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University of Vigo

English-Galician CLUVI Dictionary, 2nd edition (revised version 2.2)

(Based on the CLUVI Corpus of the University of Vigo)



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In Galician
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- bit, bitch, bite, biting, bitter, bitterly, bitterness, biweekly, bizarre, black, blackberry, blackbird, blackboard, blacken, blackened, blackguard, blackish, blacklist, blackmail


black


- noun or adjective
- negro

EN The lady in black was reading her morning devotions on the porch of a neighboring bathhouse.
GL A muller de negro lía as oracións matutinas no soportal dunha caseta de baño veciña.
- Fonte: ESP(359)


- adjective
- escuro

EN Over a deep black part of the stream, not far from the church, was formerly thrown a wooden bridge; the road that led to it, and the bridge itself, were thickly shaded by overhanging trees, which cast a gloom about it, even in the daytime; but occasioned a fearful darkness at night.
GL Sobre unha escura parte do río, non moi lonxe da igrexa, construírase tempo atrás unha ponte de madeira, que, igual có camiño que conducía ata alí, estaba profundamente sumida na sombra das árbores que a rodeaban e cubrían incluso durante o día, quedando pola noite na máis completa escuridade.
- Fonte: LEN (225)
- mouro

EN The ants were busy on the ground, big black ones with shiny bodies, and little dusty quick ants.
GL No chan, as formigas, unhas grandes e mouras cos corpos lustrosos e outras pequenas e lixeiras co corpo cheo de po, afanábanse no seu traballo.
- Fonte: PER (44)
- morado

EN You'd only have to go to bed for a few days with a black eye.
GL Un ollo morado son só uns cantos días na cama.
- Fonte: TER (319)
- preto

EN In connection with such stories, it was remarkable that over the top of the frame there were some ragged remnants of black silk, indicating that a veil had formerly hung down before the picture, until the duskiness of time had so effectually concealed it.
GL En relación con semellantes historias, era salientábel que sobre o tope do marco había algúns restos esfiañados de seda preta, indicando que un veo pendurara xacando diante do cadro ata que a escuridade do tempo o ocultara tan eficazmente.
- Fonte: EDW (45)
- testudo

EN The blackest protestant in the land would not speak the language I have heard this evening.
GL Nin o protestante máis testudo da terra falaría a linguaxe que escoitei esta noite.
- Fonte: RET (755)
- suxo

EN I couldn't picture her doing anything for charity if she had to wear black clothes and no lipstick while she was doing it.
GL Non a podía imaxinar facendo algo por caridade se tivese que levar roupa suxa e os beizos sen pintar.
- Fonte: VIX (3746)
.....--- black and white
- branco e negro

EN The technical, stylistic and narrative maturity of Eureka, made in black and white cinemascope, stands out among other independent films which, despite all their energy, sometimes seem laborious productions overly concerned with navel-gazing and experimentation.
GL Pola súa madurez técnica, estilística e narrativa, Eureka, rodada en cinemascope e en branco e negro, distínguese do resto da producción independente, que, pese a toda a súa vitalidade, adoita estar realizado de xeito desordenado e a dar demasiada importancia á introspección.
- Fonte: C03 (300)