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ha

ha arribat l'hora

the time has come

n'hi ha per a llogar-hi cadires

it shouldn't be missed, it's beyond belief, it's a real knockout

hàbil: dia hàbil — workday, work/working day

hàbit: vestir/prendre hàbit — take orders, be ordained, enter the Christian ministry

habitud: com d'habitud — as usual, as a matter of course

hagen: mal haja/hagen! — damn it! [vulg.], hell! [vulg.], confound it!

haja: mal haja/hagen! — damn it! [vulg.], hell! [vulg.], confound it!

hala: hala! — c'mon, let's go; let's get with it!

ham

picar l'ham

swallow the bait, fall into the trap

tirar/llançar l'ham

lure, entice, offer an inducement; [fer entendre a algú l'interès de tenir-hi una relació amorosa] (come on to / hit on) someone

has: l'has feta bona! — now you've done it!

hauràs: t'hauràs de fotre [vulg.] — you'll have to (put up with it / bite the bullet / face up to it / grin and bear it)

Havana

tenir molta terra a l'Havana

build castles in (the air / Spain)

tenir terra a l'Havana

boast of nonexistent wealth, pretend to be be rich or well-off

havent: havent esguard de — considering, taking into account

haver

haver begut oli

have had it, be done for, be sunk

haver d'espinyar-se

have to go/do without; have to forgo

haver de menester

be in need of

haver fet atots

be exhausted, be all/done in; be out on one's feet

haver inventat/descobert la sopa d'all

to state as a novelty what is already known to everyone; to be presumptious

haver llepat

have had it, be done for, be sunk

haver mamat llet de cabra

be unruly, rebellious, headstrong

haver menjat llengua

babble incessantly, run off at the mouth, yakkety-yak

haver perdut la llengua

not say a word

haver trepitjat merda [vulg.]

have had bad luck

haver-hi gat (amagat / en sac)

there be something fishy, one smells a rat

haver-hi lloc

there be cause; to be fitting

haver-hi marro

1 [gat amagat] there be something fishy, one smells a rat 2 [embolic] there be disorder, confusion, turmoil

haver-hi més dies que llonganisses

there be all the time in the world

haver-hi (moltes maneres de matar puces / molts camins per anar a Roma)

there be more than one way to skin a cat

haver-hi moros a la costa

someone is eavesdropping

haver-hi roba estesa

there are children present; little pitchers have big ears

haver-hi un punt negre

there be a risk/uncertainty

haver-hi una passa

there be something going around

haver-n'hi (d'una cosa) més que un foc no en cremaria

more (of something) than you can shake a stick at

haver-n'hi per a donar i per a vendre

there be in abundance, in plenty, in profusion

haver-n'hi per a sucar-hi pa

fascinating, compelling, engrossing, intriguing

haver-n'hi per temps

be a long time, be a while

haver-s'ho de ben menester

be a little weak-minded

haver-se'n d'estrènyer el cap

to have to resign oneself (to something)

haver-se-les (amb)

argue, quarrel, cross swords (with)

no haver menjat calent

to have gone hungry

no haver-hi manera de

there be no way to

no haver-n'hi un pam de net

there be rampant corruption, strange/questionable goings-on

havia: hi havia una vegada — once upon a time

herba

créixer com la mala herba

grow like a weed

mala herba mai no mor

a bad penny always turns up

mala herba

weeds

segar a algú l'herba sota els peus

cut the ground from under someone's feet

herbeta: et conec, herbeta, que et dius marduix! — you're not fooling me, I see through you, I don't trust you

hereu: hereu escampa — spendthrift, big spender, squanderer, wastrel

Herodes: anar d'Herodes a Pilat — get the runaround

heus

heus ací

[és aquest, això, etc.] here's, there's

heus ací que

[esdevenir-se] it happened that

heus aquí que una vegada

once upon a time

hi

haver-hi una passa

there be something going around

hi havia una vegada

once upon a time

som-hi!

come on!, let's go!, let's get on with it!

higiènic: paper higiènic — toilet paper

història: passar a la història — go down in history

històries

deixa't d'històries!

come/get to the point!

no estar per històries

not have time to fool around

hivern

al cor de l'hivern

in the depths of winter

més trist que l'hivern

in deplorable condition

ho: haver-s'ho de ben menester — be a little weak-minded

home

com un sol home

as one; as a body/group

esquitx d'home

a half-pint, shorty, shrimp, runt

fer-se home

make one's way (in life); become independent

fer-se un home

become a man

home acabalat

man of means (ex.: Era un home acabalat, sense problemes d'índole econòmica = He was a man of means, without problems of an economic nature)

home casat, ruc espatllat

a married man is even more useless than a bachelor

home (d'anys / de dies)

oldster, elderly man, old-timer

home d'empresa

businessman

home de mar

seaman

home de molts oficis, (pobre segur / mestre de res)

jack of all trades, master of none

home de negocis

businessman

home de palla

front man

l'home del carrer

the man in the street

l'home del sac

the boogeyman

l'home del temps

the weatherman

l'home dels nassos

[lit.] the man with the noses; on December 31st children are urged to seek him out, for he has as many noses as there are days left in the year!

l'home proposa i Déu disposa

the best laid plans can go astray

ser l'home a l'aigua

be lost/ruined; be in the soup

tros d'home

hunk; big man, he-man

un home advertit en val dos

forewarned is forearmed

honor

en honor a la veritat

in all honesty

fer honor a la veritat

to be fair/truthful, to give credit where credit is due

matrícula d'honor

honors degree

honors: fer els honors — do the honors

honres: honres fúnebres — last rites, last honors

hora

a bona hora

opportunely, in a timely way, at the proper/right time

(a hora / al primer) foscant

at dusk/twilight/nightfall

a hora baixa

at dusk, in the evening

a hora horada

at the last minute

a l'hora de la veritat

at the moment of truth, when the chips are down, when the heat is on

a l'hora

on time

a l'hora suprema

[mort] at death's door

a l'última hora

at the last moment

a primera hora

early (ex.: a primera hora a la tarda = early in the afternoon)

a tota hora

at all hours

abans d'hora

ahead of time

anar a l'hora

[rellotge] keep time

d'última hora

1 [recentíssim] latest 2 [darrer] last minute

d'una hora lluny

from a long way off

demanar hora

ask for an appointment

donar hora

make an appointment

en bona hora

providentially

en mala hora

[moment inoportú] at a bad time, inopportunely 2 [el que es lamenta] what a shame (that)

fora d'hora

at an inconvenient time, at a bad moment

ha arribat l'hora

the time has come

hora punta

rush hour

ja era hora!

it's about time! (exs.: Ja era hora que arribéssiu! = It's about time you got here!; Ja era hora que algú digués la veritat! = It's about time someone told the truth!)

més tard o més d'hora

sooner or later

veure's d'una hora lluny

be obvious, self-evident; to tell at a glance

horabaixa: horabaixa — dusk, evening

horada: a hora horada — at the last minute

horari: trastorn d'horari — jet lag

hores

a (alta hores / altes hores)

late at night, in the dead of night

a hores d'ara

by now, at the moment, at this point

fer hores extres

work overtime

fer més hores que un rellotge

work long hours, work hard

hores extres/extraordinàries

overtime

hores petites

early morning

no tocar quarts ni hores

be out to lunch, not in touch with the real world; crazy

robar hores al son

burn the midnight oil, work day and night

tocar hores

toll the hour

horitzó: a l'horitzó — on the horizon, in the offing, just around the corner

horror: quin horror! — how horrible/terrible/dreadful/ghastly!

hort: baixar/venir de l'hort — be in the dark, be out of touch

hostes: hostes vingueren que de casa ens tragueren — expression meaning that someone's rightful position has been usurped

hòstia: fotre una hòstia a algú [vulg.] — [cop de puny] bash/slug/punch/smash/sock/clobber someone; [amb la mà oberta] slap/smack someone

hòsties

fer un pa com unes hòsties

screw up, foul up, blunder, make a mess/hash of something

no estar per hòsties [vulg.]

1 [de mal humor] not be in the mood for games 2 [no voler complicacions] have enough problemes/trouble (without that)

repartir hòsties

hit out, lash out, attack

un joc/raig d'hòsties

a thrashing, a shellacking, a battering

un pa com unes hòsties

a disaster/failure/flop/fiasco

humils: feliços els humils — blessed are the meek

humor

de bon humor

in a good (mood / frame of mind)

de mal humor

in a bad (mood / frame of mind); out of sorts

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