plain

Pronúncia: pleɪn
    adjective
  1. [clear] clar, evident, palès, manifest.
  2. a plain case of jealousy un cas palès de gelosia.
  3. it is plain that... és evident que...
  4. it must be plain to all that... ha de ser obvi per a tothom que...
  5. it's as plain as a pikestaff és clar com l'aigua, salta a la vista.
  6. to make something plain to someone assegurar-se que algú ha entès una cosa, aclarir una cosa a algú, explicar clarament una cosa a algú.
  7. I must make it plain that... que quedi clar que..., que consti que...
  8. to make one's meaning plain clarificar les idees, fer-se entendre.
  9. do I make myself plain? m'explico?

  10. [outspoken] franc, sincer.
  11. to be plain with someone parlar sense embuts a algú.
  12. let me be plain with you deixa'm parlar-te amb franquesa.

  13. [unadorned] simple, senzill, planer, sense guarniments.
  14. [answer] franc, sincer.
  15. [dealing] honrat.
  16. [language, style] planer, pla, simple.
  17. [living] senzill, sense luxes, auster.
  18. [knitting] pla.
  19. [cooking] casolà, senzill.
  20. [truth] clar i net.
  21. in plain language parlant clar i català, a les clares.
  22. they're very plain people són gent molt senzilla.
  23. I'm a plain man soc un home corrent.
  24. he used to be called plain John li deien Joan (i prou \ a seques).
  25. [unmixed] natural, pur, sense mescla, tal com és.
  26. plain yoghurt iogur natural.
  27. I like plain whisky m'agrada el whisky tal com és.

  28. [of appearance] vulgar, ordinari, bast, lleig, poc atractiu.
  29. she's terribly plain, poor girl no té cap gràcia, pobra noia.
  30. pretty girls and plain ones les noies maques i les lletges.
    31. adverb
  31. clarament, a les clares.
  32. so I told him pretty plain i li vaig dir clarament.
  33. I can't say it any plainer ja no li ho puc dir més a les clares.
    34. noun
  34. pla, plana, planura, planada.
  35. the Great Plains United States les Grans Planures.