zer

I.

izo.

1.

a. \zer? what?; \zer diozu? what are you saying?; \zer arren? why? | how come?; \zer ba? how come?; \zer dela eta? for what reason? eta niri \zer? what about me?; zuri eta niri \zer? what do I have to do with you?; nire eta zure artean \zer? what do I have to do with you?; hau \zer dela? guess what it is?; \zeri eta \zertara how? | what for and to what end?; \zeri dagokiola etorri zara? for what reason have you come?; \zertatik \zertara erori zaren! how is it that you fell!

b. eta niri \zer? what about me?

2. \zer gerta ere whatever might happen | whatever should happen | whatever happens ; \zer ikus ere whatever might be seen

3. → zeren, zertan, zertarako, zertarik zenb. [ erak. ]

1.

a. what; \zer liburu? what book?; \zer gauza nahi duzu? what thing do you want?

b. ( zeharkako gelderetan ) ez dakit \zer nahi duten I don't know how much they want

2. (+ aditzera bukatu ) ez dago \zer eginik there's nothing to do; ez dago \zer esanik there's nothing to be said | no comment; ez du \zer izuturik he's got nothing to be frightened of; \zer galdurik ez dute they've got nothing to lose

3. ( harridura )

a. \zer ondo! how nice!

b. ( zenbatzeko modukoa ) what a; \zer gizona! what a man!

c. ( zenbatu ezinezkoa ) what; \zer zorigaitza! what bad luck!

II.

iz. [ -r- ]

1.

a. reason; \zerik gabe without reason; beste \zerik barik for no reason whatsoever

b. eskerrik asko — ez dago \zerrik thank you — don't mention it | you're welcome

2. (Psik.) \zera the id

3. Lagunart.

a. ( p. ) what's-his-name gizonezkoa. , what-d'ye-call-him gizonezkoa. , what's-her-name emakumezkoa. , so-and-so, what's-his-face Lagunart. ; hi, \zera, arin etorri you, fellow, come quickly; atzo ikusi nian \zera ... ahaztu zaidak haren izena! yesterday I saw what's-her-name ...I've forgotten her name

b. ( izenondo gisan ) gizon \zer bat some kind of a man

c. ( leku) \zerera joan dira they went to some place; \zereko \zerarekin ezkondu zen she married some guy from some place

4. Lagunart. ( gauza )

a. stuff, thing, something or the other, thingamajig, thingamabob (GB) , watchamacallit Lagunart. , what-d'ye-call-it Lagunart. ; \zer denik ere ez not a thing; \zer bat ikusi diat kalean I saw somethng or the other in the street; gero egurrezko \zer bat ekarri ziaten later they brought a wood {thing || what-d'ye-call-it || thingamajig}; larruzko \zer asko egiten ziaten they made a lot of leather {stuff || things}; lege honek eskatzen dituen \zerakin, eskubidea zeukak according to the stuff required by this law, he has the right

b. ( makina, tresna ) thing, gizmo Lagunart.

c. \zereko \zera it ; \zereko \zera egiten zuten egongelan they were doing it in the living room

d. \zerak [ izen plurala ] stuff, things; bere \zerak hartu zituen eta alde egin he got his stuff and left

5. (irud.) \zer edo \zer something; ikus dezagun \zertarainoko indarra duen bihotzean let's see how strong his heart is

6. bai \zera I bet! | for sure!; ez dugu hori egin beharrik — bai \zera we don't have to do that — the hell we don't!; badakit kantari hori oso gogoko duzula — bai \zer! I know you like that singer a lot — yeah, right! (iron.)