1. feminine - giantess; noun

1) ((in fairy stories etc) a huge person: Jack met a giant when he climbed the beanstalk.) uriaş

2) (a person of unusually great height and size.) gigant

3) (a person of very great ability or importance: Einstein is one of the giants of twentieth-century science.) titan

2. adjective

(of unusually great height or size: a giant cod; a giant fern.) gigantic

['‹ibit]

(a gallows in the shape C on which criminals used to be executed or hung up after execution.) spânzurătoare

['ɡibən]

(a type of ape with long arms.) gibon

adverb foarte ameţit

noun ameţeală

adjective (having very great natural ability: a gifted musician/child.) dotat

(very large: a gigantic wave.) gigantic

adjective (giggling often: a giggly young girl.) care chicoteşte

[ɡild]

(to cover with gilt: We could gild the frame of that picture.) a auri

[‹in]

(a type of alcoholic drink made from grain and flavoured with juniper berries.) gin

(a type of non-alcoholic drink flavoured with ginger.) bău­tu­ră răcori­toare cu ghimbir

noun ((a) cake flavoured with treacle and ginger.) turtă dulce

['‹in‹əli]

(very gently and carefully: He gingerly moved his injured foot.) de­li­cat

['ɡə:dl]

1) (a belt or cord worn round the waist: She wore a girdle round her tunic.) centură

2) (an undergarment worn by women in order to appear thinner.)

adjective (of or like a girl: girlish laughter.) de fetiţă

[ɡə:Ɵ]

1) (the measurement round a tree, a person's waist etc.) circumferinţă

2) (the strap that holds a saddle on a horse.) chin­gă

(to telephone (someone): I'll give you a call tomorrow.) a telefona

(to hammer (= beat) (a person): His father gave him a hammering for stealing.) a trage o chelfăneală (cuiva)

(to scold someone: The teacher gave me a ticking-off for being late.) a trage un perdaf

(to acknowledge and praise (someone for a good piece of work etc): He was given credit for completing the work so quickly.) a aduce laude

(to be fair to someone.) a da (cuiva) ce i se cuvine

(to assume that someone is telling the truth because one cannot be sure that he is not doing so.) a crede pe cuvânt

(also coldshoulder verb) (to show that one is unwilling to be friendly with (a person): All the neighbours gave her the cold shoulder; He cold-shouldered all his sister's friends.) a se purta cu răceală (cu cineva)

(to escape from or avoid (someone) in a secretive manner: The crooks gave the policemen the slip.) a-i scăpa cuiva printre degete

(to keep well away from: I give people with colds a wide berth / give a wide berth to people with colds.) a se ţine la distanţă (de)

(willingness to allow someone something in return for being allowed something oneself.) concesii reciproce

1) (to give etc (something) to someone (eg because one no longer wants it): I'm going to give all my money away.) a dona

2) (to cause or allow (information etc) to become known usually accidentally: He gave away our hiding-place (noun give-away: the lingering smell was a give-away).) a destăinui

(to return something: She gave me back the book that she borrowed last week.) a restitui

((of a mother) to produce (a baby) from the womb: She has given birth to two sets of twins.) a naşte, a da naştere

(to chase: The thieves ran off and the policeman gave chase.) a urmări

1) (to stop fighting and admit defeat; to yield: The soldiers were outnumbered and gave in to the enemy.) a capitula

2) (to hand or bring (something) to someone (often a person in authority): Do we have to give in our books at the end of the lesson?) a înmâna

(to produce: That fire is giving off a lot of smoke.) a produce

(allowing for the addition or subtraction of: I weigh sixty-five kilos, give or take a little (= approximately sixty-five kilos).) mai mult sau mai puţin

1) (to give, usually to several people: The headmaster's wife gave out the school prizes.) a distribui

2) (to come to an end: My patience gave out.) a ajunge la capăt

3) (to produce: The fire gave out a lot of heat.) a degaja

(to cause: This gives rise to a large number of problems.) a lăsa loc (la)

((slang) to telephone someone: I'll give you a buzz as soon as I get there.)

(to ignore in an unfriendly way: I think we'll give all his stupid suggestions the go-by.) a ignora

(to make known a secret, trick etc.) a lua gura pe dinainte

1) (to stop, abandon: I must give up smoking; They gave up the search.) a aban­dona

2) (to stop using etc: You'll have to give up cigarettes; I won't give up all my hobbies for you.) a renunţa la

3) (to hand over (eg oneself or something that one has) to someone else.) a preda, a ceda

4) (to devote (time etc) to doing something: He gave up all his time to gardening.) a consa­cra

5) ((often with as or for) to consider (a person, thing etc) to be: You took so long to arrive that we had almost given you up (for lost).) a con­sidera

(to decide that (something) is not worth doing, or impossible to do, and so stop doing it.) a renunţa

(to die.) a muri

(to express (an emotion etc) freely: He gave vent to his anger in a furious letter to the newspaper.) a da frâu liber

1) (to stop in order to allow eg traffic to pass: Give way to traffic coming from the right.) a ceda trecerea

2) (to break, collapse etc under pressure: The bridge will give way any day now.) a se prăbuşi

3) (to agree against one's will: I have no intention of giving way to demands like that.) a ceda (la)

(to help or assist: I'm always ready to give/lend a helping hand.) a da o mână de ajutor

1) (stated: to do a job at a given time.) dat

2) ((with to) in the habit of (doing) something: He's given to making stupid remarks.) înclinat să

3) (taking (something) as a fact: Given that x equals three, x plus two equals five.) dacă

((American) a personal or christian name.) pre­nume