happen?;

wie konnte es nur dazu kommen? how could it turn out this way?;

es wird/darf niemals dazu kommen! it won’t/mustn’t ever come to that!;

doch es kam nie dazu but it never came to that

6. Anlass:

darf ich dazu gratulieren? may I congratulate you (on your birthday etc)?

7. Zugehörigkeit:

der Deckel/Schlüssel dazu its lid/key, the lid/key belonging to ( oder going with) it

8. fig:

Liebe/Neigung dazu love/affection for it;

Erlaubnis/Recht dazu permission/right to it;

wie bist du dazu gekommen? (zu diesem Buch etc) how did you get hold of ( oder come by) it?; (Stelle) how did you get into ( oder come to be doing) this?

9. anstelle oder vor

zu +inf:

ich habe keine Lust dazu (aufzuräumen) I don’t want to (tidy up), I can’t be bothered (tidying up oder to tidy up);

ich rate dir dazu, es zu tun I would advise you to do it;

er tut das Seine dazu(, das Problem zu lösen) he’s doing his share ( oder bit) (to solve the problem);

die Gelegenheit dazu haben(, ins Ausland zu gehen) have the opportunity ( oder chance) (to go abroad oder US auch overseas);

wie kamst du dazu, für sie zu arbeiten? how did you come to work ( oder be working) for them?;

ich kam nie dazu(, es zu lesen) I never got (a)round to (reading) it;

wie komme ich dazu? empört: why should I?;

wie kommst du dazu? empört: how could you?; etc; → auch die mit dazu verbundenen Adjektive, Substantive und Verben

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Adverb

1) with it/them; (gleichzeitig) at the same time; (außerdem) what is more

dazu reicht man am besten Salat — it's/they're best served with lettuce/salad

2) (darüber) about or on it/them

3) (zu diesem Zweck) for it; (es zu tun) to do it

dazu reicht das Geld nicht — we haven't enough money for that

4)

im Widerspruch od. Gegensatz dazu — contrary to this/that

dazu war sie nicht in der Lage — she was not in a position to do it or do so

er hatte dazu keine Lust — he didn't want to or didn't feel like it

wie komme ich dazu? — (ugs.) it would never occur to me; why on earth should I?

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adv.

thereto adv. v.

to it v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > dazu
7 valor

intj.

cheer up.

m.

1 value.

de valor valuable

joyas por valor de… jewels worth…

sin valor worthless

tener valor to be valuable; (ser valioso) to be valid (ser válido)

tiene valor sentimental it is of sentimental value

sin el sello oficial carece de o no tiene valor it is not valid without the official seal

valor adquisitivo purchasing power

valor añadido added value (Am)

valor agregado added value (Am)

valor comercial commercial value

valor nominal face o nominal value

valor nutritivo nutritional value

2 value (math & music).

3 importance (importancia).

su opinión es de enorme valor para nosotros her opinion is of great value o importance to us

dar valor a to give o attach importance to

quitar valor a algo to take away from something, to diminish the importance of something

4 bravery, courage.

armarse de valor to pluck up one's courage

5 cheek, nerve (desvergüenza).

tener el valor de hacer algo to have the cheek o nerve to do something

6 asset, security.

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valor

► nombre masculino

1 (valía) value, worth, merit

■ una persona de gran valor a person of great merit

2 (precio) price

3 (validez) value

■ estas monedas dejarán de tener valor muy pronto these coins will soon be of no value

4 (importancia) importance

5 (coraje) courage, valour (US valor)

6 (desvergüenza) cheek, nerve

■ tuvo valor para pedirle más she had the nerve to ask him for more

7 (talento) talent

■ es un actor de gran valor he's a very talented actor

8 MATEMÁTICAS value

► nombre masculino plural valores

1 FINANZAS securities, bonds

2 (principios) values

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FRASEOLOGÍA

armarse de valor to pluck up courage

dar valor a algo to attach importance to something

de valor valuable

por el valor de to the value of

■ artículos por el valor de mil libras goods to the value of a thousand pounds

¡qué valor! what a nerve!

quitar valor a algo to reduce the value of something

sin valor / sin ningún valor worthless

valor adquisitivo purchasing power

valor alimenticio food value, nutritional value

valor de mercado market value

valor nominal (de cheque) face value

valores en cartera investments

valores inmuebles real estate sing

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noun m.

1) value, worth

2) courage, heart, nerve

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- valores

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SM

1) (Com, Econ) value

¿cuál es el valor real de ese cuadro? — what's this painting worth in real terms?, what's the real value of this painting?

un documento de gran valor — a very valuable document, a document of great value

objetos de incalculable valor — priceless objects

billetes de pequeño valor — small-denomination notes

el contrato fue declarado nulo y sin valor — the contract was declared null and void

el valor del cheque no es correcto — the amount on the cheque is not correct

•de valor — [joya, obra] valuable

• objetos de valor — valuables

• por valor de — to the value of

importaciones por valor de un millón de dólares — imports to the value of one million dollars

un cheque por valor de 500 euros — a cheque for the sum of o to the value of 500 euros

ha habido pérdidas por valor de diez millones de euros — there have been losses of ten million euros

valor adquisitivo — purchasing power

valor a la par — par value

valor añadido — added value

valor catastral — rateable value

valor comercial — commercial value

valor contable — asset value

valor de cambio — exchange value

valor de compra — purchasing power

valor de desecho — salvage value

valor de escasez — scarcity value

valor de mercado — market value

valor de rescate — surrender value

valor desglosado — break-up value

valor de sustitución — replacement value

valor de uso — use value

valor en bolsa — stock market value

valor en libros — book value

valor estrella — blue-chip stock, blue-chip share

valor facial — face value, denomination

valor nominal — nominal value

valor por defecto — default value

valor según balance — book value

2) (=importancia) value

una composición de indudable valor musical — a composition of undoubted musical value

una pintura de gran valor artístico — a painting of great artistic merit o value

este anillo tiene un gran valor para mí — this ring means a great deal to me, this ring is very valuable to me

• dar valor a algo, lo que le da valor musical a este trabajo es su originalidad — it is the originality of this work that gives it its musical worth o value

no dábamos valor a nuestro patrimonio — we didn't value our heritage highly enough

no le di valor a sus palabras — I didn't attach any importance to what he said

• quitar valor a algo — to minimize the importance of sth

valor alimenticio — nutritional value, food value

valor calorífico — calorific value

valor nutritivo — nutritional value

valor sentimental — sentimental value

3) pl valores

a) (=principios) values

los valores morales de la sociedad occidental — the moral values of Western society
escala 1), juicio 3)
b) (Econ) (=títulos) securities, stocks, bonds

valores de renta fija — fixed-interest securities

valores de renta variable — variable-yield securities

valores en cartera — holdings

valores fiduciarios — fiduciary issue [sing], banknotes

valores habidos — investments

valores inmuebles — real estate [sing]

4) (=persona famosa) star

uno de los nuevos valores del cine español — one of the rising stars of Spanish cinema

5) (=validez) validity

• tener valor — to be valid

este documento ya no tiene valor — this document is no longer valid

6) (en una escala) level

las temperaturas han alcanzado valores superiores a los normales — temperatures have reached higher than normal levels

se han medido valores de 80 litros por metro cúbico — levels of 80 litres per cubic metre have been recorded

7) (Mat) value

valor absoluto — absolute value

8) (Mús) value

el valor de una blanca es de dos negras — a minim is worth two crotchets

9) (=coraje) bravery, courage

el valor de los soldados — the bravery o courage of the soldiers

le dieron una medalla al valor — he was awarded a medal for bravery

no tuve valor para decírselo — I didn't have the courage to tell her

• armarse de valor — to pluck up (the) courage

valor cívico — (sense of) civic duty

10) * (=descaro) nerve *

¿cómo puedes tener el valor de negarlo? — how do you have the nerve to deny it? *

* * *

masculino

Sentido I

1)

a) (Com, Fin) value

libros por valor de $150 — books to the value of $150

droga por (un) valor de... — drugs worth o with a value of...

objetos de valor — valuables

b) (importancia, mérito) value

valor artístico — artistic merit

valor sentimental — sentimental value

su palabra tiene un gran valor para mí — I set great store by what he says

¿qué valor tiene si lo copió? — what merit is there in it if he copied it?

c) ( validez) validity

sin la firma no tiene ningún valor — it's not valid without the signature

- valor adquisitivo

- valor alimenticio or nutritivo

- valor añadido

- valor nominal

2) valores masculino plural (Econ, Fin) securities (pl), stocks (pl), shares (pl)

3) ( persona)

los valores del tenis — the tennis stars

los nuevos valores de nuestra música — our up-and-coming musicians

4) valores masculino plural ( principios morales) values (pl)

Sentido II

5) (coraje, valentía) courage

me faltó valor — I didn't have the courage

hay que tener valor para hacer algo así — it takes courage to do a thing like that

armarse de valor — to pluck up courage

6) (fam) (descaro, desvergüenza) nerve (colloq)

* * *

masculino

Sentido I

1)

a) (Com, Fin) value

libros por valor de $150 — books to the value of $150

droga por (un) valor de... — drugs worth o with a value of...

objetos de valor — valuables

b) (importancia, mérito) value

valor artístico — artistic merit

valor sentimental — sentimental value

su palabra tiene un gran valor para mí — I set great store by what he says

¿qué valor tiene si lo copió? — what merit is there in it if he copied it?

c) ( validez) validity

sin la firma no tiene ningún valor — it's not valid without the signature

- valor adquisitivo

- valor alimenticio or nutritivo

- valor añadido

- valor nominal

2) valores masculino plural (Econ, Fin) securities (pl), stocks (pl), shares (pl)

3) ( persona)

los valores del tenis — the tennis stars

los nuevos valores de nuestra música — our up-and-coming musicians

4) valores masculino plural ( principios morales) values (pl)

Sentido II

5) (coraje, valentía) courage

me faltó valor — I didn't have the courage

hay que tener valor para hacer algo así — it takes courage to do a thing like that

armarse de valor — to pluck up courage

6) (fam) (descaro, desvergüenza) nerve (colloq)

* * *

valor¹

¹ = courage, guts, spunk, bravery.

Ex: In this novel the central themes are courage and cowardice and what these are.

Ex: Well, I happened to inherit a full set of Trollope, and I had the guts to throw it out.

Ex: In her youth, as in her adult years, she was a person with spunk.

Ex: Contributing to the problem are the harsh desert environment, & a society based on patriarchy, in which a code of honor, esprit de corps, & bravery takes precedence over intelligence & culture.

* armarse de valor = muster (up) + (the) courage, pluck up + courage, nerve + Reflexivo, gather up + courage.

* con valor = valiantly.

* demostrar + Posesivo + valor = prove + Posesivo + value, prove + Posesivo + worth, prove + Reflexivo, show + Posesivo + worth, prove + Posesivo + courage.

* echar valor = pluck up + courage, muster (up) + (the) courage, gather up + courage.

* falta de valor = act of cowardice, lack of courage, lack of backbone.

* hacerse de valor = muster (up) + (the) courage.

* perder el valor = lose + Posesivo + nerve.

* tener el valor = have + the courage.

* tener el valor de = have + the guts to, have + the nerve(s) to, have + the cheek to.

* tener valor = pluck up + courage, gather up + courage.

valor²

² = attribute value, esteem, value, value, worth, worthiness, goodness.

Ex: Others have used possibility distributions for representing fuzzily known or incompletely known attribute values.

Ex: The two cases perhaps indicate the beginning of attitudinal changes in awards administrators which will give parity of esteem to information-driven programmes.

Ex: A good initial value for this field will start the system off with a good guess so that claims for missing issues are not unreasonable at the beginning.

Ex: This stop list is input to the computer before indexing can commence, and is a list of the words which appear in text which have no value as access words in an index.

Ex: The circulation of large numbers of books regardless of their worth to multitudes of people is no better criterion of mental health than is the profitable sale of quack medicines evidence of bodily health.

Ex: Another goal of terrorism is to demonstrate to terrorists their own worthiness and thus to claim a sort of moral victory over their enemies.

Ex: Measurement in and of itself is neutral and cannot indicate ' goodness' or 'badness' = La medición en sí misma es neutral y no puede indicar lo bueno o malo que algo es.

* adición de valor = value adding.

* adquirir un valor añadido = take on + added weight.

* asignar valor a = attach + value to.

* aumentar de valor = increase in + value.

* bolsa de valores = stock exchange, stock market, share market.

* Bolsa de Valores de Nueva York = New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

* cadena de valores = value chain.

* carecer de valor = have + a hollow ring.

* carente de valor = worthless.

* centrado en los valores = value-driven.

* código de valores = code of values.

* conflicto de valores = conflict of values.

* con juicio de valor = value-loaded.

* conjunto de valores = set of values.

* contabilidad de valores devengados = accrual accounting.

* con valores difusos = fuzzy-valued.

* conversión en valor monetario = monetisation [monetization, -USA].

* convertido en valor monetario = monetised [monetized, -pl.].

* convertir en valor monetario = monetise [monetize, -USA].

* dar mucho valor a Algo = value + Nombre + highly.

* dar valor = imbue with + value.

* de gran valor = highly valued, highly valuable.

* de gran valor histórico = of great historical value.

* de incalculable valor = priceless.

* de poco valor = a dime a dozen.

* descomposición por valores simples = singular value decomposition.

* de valor = of value.

* de valor añadido = value-added, value-adding.

* de valor equiparable = of comparable worth.

* de valor incalculable = invaluable.

* disminuir el valor de = belittle.

* edificio de valor histórico = heritage-listed building.

* emitir un juicio de valor = exercise + value judgment, pass + value judgement.

* enfrentamiento de valores = conflict of values.

* escala de valores = graded range, set of values.

* establecer valores = establish + values.

* falta de valor = worthlessness.

* forma de la curva estadística en su valor más alto = peak-shape.

* hacer prevaler las ideas y valores de uno mismo = assert + own ideas and values.

* hacer que tenga más valor = put + a premium on.

* igualdad de retribución por un trabajo de igual valor = equal pay for equal work.

* igualdad de retribución por un trabajo de valor comparable = equal pay for comparable work.

* impuesto sobre el valor añadido (IVA) = value added tax (VAT).

* juicio de valor = value judgement.

* mercado de valores = stock market, share market.

* método del Valor de Discriminación (DV) = Discrimination Value model (DV).

* minar los valores tradicionales = undermine + traditional values.

* no tener valor = be valueless.

* nuevo valor = newcomer.

* objeto de valor = valuable.

* objeto de valor cultural = cultural valuable.

* objetos de valor = valuables.

* perder valor = lose + Posesivo + value.

* pérdida de valor = devaluation, loss of value.

* pez de valor = game fish.

* por valor de + Número = amounting to + Cantidad.

* quitar el valor = render + valueless.

* quitar valor = devalue, deflate.

* reducir el valor = reduce + value.

* regla del valor literal = face value rule.

* ser de poco valor = be of little use, be of little value.

* ser de un valor especial = be of particular value.

* servicios de red de valor añadido (VANS) = value added network services (VANS).

* sin valor = dummy, worthless, valueless, drossy.

* sistema de valores = system of values, value system.

* sistema de valores personales = personal value system.

* sistema de valores sociales = social value system.

* tener poco valor = be of little value.

* tener un valor especial = be of particular value.

* tener valor = count.

* valor afectivo del servicio = affect of service.

* valor añadido = added benefit, added value.

* valor atípico = outlier.

* valor característico = eigenvalue.

* valor comercial = marketing value, commercial paper.

* valor cultural = cultural value.

* valor de la novedad = novelty value.

* valor de la propiedad = property value.

* valor de ley = force of law.

* valor de ordenación = filing value.

* valor de pertinencia = estimation of relevance.

* valor de predicción = predictive power.

* valor de retención = retention value.

* valor económico = monetary value, economic value, monetary worth.

* valor efectivo = cash value.

* valores = assets, ethos, equities, equity shares.

* valores agregados = value chain.

* valores añadidos = value chain.

* valores de la bolsa = stock prices, stock market quotations.

* valores familiares = family values.

* valor específico = weight, weighting.

* valores y normas de comportamiento de los miembros de una instutición = corporate culture.

* valor ético = ethical value.

* valor fundamental = asset.

* valor global = overall value.

* valor humano = human value.

* valor intrínsico = intrinsic worth.

* valor máximo = high-water mark.

* valor medicinal = medicinal value.

* valor medio = midrange, mean value.

* valor mínimo = low-water mark.

* valor monetario = monetary value, monetary worth.

* valor moral = moral value.

* valor numérico = numerical value.

* valor numérico exacto = crisp value.

* valor nutritivo = nutritional value, nutrient value.

* valor político = political value.

* valor por omisión = default value.

* valor positivo = virtue.

* valor representativo = eigenvalue.

* valor social = social value.

* VAN (red de valor añadido) = VAN (value added network).

* * *

valor

masculine

Sentido I

A

1 ( Com, Fin) (de una moneda) value; (de un cuadro, una joya) value

dio a conocer el verdadero valor del collar he revealed the true value o worth of the necklace

un alijo de droga por (un) valor de 5.000 euros a consignment of drugs worth o with a value of 5,000 euros

libros por valor de $150 books to the value of $150 o $150 worth of books

el valor de las acciones ha bajado the value of the shares has dropped, the shares have fallen in value

no se llevaron ningún objeto de valor they didn't take any valuables o anything valuable

enseres de poco valor material things of little material o real value

2 (importancia, mérito) value

no tiene ningún valor artístico it has no artistic value o merit

valor sentimental sentimental value

su palabra tiene un gran valor para mí I set great store by his word

sus promesas no tienen ningún valor her promises are worthless

si no lleva la firma no tiene ningún valor it's worthless unless it's signed

¿qué valor tiene si lo copió? what merit is there in it if he copied it?

¿qué valor tiene que se lo sepa de memoria si no lo entiende? what's the use o good of her knowing it by heart if she doesn't understand it?

Compuestos:

● valor absoluto

absolute value

● valor adquisitivo

purchasing power

● valor alimenticio

food o nutritional value

● valor añadido

value added, added value

● valor catastral

value recorded in the land registry ( used for calculating property taxes)

● valor de cambio

exchange value

● valor de rescate

surrender value

● valor de uso

usage o practical value

● valor facial

face value

● valor nominal

par o nominal value

● valor nutritivo

food o nutritional value

● valor por defecto

( Inf) default value

● valor relativo

relative value

B valores mpl ( Econ, Fin) securities (pl), stocks (pl), shares (pl)

Compuestos:

● valores de renta fija

mpl fixed yield securities (pl)

● valores de renta variable

mpl variable yield securities (pl)

C

1 ( Mat) (de una incógnita) value

2 ( Mús) (de una nota) value, length

D

(persona): uno de los jóvenes valores de nuestro tenis one of our young tennis stars

los nuevos valores de nuestra música our up-and-coming musicians

E valores mpl (principios morales) values (pl)

escala or jerarquía de valores scale of values

Sentido II

A (coraje, valentía) courage

me faltó valor para decírselo I didn't have the courage to tell him

hay que tener valor para hacer algo así you have to be brave o it takes courage to do a thing like that

el capitán ensalzó el valor de los soldados the captain praised the soldiers for their bravery o courage

armarse de valor to pluck up courage

B ( fam) (descaro, desvergüenza) nerve ( colloq), cheek ( BrE colloq)

¡encima tiene el valor de protestar! and then she has the nerve o cheek to complain!, and then she dares to complain!

* * *

valor sustantivo masculino
1
a) (Com, Fin) value;

◊ libros por valor de $150 books to the value of $150;

objetos de valor valuables;
valor adquisitivo purchasing power
b) (importancia, mérito) value;

◊ valor sentimental sentimental value

c) ( validez) validity;

◊ sin la firma no tiene ningún valor it's not valid without the signature

2
a) (coraje, valentía) courage;

◊ me faltó valor I didn't have the courage;

armarse de valor to pluck up courage
b) (fam) (descaro, desvergüenza) nerve (colloq);

◊ ¡encima tiene el valor de protestar! and then she has the nerve to complain!

3
◊ valores sustantivo masculino plural

a) ( principios morales) values

b) (Fin) securities, stocks, shares

valor sustantivo masculino
1 (valentía, arrojo) courage, bravery
2 (mérito, importancia, etc) value, worth
(precio) price: ha invertido en joyas por valor de un millón de pesetas, he has invested in a million pesetas' worth of jewels
no le da ningún valor al dinero, he attaches no importance to money
objetos de valor, valuables
sin valor, worthless
3 (vigencia, validez legal) validity
4 Mat Mús value
5 fam (jeta, caradura) cheek: tuvo el valor de preguntarme por ella, he had the nerve to ask me about her
6 Fin valores securities, bonds
7 (éticos) valores, values
♦ Locuciones: armarse de valor: se armó de valor e hizo frente a la agresión, she gathered up her courage and stood up to the aggression
' valor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agalla
- alimento
- antigüedad
- armarse
- aumentar
- bagatela
- bastante
- catastral
- conceder
- determinación
- importar
- impuesta
- impuesto
- infundir
- IVA
- juicio
- mérito
- ni
- nominal
- nula
- nulo
- nutritiva
- nutritivo
- oscilación
- oscilante
- ponderar
- preciosa
- precioso
- relativa
- relativo
- relieve
- representar
- reunir
- sanctasanctórum
- tal
- tan
- tres
- valer
- valorar
- valoración
- agallas
- alguno
- aliento
- alimenticio
- anecdótico
- armar
- asignar
- audacia
- bajar
- carecer
English:
absolute
- appreciate
- appreciation
- assess
- assessment
- asset
- attach
- book
- bravery
- cheap
- courage
- denomination
- detract
- equity
- estimate
- everything
- face value
- gain
- grit
- heart
- intrinsic
- invaluable
- nerve
- par
- pluck
- pluck up
- prowess
- replacement value
- rise
- sink
- steel
- street value
- strength
- summon up
- tax
- trash
- underprice
- valuable
- value
- value added tax
- VAT
- worth
- worthless
- worthlessness
- cheapen
- credit
- doubtful
- face
- fail
- go

* * *

valor nm

1. [precio, utilidad, mérito] value;

ha subido el valor del peso frente al dólar the peso has risen against the dollar;

tiene valor sentimental it is of sentimental value;

tiene más valor arqueológico que artístico it is of more archaeological than artistic value;

de (mucho) valor (very) valuable;

no había nada de valor en la casa there was nothing of value in the house;

joyas por valor de… jewels worth…;

sin valor worthless;

tener valor [ser valioso] to be valuable;
[ser válido] to be valid;
sin el sello oficial carece de o [m5] no tiene valor it is not valid without the official seal;

tener mucho/poco valor to be very/not very valuable

Comp
Fin valor de los activos asset value; Fin valor actual neto net present value;
valor adquisitivo purchasing power;
Am Econ valor agregado added value;
valor alimenticio food value;
Econ valor añadido added value; Fin valor asegurado insured value;
valor biológico biological value;

valor calórico [de comida] calorific value;

valor catastral = value of a property recorded in the land register, Br ≈ rateable value, US ≈ assessed value;

valor comercial commercial value;
Fin valor contable book price o value;
valor de mercado market value;

valor nominal face o nominal value;

valor nutritivo nutritional value;
Fin valor realizable neto net realizable value; Fin valor de reposición replacement value; Fin valor de rescate surrender value
2. Mat value

3. Mús value

4. [importancia] importance;

su opinión es de enorme valor para nosotros her opinion is of great value o importance to us;

dar valor a to give o attach importance to;

quitar valor a algo to take away from sth, to diminish sth

5. [valentía] bravery;

se necesita valor para hacer una cosa así you need to be brave o it takes courage to do a thing like that;

armarse de valor to pluck up one's courage;

le eché valor, y le confesé la verdad I plucked up my courage and told her the truth;

Comp

¡valor y al toro! go for it!

6. [desvergüenza] cheek, nerve;

¡hace falta valor para decir eso! what a cheek o nerve saying a thing like that!;

tener el valor de hacer algo to have the cheek o nerve to do sth

7. [personaje]
un joven valor del atletismo/teatro an up-and-coming young athlete/actor

8.
valores [principios] values

9. Fin
valores [de inversión] securities

Comp
valores en cartera investment portfolio;
valores de crecimiento growth stock;

valores inmuebles real estate;

valores negociables negotiable securities;

valores de renta fija fixed-interest o fixed-income securities;

valores de renta variable variable-interest o variable-income securities, equities

* * *

valor

m

1 value;

de gran valor very valuable; fig of great worth o

value;

objetos de valor valuables

2

:

valores pl COM securities

3 ( valentía) courage

* * *

valor nm

1) : value, worth, importance

2) coraje: courage, valor

3) valores nmpl

: values, principles

4) valores nmpl

: securities, bonds

5)

sin valor : worthless

* * *

valor n

1. (valía) value

los recuerdos tienen valor sentimental souvenirs have a sentimental value

2. (precio) price

¿cuál es el valor de este terreno? how much is this land worth?

3. (valentía) courage

hay que tener valor para hacer lo que hizo it takes a lot of courage to do what he did

Spanish-English dictionary > valor
8 poco

(pl -chi) 1. adj little

con nomi plurali few

2. adv not much

con aggettivi not very, not greatly

senti un po'! just listen!

a poco a poco little by little, gradually

poco fa a little while ago

fra poco in a little while, soon

poco dopo a little while later, soon after

per poco cheap

( quasi) almost, nearly

* * *

poco agg.indef.

1 ( con riferimento alla quantità) little, not much: bevo poco vino, I don't drink much wine; c'è poca luce qui, there isn't much light here; ci è rimasto poco pane, we haven't got much bread left; ha poca pazienza con i bambini, he hasn't got much (o he has little) patience with children; quello che guadagna è troppo poco per coprire le spese, he doesn't earn enough to cover his expenses

2 ( con riferimento all'intensità) little, not much: ha dato poca importanza alla cosa, he gave little importance to the matter; il lavoro mi dà poca soddisfazione, my work doesn't give me much satisfaction; accettare con poco entusiasmo un invito, to accept an invitation without much enthusiasm; prestai poca attenzione alle sue parole, I didn't pay much attention to what he said // ci è voluto non poco coraggio, it took a lot of courage // avere poca stima di qlcu., to have a low opinion (o not to think much) of s.o. // c'è poco sole, it isn't very sunny; c'era poca nebbia, it wasn't very foggy // ho poca memoria, I've got a poor memory; l'iniziativa ha avuto poco successo, it wasn't a very successful initiative (o the initiative didn't meet with much success)

3 ( con riferimento alla durata) little, short: mi assenterò per poco tempo, I'll be away for a short time; in poco tempo ha fatto molti progressi, he made a lot of progress in a very short time; poco tempo prima, dopo, a short time before, after; è accaduto poco tempo fa, it happened a short time ago (o not long ago) // Usato anche in espressioni ellittiche: poco fa, poc'anzi, a short time ago; di lì a poco, shortly after (o after a while o a little later); fra poco, very soon (o in a little while); a fra poco, see you soon; è poco che l'ho visto, I saw him a short time ago (o it isn't long since I last saw him); manca poco a Natale, it isn't long to Christmas; mi manca poco per finire, I haven't got much more to do (o I've nearly finished); ci fermeremo solo per poco, we'll only stay for a short time (o we shan't stay long) // da poco, ( poco fa) a short time ago, (riferito al pass.) a short time before, ( tempo continuato) for a short time: è uscito da poco, he's (only) just gone out; quando telefonai, erano da poco partiti, when I phoned, they had not long left (o they had only just left)

4 ( con riferimento all'estensione nello spazio): c'è poca distanza dall'albergo alla spiaggia, it isn't far from the hotel to the beach; avevamo fatto poca strada quando cominciò a piovere, we hadn't gone far when it began to rain

5 ( scarso, esiguo) scant, little: sono quadri di poco valore, they are paintings of little (o scant) value; trattare qlcu. con poco riguardo, to treat s.o. with scant (o little) respect // con poca spesa, for a small outlay (o without spending much) // a poco prezzo, at (o for) a low price, cheap // è poca cosa, it's nothing (o it's a drop in the ocean)

6 pl. few, not many; ( alcuni) a few: ho fatto pochi errori nella prova di matematica, I didn't make many mistakes in the maths test; fra pochi minuti, in a few minutes; c'erano poche persone in giro, there weren't many people about (o there were few people about); inviterò i miei genitori e pochi amici, I'll invite my parents and a few friends // mi sono rimasti solo pochi spiccioli, I haven't got much money left // molto pochi, very few; troppo pochi, too few.

poco pron.indef.

1 (very) little, not much: ''Hai del formaggio?'' ''Sì, ma ne ho poco'', ''Have you got any cheese?'' ''Yes, but not much''; ieri avevo del tempo libero, ma oggi ne ho molto poco, I had some spare time yesterday, but I've got very little (o but I haven't got much) today; (ne) capisco poco di matematica, I understand very little about mathematics; resta ben poco da fare, there's (very) little (o there isn't much) left to be done; abbiamo speso poco in quell'albergo, we didn't spend much (o we spent very little) at that hotel; un milione mi pare ( troppo) poco, a million seems too little to me; ci vuole poco per capire che è tutta una truffa, it doesn't take much to understand it's all a swindle // c'è poco da fare, da dire, there's little (o nothing) to be done, to be said; c'è poco da ridere, da scherzare, there's little (o nothing) to laugh about, to joke about // dire che ha torto è poco, it's not enough to say he's wrong // a dir poco, to say the least: saranno state a dir poco centomila persone, there must have been a hundred thousand people there, to say the least // e ti pare poco?, do you think that's nothing? // il che non è poco, which is something // per poco che sia, è sempre qualcosa, however little it is, it's still something // non te la prendere per così poco, don't let such a little (o small) thing upset you // ci voleva così poco a farmi una telefonata, it wouldn't have hurt you to give me a ring; ci vuole così poco ad accontentarlo, it takes so little to please him (o to make him happy) // una cosa da poco, a mere trifle; una moneta da poco, a small coin; è un uomo da poco, he's not up to much // per poco, ( a buon mercato) cheap: l'ho comprato per poco, I got it cheap // per poco non, ( quasi) nearly: per poco non cadevo in acqua, I (very) nearly fell in the water; ci mancò poco che non fosse squalificato, he was (very) nearly disqualified

2 pl. (very) few, not many; ( poche persone) few people; ( alcuni) a few; ( alcune persone) a few people: ''Hai molti amici?'' ''No, ne ho ( assai) pochi'', ''Have you many friends?'' ''No, very few''; pochi di noi, di loro ecc., few of us, them etc.; era conosciuto da pochi, not many people knew him (o he was little known); siamo rimasti in pochi, there were few of us left; c'eravamo noi due e pochi altri, there were the two of us and a few others

3 un poco, un po', a little, some; (con s. pl.) a few, some: un poco di pane, a little (o some) bread; c'erano un bel po' di persone, there were quite a few people there; un altro poco, some (o a little) more; costa un poco di più, it costs (o is) a little more // che po' po' di mascalzone!, what a scoundrel!; che po' po' di sfacciataggine!, what cheek!; con quel po' po' di soldi che ha!, with all the money he has! // In espressioni di tempo: un po' ( di tempo), a short time; un bel po' ( di tempo), quite a while (o quite a long time); un altro po' ( di tempo), a little (o a bit) longer; un po' ( di tempo) prima, dopo, fa, a short time before, later, ago // da un po' ( di tempo), some time ago, (riferito al pass.) some time before, ( tempo continuato), for some time: è da un po' che non lo vedo, I haven't seen him for some time; lo spettacolo era già finito da un po', the show had finished some time before

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1 little: mi contento del poco, it takes little to please me (o I'm easily satisfied); il poco che ho è tuo, the (o what) little I have is yours; farò quel poco che posso, I'll do what (o the) little I can // il poco è meglio del niente, (prov.) half a loaf is better than no bread

2 (anche f.) un, una poco di buono, (fam.) a bad lot; sono dei poco di buono, they're no good (o they're a bad lot).

poco avv.

1 (con agg. e avv. di grado positivo e con p. pres. e talvolta pp. usato come agg.) not very: poco intelligente, not very bright; poco entusiasmante, not very exciting; poco conosciuto, not very well-known; poco costoso, unexpensive; poco letto, little read; sto poco bene, I'm not very well; una zona poco abitata, a sparsely populated area; un prodotto poco richiesto, a product in small demand

2 (con agg. e avv. compar.) not much; little; ( di tempo) not long: è poco più alto di me, he's not much taller than me; è poco più che un ragazzo, he's little more than a boy; era poco più che ventenne, he was little more than twenty; si sposarono poco più tardi, they got married not long after

3 ( con verbi) little: il suo aiuto fu poco apprezzato, his help was little appreciated; studia molto poco, he studies very little; ci vede poco, he can't see very well; il primato fu superato di poco, the record was only just beaten // me ne importa poco, I don't care much; poco importa se..., it doesn't matter if... // per poco che si rifletta..., you only have to think a bit... // poco o nulla, little or nothing // né punto né poco, not at all // a poco a poco, little by little (o gradually) // press'a poco → pressappoco

4 un poco, un po', a bit: è un po' strano, it's a bit (o rather) strange // fa un po' ridere, (fam.) it makes you laugh // s'è parlato un po' di questo e un po' di quello, we spoke about this and that // un po' per..., un po' per..., what with... and: un po' per il rumore, un po' per il caldo si sentiva frastornato, what with the noise and the heat, he felt quite dizzy // senti un po', look!; vediamo un po', let's see; ma guarda un po'!, just look what's happened!; guarda un po' che cosa hai combinato!, now look what you've done!; dimmi un po' tu se non ho ragione, tell me if I'm not right (o if I'm wrong).

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['pɔko] poco -a, -chi, -che
1. avv

1) (piccola quantità) little, negazione + much

si accontenta di poco — he's easily satisfied

c'è poco da ridere — there's nothing to laugh about

guadagna poco — he doesn't earn much, he earns little

dorme troppo poco — she doesn't get enough sleep

2) (con aggettivo, avverbio) (a) little, negazione + very

sta poco bene — he's not very well

è poco più alta di lui — she's a little o slightly taller than him

è poco probabile — it's not very likely

è poco socievole — he's not very sociable

3)

(tempo) poco dopo — shortly after(wards)

il film dura poco — the film doesn't last long

poco fa — a short while o time ago

fra poco — in a little while

manca poco alla fine — it's almost o nearly finished, it's more or less finished

poco prima — shortly before

ci vediamo poco — we hardly ever see each other

4)

un po' — a little, a bit

è un po' corto — it's a little o a bit short

sono un po' stanco — I'm a bit tired

zoppica un po' — he limps a bit, he has a slight limp

arriverà fra un po' — he'll arrive shortly o in a little while

un po' prima del solito — a little earlier than usual

ha dormito un bel po' — he slept for quite a while

fammi un po' vedere — let me have a look

5)

(fraseologia) (a) poco a poco — bit by bit, little by little

a dir poco — to say the least

eravamo in 30 a dir poco — there were at least 30 of us

è una cosa da poco — it's nothing, it's of no importance

una persona da poco — a worthless individual

ha vinto di poco — he only just won

poco male — never mind, it doesn't matter

per poco non cadevo — I almost o nearly fell

2. agg indef

1) (quantità) little, negazione + (very) much, (numero) few, negazione + (very) many

poco denaro — little o not much money

poco vino — little o not much wine

poche persone — few o not many people

poche idee — few o not many ideas

c'era poca gente — there were only a few people

è un tipo di poche parole — he's a man of few words

a poco prezzo — at a low price, cheap

con poca spesa — for a small outlay

2) (in espressioni ellittiche: tempo) a short time, a little while, (quantità) (a) little

ci vediamo fra poco — see you soon o shortly

l'ha comprato per poco — he bought it cheap

ne abbiamo ancora per poco — we'll only be a little longer

basta poco per farlo contento — it doesn't take much to make him happy

3. pron

1) (a) little

c'è chi ha molto tempo e chi ne ha poco — there are those who have a lot of time and those who have little

2)

(persone) pochi, poche — few (people)

pochi la pensano come lui — few people think as he does

pochi di noi — few of us

4. sm

1) little

il poco che guadagno... — what little I earn...

vive del poco che ha — she lives on the little she has

See:

buono

2)

un po' — a little

un po' di soldi — a little money

un po' di pane — a little bread

un po' di zucchero — a little sugar

un po' di silenzio! — let's have a bit of quiet!

ha un po' di mal di testa — he has a slight headache

ha un po' di influenza — she has a touch of flu

un bel po' di denaro — quite a lot of money, a tidy sum

facciamo un po' per uno — let's do a bit each

3)

po' po'; che po' po' di coraggio! — what courage!

niente po' po' di meno che il presidente in persona! — no less than the president himself!

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1.
pl. - chi, - che ['pɔko, ki, ke] aggettivo indefinito

1) (un numero esiguo di) few, not many

- chi visitatori — not many o few visitors

troppo -che persone — too few people

troppo -chi soldi — too little money

pochissime case — very few houses

2) (una piccola quantità di) little, not much

beve poco vino — he doesn't drink much wine

spendere poco denaro — to spend little money

3) (scarso) little, not much

- che possibilità — little chance

c'è poco rumore — there's not much noise

avere -a memoria — to have a poor memory

4) (di tempo)

poco tempo fa — a short time ago, not long ago

c'è così poco tempo — there's so little time

5) (in frasi esclamative)

- che chiacchiere! — cut the cackle!
2.
pronome indefinito

1) (piccola quantità, scarsa misura)

voglio spendere poco — I don't want to spend much

"è rimasto del gelato?" - "poco" — "is there any ice cream left?" - "not much"

so poco di lui — I don't know much about him

ne ha letti -chi — he read few of them

ci vuole poco a... — it doesn't take much to...

c'è mancato poco — that was a close shave

2) (esiguo numero di persone) few

- chi hanno fiducia in lui — few o not many people trust him

siamo in -chi — there are only a few of us

3) (in espressioni di tempo)

manca poco alle due — it's nearly two o'clock, it's going on for two

ci ha impiegato poco — it didn't take him long

ci sono rimasto poco — I didn't stay there (for) long o a long time

è arrivato da poco — he hasn't been here long, he's just arrived

lavoro qui da poco — I've worked here for a short time

poco fa — a short while ago

poco prima, dopo — shortly before, afterwards

fra o tra poco shortly, before long, very soon; di lì a poco — before long, soon afterwards

4) per poco, di poco

l'ha mancato per o di poco he just missed it; mancare di poco il bersaglio — to strike short of the target, to miss the target by a little

5) per poco (non) (quasi)

per poco (non) perdeva il treno — he almost missed the train

per poco non mi catturavano — I just o narrowly missed being captured

6) per poco che

per poco che sia — however little it is

7) a poco, per poco (a buon mercato) [comprare, vendere] cheap

l'ho avuto per poco — I got it cheap

8) poco da

ho poco da dire — I've got little to say

c'è poco da ridere — it's no laughing matter

c'è poco da scegliere — there's not much to choose

9) da poco

una cosa da poco — a small thing

una persona da poco — a worthless person

10) a dir poco

era sorpreso, a dir poco — he was surprised, to say the least (of it)

è a dir poco testardo! — he's nothing if not stubborn!
3.
sostantivo maschile

1) (piccola quantità) little

quel poco che ha — what little she has

quel poco che ho visto era molto bello — the little I saw was very good

2) un po' di (un poco) a little of, a bit of, some, any

voglio un po' di tè — I want a little o some tea

c'è ancora un po' di gelato? — is there any ice cream left?

bevi ancora un po' di birra! — have some more beer!

posso averne un po' di più? — can I have a little more?

un po' di tutto — a bit of everything

parlo un po' di inglese — I speak a little English

un po' di tempo fa — a little while ago

3) un bel po' di colloq. quite a lot of, a fair amount of

un bel po' di persone — quite a few people, a lot of people

aspettò un bel po' di ore — he waited for a good few hours

un bel po' di tempo fa — a good o long while ago

4) un bel po'

per un bel po' — for a good while

camminò un bel po' — he walked quite a way

è un bel po' che non ci si vede! — long time no see!
4.
avverbio

1) (con un verbo) little, not much

parla poco — he doesn't talk much

ho dormito poco — I didn't sleep (very) much

ci vede poco — he can't see very well

2) (con un avverbio)

sta poco bene — he's not well

poco lontano da qui — not far away from here

poco male! — (non importa) no harm done! (tanto meglio) just as well!

3) (con aggettivo o participio passato) not very

è poco educato — he's not very polite

un lavoro poco pagato — a poorly paid job

i suoi libri sono poco letti — his books are little read

un romanzo poco conosciuto — a little-known novel

4) (con forme comparative) little, not much

è poco più alto di me — he is little o not much taller than me

poco più di un'ora fa — little more than an hour ago

5) un po' (per un certo tempo)

rimani ancora un po' — stay a little longer

aspetta un po'! — wait a bit!

ci vorrà un po' — it will take some time

studio da un po' — I've been studying for some time

ci ho pensato un (bel) po' — I've thought about it quite a bit; (in una certa quantità)

prendine ancora un po' — take some more; (leggermente)

un po' timido — a bit shy

ti senti un po' meglio? — are you feeling any better?

l'arrosto è un po' bruciato — the roast is a bit o slightly burned; (abbastanza)

"parli tedesco?" - "un po'" — "do you speak German?" - "a little bit"; (con valore rafforzativo)

sta un po' zitto! — just keep quiet!

vediamo un po' — let me see

(ma) pensa, guarda un po'! — fancy that! (seguito da altro avverbio)

mangia un po' di più — eat a bit more

parla un po' più forte — speak little o a bit louder

fa un po' meno freddo di ieri — it's a little less cold than yesterday

6) a poco a poco little by little

7) non poco

ero non poco sorpreso — I was not a little surprised

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sapere di poco — (essere insipido) to be tasteless; (essere poco interessante) to be dull

poco o nulla — little or nothing

non ti credo neanche un po' — you don't fool me for a minute

non è poco! — that's saying a lot!

un po' per la depressione un po' per la disoccupazione — what with the depression and unemployment

un poco di buono — an ugly customer, a bad lot

una poco di buono — a slut pop.
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Note:

Poco può essere usato come aggettivo, pronome, sostantivo e avverbio. - Come aggettivo e pronome, poco si traduce con little davanti o al posto di nomi non numerabili e con few davanti o al posto di nomi plurali: poco zucchero = little sugar; aggiunse poco a quanto aveva già detto = she added little to what she had already said; pochi libri = few books; ne ho letti pochi = I read few of them. Attenzione a non confondere few = pochi (cioè, un numero insufficiente) con a few = alcuni (cioè, un numero ridotto, ma non necessariamente insufficiente). - Come sostantivo, poco compare in espressioni quali il poco che... = the little... / what little..., un po' / un poco di... = a little (of), a bit (of), some, any: si vedano sotto gli esempi. - Come avverbio, poco si traduce con little o not much con i verbi ( lo vedo molto poco = I see him very little) o con forme al comparativo ( sono poco più grasso di lui = I'm little / not much fatter than him), e con not very davanti ad aggettivi e avverbi ( poco pulito = not very clean; poco chiaramente = not very clearly). - Questi e altri esempi nella voce mostrano come poco si rende spesso in inglese con la negazione di molto: pochi studenti = few students / not many students; ho poco da dire = I've got little to say / I don't have much to say; ho dor mito poco = I slept little / I didn't sleep very much, ecc

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poco

pl. - chi, - che /'pɔko, ki, ke/

Poco può essere usato come aggettivo, pronome, sostantivo e avverbio. - Come aggettivo e pronome, poco si traduce con little davanti o al posto di nomi non numerabili e con few davanti o al posto di nomi plurali: poco zucchero = little sugar; aggiunse poco a quanto aveva già detto = she added little to what she had already said; pochi libri = few books; ne ho letti pochi = I read few of them. Attenzione a non confondere few = pochi (cioè, un numero insufficiente) con a few = alcuni (cioè, un numero ridotto, ma non necessariamente insufficiente). - Come sostantivo, poco compare in espressioni quali il poco che... = the little... / what little..., un po' / un poco di... = a little (of), a bit (of), some, any: si vedano sotto gli esempi. - Come avverbio, poco si traduce con little o not much con i verbi ( lo vedo molto poco = I see him very little) o con forme al comparativo ( sono poco più grasso di lui = I'm little / not much fatter than him), e con not very davanti ad aggettivi e avverbi ( poco pulito = not very clean; poco chiaramente = not very clearly). - Questi e altri esempi nella voce mostrano come poco si rende spesso in inglese con la negazione di molto: pochi studenti = few students / not many students; ho poco da dire = I've got little to say / I don't have much to say; ho dor mito poco = I slept little / I didn't sleep very much, ecc. ⇒ 31

I aggettivo indefinito

1 (un numero esiguo di) few, not many; - chi visitatori not many o few visitors; troppo -che persone too few people; troppo -chi soldi too little money; pochissime case very few houses

2 (una piccola quantità di) little, not much; beve poco vino he doesn't drink much wine; spendere poco denaro to spend little money

3 (scarso) little, not much; - che possibilità little chance; c'è poco rumore there's not much noise; avere -a memoria to have a poor memory

4 (di tempo) poco tempo fa a short time ago, not long ago; c'è così poco tempo there's so little time

5 (in frasi esclamative) -che chiacchiere! cut the cackle!

II pronome indefinito

1 (piccola quantità, scarsa misura) voglio spendere poco I don't want to spend much; "è rimasto del gelato?" - "poco" "is there any ice cream left?" - "not much"; so poco di lui I don't know much about him; ne ha letti -chi he read few of them; ci vuole poco a... it doesn't take much to...; c'è mancato poco that was a close shave

2 (esiguo numero di persone) few; - chi hanno fiducia in lui few o not many people trust him; siamo in -chi there are only a few of us

3 (in espressioni di tempo) manca poco alle due it's nearly two o'clock, it's going on for two; ci ha impiegato poco it didn't take him long; ci sono rimasto poco I didn't stay there (for) long o a long time; è arrivato da poco he hasn't been here long, he's just arrived; lavoro qui da poco I've worked here for a short time; poco fa a short while ago; poco prima, dopo shortly before, afterwards; fra o tra poco shortly, before long, very soon; di lì a poco before long, soon afterwards

4 per poco, di poco l'ha mancato per o di poco he just missed it; mancare di poco il bersaglio to strike short of the target, to miss the target by a little

5 per poco (non) (quasi) per poco (non) perdeva il treno he almost missed the train; per poco non mi catturavano I just o narrowly missed being captured

6 per poco che per poco che sia however little it is

7 a poco, per poco (a buon mercato) [comprare, vendere] cheap; l'ho avuto per poco I got it cheap

8 poco da ho poco da dire I've got little to say; c'è poco da ridere it's no laughing matter; c'è poco da scegliere there's not much to choose

9 da poco una cosa da poco a small thing; una persona da poco a worthless person

10 a dir poco era sorpreso, a dir poco he was surprised, to say the least (of it); è a dir poco testardo! he's nothing if not stubborn!

III sostantivo m.

1 (piccola quantità) little; quel poco che ha what little she has; quel poco che ho visto era molto bello the little I saw was very good

2 un po' di (un poco) a little of, a bit of, some, any; voglio un po' di tè I want a little o some tea; c'è ancora un po' di gelato? is there any ice cream left? bevi ancora un po' di birra! have some more beer! posso averne un po' di più? can I have a little more? un po' di tutto a bit of everything; parlo un po' di inglese I speak a little English; un po' di tempo fa a little while ago

3 un bel po' di colloq. quite a lot of, a fair amount of; un bel po' di persone quite a few people, a lot of people; aspettò un bel po' di ore he waited for a good few hours; un bel po' di tempo fa a good o long while ago

4 un bel po' per un bel po' for a good while; camminò un bel po' he walked quite a way; è un bel po' che non ci si vede! long time no see!

IV avverbio

1 (con un verbo) little, not much; parla poco he doesn't talk much; ho dormito poco I didn't sleep (very) much; ci vede poco he can't see very well

2 (con un avverbio) sta poco bene he's not well; poco lontano da qui not far away from here; poco male! (non importa) no harm done! (tanto meglio) just as well!

3 (con aggettivo o participio passato) not very; è poco educato he's not very polite; un lavoro poco pagato a poorly paid job; i suoi libri sono poco letti his books are little read; un romanzo poco conosciuto a little-known novel

4 (con forme comparative) little, not much; è poco più alto di me he is little o not much taller than me; poco più di un'ora fa little more than an hour ago

5 un po' (per un certo tempo) rimani ancora un po' stay a little longer; aspetta un po'! wait a bit! ci vorrà un po' it will take some time; studio da un po' I've been studying for some time; ci ho pensato un (bel) po' I've thought about it quite a bit; (in una certa quantità) prendine ancora un po' take some more; (leggermente) un po' timido a bit shy; ti senti un po' meglio? are you feeling any better? l'arrosto è un po' bruciato the roast is a bit o slightly burned; (abbastanza) "parli tedesco?" - "un po'" "do you speak German?" - "a little bit"; (con valore rafforzativo) sta un po' zitto! just keep quiet! vediamo un po' let me see; (ma) pensa, guarda un po'! fancy that! (seguito da altro avverbio) mangia un po' di più eat a bit more; parla un po' più forte speak little o a bit louder; fa un po' meno freddo di ieri it's a little less cold than yesterday

6 a poco a poco little by little

7 non poco ero non poco sorpreso I was not a little surprised

IDIOMS

sapere di poco (essere insipido) to be tasteless; (essere poco interessante) to be dull; poco o nulla little or nothing; non ti credo neanche un po' you don't fool me for a minute; non è poco! that's saying a lot! un po' per la depressione un po' per la disoccupazione what with the depression and unemployment; un poco di buono an ugly customer, a bad lot; una poco di buono a slut pop.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > poco
9 valentía

f.

courage, manhood, daring, valor.

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valentía

► nombre femenino

1 (valor) bravery, courage

2 (acto) heroic deed, bold act

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noun f.

courage

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SF

1) (=valor) bravery, courage; (=atrevimiento) boldness; (=resolución) resoluteness

2) (=jactancia) boastfulness

3) (=acto de valor) brave deed, heroic exploit

4) pey (=dicho) boast, brag

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femenino bravery, courage

con valentía — courageously

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= courage, bravery.

Ex. In this novel the central themes are courage and cowardice and what these are.

Ex. Contributing to the problem are the harsh desert environment, & a society based on patriarchy, in which a code of honor, esprit de corps, & bravery takes precedence over intelligence & culture.

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femenino bravery, courage

con valentía — courageously

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= courage, bravery.

Ex: In this novel the central themes are courage and cowardice and what these are.

Ex: Contributing to the problem are the harsh desert environment, & a society based on patriarchy, in which a code of honor, esprit de corps, & bravery takes precedence over intelligence & culture.

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valentía

feminine

bravery, courage

hay que tener valentía para decir todo eso it takes a lot of courage to say all that

lo condecoraron por su valentía he was decorated for bravery o gallantry

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valentía sustantivo femenino
bravery, courage;
◊ con valentía courageously

valentía sustantivo femenino bravery: no tuvo la valentía de reconocerlo, he did not have the courage to admit it

' valentía' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
afrontar
- gallardía
- rasgo
- valor
- abismante
English:
bear
- bravery
- byword
- command
- congratulate
- courage
- gallantry
- instil
- instill
- prove
- prowess
- the
- try
- with
- valor

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valentía nf

1. [valor] bravery

2. [hazaña] act of bravery

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valentía

f bravery

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valentía nf

: courage, valor

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valentía n bravery

Spanish-English dictionary > valentía
10 Mut

Mut <-[e]s> [ʼmu:t] m

kein pl

1) ( Courage) courage no art, no pl;

es gehört viel \Mut dazu, das zu tun it takes a lot of courage to do that;

mir fehlt der \Mut, das zu tun I don't have the courage to do that;

mit dem \Mut der Verzweiflung with the courage born of desperation;

sich dat \Mut antrinken to have a drink to give oneself Dutch courage;

\Mut/keinen \Mut haben to have/not have any courage;

den \Mut haben, etw zu tun to have the courage to do sth

2) ( Zuversicht) heart no art, no pl;

mit frischem \Mut with fresh heart [or cheer];

frohen [o guten] \Mutes sein to be in high spirits;

jdm den \Mut nehmen to make sb lose heart, to discourage sb;

nur \Mut! take heart!;

den \Mut sinken lassen, den \Mut verlieren to lose heart;

[wieder] \Mut bekommen [o fassen] [ o geh schöpfen] to take [or gain] heart;

jdm [wieder] \Mut machen to encourage sb, to give sb [fresh] heart

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch für Studenten > Mut
11 wiele

wiele

num.

Ins. - oma l. -u

1. count many, a great many, a (great) number of (sb l. sth); noncount much, a great amount of, a great l. good deal of ( sth); pot. ( bez względu na policzalność) a lot, lots (kogoś/czegoś of sb/sth); wielu studentów many students; a (great) number of students; a lot of students; lots of students; od wielu lat for many years; z wieloma przyjaciółmi with many friends; rodzina, jakich wiele family like many others; jeden z wielu one of (a great) many; pod wieloma względami in many respects; in a number of respects; wiele czasu much time; a lot of time; lots of time; wiele pieniędzy a great amount of money; a good deal of money; a lot of money; lots of money; zrobić wiele dobrego do much good, do a lot of good; wiele hałasu o nic much ado about nothing; żeby to zrobić, trzeba wiele odwagi it takes a lot of courage to do it.

2. przest. (= ile) count how many; noncount how much; wiele to kosztuje? how much is it?; wiele masz lat? how old are you?

adv.

więcej much, a lot, a good l. great deal; wiele czytam/piszę I read/write a lot; o wiele lepszy much better; far better; a lot better; a good deal better; o wiele więcej much more; o wiele za dużo noncount much too much; count much too many; obsługa pozostawia wiele do życzenia the service leaves much to be wished; to wiele dla mnie znaczy it means a lot to me; tego już za wiele that's too much.

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > wiele
12 uno

1. art a

before a vowel or silent h an

un uovo an egg

2. adj a, one

3. m one

uno e mezzo one and a half

4. pron one

a uno a uno one by one

l'uno dopo l'altro one after the other

l'un l'altro each other, one another

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uno agg.num.card. e s.m. one: uno contro cinque, one against five; un giorno o due, one or two days; uno per cento, one per cent; un terzo, one third; un uomo su mille, one man in a thousand; nemmeno uno, not a single one; il numero uno, the number one (anche fig.); un asino numero uno, (fam.) a first-class fool; ci volle una settimana esatta, it took just one week; ho solamente un libro, I have only one book; scrivi uno, write one; scrivere uno e riportare cinque, to write down one and carry five; inviteremo uno o due amici, we'll invite one or two friends; una o due righe più sotto, one or two lines further down; le mille e una notte, the thousand and one nights; l'articolo uno della Costituzione, article one of the constitution; tutti per uno, uno per tutti, all for one and one for all; partire o non partire per me è tutt'uno, its' all the same to me whether we leave or not; delle due una, o è partito o è a casa, there are two possibilities, either he has left or he is at home; a uno a uno, one by one; entrare uno a uno, go in one by one

◆ s.m. (fil.) One; God.

uno, un, una art.indet.

1 a, an: un artista, an artist; una donna, a woman; un europeo, a European; un onore, an honour; un'ora lieta, a happy hour; un bel palazzo, a beautiful building; una grande città, a big city; un lavoro interessante, an interesting job // non ha un amico, he hasn't a single friend // ho una fame che non ti dico!, I'm starving! // ha una casa!, you should see her house! // un tale bugiardo!, he's such a liar!

2 (seguito da agg. poss.) one (of): un suo amico, one of his friends (o a friend of his); un vostro rappresentante, one of your agents

3 ( in espressoni numeriche o di quantità) a, one: un centinaio, un milione, a (o one) hundred, a (o one) million; un quarto, un quinto, a quarter (o a fourth), a fifth; una gran quantità, a large quantity // una buona dose di coraggio, a lot of courage

4 ( per indicare approssimazione) some, about: una cinquantina di persone, some (o about) fifty people; un cinque o sei giorni, some (o about) five or six days; disterà una ventina di chilometri, it's about twenty kilometres away.

uno, una pron.indef.

1 ( qualcuno) someone; ( un tale) a fellow, a man; ( una tale) a woman; ( con partitivo) one: c'era uno che voleva parlarti, there was someone (o a fellow o a man) who wanted to speak to you; ho parlato con uno che ti conosce, I've been speaking to someone who knows you; ha telefonato una tale, a woman phoned; uno di noi, di voi, one of us, of you; ho parlato con uno dei tuoi assistenti, I spoke to one of your assistants; è una delle migliori attrici italiane, she is one of Italy's best actresses // è uno dei tanti, uno qualsiasi, he is one of the many // una di quelle, a tart (o one of them)

2 (con valore impers.) one, you: uno non può dire se sia vero o no, one (o you) can't say whether it's true or not // se uno vuole può farlo, if you want to, you can (o prov. where there's a will there's a way)

3 ( ciascuno) each: li ho pagati mille euro l'uno, I paid one thousand euros each for them; ce ne daranno due per uno, we'll be given two each // facciamo un po' per uno, let's share it // paghiamo metà per uno, let's go fifty fifty

4 ( riferito a cosa) one ( anche con partitivo): questo abito non mi sta bene, ne vorrei uno più scuro, this dress doesn't suit me, I'd like a darker one; ''Mi occorre una penna'' ''Prendine una dal mio tavolo'', ''I need a pen'' ''Take one from my desk'' // ne ha combinata una delle sue, he's been up to his tricks again // ne ha fatta una grossa!, he's really done it this time! // vuoi sentirne una?, do you want to know the latest? // non gliene va mai bene una, he never does anything right

5 (in corr. con altro) (l')uno..., l'altro..., one... the other...: ha due figli, uno lavora, l'altro studia, he has two sons; one is working and the other's a student // uno..., un altro..., one..., another...: c'erano molti stranieri, uno veniva dal Cile, un altro dall'Olanda, un altro ancora dalle Filippine, there were a lot of foreigners: one came from Chile, another from Holland and (yet) another from the Philippines // l'uno e l'altro, ( entrambi) both: l'uno e l'altro ( fratello) negarono, both (brothers) denied it; l'una e l'altra ( città) furono distrutte, both (cities) were destroyed // né l'uno né l'altro, neither; ( in presenza di altra negazione) either: non voglio né l'uno né l'altro, I want neither (o I don't want either); né l'uno né l'altro rispose, non risposero né l'uno né l'altro, neither of them replied // l'un l'altro, ( reciprocamente) one another; (spec. fra due) each other: si aiutano l'un l'altro, they help one another (o each other) // gli uni..., gli altri..., some..., some... (o some..., others) // gli uni e gli altri, they all (o all of them); compl. them all (o all of them): sono partiti gli uni e gli altri, they all left; scrissi agli uni e agli altri, I wrote to them all.

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['uno] uno (-a) davanti a sm un + consonante, vocale, uno + s impura, gn, pn, ps, x, z; davanti a sf un' + vocale, una + consonante
1. agg

one

non ha una lira — he hasn't a penny, he's penniless

ho comprato una mela e due pere — I bought one apple and two pears

ho passato un mese in Italia — I spent one month in Italy

una camera solo per una notte — a room for one night only

2. art indet

1) a, an (+ vocale)

era una giornata splendida — it was a beautiful day

un mio amico — a friend of mine

è un artista — he's an artist

un programma interessante — an interesting programme

un giorno gli ho telefonato — one day I called him

uno gnomo — a gnome

dammene un po' — give me some

è uno sciocco — he's a fool

ho visto un uomo — I saw a man

uno zingaro — a gypsy

2)

(intensivo) una noia! — such a bore!

ho una paura! — I'm terrified!

ma questo è un porcile! — it's an absolute pigsty in here!

3)

(circa) disterà un 10 km — it's round about 10 km away

costerà un 300 euro — it'll cost round about 300 euros

3. pron

1) one

me ne dai uno? — will you give me one (of them)?

ne ho comprato uno stamattina — I bought one this morning

ce n'è uno a testa — there's one each

a uno a uno — one by one

è uno dei più veloci — it's one of the fastest

uno dei tanti — one of the many

uno di noi — one of us

facciamo metà per uno — let's go halves

2) (un tale) somebody, someone

ho incontrato uno che ti conosce — I met someone who knows you

c'era una al telefono — there was a woman on the phone

è una del mio paese — she's from the same village as I am

3) (in costruzione impersonale) one, you

se uno vuole — if one wants, if you want

se uno ha i soldi — if one has the money

4)

(con articolo determinativo) l'uno — one

non confondere gli uni con gli altri — don't confuse one lot with the other

abbiamo visto l'uno e l'altro — we've seen both of them

sono entrati l'uno dopo l'altro — they came in one after the other

si amano l'un l'altro — they love each other

o l'uno o l'altro — either of them

o l'uno o l'altro per me va bene — either of them will be fine

né l'uno né l'altro — neither of them

quale prendi? - Né l'uno né l'altro — which one are you going to take? - Neither of them

non prendo né l'uno né l'altro — I'm not going to take either of them

5)

ne ha detta una! — you should have heard what he said!

ne hai combinata una delle tue! — you've done it again, haven't you!

ne vuoi sentire una? — do you want to hear a good one?

non me ne va mai bene una — nothing ever goes right for me

4. sm

one

uno più uno fa due — one plus one equals two

5. sf

(ora) one o'clock

che ore sono? — è l'una — what time is it? — it's one (o'clock)

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['uno] 1.
articolo indeterminativo (un, una, un'; in the masculine, un is used before a vowel and a consonant; uno is used before s followed by a consonant, and before gn, pn, ps, x and z; una is used in the feminine, but the form un' is used before a vowel) a, an

Ex:

un cane, un albero — a dog, a tree

una mela, un'aquila — an apple, an eagle II uno, f. una, m.pl. uni, f.pl. une pronome indefinito

/Ex:

1) one

l'uno e l'altro — both

l'uno o l'altro — either, one or the other

l'un l'altro — each other, one another

uno di noi — one of us

ne rimane solo uno — there's only one left

a uno a uno — one by one

dipendiamo gli uni dagli altri — we depend on each other o on one another

non o neanche uno ha detto grazie nobody o not one person said thank you; non sono uno che dimentica i compleanni I'm not the kind of person who forgets birthdays; ne ha combinata una delle sue he's been up to his tricks again; non gliene va bene una nothing seems to go right for him; per dirne una — just to mention one thing

2) (un tale) someone, somebody

ho parlato con uno, una che ti ha visto — I spoke to a man, a woman who saw you

3) (con valore impersonale) one, you

se uno ci pensa — if you (come to) think of it

4) (ciascuno) each

sei euro l'uno — six euros each

ne abbiamo presi due per uno — we took two (of them) each
2.
aggettivo (numerale) one

ci sono rimasto un giorno — I stayed there one day

una persona su tre — one person in o out of three

non ha detto una parola — he didn't utter a (single) word

pagina, numero uno — page, number one
3.
sostantivo maschile invariabile

1) (numero) one

2) (giorno del mese) first
4.
sostantivo femminile una (ora)

l'una — (di notte) one am; (di pomeriggio) one pm

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uno

/'uno/ ⇒ 26, 5, 8, 13

I articolo indeterminativo

(un, una, un'; in the masculine, un is used before a vowel and a consonant; uno is used before s followed by a consonant, and before gn, pn, ps, x and z; una is used in the feminine, but the form un' is used before a vowel) a, an; un cane, un albero a dog, a tree; una mela, un'aquila an apple, an eagle II uno, f. una, m.pl. uni, f.pl. une

pron.indef.

1 one; l'uno e l'altro both; l'uno o l'altro either, one or the other; l'un l'altro each other, one another; uno di noi one of us; ne rimane solo uno there's only one left; a uno a uno one by one; dipendiamo gli uni dagli altri we depend on each other o on one another; non o neanche uno ha detto grazie nobody o not one person said thank you; non sono uno che dimentica i compleanni I'm not the kind of person who forgets birthdays; ne ha combinata una delle sue he's been up to his tricks again; non gliene va bene una nothing seems to go right for him; per dirne una just to mention one thing

2 (un tale) someone, somebody; ho parlato con uno, una che ti ha visto I spoke to a man, a woman who saw you

3 (con valore impersonale) one, you; se uno ci pensa if you (come to) think of it

4 (ciascuno) each; sei euro l'uno six euros each; ne abbiamo presi due per uno we took two (of them) each

III aggettivo

(numerale) one; ci sono rimasto un giorno I stayed there one day; una persona su tre one person in o out of three; non ha detto una parola he didn't utter a (single) word; pagina, numero uno page, number one

IV m.inv.

1 (numero) one

2 (giorno del mese) first

V una sostantivo femminile

(ora) l'una (di notte) one am; (di pomeriggio) one pm.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > uno
13 høre

2

1) слу́шать

hǿre på nógen — слу́шать кого́-л.

2) слы́шать

hǿre op — прекраща́ть

hǿre til — име́ть отноше́ние, относи́ться

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catch, hear

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* hear ( fx I don't hear well; I heard him speak; I hear from England every week);

( lytte) listen,

( lytte til) listen to ( fx the music, the radio, his speech),

( bønhøre) hear ( fx hear my prayer);

( erfare) hear, learn;

( i skole: eksaminere) examine;

( forhøre sig) enquire;

( rådspørge) consult;

[ hør!]

(dvs hør engang) look here!

( bifaldsråb = det er hørt!) hear, hear!

(dvs hør efter) listen!

[ lade en noget høre] throw something in somebody's teeth;

[ de har ikke noget at lade hinanden høre] there is nothing to choose between them;

( ofte =) it is the pot calling the kettle black;

[ det lader sig høre!]

T that's something like;

[ man havde aldrig hørt ham le] he had never been heard to laugh; nobody had ever heard him laugh;

[ høre tale om], se I. tale;

[ med præp og adv:]

[ høre ad] enquire;

[ nu skal jeg høre ad] I will enquire;

[ jeg har hørt det af min søster] I (have) heard it from my sister;

[ høre dårligt] be hard of hearing ( med højre øre in the right ear);

[ høre ` efter] listen, pay attention;

[ høre efter hvad der bliver sagt] listen to what is said;

[ høre efter telefonen (, døren)] answer the telephone (, the door);

[ høre sig for] enquire;

[ høre fra en] hear from somebody;

[ hvor hører disse ting hen?] where do these things belong?

[ høre hjemme], se hjemme;

[ ilde hørt], se sandhed;

[ høre én i historie]

(etc) test somebody in history (etc);

[ høre ind under] come within, fall under;

[ det hører med til bestillingen] it is all part of the job; it is all in the (el. a) day's work;

[ nu har jeg hørt det med!] well, I never!

[ høre om] hear about ( fx I have heard a lot about you);

( erfare at noget eksisterer) hear of ( fx have you ever heard of Clive? have you heard of their new house? I first heard of it a week ago);

[ høre op] stop, leave off;

[ høre op med at] stop (el. leave off) -ing;

[ høre på] listen to;

(med.) auscultate;

[ jeg kan høre på dig at] I can tell by your voice (, by what you say) that;

[ høre sammen] belong together;

[ høre til]

( være en ( del) af, høre ind under) belong to ( fx this belongs to a different category, to my favourite reading),

( være en af) be among ( fx this question is among the most

important problems of today); be one of ( fx this cup is one of

a new tea set; the lion is one of the carnivores);

( høre om) hear of ( fx I haven't heard anything of that),

( høre fra) hear from;

( spørge til) ask (, F: enquire) after;

[ høre ` til] belong ( fx where does it belong?);

[ der hører meget mod (, tålmodighed) til at] it takes (, F: requires) a lot of courage (, patience) to;

[ det hører sig til] it is always done; it is customary;

T it is the done thing;

[ høre til dagens orden], se dag;

[ høre tilfældigt] happen to hear, overhear;

[ høre ( ind) under] belong under ( fx another Ministry); fall under (

fx this falls under the next item on the agenda).

Danish-English dictionary > høre
14 gehören

ge·hö·ren * [gəʼhø:rən]

vi

1) ( jds Eigentum sein)

jdm \gehören to belong to sb, to be sb's;

ihm \gehören mehrere Häuser he owns several houses

2) ( jdm zugewandt sein)

jdm/einer S. \gehören to belong to sb/sth;

ihre ganze Liebe gehört ihrem Sohn she gives all her love to her son;

mein Herz gehört einem anderen my heart belongs to another ( poet)

3) ( den richtigen Platz haben)

irgendwohin \gehören to belong somewhere;

die Kinder \gehören ins Bett the children should be in bed;

wohin \gehören die Hemden? where do the shirts go?

4) ( angebracht sein)

irgendwohin \gehören to be relevant somewhere;

dieser Vorschlag gehört nicht zum Thema/ hierher this suggestion is not to [or off] the point/is not relevant here

5) ( Mitglied sein)

zu jdm/einer S. \gehören to belong to sb/sth;

zur Familie \gehören to be one of the family;

\gehören sie wirklich alle zu unserer Verwandtschaft? are they really all relatives [or relations] of ours [or related to us] ?

6) ( Teil sein von)

zu etw dat \gehören to be part of sth;

es gehört zu meiner Arbeit/ meinen Pflichten it is part of my job/one of my duties;

gehört zu der Hose denn kein Gürtel? shouldn't there be a belt with these trousers?;

zu einem grauen Mantel gehört entweder ein grauer oder ein schwarzer Hut with a grey coat one should wear a grey or black hat, a grey or black hat goes with a grey coat

7) (Voraussetzung, nötig sein)

zu etw dat \gehören to be called for with sth;

zu dieser Arbeit gehört viel Konzentration this work calls for [or requires] a lot of concentration;

es gehört viel Mut dazu,... it takes a lot of courage to...;

dazu gehört nicht viel that doesn't take much, that's no big deal ( fam)

dazu gehört [schon] einiges [o etwas] that takes something [or some doing];

dazu gehört [schon etwas] mehr there's [a bit] more to it than that!

8) ( DIAL) (muss... werden)

... \gehören to deserve...;

er meint, dass sie ganz einfach wieder zurückgeschickt \gehören he thinks they ought simply to be sent back again

vr

sich \gehören to be fitting [or proper] [or right];

das gehört sich auch so that's as it should be;

wie es sich gehört as is right and proper, as one should;

sich [einfach/eben] nicht \gehören to be [simply/just] not good manners;

das gehört sich einfach nicht that's [or it's] just [or simply] not done

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch für Studenten > gehören
15 cargarse de familia

• have a lot of

• have a lot of courage

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > cargarse de familia
16 llenarse de hijos

• have a lot of

• have a lot of courage

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > llenarse de hijos
17 tener mucha experiencia

• have a lot of courage

• have a lot of fun

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > tener mucha experiencia
18 tener mucha retranca

• have a lot of courage

• have a lot of fun

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > tener mucha retranca
19 tener muchos hijos

• have a kip

• have a laughing fit

• have a lot of

• have a lot of courage

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > tener muchos hijos
20 dose

f quantity, amount

medicine dose

una buona dose di coraggio a lot of courage

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dose s.f.

1 quantity, measure; (chim., fis.) dose: a piccole dosi, in small quantities: questa medicina va presa a piccole dosi, this medicine is to be taken in small doses; a grandi dosi, in strong doses; una dose mortale di veleno, a lethal dose of poison

2 ( porzione) dose, measure, portion, share: una buona dose di..., a good deal of...: avere una buona dose di superbia, di sfacciataggine, to be very proud, impudent // rincarare la dose, to exaggerate; (fam.) to pile it on.

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['dɔse]
sostantivo femminile

1) farm. dose (anche fig.)

a piccole -i — in small doses, in moderation

2) (quantità) amount

possedere una buona dose di stupidità — not to be short on stupidity

3) (misura)

due -i per litro — two measures per litre

4) (nelle ricette)

"-i per quattro persone" — "(recipe) for four people"

5) (di droga) fix pop.

••

rincarare la dose — to add to it, to exaggerate, to pile it on colloq.

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dose

/'dɔse/

sostantivo f.

1 farm. dose (anche fig.); a piccole -i in small doses, in moderation

2 (quantità) amount; possedere una buona dose di stupidità not to be short on stupidity

3 (misura) due -i per litro two measures per litre

4 (nelle ricette) "-i per quattro persone" "(recipe) for four people"

5 (di droga) fix pop.

IDIOMS

rincarare la dose to add to it, to exaggerate, to pile it on colloq.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > dose

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