ésser2

Pronúncia: ésə
    verb intransitiu
  1. to be.
  2. [existir] to exist, be.
  3. que hi és? is he in?
  4. la senyora no hi és the lady is not (in \ at home).
  5. és fora she’s away.
  6. (ídem) she’s out of town, she’s on a trip.
  7. qui és? who is it?
  8. què ha estat? what happened?
  9. ésser de viatge to be (travelling \ on a trip).
  10. ésser a passeig to be out for a walk.
  11. ésser de vacances to be (away) on holiday.
  12. ésser-hi to participate, take part.
  13. no ésser-hi tot to be crazy, fool, idiot.
  14. tant ésser: tant és que hi vagis com que no it doesn’t matter whether you go or not.
  15. és d’esperar que… it’s to be hoped that.
  16. som-hi! come on!, let’s go!
  17. n’era una vegada un rei once upon a time there was a king.
  18. o sigui… that is to say…, or rather….
  19. sigui el que (sigui \ vulgui) be that as it may.
  20. no fos (cas) que… lest…, for fear that….
  21. consulti algun advocat que no sigui ell speak to some lawyer other than him.
  22. ja hi tornem a ésser! here we are again!
    23. verb copulatiu
  23. to be.
  24. això és difícil that’s difficult.
  25. la sopa és calenta the soup is hot.
  26. és buit it’s empty.
  27. és el mestre he’s the teacher.
  28. soc en Pere! telecomunicacions this is Peter, Peter here, Peter speaking.
  29. és de Barcelona she’s from Barcelona, she comes from Barcelona.
  30. d’on ets? where do you come from?, where are you from?
  31. és de pedra it’s (made) of stone, it’s a stone one.
  32. és la una it’s one o’clock.
  33. són les set it’s seven o’clock.
  34. deuen ésser les vuit it must be about eight o’clock.
  35. el president estat de the ex-president of, the former president of.
  36. [frase segmentada] és ell (que \ qui) ho hauria de fer it is he who should do it, he’s the one who ought to do it.
  37. [frases passives] aquesta casa va ésser construïda per Gaudí this house was built by Gaudí.
  38. serà afusellat he will be shot.



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