bless

bless
bles
past tense - blessed
to ask God to show favour to: Bless this ship.) bendecir
- blessedly
- blessedness
- blessing
- a blessing in disguise
bless vb bendecir
bless you! ¡salud! / ¡Jesús!
El pasado y el participio pasado de bless se puede escribir blessed o blest
bless
tr[bles]
transitive verb
1 bendecir
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to bless oneself persignarse, santiguarse
bless you! (on sneezing) ¡Jesús!
bless my soul! dated ¡Dios mío!
well, I'll be blessed! ¡caramba!
bless ['blɛs] vt, blessed ['blɛst] ; blessing
1) consecrate: bendecir, consagrar
2) : bendecir
may God bless you!: ¡que Dios te bendiga!
3)
to bless with : dotar de
4)
to bless oneself : santiguarse
bless
v.
• bendecir v.
(§pres: bendigo, bendices...) pret: bendij-
pp: bendicho
fut/c: bendir-•)
• favorecer v.
• santiguar v.
bles
transitive verb (past blessed; past p blessed or (arch) blest)
a) (give benediction) bendecir*
b) (favor) (usu pass)

to be blessed with something: he is blessed with good health — goza de buena salud

c) (in interj phrases)

bless you! — (to somebody who sneezes) salud! or (Esp) Jesús!; (expressing gratitude) (colloq) muchísimas gracias; (as benediction) (que) Dios te (or los etc) bendiga

he's done all the ironing, bless him! — (colloq) ha planchado toda la ropa qué tierno! (fam)

Jane, bless her heart, has offered to put us up — la buena de Jane nos ha ofrecido alojamiento

bless me/my soul! — (colloq) válgame Dios!

d) (consecrate) \<\<wine/bread/marriage\>\> bendecir*
e) (adore) bendecir*

bless the Lord! — bendito or alabado sea el Señor!

[bles]
VT
1) [God, priest] bendecir

God bless you! — ¡Dios te bendiga!

God bless the Pope! — ¡Dios guarde al Papa!

bless you! — ¡qué cielo eres!; (after sneezing) ¡Jesús!

and Paul, bless him or bless his heart, had no idea that ... — y Paul, el pobre, no tenía ni idea de que ...

to bless o.s. — santiguarse

2) (fig)

they were never blessed with children — Dios jamás les dio la bendición de los hijos

she is blessed with every virtue — la adornan mil virtudes

I bless the day I bought it — bendigo el día que lo compré

well I'm blessed!, God bless my soul! — † * ¡vaya por Dios!

I'm blessed if I know — (Brit) * no tengo ni idea

* * *
[bles]
transitive verb (past blessed; past p blessed or (arch) blest)
a) (give benediction) bendecir*
b) (favor) (usu pass)

to be blessed with something: he is blessed with good health — goza de buena salud

c) (in interj phrases)

bless you! — (to somebody who sneezes) salud! or (Esp) Jesús!; (expressing gratitude) (colloq) muchísimas gracias; (as benediction) (que) Dios te (or los etc) bendiga

he's done all the ironing, bless him! — (colloq) ha planchado toda la ropa qué tierno! (fam)

Jane, bless her heart, has offered to put us up — la buena de Jane nos ha ofrecido alojamiento

bless me/my soul! — (colloq) válgame Dios!

d) (consecrate) \<\<wine/bread/marriage\>\> bendecir*
e) (adore) bendecir*

bless the Lord! — bendito or alabado sea el Señor!


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