esan

iz.

1.

a. word; esanak \esan whatever they say | let them say what they please; esanak \esan arren, eta nahi beste egin arren however much they say and however much they do; haren \esanak haizeak eroan zituen laster his words were gone with the wind ; \esan-eginak barkatu to forgive what one's said and done ; \esanari nagokio I stick to what I said; \esanetik irten to get out of what one's said

b. (+ -(e)an, -etan ) ; Churchillen \esanetan in the words of Churchill | as Churchill would say | according to Churchill; alkatearen \esanean according to the mayor

c. i-en \esanetara according to sb

2. ( obedientzari d. )

a. mutil hori \esan onekoa da that boy is obedient; mutil hori \esan txarrekoa da that boy is disobedient; gurasoen \esanak bete to do what one's parents tell him | to obey one's parents

b. (+ -(e)an, -etan ) zure \esanetan naukazu I'm at your command; agintariaren \esanean dagoen armada an army at the commander's command; dukearen \esanetan ari dira they're working at the behest of the duke

c. (+ - ra ) nagusien \esanera egon beharko duzue you will have to obey your elders; etxeko mirabeak etxeko andrearen \esanetara zeuden the household servants answered to the lady of the house

3. (esa.) \esanak eder, eginak lander || \esana da eraz eta egina garratz (atsot.) there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip (atsot.) | talking is not the same as actually doing (atsot.) ; ez da zer \esanik there's nothing to be said; \esanaren \esanez, zuritu zuten Pello they talked Pello into it ad/irk.

1. ( oro. )

a. [ Nor Nori b.b. ] to say; hori egia dela \esan du he's said it's true; ezetz \esan to say no; nola esaten da "kaixo" albanieraz? how do you say "hello" in Albanian?; hori oso argi dago, eta garrantzitsuena jendaurrean esatea da, \esan egin behar da that's crystal clear and the most important thing to say it publically, it just has to be said; handiak \esan to say terrible things; esateko moduan i. as they say ii. ( hau da, alegia) that is to say; gotzainak badu zer \esana Aste Santuaz the bishop has something to say about Holy Week

b. [ Nor Nori Nork b.b. ] to tell; hori \esan zigun he told us that | he said that to us; isiltzeko esan diet \\ dizut I told them \\ you to shut up; joateko \esan nien \\ nion I told them \\ him to go

c. ( + dio, diozu, e.a. ) zer diozu? what are you saying?; egia diotsut I'm telling you the truth

d. ( egia ) to say, speak

e. ( gezurra ) to tell

f. ( meza ) to say

2. (esa.)

a. bere {barnean || artean || golkorako} \esan to say to o.s.; egingo dut horrenbeste aldiz esaten badidazu I'll do it if you insist berriro diotsut, utzi hori I must insist you stop it

b. ( \esan eta \esan ) \esan eta \esan to insist; \esan eta esaten dut I if I've said it once, I'll say it again

c. ( esaerak, era bukatuarekin ) ez dakit zer \esan I don't know what to say; \esan\\\esan beharrik ere needless to say; hori askoz hobea da, \esan beharrik ere that is much better, needless to say; \esan beharrik ez dago it goes without saying; zer \esanik ez needless to say egia \esan to tell the truth; \esan gabez by omission; \esan delako the so-called; Mongoliara joango zela \esan zidan. E\esan eta egin he said he'd go to Mongolia and that's what he did; \esan eta izan no sooner said than done; egia \esan to tell the truth ; ez da, egia \esan, guk nahi genuena it isn't exactly what we wanted | it isn't, to tell the truth, what we wanted

d. ( + nahi ) \esan nahi izan ( du/ad. ) to mean; horrekin zer \esan nahi duzu? what do you mean by that? ; zer \esan nahi du "nann trugarez" delakoak? what does "nann trugarez" mean?; \esan nahi baita that is to say Oharra: esan duten esaerak aurkitzeko, bila itzazu izenaren, adjektiboaren eta abarren adieran, adib. , gezurra esan aurkitzeko , bila ezazu gezur adieran

Jakingarria: Normalean, "esan" aditza , euskararatua, to say dugu . Gero etorriko naiz, esan zuen Jonek . I'll come later Jon said Zer esan duzu? What did you say? Zerbait norbaiti esaten badiogu , to tell erabiltzen dugu . Gero etorriko dela esan zidan he told me he would come later Zer esan diozu? What did you tell him? To tell erabiltzen da aginduak emateko ere : Etortzeko esan zidan He told me to come