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man

Voornaamste vertalingen
Nederlands		Engels
man nw de	(volwassen mannelijk persoon)	man n
	(UK, informal)	bloke, lad n
		dude, guy n
man nw de	(mens, persoon)	man, human n
man nw de	(echtgenoot)	husband n
man moedig persoon	figuurlijk (figurative)	man n
man nw de	(lid van een groep)	man n

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Voornaamste vertalingen
Engels		Nederlands
man n	(adult male)	man nw de
	The name's Chris? Is that a man or a woman?
husband n	(married man)	man nw de
		echtgenoot nw de
	He is her husband. They got married three years ago.
guy n	informal (man, boy) (spreektaal)	vent, kerel nw de
		man nw de
	There is a guy on the corner selling ice cream.
male n	(person of male sex)	mannelijk persoon nw het
	(van dieren)	mannetje nw het
		man nw de
	(jong)	jongen nw de
	The police received a report of two males fighting.
fella n	informal (man, boy) (informeel)	kerel, gozer, gast nw de
		man nw de
	Hey, fella, can I borrow a dime?
hombre n	US, informal, Spanish (man)	man nw de
	(informeel)	kerel, vent nw de
	That hombre over at the bar has been asking about you.
bro interj	slang (term of address for male friend)	dude, man tw
man n	(person)	man nw de
	That man over there is the one that stole my purse.
mac n	US, slang (term of address to a man) (informeel)	kerel, vent, gozer nw de
		man nw de
	Hey mac, where do you think you're going?

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Aanvullende vertalingen
Engels		Nederlands
hand n	(labourer)	man nw de
	How many hands will the job take?
man n	informal (husband, boyfriend)	man, vent, echtgenoot, vriend nw de
	Her man fixed the light bulb for her.
man n	(manly person)	man nw de
	Ooh, look at his muscles! He's such a man!
man n	colloquial (term for friend, usu. male)	man, kerel nw de
	How are you doing, man?
mister n	informal (husband)	man, echtgenoot nw de
	(schertsend)	wederhelft nw de
	Let me see what my mister thinks.

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Samengestelde woorden:
Engels		Nederlands
adulterer n	(unfaithful spouse)	overspelige man bn + nw de
	(informeel)	vreemdganger nw de
	In some countries, adulterers are subjected to public punishment.
band together vi + adv	(join forces)	zich verenigen wk.ww
	(figuurlijk)	als één man optreden onoverg.ww
	The inhabitants banded together to fight the insect invaders.
be a man v expr	figurative (male: show strength) (figuurlijk)	een man zijn frase
	(imperatief)	wees een man frase
	You have to be a man about this, and admit that you made a mistake.
be a man v expr	(male: reach adulthood) (letterlijk)	een man zijn frase
	Dan's young son wants to be an astronaut when he is a man.
blind date n	(date with unknown person) (anglicisme)	blind date nw de
		afspraakje tussen onbekende man en vrouw frase
	Davina is going out on a blind date this evening.
common man n	(ordinary citizen, lay person)	gewone man bn + nw
		Jan met de pet frase
common man n	(commoner, without title)	burger nw de
		gewone man bn+nw
commoner n	UK (untitled person)	gewone man bn + nw de
	The prince shocked everyone by marrying a commoner.
commoner n	pejorative (working-class person)	burger nw de
		gewone man bn+nw de
	(informeel)	Jan met de pet, Jan Modaal nw de
	The pub was crawling with noisy commoners.
cracker n	US, slang, pejorative (poor white person) (pejoratief, slang in de VS)	cracker nw de
		arme blanke man nw de
	Some people think that all white southerners are uneducated crackers.
cracker n	US, slang (white person) (slang, NL)	kaaskop nw de
		blanke man nw de
	Because of the racism he had suffered, Bryan never felt comfortable around crackers.
dirty old man n	informal, pejorative (elderly, lecherous man) (informeel, beled.)	vieze oude man nw de
	If you keep looking at her like that she'll think you're a dirty old man.
freeman, free man n	(citizen with liberty and rights)	vrij man bn + nw de
	He'll be on probation for the rest of his life, so he isn't really a free man.
grown man n	(adult male)	volwassen man bn + ww
	His story was so sad, it could make grown men cry.
	Zijn verhaal was zo triest dat het zelfs een volwassen man kon doen wenen.
gunman n	(man shooting a gun)	man met een vuurwapen, gewapende man nw de
hand-to-hand combat n	(war: fighting at close quarters)	man-tegen-mangevecht nw het
	The martial arts will train you in hand-to-hand combat.
	De vechtkunst zal je trainen in man-tegen-mangevechten.
head n	(per person)	persoon nw de
		de man bw
	They charge five dollars a head to get into the dance club.
like a man adv	(in a masculine way)	als een man bw
	She walks like a man.
like a man adv	informal, figurative (with stoicism) (figuurlijk)	als een man bw
		onbewogen, stoïcijns bw
	Ben gritted his teeth and prepared to take his punishment like a man.
man n	(fan of) (in samenstelling)	-man nw de
	He's a watermelon man, but I prefer apples.
man of few words n	(man who speaks very little)	man van weinig woorden frase
	He may be a man of few words, but when he does say something it's worth hearing.
man of his word n	(male: keeps promises)	man van zijn woord frase
	I've worked with him, and I know him to be a man of his word.
man of the house n	(responsible head of household)	man des huizes, heer des huizes nw de
	Jim became man of the house after his father died.
man overboard interj	dated (sb has fallen off ship or boat)	Man overboord! tw
	Man overboard! Toss him a life preserver before the sharks get him!
old chap n	UK, informal (elderly man)	oude man bn + nw de
	(informeel)	ouwe vent bn+nw de
	Those old chaps over there must have fought in the war.
	The old chap has been in poor shape recently.
old man n	(elderly male)	oude man bn + nw
	The old man was slow to cross the street.
peddle sth vtr	informal, often pejorative (sell, vend)	aan de man brengen frase
		leuren met onoverg. ww+vz
	Are you still peddling insurance?
point-blank, point blank adj	figurative (outright, blunt)	bot, direct
	(figuurlijk)	op de man af uitdr.
	Her point-blank refusal to tell them anything was very frustrating.
polygamist n	(sb with several spouses)	polygame man bn + nw de
		polygame vrouw bn+nw de
ponce n	UK, informal, pejorative, offensive (effeminate or affected man)	verwijfde man nw de
	(informeel, beledigend)	nicht nw de
	(Belg., informeel)	dikkenek nw de
real man n	figurative (adult male who is strong and masculine) (figuurlijk)	echte man bn + nw de
	(informeel)	echte vent bn+nw de
	Well, he certainly acts like a real man, yes.
	Real men aren't afraid to express their feelings in public.
sage n	(wise person)	wijze man, wijze nw de
	The young man consulted the village sages about his path in life.
sportsman n	(male: gentlemanly, fair)	sportieve man bn + nw de
		heer nw de
	A true sportsman wouldn't argue about the final score.
stiff n	(ordinary man)	doorsnee mens, de gewone man
	(spreektaal)	Jan met de pet
the full package n	slang, figurative (attractive person)	droomprins nw de
	(figuurlijk)	man op het witte paard frase
	That guy is the full package: good-looking, employed and owns his own house.
with one voice adv	figurative (in unison) (figuurlijk)	als één man bw
		in koor bw
	The crowd shouted with one voice, "Long live the king!"

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