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if he had told us

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1 had I (you, he etc.)

لَوْ \ had I (you, he etc.): if I (you, he, etc.) had: Had he asked me, I would have told him. if: (usu. in regard to the past) supposing that: If I had told you, you would not have believed me, (in regard to sth. impossible or improbable in the present or future; sometimes using the special forms were and were to of the verb to be) supposing that If I were you (but this is impossible), I should buy it.

Arabic-English glossary > had I (you, he etc.)
2 had dat maar gezegd

had dat maar gezegd

if only you'd told me (that)

Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > had dat maar gezegd
3 klaarblijkelijk had niemand haar dat verteld

klaarblijkelijk had niemand haar dat verteld

obviously/evidently no one had told her

Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > klaarblijkelijk had niemand haar dat verteld
4 to have already told smt to smn once before.

Phraseological unit: Done Told You (Example: "I didn't know that Phillip had two wives," said Carla."I done told you," said Rio.)

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > to have already told smt to smn once before.
5 I told you so

I told or warned you that this would happen, had happened etc, and I was right:

"I told you so, but you wouldn"t believe me.
حَذَّرْتُكَ عِدَّة مَرّات

Arabic-English dictionary > I told you so
6 tell, told

أَخْبَرَ \ inform: to tell: I was not informed of his arrival. let sb. know: to tell sb.: When you move house, let me know your new address. notify: to tell formally: I notified the police that my car had been stolen. tell, told: to say (the truth, a lie, the answer, the time, a secret, a story, etc.) to sb.: He told me that he was afraid. If you know the answer you mustn’t tell (anyone).

Arabic-English glossary > tell, told
7 je had het me wel kunnen vertellen

je had het me wel kunnen vertellen

you might/could have told me

Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > je had het me wel kunnen vertellen
8 ve

= vi ( before lo, la, li, le, ne)

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ve avv. → ce.

ve pron.pers.m. e f. di 2^a pers.pl. ( usato in luogo di vi davanti ai pron. pers. lo, la, li, le e alla particella pron. ne) to you; you: ve l'ho detto tante volte, I've told you again and again; cercheremo di spedirvelo al più presto, we'll try and send it to you as soon as possible; non ve ne hanno ancora parlato?, haven't they spoken to you about it yet?

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1. sigla

(= Venezia)

2. abbr

(= Vostra Eccellenza)

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[ve] 1.
pronome personale

ve li ho restituiti — I gave them back to you

ve lo avevo detto — I had told you that

ve ne ho già parlato — I have already told you about it; (enclitico)

cercatevelo — look for it yourself
2.
avverbio

non ve l'ho trovato — I couldn't find it there

ve ne sono due — there are two (of them)

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ve

/ve/

v. la nota della voce io.

I pron.pers..

ve li ho restituiti I gave them back to you; ve lo avevo detto I had told you that; ve ne ho già parlato I have already told you about it; (enclitico) cercatevelo look for it yourself

II avverbio

non ve l'ho trovato I couldn't find it there; ve ne sono due there are two (of them).

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > ve
9 С-279

CO СЛОВ кого (С чьих СЛОВ) знать, говорить, рассказывать что и т. п. PrepP these forms only adv
(to know, say etc sth.) based on s.o. 's oral communication: (hear (find out, learn)) from s.o.
(know (tell) sth.) based on s.o. Ts account (relate (report etc)) what s.o. has told one (know sth.) from what s.o. has told one (in limited contexts) (be) told by s.o.
Вскоре... в гетто снова пришел дядя Гриша и в подробностях рассказал об акции, рассказал со слов спасшихся мужчин, примкнувших к отряду Сидорова... (Рыбаков 1). Soon...Uncle Grisha turned up in the ghetto again and gave a detailed account of the action, having heard it from those who had escaped and joined Sidorov's unit... (1a).

...Впоследствии со слов Азалии Митрофановны стало известно, что предсмертное заявление состояло из одной фразы... (Войнович 4)....It was subsequently learned from Azalia Mitrofanovna that the suicide note consisted of a single sentence... (4a).

Co слов мужа она всё знала о Григории... (Шолохов 5). From what her husband had told her she knew all about Grigory... (5a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > С-279
10 с слов

• СО СЛОВ кого (С чьих СЛОВ) знать, говорить, рассказывать что и т.п.

[PrepP; these forms only; adv]

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⇒ (to know, say etc sth.) based on s.o.'s oral communication:

- (hear <find out, learn>) from s.o.;

- (know (tell) sth.) based on s.o.Ts account;

- (relate <report etc>) what s.o. has told one;

- (know sth.) from what s.o. has told one;

- [in limited contexts](be) told by s.o.

     ♦ Вскоре... в гетто снова пришел дядя Гриша и в подробностях рассказал об акции, рассказал со слов спасшихся мужчин, примкнувших к отряду Сидорова... (Рыбаков 1). Soon...Uncle Grisha turned up in the ghetto again and gave a detailed account of the action, having heard it from those who had escaped and joined Sidorov's unit... (1a).

     ♦...Впоследствии со слов Азалии Митрофановны стало известно, что предсмертное заявление состояло из одной фразы... (Войнович 4)....It was subsequently learned from Azalia Mitrofanovna that the suicide note consisted of a single sentence... (4a).

     ♦ Со слов мужа она всё знала о Григории... (Шолохов 5). From what her husband had told her she knew all about Grigory... (5a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > с слов
11 со слов

• СО СЛОВ кого (С чьих СЛОВ) знать, говорить, рассказывать что и т.п.

[PrepP; these forms only; adv]

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⇒ (to know, say etc sth.) based on s.o.'s oral communication:

- (hear <find out, learn>) from s.o.;

- (know (tell) sth.) based on s.o.Ts account;

- (relate <report etc>) what s.o. has told one;

- (know sth.) from what s.o. has told one;

- [in limited contexts](be) told by s.o.

     ♦ Вскоре... в гетто снова пришел дядя Гриша и в подробностях рассказал об акции, рассказал со слов спасшихся мужчин, примкнувших к отряду Сидорова... (Рыбаков 1). Soon...Uncle Grisha turned up in the ghetto again and gave a detailed account of the action, having heard it from those who had escaped and joined Sidorov's unit... (1a).

     ♦...Впоследствии со слов Азалии Митрофановны стало известно, что предсмертное заявление состояло из одной фразы... (Войнович 4)....It was subsequently learned from Azalia Mitrofanovna that the suicide note consisted of a single sentence... (4a).

     ♦ Со слов мужа она всё знала о Григории... (Шолохов 5). From what her husband had told her she knew all about Grigory... (5a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > со слов
12 manifestar horror

(v.) = register + horror

Ex. What makes this one difficult is that when I registered my horror, the fellow told me he didn't want me to tell anybody that he had told me his salary.

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(v.) = register + horror

Ex: What makes this one difficult is that when I registered my horror, the fellow told me he didn't want me to tell anybody that he had told me his salary.

Spanish-English dictionary > manifestar horror
13 vez

f.

1 time.

de vez en cuando from time to time, now and again

vete de una vez just go, for heaven's sake

en vez de instead of

érase una vez once upon a time

hacer las veces de to act as

muchas veces often, a lot

otra vez again

pocas veces, rara vez rarely, seldom

por última/enésima vez for the last/umpteenth time

tal vez perhaps, maybe

una vez más once again

una vez que once, after

una y otra vez time and again

una vez once

¿te acuerdas de una vez (en) que fuimos a pescar? do you remember that time we went fishing?

dos veces twice

tres veces three times

¿has estado allí alguna vez? have you ever been there?

a mi/tu/etc vez in my/your/etc turn

a la vez (que) at the same time (as)

alguna que otra vez occasionally

a veces, algunas veces sometimes, at times

cada vez (que) every time

cada vez más more and more

resulta cada vez más difícil it's getting harder and harder

cada vez menos less and less

cada vez la veo más feliz she seems happier and happier

de una vez in one go

de una vez para siempre o por todas once and for all

2 turn (turno).

¿quién lleva o da la vez? who's the last in the queue o (British) line? (United States)

voy a pedir la vez I'm going to ask who's last

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vez

► nombre femenino (pl veces)

1 time

■ fue la única vez que la vi it was the only time I saw her

■ una vez once

■ dos veces twice

■ cuatro veces four times

2 (turno) turn; (ocasión) occasion

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a la vez at the same time, at once

■ todos llegaron a la vez they all arrived at the same time

a su vez in turn

a veces sometimes

alguna que otra vez on the odd occasion

alguna vez sometimes 2 (en pregunta) ever

■ ¿has estado alguna vez allí? have you ever been there?

algunas veces sometimes

cada vez every time, each time

cada vez más more and more, increasingly

■ el edificio está cada vez más degradado the building is getting more and more dilapidated

cada vez peor worse and worse

■ sus libros están cada vez peores his books are getting worse and worse

de una vez (de un acto) in one go 2 (definitivamente) once and for all

■ terminó el cuadro de una vez she finished the painting in one go

■ ¡acabémoslo de una vez! let's get it over with!

de una vez para siempre once and for all

de vez en cuando from time to time, now and again, every now and then, every so often

■ lo encuentro por la calle de vez en cuando I see him in the street now and again

en vez de instead of

érase una vez... / había una vez... (en cuentos) once upon a time...

hacer las veces de to act as

muchas veces often

otra vez again

■ tócala otra vez, Sam play it again, Sam

perder la vez to lose one's turn

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noun f.

1) time

2) occasion

•

- en vez de

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SF

1) (=ocasión) time

aquella vez — that time

por esta vez — this time, this once

la próxima vez — next time

•a la vez, hablaban todos a la vez — they were all talking at once o at the same time

canta a la vez que toca — she sings and plays at the same time, she sings while she plays

me fascina a la vez que me repele — I find it both fascinating and revolting at the same time

•¿has estado alguna vez en...? — have you ever been to...?

alguna que otra vez — occasionally, now and again

• las más de las veces — mostly, in most cases

• por primera vez — for the first time

la primera vez que lo vi — the first time I saw him

• toda vez que... — since..., given that...

• por última vez — for the last time

¿cuándo lo viste por última vez? — when was the last time you saw him?, when did you see him last?
tal 3., 3)
2) (indicando frecuencia)

lo he hecho cien veces — I've done it hundreds o lots of times *

¿cuántas veces al año? — how many times a year?

tres veces — three times

es cinco veces más caro — it's five times more expensive, it costs five times as much

•a veces, [algunas] veces — sometimes, at times

• contadas veces — seldom

• de vez en cuando — now and again, from time to time, occasionally

•¿ cuántas veces? — how often?, how many times?

• dos veces — twice

a una velocidad dos veces superior a la del sonido — at twice the speed of sound

•en... veces, se fríen las patatas en dos veces — fry the potatoes in two batches

• por enésima vez — for the umpteenth time *

• muchas veces — often

• otra vez — again

• pocas veces — seldom, rarely

• rara vez, [raras] veces — seldom, rarely

• repetidas veces — again and again, over and over again

• una vez — once

la veo una vez a la semana — I see her once a week

una vez dice que sí y otra que no — first he says yes and then he says no, one time he says yes, the next he says no

más de una vez — more than once

érase o había una vez una princesa... — once upon a time there was a princess...

"una vez al año no hace daño" — once in a while can't hurt

una y otra vez — time and (time) again

• varias veces — several times
cada 2)
3) (otras expresiones)

• de una vez — (=en una sola ocasión) in one go; (=definitivamente) once and for all *

las derribó todas de una vez — she knocked them all down in one go

¡acabemos de una vez! — let's get it over with (once and for all)! *

¡cállate de una vez! — for the last time, shut up! *

¡dilo de una vez! — just say it!

•en vez de — instead of

• hacer las veces de — to serve as

un vestíbulo que hacía las veces de vestuario — a hall that served as a changing room

hizo las veces de musa y amante del poeta — she was a muse and lover to the poet

• una vez que — once

una vez que me lo dijo se fue — once he had told me, he left

una vez que se hayan marchado todos me iré yo — once they've all left, I'll go too

• de una vez para siempre, de una vez por [todas] — once and for all *, for good

4) (=turno) turn, go

a su vez — in turn

cuando le llegue la vez — when his turn comes

• ceder la vez — (gen) to give up one's turn; (en cola) to give up one's place

• pedir la vez — to ask who's last in the queue

• quitar la vez a algn — to push in in front of sb

5) (Mat)

siete veces nueve — seven times nine

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femenino

1) ( ocasión) time

una vez/dos veces — once/twice

una vez por semana/año — once a week/year

me acuerdo de una/aquella vez cuando... — I remember once/that time when...

la última/primera vez que lo vi — the last/first time I saw him

mil veces or miles de veces — a thousand times o thousands of times

alguna vez me he sentido tentada — there have been times when I've been tempted

algunas veces — sometimes

¿te has arrepentido alguna vez? — have you ever regretted it?

la de veces or las veces que se lo dije! — the (number of) times I told him!

érase or había una vez — (liter) once upon a time (liter)

por primera vez — for the first time

otra vez — again

¿por qué no lo dejamos para otra vez? — why don't we leave it for another time o day?

repetidas veces — again and again, time and again

por esta vez pase — we'll forget it this time

otra vez será — maybe next time

una vez más — once again o more

las más de las veces — more often than not

2) (en locs)

a la vez — at the same time

a mi/tu/su vez — for my/your/his part

... quien a su vez depende del director —... who in turn reports to the director

a veces — sometimes

cada vez — every o each time

lo encuentro cada vez más viejo — he looks older every time I see him

se utiliza cada vez más — it's being used increasingly o more and more

cada vez menos — less and less

de una vez — ( expresando impaciencia) once and for all; ( simultáneamente) in one go

de vez en cuando — from time to time, every now and then

en vez de — instead of

rara vez — seldom, hardly ever

una vez — once

una vez que hayan terminado — once o when you have finished

hacer las veces de algo — caja/libro to serve as something; persona to act as something

3) (Mat)

cabe una vez y sobran dos — it goes once and two left over

4) (Esp) ( turno en una cola)

¿quién tiene or me da la vez? — who's last?

pedir la vez — to ask who's last

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= turn, moment.

Ex. In particular note, for example by ticking them, those terms that merit a turn in the lead position, and those that do not.

Ex. There were moments when he could be almost affectionate, moments when his thoughts did not seem to be turned inward upon his own anxious solicitudes.

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* a la vez = at once, at one time, at similar times, at the same time, concurrently, side-by-side, simultaneously, at the same instant, in parallel, in tandem, at the one time, in a tandem fashion, at a time, in unison.

* a la vez que = hand in hand (with), cum, in conjunction with, in unison with.

* alguna que otra vez = from time to time, every once in a while, occasional, every now and then, every now and again.

* algunas veces = sometimes, from time to time, occasionally.

* alguna vez = ever, on any one occasion.

* aparecer por primera vez = premiere.

* a su vez = Verbo + further, in turn, in its/their turn.

* a veces = at times, sometimes, at various times, from time to time, on occasion(s).

* a veces las cosas salen mal = shit happens.

* a veces sales jodido = shit happens.

* búsqueda de varios ficheros a la vez = multi-file searching.

* cada vez = at a time, each time, every time [everytime].

* cada vez en mayor grado = ever-increasing.

* cada vez más = ever-growing, ever-increasing, increasingly, more and more, progressively, ever more, mushrooming, ever greater, in increasing numbers, increasing.

* cada vez más abultado = swelling.

* cada vez más + Adjetivo = ever + Adjetivo Comparativo.

* cada vez más alto = constantly rising, steadily rising, steadily growing.

* cada vez más amplio = ever-widening.

* cada vez más extendido = spreading.

* cada vez más fácil = ever easier.

* cada vez más lejos = further and further.

* cada vez más rápido = ever faster.

* cada vez más restringido = tightening.

* cada vez más tenue = fading.

* cada vez más viejo = aging [ageing].

* cada vez mayor = escalating, ever-growing, ever-increasing, expanded, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, spiralling [spiraling, -USA], rapidly growing, expanding, constantly rising, ever larger [ever-larger], galloping, steadily rising, steadily growing, mushrooming, ever greater, rapidly expanding, deepening, swelling, ever-widening, burgeoning, heightening.

* cada vez mejor = from strength to strength.

* cada vez menor = decreasing, dwindling, diminishing, waning, declining, falling, shrinking, receding, sinking, ebbing, descending.

* cada vez menos = less and less.

* cada vez mucho mayor = exploding, fast-increasing.

* cada vez peor = worsening.

* cambiar de una vez a otra = change from + time to time, vary + from time to time.

* cien veces = hundred-fold.

* cuantas veces se quiera = any number of times.

* de cada + Número + veces + Número = Número + times out of + Número.

* demanda cada vez menor = falling demand.

* demandar cada vez más enérgicamente = build + pressure.

* demasiadas veces = one too many times.

* desajuste cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.

* desajuste cada vez menor entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.

* de una sola vez = once-only, at one pull, at one whack, in one shot, in one lump, in one action, in one go, in one fell swoop, at one fell swoop.

* de una vez = at one blow, at one time, in one action, in one step, in a single step, at one whack, in a single phase, in one shot, in one fell swoop, at one fell swoop.

* de una vez por todas = once and for all, once for all.

* de vez en cuando = from time to time, now and then, now and again, once in a while, every once in a while, at various times, occasionally, off and on, on and off, occasional, every so often, every now and then, every now and again.

* diez veces = tenfold.

* diferencia cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.

* diferencia cada vez menor entre... y = narrowing gap between... and.

* distanciamiento cada vez mayor entre... y = widening gap between... and, widening of the gap beween.... and.

* dos veces = doubly, twice.

* dos veces al año = twice yearly [twice-yearly], semiannual [semi-annual].

* dos veces a la semana = twice-weekly, biweekly [bi-weekly], twice a week.

* editar varias veces = go into + a number of editions.

* en la mayoría de las veces = in most cases, mostly.

* entrada de datos sólo una vez = one-time entry.

* en un número cada vez mayor = in increasing numbers.

* en vez de = in place of, instead of, rather than, in lieu of.

* esta vez = this time around/round, this time.

* ganar cada vez más importancia = grow from + strength to strength.

* ganarle la vez a = outdo, trump.

* guardar Algo para otra vez = save for + a rainy day.

* hacerse cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.

* importancia cada vez mayor = growing importance, growing significance.

* interés cada vez mayor = growing interest.

* ir cada vez mejor = go from + strength to strength, go from + strength to strength, go + great guns.

* la mayoría de las veces = most of the time, more often than not.

* la mayor parte de las veces = more often than not.

* la primera vez = the first time around.

* las cosas sólo pasan una vez = lightning never strikes twice.

* la segunda vez = the second time around.

* la última vez = last time.

* la última vez que = the last time.

* más de una vez = more than once.

* mostrar por primera vez = premiere.

* muchas veces = multiple times.

* muy rara vez = all too seldom, all too seldom, once in a blue moon.

* ni siquiera una vez = not once (did).

* ni una sola vez = not once (did).

* Nombre + por primera vez = Nombre + ever.

* Número + veces más = Número + times as many.

* Número + veces más de = Número + times the number of.

* ocurrir todo a la vez = happen + all at once.

* Ordinal + vez = Ordinal + time around/round.

* otra vez = again, once again, once more, redux.

* pagar dos veces = double-pay.

* pensárselo dos veces = think + twice.

* pero a la vez = but then again.

* población cada vez más envejecida = greying population [graying population].

* popularidad cada vez mayor = growing popularity.

* por primera vez = first + Verbo, for the first time, for once.

* por segunda vez = a second time, the second time around, a second time around.

* por última vez = for the last time, one last time.

* pospuesto una y otra vez = ever-postponed.

* práctica cada vez más frecuente = growing practice.

* preocupación cada vez mayor (por) = growing concern (about).

* presupuesto cada vez más pequeño = shrinking budget.

* presupuesto cada vez menor = shrinking budget.

* primera vez, la = first time, the.

* problema cada vez mayor = growing problem.

* problemas cada vez mayores = mounting problems.

* próxima vez, la = next time.

* pruebas cada vez más concluyentes = mounting evidence.

* que se repite una y otra vez = recurring.

* que sucede sólo una vez = one-off.

* que tiene lugar una vez a la semana = once-weekly.

* rara vez = infrequently, rarely, seldom, uncommonly, on rare occasions.

* repetidas veces = repeatedly, time after time, time and again, time and time again.

* separación cada vez mayor entre... y = widening gap between... and.

* ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.

* si alguna vez lo fue = if it ever was.

* si es que sucede alguna vez = if ever.

* sin pensárselo dos veces = without a second thought, spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment, at the drop of a hat.

* sólo se vive una vez = you only live once.

* todo a la vez = all at once.

* todo de una vez = in one lump.

* tres veces = thrice, three times.

* una necesidad cada vez mayor = a growing need.

* una primera y última vez = a first and last time.

* una segunda vez = a second time around, a second time.

* una última vez = one last time.

* una vez = once, one time.

* una vez al año = annually, once a year.

* una vez a la semana = once a week.

* una vez al mes = once a month.

* una vez cada dos semanas = once a fortnight.

* una vez cada quincena = once a fortnight.

* una vez cumplimentado = completed.

* una vez en la vida = once in a lifetime.

* una vez en + Posesivo + vida = once in + Posesivo + lifetime.

* una vez más = again, yet again.

* una vez + Participio = upon + Nombre.

* una vez + Participio Pasado = having + Participio Pasado, having + just + Participio Pasado.

* una vez + Participio Pasado + Nombre = with + Nombre + Participio Pasado.

* una vez que = when.

* una vez que + Frase = once + Frase.

* una vez quincenalmente = once a fortnight.

* una vez relleno = completed.

* una y otra vez = over and over, repeatedly, repetitively, time after time, time and time again, again and again, time and again, over and over again.

* un conjunto cada vez mayor de = a growing body of, a growing body of.

* un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of, a growing body of.

* un número cada vez mayor = growing numbers.

* un número cada vez mayor de = a growing number of, a growing body of.

* variar de una vez a otra = vary + from time to time.

* veinte veces = twenty-fold.

* verificar dos veces = double-check [doublecheck].

* y a la vez = cum, yet.

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femenino

1) ( ocasión) time

una vez/dos veces — once/twice

una vez por semana/año — once a week/year

me acuerdo de una/aquella vez cuando... — I remember once/that time when...

la última/primera vez que lo vi — the last/first time I saw him

mil veces or miles de veces — a thousand times o thousands of times

alguna vez me he sentido tentada — there have been times when I've been tempted

algunas veces — sometimes

¿te has arrepentido alguna vez? — have you ever regretted it?

la de veces or las veces que se lo dije! — the (number of) times I told him!

érase or había una vez — (liter) once upon a time (liter)

por primera vez — for the first time

otra vez — again

¿por qué no lo dejamos para otra vez? — why don't we leave it for another time o day?

repetidas veces — again and again, time and again

por esta vez pase — we'll forget it this time

otra vez será — maybe next time

una vez más — once again o more

las más de las veces — more often than not

2) (en locs)

a la vez — at the same time

a mi/tu/su vez — for my/your/his part

... quien a su vez depende del director —... who in turn reports to the director

a veces — sometimes

cada vez — every o each time

lo encuentro cada vez más viejo — he looks older every time I see him

se utiliza cada vez más — it's being used increasingly o more and more

cada vez menos — less and less

de una vez — ( expresando impaciencia) once and for all; ( simultáneamente) in one go

de vez en cuando — from time to time, every now and then

en vez de — instead of

rara vez — seldom, hardly ever

una vez — once

una vez que hayan terminado — once o when you have finished

hacer las veces de algo — caja/libro to serve as something; persona to act as something

3) (Mat)

cabe una vez y sobran dos — it goes once and two left over

4) (Esp) ( turno en una cola)

¿quién tiene or me da la vez? — who's last?

pedir la vez — to ask who's last

* * *

= turn, moment.

Ex: In particular note, for example by ticking them, those terms that merit a turn in the lead position, and those that do not.

Ex: There were moments when he could be almost affectionate, moments when his thoughts did not seem to be turned inward upon his own anxious solicitudes.

* a la vez = at once, at one time, at similar times, at the same time, concurrently, side-by-side, simultaneously, at the same instant, in parallel, in tandem, at the one time, in a tandem fashion, at a time, in unison.

* a la vez que = hand in hand (with), cum, in conjunction with, in unison with.

* alguna que otra vez = from time to time, every once in a while, occasional, every now and then, every now and again.

* algunas veces = sometimes, from time to time, occasionally.

* alguna vez = ever, on any one occasion.

* aparecer por primera vez = premiere.

* a su vez = Verbo + further, in turn, in its/their turn.

* a veces = at times, sometimes, at various times, from time to time, on occasion(s).

* a veces las cosas salen mal = shit happens.

* a veces sales jodido = shit happens.

* búsqueda de varios ficheros a la vez = multi-file searching.

* cada vez = at a time, each time, every time [everytime].

* cada vez en mayor grado = ever-increasing.

* cada vez más = ever-growing, ever-increasing, increasingly, more and more, progressively, ever more, mushrooming, ever greater, in increasing numbers, increasing.

* cada vez más abultado = swelling.

* cada vez más + Adjetivo = ever + Adjetivo Comparativo.

* cada vez más alto = constantly rising, steadily rising, steadily growing.

* cada vez más amplio = ever-widening.

* cada vez más extendido = spreading.

* cada vez más fácil = ever easier.

* cada vez más lejos = further and further.

* cada vez más rápido = ever faster.

* cada vez más restringido = tightening.

* cada vez más tenue = fading.

* cada vez más viejo = aging [ageing].

* cada vez mayor = escalating, ever-growing, ever-increasing, expanded, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, spiralling [spiraling, -USA], rapidly growing, expanding, constantly rising, ever larger [ever-larger], galloping, steadily rising, steadily growing, mushrooming, ever greater, rapidly expanding, deepening, swelling, ever-widening, burgeoning, heightening.

* cada vez mejor = from strength to strength.

* cada vez menor = decreasing, dwindling, diminishing, waning, declining, falling, shrinking, receding, sinking, ebbing, descending.

* cada vez menos = less and less.

* cada vez mucho mayor = exploding, fast-increasing.

* cada vez peor = worsening.

* cambiar de una vez a otra = change from + time to time, vary + from time to time.

* cien veces = hundred-fold.

* cuantas veces se quiera = any number of times.

* de cada + Número + veces + Número = Número + times out of + Número.

* demanda cada vez menor = falling demand.

* demandar cada vez más enérgicamente = build + pressure.

* demasiadas veces = one too many times.

* desajuste cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.

* desajuste cada vez menor entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.

* de una sola vez = once-only, at one pull, at one whack, in one shot, in one lump, in one action, in one go, in one fell swoop, at one fell swoop.

* de una vez = at one blow, at one time, in one action, in one step, in a single step, at one whack, in a single phase, in one shot, in one fell swoop, at one fell swoop.

* de una vez por todas = once and for all, once for all.

* de vez en cuando = from time to time, now and then, now and again, once in a while, every once in a while, at various times, occasionally, off and on, on and off, occasional, every so often, every now and then, every now and again.

* diez veces = tenfold.

* diferencia cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.

* diferencia cada vez menor entre... y = narrowing gap between... and.

* distanciamiento cada vez mayor entre... y = widening gap between... and, widening of the gap beween.... and.

* dos veces = doubly, twice.

* dos veces al año = twice yearly [twice-yearly], semiannual [semi-annual].

* dos veces a la semana = twice-weekly, biweekly [bi-weekly], twice a week.

* editar varias veces = go into + a number of editions.

* en la mayoría de las veces = in most cases, mostly.

* entrada de datos sólo una vez = one-time entry.

* en un número cada vez mayor = in increasing numbers.

* en vez de = in place of, instead of, rather than, in lieu of.

* esta vez = this time around/round, this time.

* ganar cada vez más importancia = grow from + strength to strength.

* ganarle la vez a = outdo, trump.

* guardar Algo para otra vez = save for + a rainy day.

* hacerse cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.

* importancia cada vez mayor = growing importance, growing significance.

* interés cada vez mayor = growing interest.

* ir cada vez mejor = go from + strength to strength, go from + strength to strength, go + great guns.

* la mayoría de las veces = most of the time, more often than not.

* la mayor parte de las veces = more often than not.

* la primera vez = the first time around.

* las cosas sólo pasan una vez = lightning never strikes twice.

* la segunda vez = the second time around.

* la última vez = last time.

* la última vez que = the last time.

* más de una vez = more than once.

* mostrar por primera vez = premiere.

* muchas veces = multiple times.

* muy rara vez = all too seldom, all too seldom, once in a blue moon.

* ni siquiera una vez = not once (did).

* ni una sola vez = not once (did).

* Nombre + por primera vez = Nombre + ever.

* Número + veces más = Número + times as many.

* Número + veces más de = Número + times the number of.

* ocurrir todo a la vez = happen + all at once.

* Ordinal + vez = Ordinal + time around/round.

* otra vez = again, once again, once more, redux.

* pagar dos veces = double-pay.

* pensárselo dos veces = think + twice.

* pero a la vez = but then again.

* población cada vez más envejecida = greying population [graying population].

* popularidad cada vez mayor = growing popularity.

* por primera vez = first + Verbo, for the first time, for once.

* por segunda vez = a second time, the second time around, a second time around.

* por última vez = for the last time, one last time.

* pospuesto una y otra vez = ever-postponed.

* práctica cada vez más frecuente = growing practice.

* preocupación cada vez mayor (por) = growing concern (about).

* presupuesto cada vez más pequeño = shrinking budget.

* presupuesto cada vez menor = shrinking budget.

* primera vez, la = first time, the.

* problema cada vez mayor = growing problem.

* problemas cada vez mayores = mounting problems.

* próxima vez, la = next time.

* pruebas cada vez más concluyentes = mounting evidence.

* que se repite una y otra vez = recurring.

* que sucede sólo una vez = one-off.

* que tiene lugar una vez a la semana = once-weekly.

* rara vez = infrequently, rarely, seldom, uncommonly, on rare occasions.

* repetidas veces = repeatedly, time after time, time and again, time and time again.

* separación cada vez mayor entre... y = widening gap between... and.

* ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.

* si alguna vez lo fue = if it ever was.

* si es que sucede alguna vez = if ever.

* sin pensárselo dos veces = without a second thought, spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment, at the drop of a hat.

* sólo se vive una vez = you only live once.

* todo a la vez = all at once.

* todo de una vez = in one lump.

* tres veces = thrice, three times.

* una necesidad cada vez mayor = a growing need.

* una primera y última vez = a first and last time.

* una segunda vez = a second time around, a second time.

* una última vez = one last time.

* una vez = once, one time.

* una vez al año = annually, once a year.

* una vez a la semana = once a week.

* una vez al mes = once a month.

* una vez cada dos semanas = once a fortnight.

* una vez cada quincena = once a fortnight.

* una vez cumplimentado = completed.

* una vez en la vida = once in a lifetime.

* una vez en + Posesivo + vida = once in + Posesivo + lifetime.

* una vez más = again, yet again.

* una vez + Participio = upon + Nombre.

* una vez + Participio Pasado = having + Participio Pasado, having + just + Participio Pasado.

* una vez + Participio Pasado + Nombre = with + Nombre + Participio Pasado.

* una vez que = when.

* una vez que + Frase = once + Frase.

* una vez quincenalmente = once a fortnight.

* una vez relleno = completed.

* una y otra vez = over and over, repeatedly, repetitively, time after time, time and time again, again and again, time and again, over and over again.

* un conjunto cada vez mayor de = a growing body of, a growing body of.

* un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of, a growing body of.

* un número cada vez mayor = growing numbers.

* un número cada vez mayor de = a growing number of, a growing body of.

* variar de una vez a otra = vary + from time to time.

* veinte veces = twenty-fold.

* verificar dos veces = double-check [doublecheck].

* y a la vez = cum, yet.

* * *

vez

feminine

A (ocasión) time

lo leí una vez/dos veces/tres veces I read it once/twice/three times

una vez por semana/año once a week/year

me acuerdo de una/aquella vez cuando … I remember once/that time when …

es la última vez que te lo pido I'm not going to ask you again

ésa fue la última vez que lo vi that was the last time I saw him

se lo he dicho mil veces or miles de veces I've told him a thousand times o thousands of times

alguna vez me he sentido tentada there have been times o there has been the odd time when I've been tempted

algunas veces me dan ganas de dejarlo at times o sometimes I feel like leaving him, there are times when I feel like leaving him

¿alguna vez te has arrepentido? have you ever regretted it?

¡la de veces or las veces que le dije que no lo hiciera! the (number of) times I told him not to do it!

érase or había una vez ( liter); once upon a time ( liter)

por primera vez for the first time

no es la primera vez que sucede it's not the first time it's happened

¡cuéntamelo otra vez! tell me again!

¿por qué no lo dejamos para otra vez? why don't we leave it for another time o day?

me lo he preguntado repetidas veces I've asked myself again and again o time and again

por enésima vez for the umpteenth time

por esta vez pase we'll forget it this time

la próxima vez lo haces tú next time you can do it

no nos tocó nada — bueno, otra vez será … we didn't get anything — never mind, maybe next time o there's always next time

una vez más se salió con la suya once again she got her own way

agradeciéndole una vez más su cooperación ( Corresp) thanking you once again o once more for your cooperation

las más de las veces llega tarde he's late more often than not

B ( en locs):

a la vez at the same time

todos hablaban a la vez they were all talking at once o at the same time

a mi/tu/su vez for my/your/his part

el gobernador, a su vez, agregó que … the governor, for his part, added that …

luego hay un jefe de sección que a su vez depende del director de ventas then there's a head of department who in turn reports to the sales director

a veces sometimes

a veces me pregunto si no tendrá razón sometimes I wonder o there are times when I wonder if she might be right

cada vez: cada vez que viene nos peleamos every time o whenever he comes we fight, we always fight when he comes

este método se está utilizando cada vez más this method is being used increasingly o more and more

lo encuentro cada vez más viejo he looks older every time I see him

se nota cada vez menos it's becoming less and less noticeable

cada vez es más difícil encontrar trabajo it's getting more and more difficult o it's getting increasingly difficult to find work

de una vez (expresando impaciencia) once and for all; (simultáneamente) in one go

¡a ver si se callan de una vez! once and for all, will you be quiet!

a ver si solucionamos este problema de una vez (por todas) let's see if we can solve this problem once and for all

apagó todas las velas de una vez she blew out all the candles in one go

de vez en cuando from time to time, now and again, every now and then

en vez de instead of

en vez de ayudar molesta instead of helping he gets in the way

rara vez rarely, seldom, hardly ever

rara vez se equivoca she hardly ever o seldom o rarely makes a mistake

una vez once

una vez transcurridos dos años once two years have passed, after two years

una vez frío, cubrir con mayonesa once o when cool, cover with mayonnaise

una vez que hayan terminado se pueden retirar once o when you have finished you may leave

hacer las veces de algo «caja/libro» to serve as sth;

«persona» to act as sth

una vez al año no hace daño once in a while doesn't do any harm

tal³ adv B. (↑ tal (3))

C ( Mat):

cabe una vez y sobran dos it goes once and two left over

diez veces más grande que la nuestra ten times bigger than ours

D

( Esp) (turno en una cola): ¿quién tiene or me da la vez? who's last in line ( AmE) o ( BrE) in the queue?

hay que pedir la vez you have to ask who's last

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vez sustantivo femenino
1 ( ocasión) time;
◊ una vez/dos veces once/twice;

una vez por semana once a week;
me acuerdo de una/aquella vez cuando … I remember once/that time when …;
la última vez que lo vi the last time I saw him;
mil veces or miles de veces a thousand times, thousands of times;
algunas veces sometimes;
¿te has arrepentido alguna vez? have you ever regretted it?;
érase una vez (liter) once upon a time (liter);
por primera vez for the first time;
otra vez again;
déjalo para otra vez leave it for another time o day;
otra vez será maybe next time;
una vez más once again
2 ( en locs)
◊ a la vez at the same time;

a veces sometimes;
cada vez every o each time;
cada vez más more and more;
lo encuentro cada vez más viejo he looks older every time I see him;
cada vez menos less and less;
de una vez ( expresando impaciencia) once and for all;

( simultáneamente) in one go;
◊ de vez en cuando from time to time, every now and then;

en vez de instead of;
rara vez seldom, hardly ever;
una vez once;
una vez que hayas terminado once o when you have finished
3 (Esp) ( turno en una cola): ¿quién tiene or me da la vez? who's last?;
◊ pedir la vez to ask who's last

vez f (pl veces)
1 (ocasión, tiempo en que sucede algo) time
una vez, once
dos veces, twice
tres veces seguidas, three times running
a veces/algunas veces, sometimes ➣ Ver nota en sometimes; a la vez, at the same time
cada vez, every o each time
cada vez más/cada vez menos, more and more/less and less
de vez en cuando/de vez en vez/alguna que otra vez, from time to time o every now and then
de una vez, (sin interrupción) in one go
(expresando impaciencia) ¡terminemos de una vez!, let's have done with it!
de una vez por todas/de una vez para siempre, once and for all
en vez de, instead of
otra vez, again
otra vez será, maybe next time
rara vez, seldom, rarely
te lo he dicho repetidas veces, I've told you time after time
una y otra vez, time and (time) again
érase o había una vez..., once upon a time there was...
tal vez, perhaps, maybe ➣ Ver nota en maybe 2 Mat 4 veces 6, 4 times 6
3 (funcionar como algo) hacer las veces de, to act as, serve as
4 (turno en una cola, etc) turn
' vez' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- alguna
- alguno
- asomar
- cada
- conocer
- contigo
- cuando
- definitivamente
- dejarse
- día
- enésima
- enésimo
- escachifollarse
- excusa
- gallina
- haber
- historiada
- historiado
- jamás
- jurarse
- más
- menos
- mientras
- ni
- par
- para
- pegarse
- poltrona
- repetirse
- reventa
- sobria
- sobrio
- sola
- solo
- solventar
- tabla
- tacada
- tal
- año
- aplazamiento
- aplazar
- bueno
- callar
- estrenar
- finalizar
- golpe
- intentar
- mejor
- mes
English:
A
- again
- agent
- amazing
- and
- anew
- annoy
- be
- better
- busy signal
- butt in
- card
- circle
- clean
- clog up
- consider
- day
- deserve
- dig out
- do
- downhill
- each
- elapse
- election
- ever
- every
- expect
- first
- first-time
- flower
- for
- goings-on
- goof
- growing
- herself
- himself
- hundredth
- increasingly
- instead
- last
- less
- lieu
- lifetime
- maybe
- misspell
- monthly
- more
- neither
- never
- next

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vez nf

1. [ocasión] time;

¿te acuerdas de una vez (en) que fuimos a pescar? do you remember that time we went fishing?;

¿has estado allí alguna vez? have you ever been there?;

hay veces (en) que es mejor callarse there are times when o sometimes it's better to keep quiet;

a mi/tu/su vez: él a su vez se lo dijo a su mujer he, in turn, told his wife;

yo a mi vez haré lo que pueda I, for my part, will do whatever I can;

a la vez at the same time;

a la vez podríamos hacer la compra we could do the shopping at the same time;

así a la vez que leo, estudio this way, while I'm reading, I'm also studying;

de una (sola) vez in one go;

de una vez (para siempre o [m5] por todas) once and for all;

¡cállate de una vez! why don't you just shut up!;

vete de una vez just go, for heaven's sake;

érase una vez once upon a time;

ha llamado otra vez she called again;

déjalo para otra vez leave it for another time;

otra vez será maybe next time;

por enésima vez for the umpteenth time;

por esta vez pase I'll let you off this time o just this once;

por primera vez, por vez primera for the first time;

por última vez for the last time;
Formal
toda vez que since;

una vez más once again;

una vez que hayas terminado once you've finished;

una vez dorada la carne…, una vez que la carne está dorada… once the meat is golden brown…

2. [para expresar frecuencia]
una vez once;

una vez al día/mes once a day/month;

dos veces twice;

tres veces three times;

te lo he dicho muchas/mil veces I've told you many/a thousand times;

alguna que otra vez occasionally;

a veces, algunas veces sometimes, at times;

cada vez every time;

cada vez que lo veo every time (that) I see him;

cada vez más more and more;

cada vez menos less and less;

cada vez la veo más/menos feliz she seems happier and happier/less and less happy;

resulta cada vez más difícil it's getting harder and harder;

de vez en cuando from time to time, now and again;

muy de vez en cuando very occasionally;

muchas veces [con frecuencia] often;

pocas veces rarely, seldom;

rara vez rarely, seldom;

repetidas veces repeatedly, time and again;

una y otra vez time and again

3. [substitución]
en vez de instead of;

en vez de trabajar tanto deberías salir un poco más you should go out more instead of working so hard;

hacer las veces de [persona] to act as;
[objeto, aparato, mueble] to serve as
4. [en multiplicaciones, divisiones] time;

es tres veces mayor it's three times as big;

estas pilas producen diez veces más energía que las normales these batteries produce ten times as much energy as ordinary ones

5. [turno] turn;

¿quién da o [m5] lleva la vez? who's the last in the Br queue o US line?;

voy a pedir la vez I'm going to ask who's last

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vez

f

1 time;

a la vez at the same time;

¿cuántas veces? how many times?, how often?;

esta vez this time;

la otra vez the other time;

otra vez será some other time;

cada vez que every time that;

de vez en cuando from time to time;

otra vez again;

una vez once;

érase una vez once upon a time, there was;

una vez no cuenta just once doesn’t count o matter;

una vez más once again;

una vez que hayamos llegado … once we’ve arrived …;

de una vez para siempre once and for all;

una y otra vez time and time again;

a veces sometimes;

muchas veces ( con frecuencia) often;

ninguna vez never;

rara vez seldom, rarely;

tantas veces so many times, so often;

varias veces several times;

de una sola vez in just one shot;

por primera vez for the first time;

2 ( turno)

:

es mi vez it’s my turn

3

:

hacer las veces de de objeto serve as; de persona act as;

tal vez perhaps, maybe;

a su vez for his/her part;

en vez de instead of

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vez nf, pl veces

1) : time, occasion

a la vez: at the same time

a veces: at times, occasionally

de vez en cuando: from time to time

2) (with numbers) : time

una vez: once

de una vez: all at once

de una vez para siempre: once and for all

dos veces: twice

3) : turn

a su vez: in turn

en vez de: instead of

hacer las veces de: to act as, to stand in for

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vez n

1. (en general) time

la primera vez the first time

tres veces a la semana three times a week

2. (turno) turn

espera a que llegue tu vez wait till it's your turn

a la vez at the same time / at once

a veces sometimes

de una vez once and for all

de vez en cuando from time to time

dos veces twice

en vez de instead of

érase una vez once upon a time

otra vez again

tal vez perhaps

una vez once

Spanish-English dictionary > vez
14 alors

alors [alɔʀ]

adverb

   a. ( = à cette époque) at that time

• il était alors étudiant he was a student at that time

• les femmes d'alors portaient la crinoline the women in those days wore crinolines

• le ministre d'alors, M. Dupont the minister at that time, Mr Dupont

   b. ( = en conséquence) then

• vous ne voulez pas de mon aide ? alors je vous laisse you don't want my help? I'll leave you to it then

• alors qu'est-ce qu'on va faire ? what are we going to do then?

• alors tu viens (oui ou non) ? well, are you coming (or not)?

• alors ça, ça m'étonne now that really does surprise me

• alors là je ne peux pas vous répondre well that I really can't tell you

• il pleut -- et alors ? it's raining -- so? (inf)

   c. ► alors que though

• elle est sortie alors que le médecin le lui avait interdit she went out though the doctor had told her not to

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alɔʀ
1.

adverbe

1) ( à ce moment-là) then

c'est alors qu'il prit la parole — it was then that he started to speak

il avait alors 18 ans — he was 18 at the time

alors seulement — only then

le pays, alors sorti de la crise, pourra — the country which by then will be out of recession, will be able to

la mode d'alors — the fashion in those days

le premier ministre britannique d'alors — the British Prime Minister at the time

mes romans d'alors — my novels of the time

jusqu'alors — until then

2) ( dans ce cas-là) then

alors je m'en vais — I'm going then

(mais) alors cela change tout! — but that changes everything!

et alors? — so what?

alors? que faisons-nous? — so? what shall we do?

3) ( de ce fait) so

il était tard, alors j'ai pris un taxi — it was late so I took a taxi

4) ( pour résumer) then

on se voit demain alors? — we'll see each other tomorrow then?

5) ( ou bien)

ou alors — or else

je serai dans la cuisine ou alors dans le jardin — I'll be in the kitchen or in the garden

6) (colloq) ( dans un récit) so

alors il me dit... — so he said to me...

7) ( pour renforcer une exclamation)

non mais alors! — honestly!

ça alors! — ( étonnement) good grief!

alors ça! — ( indignation) that's not on!

2.

alors que locution conjonctive

1) ( pendant que) while

2) ( tandis que) when

tu lui souris alors que tu le détestes — you smile at him while (in fact) you hate him

3.

alors même que locution conjonctive even though

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alɔʀ adv
1) (= à ce moment-là) then, at that time

Il habitait alors à Paris. — He was living in Paris at that time.

jusqu'alors — up till then, up until then

2) (= par conséquent) so

Il a démissionné, alors le reste de l'équipe a été un peu démoralisé. — He resigned, so the rest of the team were a bit demoralized.

Alors je lui ai dit de partir. — So I told him to leave.

Tu as fini? Alors je m'en vais. — Have you finished? I'm going then.

3) (autres locutions)

alors? quoi de neuf? — so? what's new?

et alors? — so?

ça alors! — well really!

alors que (= au moment où) — when, as, (= pendant que) while, when, (= tandis que) whereas, while

Il est arrivé alors que je partais. — He arrived as I was leaving.

Alors qu'il était à Paris, il a visité... — While he was in Paris, he visited..., When he was in Paris, he visited...

Alors que son frère travaillait dur, lui se reposait. — While his brother was working hard, he took things easy.

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alors

A adv

1 ( à ce moment-là) ( dans le passé ou dans le futur) then; nous pourrons alors réaliser nos projets then we will be able to carry out our plans; j'ai les mêmes amis qu'alors I've got the same friends as I had then; il est aussi timide qu'alors he's as shy as he was then; il avait alors 18 ans he was 18 at the time; alors seulement tu pourras faire only then will you be able to do; alors enfin il put sortir then at last he could go out; l'usine, alors en pleine activité the factory, which was then at full production; le président, alors gravement malade the president, who was seriously ill at the time; le pays, alors sorti de la crise, pourra the country which by then will be out of recession, will be able to; la mode/les habitudes d'alors the fashion/the custom in those days; c'étaient les mœurs d'alors that was the custom in those days; le propriétaire/patron/premier ministre d'alors the then owner/boss/prime minister; le premier ministre britannique d'alors the British Prime Minister at the time; les enfants d'alors craignaient le maître in those days children were scared of their teachers; mes amis d'alors étaient surtout des peintres my friends at the time were mainly painters; mes toiles/romans d'alors my paintings/novels of the time; jusqu'alors until then; il n'avait cessé jusqu'alors de refuser until then he had kept on refusing; une organisation terroriste jusqu'alors inconnue a terrorist organization which nobody had heard of before then; c'est alors qu'il prit la parole it was then that he started to speak; c'est alors qu'il prendra une décision then he'll come to a decision; c'est seulement alors que nous saurons s'il est sauvé only then will we know whether he's been saved or not;

2 ( dans ce cas-là) then; s'il venait à mourir, alors elle hériterait if he should die, then she would inherit; alors je m'en vais I'm going then; (mais) alors cela change tout! but that changes everything!; et (puis) alors? so what?; alors quoi? on est encore en retard? what's this? late again are we?; alors quoi? qu'est-ce que j'entends? on n'est pas content? what's this I hear? complaining are we?; alors? que faisons-nous? so? what shall we do?; alors? qu'en penses-tu? so? what do you think?;

3 ( de ce fait) so; il y avait grève du métro, alors j'ai pris un taxi there was a tube GB ou subway US strike, so I took a taxi;

4 ( pour résumer) then; on se voit demain alors? we'll see each other tomorrow then?; tu n'as rien trouvé d'autre alors? you couldn't find anything else then?;

5 ( ou bien) ou alors or else; il a oublié le rendez-vous ou alors il a eu un accident he's forgotten the appointment, or else he's had an accident; je serai dans la cuisine ou alors dans le jardin I'll be in the kitchen or in the garden;

6 ○( dans un récit) so; alors il me dit…, alors je lui dis… so he said to me…, so I said to him…; alors le type s'en va so the guy goes off;

7 ( pour renforcer une exclamation) non mais alors! honestly!; ça alors! ( étonnement) good grief!; alors ça! ( indignation) that's not on!; chic or chouette alors! (hey) that's great!; mince or zut alors! ( étonnement) wow○!; ( colère) blast○! GB, darn○! US.

B alors que loc conj

1 ( pendant que) while; j'ai appris la nouvelle alors que j'étais à Rome I heard the news while I was in Rome; il fait chaud ici alors que dehors il gèle it's hot in here while outside it's freezing;

2 ( tandis que) when; vous jouez alors qu'il faudrait travailler you're playing when you should be working; tu lui souris alors que tu le détestes you smile at him while (in fact) you hate him.

C alors même que loc conj even though.

[alɔr] adverbe

1. [à ce moment-là] then

le cinéma d'alors était encore muet films were still silent in those days

le Premier ministre d'alors refusa de signer les accords the then Prime Minister refused to sign the agreement

jusqu'alors until then

2. [en conséquence] so

il s'est mis à pleuvoir, alors nous sommes rentrés it started to rain, so we came back in

3. [dans ce cas] then, so, in that case

je préfère renoncer tout de suite, alors! in that case I'd just as soon give up straight away!

mais alors, ça change tout! but that changes everything!

4. [emploi expressif]

il va se mettre en colère, et alors? so what if he gets angry?

et alors, qu'est-ce qui s'est passé? so what happened then?

alors, tu viens oui ou non? so are you coming or not?, are you coming or not, then?

dites-le-lui, ou alors je ne viens pas tell him, otherwise ou or else I'm not coming

alors là, il exagère! he's going a bit far there!

alors là, je ne sais plus quoi dire! well then, I don't know what to say!

ça alors, je ne l'aurais jamais cru! my goodness, I would never have believed it!

non mais alors, pour qui vous vous prenez? well really, who do you think you are?

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alors que locution conjonctive

1. [au moment où] while, when

l'orage éclata alors que nous étions encore loin de la maison the storm broke while ou when we were still a long way from the house

2. [bien que, même si] even though

elle est sortie alors que c'était interdit she went out, even though she wasn't supposed to

alors même qu'il ne nous resterait que ce moyen, je refuserais de l'utiliser (soutenu) even if this were the only means left to us I wouldn't use it

3. [tandis que] while

il part en vacances alors que je reste ici tout l'été he's going on holiday while I stay here all summer

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > alors
15 brusco

adj.

1 sudden, abrupt.

2 snappish, gruff, rude, blunt.

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brusco

► adjetivo

1 (repentino) sudden

2 (persona) brusque, abrupt

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(f. - brusca)

adj.

1) sudden, abrupt

2) brusque, rough

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1. ADJ

1) (=repentino) [descenso, curva, declive] sharp; [movimiento] sudden; [cambio] abrupt, sudden

2) (=grosero) [actitud, porte] curt, brusque; [comentario] rude

2.

SM (Bot) butcher's broom

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- ca adjetivo

a) <movimiento/cambio> abrupt, sudden; <subida/descenso> sharp, sudden, abrupt

el brusco giro de los acontecimientos — the sudden turn of events

b) <carácter/modales> rough; <tono/gesto> brusque, abrupt; < respuesta> curt, brusque

no seas tan brusco que lo vas a romper — don't be so rough or you'll break it

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= abrasive, abrupt, curt, gruff, blunt, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand].

Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

Ex. There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.

Ex. The young man pointed to him and said in a sharp, curt tone: 'Let me see your briefcase'.

Ex. She is a controversial figure, and has a reputation for being direct and gruff.

Ex. The author discusses the range of enquiries he deals with, the sources of information he uses, and the blunt attitude with which he deals with many enquirers.

Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.

Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.

Ex. The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.

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* brusca y repentinamente = summarily.

* cambio brusco = flip-flop.

* cambio brusco de velocidad del viento = wind shear.

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- ca adjetivo

a) <movimiento/cambio> abrupt, sudden; <subida/descenso> sharp, sudden, abrupt

el brusco giro de los acontecimientos — the sudden turn of events

b) <carácter/modales> rough; <tono/gesto> brusque, abrupt; < respuesta> curt, brusque

no seas tan brusco que lo vas a romper — don't be so rough or you'll break it

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= abrasive, abrupt, curt, gruff, blunt, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand].

Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

Ex: There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.

Ex: The young man pointed to him and said in a sharp, curt tone: 'Let me see your briefcase'.

Ex: She is a controversial figure, and has a reputation for being direct and gruff.

Ex: The author discusses the range of enquiries he deals with, the sources of information he uses, and the blunt attitude with which he deals with many enquirers.

Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.

Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.

Ex: The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.

* brusca y repentinamente = summarily.

* cambio brusco = flip-flop.

* cambio brusco de velocidad del viento = wind shear.

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brusco -ca

adjective

1 ‹movimiento/cambio› abrupt, sudden; ‹subida/descenso/viraje› sharp, sudden, abrupt

el brusco giro de los acontecimientos the sudden turn of events

se deben evitar las frenadas bruscas you should avoid braking suddenly o sharply

2 ‹carácter/modales› rough; ‹tono/gesto› brusque, abrupt; ‹respuesta› curt, brusque

no seas tan brusco que lo vas a romper don't be so rough or you'll break it

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brusco
◊ -ca adjetivo

a) ‹movimiento/cambio› abrupt, sudden;

‹subida/descenso› sharp, sudden
b) ‹carácter/modales› rough;

‹tono/gesto› brusque, abrupt;
‹ respuesta› curt, brusque
brusco,-a adjetivo
1 (rudo, poco amable) brusque, abrupt
2 (súbito) sudden, sharp
' brusco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
brusca
- dura
- duro
- sacudida
- tajante
- viraje
- bestia
- bruto
- explosión
English:
abrupt
- blunt
- brusque
- curt
- dramatic
- gruff
- jerk
- offhand
- rough
- rough-and-tumble
- sharp
- short
- sudden
- swerve
- switch
- unceremonious
- snappy
- steep
- toss

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brusco, -a

♦ adj

1. [repentino, imprevisto] sudden, abrupt;

un cambio brusco de las temperaturas a sudden change in temperature;

dio un frenazo brusco she braked sharply

2. [tosco, grosero] brusque;

me contestó de forma brusca he answered me brusquely

♦ nm,f

brusque person

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brusco

adj

1 cambio abrupt, sudden

2 respuesta, persona brusque, curt

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brusco, -ca adj

1) súbito: sudden, abrupt

2) : curt, brusque

♦ bruscamente adv

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brusco adj

1. (repetino) sudden

un cambio brusco de temperatura a sudden change in temperature

2. (persona) abrupt

me lo dijo de manera brusca he told me abruptly

Spanish-English dictionary > brusco
16 grosero

adj.

rude, impolite, coarse, discourteous.

m.

rough person, rough, rough and disorderly person, rude.

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grosero

► adjetivo

1 (tosco) coarse, crude

2 (maleducado) rude

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 rude person

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(f. - grosera)

adj.

1) coarse

2) rude

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ADJ (=descortés) rude; (=ordinario) coarse, vulgar; (=tosco) rough, loutish; (=indecente) indelicate

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I
- ra adjetivo

a) ( descortés) <persona/comportamiento> rude, ill-mannered; < lenguaje> rude

b) ( vulgar) crude
II
- ra masculino, femenino

es un grosero — ( vulgar) he's so vulgar o crude!; ( descortés) he's so rude!

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= rude [ruder -comp., rudest -sup.], churlish, abusive, vulgar, uncouth, coarse [coarser -comp.; coarsest -sup.], gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], churl, boorish, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], tasteless, crass [crasser -comp., crassest -sup.].

Ex. 'That young man was terribly rude'.

Ex. 'He's slipping back into a churlish mood', the director said averting his eyes.

Ex. Reference supervisors have a responsibility to protect their staff as well as other library users from the unpleasant, abusive behavior of some persons.

Ex. This paper is a somewhat whimsical glance backwards, recalling 6 vulgar American parodies of 7 enduring songs.

Ex. All the writers chosen characterized eastern Europe throughout the 18th century as uncouth and backward.

Ex. The sections of a book were stapled to a coarse cloth backing, but unfortunately the staples soon rusted and became brittle.

Ex. Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.

Ex. Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.

Ex. He says he dislikes Rose way more because she is a big mouth, intolerant, boorish, know-it-all and always talking about her gay life.

Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.

Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.

Ex. The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.

Ex. Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.

Ex. In these new book, he is still at bay, pursued by the hounds of desire and anxiety in a literary world ever more crass.

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* ser grosero con = be abusive of.

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I
- ra adjetivo

a) ( descortés) <persona/comportamiento> rude, ill-mannered; < lenguaje> rude

b) ( vulgar) crude
II
- ra masculino, femenino

es un grosero — ( vulgar) he's so vulgar o crude!; ( descortés) he's so rude!

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= rude [ruder -comp., rudest -sup.], churlish, abusive, vulgar, uncouth, coarse [coarser -comp.; coarsest -sup.], gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], churl, boorish, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], tasteless, crass [crasser -comp., crassest -sup.].

Ex: 'That young man was terribly rude'.

Ex: 'He's slipping back into a churlish mood', the director said averting his eyes.

Ex: Reference supervisors have a responsibility to protect their staff as well as other library users from the unpleasant, abusive behavior of some persons.

Ex: This paper is a somewhat whimsical glance backwards, recalling 6 vulgar American parodies of 7 enduring songs.

Ex: All the writers chosen characterized eastern Europe throughout the 18th century as uncouth and backward.

Ex: The sections of a book were stapled to a coarse cloth backing, but unfortunately the staples soon rusted and became brittle.

Ex: Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.

Ex: Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.

Ex: He says he dislikes Rose way more because she is a big mouth, intolerant, boorish, know-it-all and always talking about her gay life.

Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.

Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.

Ex: The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.

Ex: Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.

Ex: In these new book, he is still at bay, pursued by the hounds of desire and anxiety in a literary world ever more crass.

* ser grosero con = be abusive of.

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grosero¹ -ra

adjective

1 (descortés) ‹persona/comportamiento› rude, ill-mannered; ‹lenguaje› rude

2 (vulgar) crude, vulgar, coarse

grosero² -ra

masculine, feminine

es un grosero (vulgar) he's so vulgar o crude o coarse!; (descortés) he's so rude!

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grosero
◊ -ra adjetivo

a) ( descortés) ‹persona/lenguaje› rude

b) ( vulgar) crude, vulgar

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino:
◊ es un grosero ( vulgar) he's so vulgar o crude!;

( descortés) he's so rude!
grosero,-a
I adjetivo
1 (tosco, de baja calidad) coarse
2 (ofensivo, desagradable) rude
II sustantivo masculino y femenino es un grosero, he's very rude
' grosero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
basta
- basto
- bruta
- bruto
- conmigo
- grosera
- ordinaria
- ordinario
- primitiva
- primitivo
- tono
- animal
- bestia
- gamberro
- gesto
- guarango
- ordinariez
- patán
- pelado
English:
boor
- boorish
- coarse
- crude
- earthy
- foul
- rude
- throw out
- uncouth
- apologize
- downright
- dream
- how
- just
- so
- vulgar

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grosero, -a

♦ adj

1. [maleducado] rude, crude

2. [tosco] coarse, rough

3. [malhablado] foul-mouthed

♦ nm,f

rude person;

es un grosero he's terribly rude

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grosero

I adj rude

II m, grosera f rude person

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grosero, -ra adj

1) : rude, fresh

2) : coarse, vulgar

grosero, -ra n

: rude person

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grosero adj rude

Spanish-English dictionary > grosero
17 insolente

adj.

insolent (descarado).

f. & m.

insolent person.

pres.subj.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: insolentar.

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insolente

► adjetivo

1 (descarado) insolent

2 (soberbio) haughty

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (descarado) insolent person

2 (soberbio) haughty person

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ADJ

1) (=descarado) insolent, rude

2) (=altivo) haughty, contemptuous

* * *
I
adjetivo rude, insolent
II
masculino y femenino

es una insolente — she's so rude o insolent

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= insolent, brash [brasher -comp., brashest -sup.], cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], petulant, uncouth, sassy [sassier -comp., sassiest -sup.], flamer, brazen, impudent, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], pert.

Ex. He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.

Ex. Caslon rejected the brash contrast of the later Dutch founts, and produced types that were without serious blemish, but also without much life.

Ex. The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.

Ex. His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.

Ex. All the writers chosen characterized eastern Europe throughout the 18th century as uncouth and backward.

Ex. This series of personal essays are at various times sassy, profound, superficial, and maddening.

Ex. Like other technologies, the Internet is vulnerable to misuse by hostile individuals ( flamers), sexual predators, and pornographers.

Ex. They accepted the government's brazen lies stating that Ramón Colás, the co-founder of the library movement, has not been arrested as a prisoner of conscience.

Ex. The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.

Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.

Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.

Ex. The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.

Ex. Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.

Ex. He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.

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* de un modo insolente = defiantly.

* * *
I
adjetivo rude, insolent
II
masculino y femenino

es una insolente — she's so rude o insolent

* * *

= insolent, brash [brasher -comp., brashest -sup.], cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], petulant, uncouth, sassy [sassier -comp., sassiest -sup.], flamer, brazen, impudent, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], pert.

Ex: He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.

Ex: Caslon rejected the brash contrast of the later Dutch founts, and produced types that were without serious blemish, but also without much life.

Ex: The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.

Ex: His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.

Ex: All the writers chosen characterized eastern Europe throughout the 18th century as uncouth and backward.

Ex: This series of personal essays are at various times sassy, profound, superficial, and maddening.

Ex: Like other technologies, the Internet is vulnerable to misuse by hostile individuals ( flamers), sexual predators, and pornographers.

Ex: They accepted the government's brazen lies stating that Ramón Colás, the co-founder of the library movement, has not been arrested as a prisoner of conscience.

Ex: The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.

Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.

Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.

Ex: The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.

Ex: Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.

Ex: He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.

* de un modo insolente = defiantly.

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insolente¹

adjective

‹persona› rude, insolent; ‹respuesta/actitud› insolent

insolente²

masculine and feminine

es una insolente she's so rude o insolent

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Del verbo insolentar: ( conjugate insolentar)

insolenté es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

insolente es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

insolente adjetivo
rude, insolent
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino:
◊ es una insolente she's so rude o insolent

insolente adjetivo insolent

' insolente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atrevida
- atrevido
- chula
- chulo
- descarada
- descarado
- farruca
- farruco
- malencarada
- malencarado
- liso
English:
audacious
- defiant
- impudent
- insolent
- saucy

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insolente

♦ adj
[descarado] insolent; [orgulloso] haughty
♦ nmf

insolent person;

es un insolente he's very insolent

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insolente

adj insolent

* * *

insolente adj

impertinente: insolent

Spanish-English dictionary > insolente
18 malhumorado

adj.

bad-humored, cranky, bad-tempered, crabbed.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: malhumorar.

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malhumorado

► adjetivo

1 bad-tempered

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

estar malhumorado,-a to be in a bad mood

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(f. - malhumorada)

adj.

ill-humored

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ADJ bad-tempered, grumpy

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- da adjetivo

a) [SER] <persona/gesto> bad-tempered

b) [ESTAR] < persona> in a bad mood

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= sullen, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], truculent, peevish, morose, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], ill-humoured [ill-humored, -USA], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], moody [moodier -comp., moodiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], short-tempered, hipped, ornery, mardy [mardier -comp., mardiest -sup.], grouch, in a grouch.

Ex. He makes his feelings abundantly clear by sullen silences and glances that indicate complete disgust.

Ex. He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.

Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.

Ex. Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.

Ex. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.

Ex. His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.

Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.

Ex. The presence of this irony in ill-humored short articles from various journalistic sources is described.

Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.

Ex. Moody explorations of unexplained phenomenon can also be found = También se pueden encontrar exploraciones taciturnas de fenómenos inexplicables.

Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.

Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.

Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.

Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.

Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.

Ex. His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.

Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.

Ex. They were be very mardy about it, but they accepted it, because if they hadn't their course grade would have suffered.

Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.

Ex. Life is too short to be in a grouch all the time.

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- da adjetivo

a) [SER] <persona/gesto> bad-tempered

b) [ESTAR] < persona> in a bad mood

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= sullen, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], truculent, peevish, morose, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], ill-humoured [ill-humored, -USA], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], moody [moodier -comp., moodiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], short-tempered, hipped, ornery, mardy [mardier -comp., mardiest -sup.], grouch, in a grouch.

Ex: He makes his feelings abundantly clear by sullen silences and glances that indicate complete disgust.

Ex: He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.

Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.

Ex: Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.

Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.

Ex: His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.

Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.

Ex: The presence of this irony in ill-humored short articles from various journalistic sources is described.

Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.

Ex: Moody explorations of unexplained phenomenon can also be found = También se pueden encontrar exploraciones taciturnas de fenómenos inexplicables.

Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.

Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.

Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.

Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.

Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.

Ex: His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.

Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.

Ex: They were be very mardy about it, but they accepted it, because if they hadn't their course grade would have suffered.

Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.

Ex: Life is too short to be in a grouch all the time.

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malhumorado -da

adjective

1 [ SER] ‹persona/gesto› bad-tempered

2 [ ESTAR] ‹persona› in a bad mood

hoy se ha levantado/anda muy malhumorado he has woken up/he is in a very bad mood today

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Del verbo malhumorar: ( conjugate malhumorar)

malhumorado es:

el participio

malhumorado
◊ -da adjetivo

a) [SER] ‹persona/gesto› bad-tempered

b) [ESTAR] ‹ persona› in a bad mood

malhumorado,-a adjetivo bad-tempered
' malhumorado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
malencarada
- malencarado
- malhumorada
- colérico
- taimado
English:
crabby
- cross
- crotchety
- crusty
- grumpy
- ill-humoured
- ill-tempered
- mean
- moody
- morose
- peevish
- petulant
- stroppy
- bad
- sulky
- truculent

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malhumorado, -a adj

1. [de mal carácter] bad-tempered

2. [enfadado] in a bad mood

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malhumorado

adj bad-tempered

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malhumorado, -da adj

: bad-tempered, cross

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malhumorado adj bad tempered [comp. worse tempered; superl. worst tempered]

Spanish-English dictionary > malhumorado
19 pure

1. conj even if

( tuttavia) (and) yet

2. adv too, as well

pur di in order to

venga pure avanti! do come in!

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pure avv.

1 ( anche) also; ( in fine di frase) too, as well; ( perfino) even: la casa ha pure il giardino, the house has a garden too (o as well); aspettami, vengo pure io, wait for me, I'm coming too (o as well); ci saremo tutti e spero ci sarai pure tu, we'll all be there and I hope you'll come too; lui pure si è sbagliato, he was wrong as well; ho invitato pure lei e la sorella, I've invited her and her sister too; c'erano un divano di pelle e due poltrone, pure di pelle, there was a leather settee and two armchairs, also of leather; sapevano che era un compito difficile, come pure sapevano che..., they knew it was a difficult task and also that...; conosce bene il francese, l'inglese e pure il russo, he knows French and English well, and Russian too; tra gli ospiti d'onore c'era pure il sindaco, the mayor was also among the guests of honour; ne ha sofferto molto e si è pure ammalato, it hurt him greatly and even made him ill; si è venduto tutto, pure i mobili di casa, he sold everything, even the furniture // Robert è inglese, e la moglie pure, Robert is English, so is his wife; lui lavora, e lei pure, he works, so does she; ''Loro sono sempre puntuali'' ''Noi pure'', ''They are always punctual'' ''So are we''; ''Noi partiamo domani'' ''Pure loro'', ''We're leaving tomorrow'' ''So are they''; ''Mi è piaciuto molto quel film'' ''Pure a me'', ''I liked that film very much'' ''So did I'' // quando pure, se pure, ammesso pure che, even if: se pure me l'avessero detto, che cosa avrei potuto fare?, even if they had told me, what could I have done?

2 ( con valore concessivo): vieni, entra pure, please come in; andate pure, you may go; fate pure con comodo, take your time; parlate pure liberamente, you can speak freely; sedete pure, please be seated; telefona pure quando vuoi, you can call me whenever you like

3 ( con valore enfatico o intensivo): credi pure che è un mascalzone, believe me, he's a real scoundrel; bisognerà pure che tu prenda una decisione, you'll have to make up your mind; bisogna pur campare!, you've got to live!

4 (letter.) ( proprio, davvero): è pur vero che non ci si può fidare di nessuno, it's a fact that you can't trust anyone

5 (ant.) ( soltanto) only, just.

pure cong.

1 ( sebbene) even though; ( anche se) even if: pur non essendo un cattivo pianista, non ha successo, even though he isn't a bad pianist, he isn't successful; pur volendo, non riuscirei a farlo, I couldn't do it even if I wanted to; pur non conoscendo l'inglese, se l'è cavata benissimo in Inghilterra, even though he didn't know any English, he got on fine in England; fosse pure d'oro, non lo vorrei, I wouldn't like it even if it were gold // sia pure, ( anche se, per quanto) however: avrebbe bisogno di un aiuto, sia pure modesto, he needs help, however little it is; a quel punto dovetti, sia pur a malincuore, congedarmi da loro, at that point I was obliged, however unwillingly, to leave them

2 ( tuttavia, eppure) but, yet: sarà anche vero, pure stento a crederlo, it may even be true, but I doubt it; è giovane, pure ha molto buon senso, he's young but he's got plenty of common sense; non ha una bella situazione, pure non si lamenta mai, he isn't in a good situation at all, but he never complains; non ha neanche telefonato, pure sapeva che lo stavamo aspettando, he didn't even telephone, yet he knew we were waiting for him

3 pur di ( con valore finale) (in order) to; (just) to: darei qualunque cosa pur di vederlo sistemato, I'd give anything (just) to see him settled.

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['pure]
1. avv

1) (anche) too, as well, also, (in proposizioni negative) either

viene suo fratello e pure sua sorella — his brother is coming as is his sister, his brother is coming and his sister is too o as well

siamo stati a Zurigo e pure a Lucerna — we went to Zurich and to Lucerne as well

è venuto pure lui — he came too

pure lei non lo sa fare — she can't do it either

2)

(con valore concessivo) faccia pure! — please do!, by all means!, go ahead!

te l'avevo pur detto di non andarci — I did tell you not to go

2. cong

1) (tuttavia, nondimeno) but, and yet, nevertheless

non è facile, pure bisogna riuscirci — it's not easy and yet we have to succeed

è giovane, pure ha buon senso — he's young but he's sensible

2) (anche se, sebbene) even though

pur non volendolo, ho dovuto farlo — I had to do it even though I didn't want to

pur essendo fuori mano — even though it is out of the way

3)

(con valore finale) pur di vederlo contento farebbe di tutto — she would do anything to make him happy

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['pure] 1.
avverbio

1) (anche) too, also, as well

lui parte oggi e io pure — he's leaving today and so am I

c'ero pure io — I was there too o as well

fosse pure per ragioni umanitarie non lo farei — even if it were a humanitarian gesture, I wouldn't do it

non solo è disonesto, (ma) se ne vanta pure — not only is he dishonest but on top of that he boasts about it

ci mancava pure questa! — this is just too much!

l'ho aspettato pure troppo — I've waited far too long for him

pur con tutta la buona volontà — even with the best will in the world

2) (dopotutto) well

avrò pure il diritto di scherzare? — I can joke about it, can't I?

bisogna pur farlo — it has to be done

bisogna pur riconoscere che — it can be said, with some justice, that

bisognerà pur dirglielo — he'll have to be told though

3) (enfatico)

ci sarà pure qualcuno che mi presterà del denaro — surely someone will lend me some money

c'è la pur minima possibilità che...? — is it at all likely that...?

4) (esortativo)

entra pure! — do come in!

andiamo pure! — let's go!

parla pure! — go ahead, have your say!

diglielo pure — tell him, if you like

dica pure — can I help you?

chiedete pure! — feel free to ask!

fai pure (come vuoi)! — suit yourself!

va' pure, fa' solo attenzione! — you can go, only be careful!

faccia pure con comodo! — take your time over it!

continua pure! — go on!
2.
congiunzione

1) (sebbene) although, even if, (even) though

pur volendolo, non potrei farlo — I couldn't do it even if I wanted to

2) (tuttavia) yet, but

è un tipo strano, pure mi piace — he's a strange chap, but I still like him

3) pur di (in order) to

pagherei qualsiasi cifra pur di averlo — I'd pay any price to get it

è capace di tutto pur di mantenere il suo lavoro — he would do anything to keep his job

4) quando pure, se pure, pure se even if, even though

quando pure o pure se lo volessi, non potrei accontentarti — even if I wanted to, I couldn't help you

5) sia pure although

sia pure a malincuore, devo andarmene — although I hate to, I really must go

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pure

/'pure/

v. la nota della voce anche.

I avverbio

1 (anche) too, also, as well; lui parte oggi e io pure he's leaving today and so am I; c'ero pure io I was there too o as well; fosse pure per ragioni umanitarie non lo farei even if it were a humanitarian gesture, I wouldn't do it; non solo è disonesto, (ma) se ne vanta pure not only is he dishonest but on top of that he boasts about it; ci mancava pure questa! this is just too much! l'ho aspettato pure troppo I've waited far too long for him; pur con tutta la buona volontà even with the best will in the world

2 (dopotutto) well; avrò pure il diritto di scherzare? I can joke about it, can't I? bisogna pur farlo it has to be done; bisogna pur riconoscere che it can be said, with some justice, that; bisognerà pur dirglielo he'll have to be told though

3 (enfatico) ci sarà pure qualcuno che mi presterà del denaro surely someone will lend me some money; c'è la pur minima possibilità che...? is it at all likely that...?

4 (esortativo) entra pure! do come in! andiamo pure! let's go! parla pure! go ahead, have your say! diglielo pure tell him, if you like; dica pure can I help you? chiedete pure! feel free to ask! fai pure (come vuoi)! suit yourself! va' pure, fa' solo attenzione! you can go, only be careful! faccia pure con comodo! take your time over it! continua pure! go on!

II congiunzione

1 (sebbene) although, even if, (even) though; pur volendolo, non potrei farlo I couldn't do it even if I wanted to

2 (tuttavia) yet, but; è un tipo strano, pure mi piace he's a strange chap, but I still like him

3 pur di (in order) to; pagherei qualsiasi cifra pur di averlo I'd pay any price to get it; è capace di tutto pur di mantenere il suo lavoro he would do anything to keep his job

4 quando pure, se pure, pure se even if, even though; quando pure o pure se lo volessi, non potrei accontentarti even if I wanted to, I couldn't help you

5 sia pure although; sia pure a malincuore, devo andarmene although I hate to, I really must go.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > pure
20 te

you

te l'ho venduto I sold it to you

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te pron.pers.m.f. 2^a pers.sing.

1 (compl.ogg. e ind. del pron. tu) you; ( te stesso) yourself: cercano te, they're looking for you; aspettami, vengo con te, wait for me, I'll come with you; tra mezz'ora siamo da te, we'll be with you in half an hour; te l'avevo detto, I told you so; chiudi il cancello dietro di te, shut the gate behind you; devi decidere da te, you must decide for yourself; non si preoccupa affatto di te, he doesn't worry about you; parlava sempre di te, he was always talking about you; volevano proprio te, it was you they wanted; vorrei dartene di più, ma non posso, I'd like to give you more, but I can't // da te, ( da solo) by yourself: fai da te, do it yourself; sai da te quello che devi fare, you know yourself what you have to do // per te, in quanto a te, as for you (o as far as you are concerned) // vorresti avere una casa tutta per te?, would you like to have a house all to yourself? // non saper né di me né di te, (fam.) ( di persona o cosa) to be insipid (o wishy-washy), ( di cosa) to be tasteless // tocca a te, it's your turn // guai a te!, woe betide you!

2 (con funzione di sogg. spec. in frasi comparative) you: è molto più furbo di te, he's much smarter than you are; farei come te se potessi, I'd do the same as you if I could; se io fossi in te, if I were you; ne so quanto te, I know as much as you do (o I'm as wise as you).

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sigla

(= Teramo)

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[te]
pronome personale

1) (complemento oggetto) you

cercano te — they are looking for you

2) (in espressioni comparative) you

lui non è come te — he's not like you

è più giovane di te — he's younger than you

3) (complemento indiretto) you

l'ho fatto per te — I did it for you

ha parlato di te — he talked about you

te li ho restituiti — I gave them back to you

te l'avevo detto — I had told you that; (enclitico)

cercatelo — look for it yourself

compratelo — buy it!

4) (in locuzioni)

per o secondo te in your opinion; beato te! lucky you! (in) quanto a te as far as you're concerned; te stesso yourself; se fossi in te — if I were you

5) da te (a casa tua) (moto a luogo) to your house, to your place; (stato in luogo) in your house, in your place

da te o da me? — your place or mine? (nella tua zona) there; (da solo) (all by) yourself
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Note:

v. la nota della voce io

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te

/te/

v. la nota della voce io.

pron.pers.

1 (complemento oggetto) you; cercano te they are looking for you

2 (in espressioni comparative) you; lui non è come te he's not like you; è più giovane di te he's younger than you

3 (complemento indiretto) you; l'ho fatto per te I did it for you; ha parlato di te he talked about you; te li ho restituiti I gave them back to you; te l'avevo detto I had told you that; (enclitico) cercatelo look for it yourself; compratelo buy it!

4 (in locuzioni) per o secondo te in your opinion; beato te! lucky you! (in) quanto a te as far as you're concerned; te stesso yourself; se fossi in te if I were you

5 da te (a casa tua) (moto a luogo) to your house, to your place; (stato in luogo) in your house, in your place; da te o da me? your place or mine? (nella tua zona) there; (da solo) (all by) yourself.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > te

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