serve

Pronúncia: sɜːv
    transitive verb
  1. [of person] servir, estar al servei de.
  2. [apprenticeship] fer.
  3. [sentence] complir.
  4. to serve the Queen servir la reina.
  5. he served his country well va prestar grans serveis al seu país, va servir bé la seva pàtria.

  6. [of thing] servir, ser útil.
  7. if my memory serves me si no em falla la memòria.

  8. in towns served by this line Railways etc. a les ciutats per on passa aquesta línia.
  9. the villages used to be served by buses abans aquests pobles tenien autobús.
  10. [in shops] servir.
  11. [goods] vendre, despatxar.
  12. [customer] servir, despatxar, atendre.
  13. [food, meal] servir.
  14. to serve someone with hors d'oeuvres servir els entremesos a algú.
  15. lunch is served el dinar ja és servit.
  16. are you being served? el serveixen ja?
  17. they served cod for halibut van servir bacallà fent-lo passar per halibut.

  18. Tennis servir.

  19. [writ] lliurar, posar en mans.

  20. [treat] tractar.
  21. he served me very ill em va tractar molt malament.
  22. it serves you right! ja t'està bé!
  23. it serves him right for being so greedy! ja li està bé per ser tan golafre!, així aprendrà a no ser tan golafre!

  24. [of stallion, etc] cobrir.

    25. [with adverb or preposition]
  25. to serve out distribuir, repartir.
  26. (idem) [food] servir.
  27. to serve someone out figurative passar comptes amb algú.
  28. I'll serve you out for this! ja me les pagaràs !
  29. to serve up [food] servir.
  30. he served that up as an excuse ho va fer passar com una excusa.
    31. intransitive verb
  31. servir.
  32. to serve at table servir la taula, servir a taula.
  33. to serve on the jury formar part del jurat, ser membre del jurat.
  34. to serve on the council ser conseller municipal.
  35. to serve in the parliament ser diputat.
  36. he is not willing to serve no està disposat a oferir els seus serveis.

  37. to serve (as / for) servir de, servir per a.
  38. it will serve ja servirà.
  39. when the occasion serves quan arribi l'ocasió.

  40. Sport [tennis] servir.
    41. noun
  41. Sport [tennis] servei, sacada.
  42. whose serve is it? qui serveix?, a qui toca de servir?