<title type="display">perdre</title>
Pronúncia: pɛ́rdɾə
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verb transitiu
- to lose.
- perdre algú de vista to lose sight of someone.
- he perdut les claus I’ve lost my keys.
- perdre la vida to lose one’s life.
- perdre el fil d’un argument to lose the thread of an argument.
- perdre els cabells to (lose one’s hair \ go bald).
- perdre el cap, perdre la carta de navegar to lose one’s head.
- perdre la paraula to lose the power of speech.
- perdre el camí to lose one’s way.
- he perdut el costum de fer-ho I’ve (lost \ got out of) the habit of doing it.
- perdre pes to lose weight.
- perdre peu to lose one’s footing.
- perdre terreny to lose ground.
- [esforç, temps, diners] to waste.
- no perdis el temps jugant don’t waste your time playing.
- comprar aquest cotxe seria perdre diners it would be a waste of money to buy this car.
- [tren, oportunitat, etc.] to miss
- hem perdut una bona ocasió we’ve missed a good opportunity.
- vam perdre el tren per un pèl we just missed the train.
- [càntir, canonada] to leak.
- aquesta canonada perd this pipe is leaking.
- aquell gerro perd; no hi posis aigua that vase leaks, don’t put any water in it.
- confecció to fade, discolour.
- aquest jersei ja perd this jersey is already fading.
- [moral] to ruin, spoil, be the ruin of.
- l’enveja perd molta gent envy is the ruin of many people.
- aquell vici el perdrà that vice will be (his ruin \ the ruin of him). verb pronominal
- to ruin, go to ruin.
- aquell home es perdrà that man will go to ruin.
- to become lost, disappear.
- allí el riuet es perd entre el pedregar there the stream disappears among the rocks.
- un costum que s’ha perdut a custom which has disappeared.
- un fet que s’ha perdut en la nit del temps an event which has become lost in the mists of time.
- no et perdis la pel·lícula don’t miss the film.