square[skweə]
1. noun
1) (a four-sided two-dimensional figure with all sides equal in length and all angles right angles.) pătrat
2) (something in the shape of this.) pătrat
3) (an open place in a town, with the buildings round it.) piaţă
4) (the resulting number when a number is multiplied by itself: 3 × 3, or 32 = 9, so 9 is the square of 3.) pătrat
2. adjective
1) (having the shape of a square or right angle: I need a square piece of paper; He has a short, square body / a square chin.) pătrat
2) ((of business dealings, scores in games etc) level, even, fairly balanced etc: If I pay you an extra $5 shall we be (all) square?; Their scores are (all) square (= equal).) chit; la egalitate
3) (measuring a particular amount on all four sides: This piece of wood is two metres square.) pătrat
4) (old-fashioned: square ideas about clothes.) de modă veche
3. adverb
1) (at right angles, or in a square shape: The carpet is not cut square with the corner.) în unghi drept (cu)
2) (firmly and directly: She hit him square on the point of the chin.) în plin
4. verb
1) (to give a square shape to or make square.) a da o formă pătrată
2) (to settle, pay etc (an account, debt etc): I must square my account with you.) a regla (conturile cu)
3) (to (cause to) fit or agree: His story doesn't square with the facts.) a se potrivi (cu)
4) (to multiply a number by itself: Two squared is four.) a ridica la pătrat
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