tie

Pronúncia: taɪ
    noun
  1. [bond] lligam, vincle.
  2. the ties of friendship el lligam de l'amistat.
  3. the ties of blood els llaços (de la sang \ del parentiu).

  4. [hindrance] destorb.
  5. her children are a tie on her els fills la tenen molt lligada.
  6. he has no ties here res no el lliga aquí.

  7. [cord, etc.] fermall, nus.
  8. [for neck] corbata.
  9. Architecture tirant.
  10. United States Railways travessa, felipa.
  11. Music lligadura, lligat.
  12. black tie llaç, corbata d'esmòquing.
  13. white tie corbatí blanc.
  14. Sport [match] matx, partit.

  15. [draw] empat.
  16. the match ended in a tie at 2-all el partit va acabar en un empat a dos.
  17. there was a tie in the voting la votació va acabar en empat.
    18. transitive verb
  18. lligar.
  19. fixar, subjectar.
  20. amarrar, aferrar.
  21. fermar.
  22. Music lligar.
  23. [bow, knot, necktie] fer.
  24. figurative [with bond] lligar, vincular.
  25. to tie two things together lligar dues coses.
  26. to tie a dog to a post lligar un gos a una estaca.
  27. to tie someone's hands also figurative lligar algú de mans.
  28. to be tied (and bound) also figurative estar lligat, tenir les mans lligades.
  29. to be tied hand and foot figurative estar lligat de mans i peus.
  30. to be tied to one's bed estar amarrat al llit [per la malaltia] .
  31. to be tied to one's work estar subjecte a la feina, ser esclau de la feina.

  32. [hinder] destorbar, impedir.
  33. [limit] limitar, restringir, reduir (to a).
  34. we are very tied in the evenings a les tardes tenim molts problemes per sortir.
  35. are we tied to this plan? estem reduïts a (acceptar) aquest pla?
  36. the house is tied to her husband's job la casa pertany a l'empresa on treballa el seu marit.

    37. [with adverb or preposition]
  37. to tie back [hair, plant] lligar, recollir.
  38. the girl had her hair tied back in a bun la noia duia els cabells recollits en una trossa.
  39. to tie down [hand, foot] lligar, subjectar, fermar.
  40. (idem) [someone's freedom] limitar, restringir.
  41. (idem) Military dificultar, obstaculitzar.
  42. prisoners were tied down hand and foot els presoners estaven lligats de mans i peus.
  43. we had to tie the caravan down because of the wind vam haver de subjectar la caravana a causa del vent.
  44. partisan attacks were able to tie down three enemy divisions els atacs dels partisans obstaculitzaven (l'acció de) tres divisions enemigues.
  45. to tie on cordar, lligar.
  46. this shoes were tied on with old strings duia les sabates cordades amb cordons vells.
  47. to tie up [parcel] lligar.
  48. (idem) figurative [business, deal] lligar, arrodonir, completar, mantenir ocupat, tenir enfeinat.
  49. tie the flowers up into bundles and put them in the shop window fes un ram d'aquestes flors i posa-les a l'aparador.
  50. this edition will tie me up for the next fortnight aquesta edició em tindrà ocupat els pròxims quinze dies.
  51. to tie down to [employee, firm] obligar a seguir una norma.
  52. John hates being tied down to a regular work schedule en John no suporta tenir un horari fix de treball.
  53. it's unwise to tie up all your capital in one enterprise no és prudent invertir tots els diners en una sola empresa.
  54. to tie in with [plan, project] acordar, casar, fer coincidir.
  55. we managed to tie in our holidays with my work programme vam aconseguir fer coincidir les vacances amb la meva feina.
    56. intransitive verb
  56. to tie up Nautical atracar.
  57. to tie up to a post amarrar a un pal.
  58. to tie up at a wharf atracar a un moll.

  59. [draw] empatar (with amb).
  60. we tied with them 2-all vam empatar a dos.
  61. to tie for first place School etc. ser primer ex aequo (with amb).

    62. [with adverb or preposition]
  62. to tie in with encaixar, lligar.
  63. that doesn't tie in with what I know of his habits això no lliga amb el que jo sé dels seus costums.