ez

Partekatu sareetan:

1 adb. no
2 iz. [ezezkoa] denial; refusal
3 iz. lack

jatekorik eza: lack of food

ez ba(da)!

certainly not!; of course not!
ez bat eta ez bi

[formal] without further/more ado; just like that, without rhyme or reason
eta gero, ez bat eta ez bi, alde egin zuen: and then, just like that, she left
ez beste

1
except (for), apart from; with the exception of
Jon ez beste guztiak etorri ziren: everybody came, except Jon

2
another one; someone else
senarra ez beste batekin: someone else who was not her husband
ez da hala?; ez dea hala?; hala(n) ez da?

(esaldiaren amaieran, aurretik esan dena indartzeko) expression used to ask for confirmation of what has just been stated; isn't it?; don't you?; aren't you?; won't you?
idatziko didazu, ez da hala?: you will write to me, won't you?
ez eta... ere

not even; not either; certainly not
ez eze

(B) not only... (but) also...
ez ezen

not only... (but) also...
ez ezik

(askotan ere ondoren daramala) not only... (but) also...
itsasoa ez ezik, mendiak ere ikusi genituen: we saw not only the sea, but the mountains also
ez horixe!

(of) course not; certainly not; no way
ez horregatik

not at all, don't mention it, you're welcome
—eskerrik asko. —ez horregatik: "thank you!" — "don't mention it!"
—eskerrik asko! —ez horregatik!: "thank you!" — "you're welcome!"
ez, zera!

(ezezko perpausei erantzutean, esan dena ukatzeko erabiltzen da) rubbish, nonsense; yeah, right!; come off it!
—gaur ez da etorriko. —ez, zera!: "she's not coming today" — "what? oh come off it!"
—nik ez dut sekula horrelakorik esan. —ez, zera!: "I've never said anything like that" — "yeah, right!"
ez... ez...

neither... nor
ez bata ez bestea: neither one nor the other
ez bururik ez hankarik: it makes no sense at all