lose
 transitive verb
 PAST: lost; PART: lost |
 perder
EN If they can't make something or lose something --they don't care which-- they won't play.
GL Se non son quen de gañar ou perder nada... dálles igual o que sexa, non xogan.
 Fonte: BIL (291)
extraviar
EN They realize that asking for a public drinking fountain in a poor area by cleverly using colloquial language is much more effective in a society with an oral tradition than sending letters that supposedly get lost in the mayor's office.
GL A poboación decatouse de que reclama-la construcción dun surtidor de auga nun barrio pobre, empregando con habilidade a linguaxe falada nunha cultura eminentemente oral, produce moito máis efecto que enviar cartas que se extravían nas carpetas do "señor alcalde".
Fonte: C19 (238)
..... to lose one's head
perder a cabeza
EN For the last time in his life he allowed passion to usurp cunning and reason, and it was because of his great love for John Thornton that he lost his head.
GL Foi a derradeira vez na súa vida que permitiu que a paixón dominase sobre a solercia e a razón, pero o inmenso amor que sentía por John Thornton fíxolle perde-la cabeza.
Fonte: CHA (1610)
..... to lose one's temper
perder a paciencia
EN A crusty old grumbler who lost his temper if the porridge was cold, why should he preach to us? was what Mr Bankes understood that young people said nowadays.
GL ¿Por que acepta-lo sermón dun vello rosmón e ríspido que perdía a paciencia se as papas estaban frías?, iso era o que o señor Bankes pensaba que dicía a mocidade de agora.
Fonte: CAR (568)
perder os nervios
EN Oh, no, sir, he lost his temper easily --as I say, it just depended what had happened to upset him.
GL Ou, non señor, perdía os nervios con facilidade. Como eu digo, calquera cousa o desgustaba.
Fonte: ASA (2032)
pórse de mal humor
EN And Cam was not ready and James was not ready and Nancy had forgotten to order the sandwiches and Mr Ramsay had lost his temper and banged out of the room.
GL Pero Cam non estaba lista, e James tampouco, e a Nancy esquecéralle encarga-los sandwiches e o señor Ramsay puxérase de mal humor e saíra da habitación batendo a porta.
Fonte: CAR (2200)
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lopsided, loquacious, lord, Lord, lordly, lore, lorgnette, Lorraine, lorry, lose, loser, loss, lost, lot, loth, lottery, lotus, loud, loudly