WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| take [sth] in vtr phrasal sep | (understand, absorb) | asimilar⇒ vtr |
| | | entender⇒, comprender⇒ vtr |
| | (coloquial) | pillar⇒ vtr |
| | I'm not sure I took it all in but I understood most of it. |
| | No estoy segura de haberlo asimilado todo, pero entendí la mayoría. |
| take [sb] in vtr phrasal sep | informal, often passive (deceive) | engañar a vtr + prep |
| | Don't be taken in by his nonsense. |
| | Que sus tonterías no te engañen. |
| take [sth] in vtr phrasal sep | (clothing: make narrower) | estrechar⇒ vtr |
| | | angostar⇒ vtr |
| | | achicar⇒ vtr |
| | The pants are too loose; they'll need to be taken in. |
| | Los pantalones son muy grandes: los voy a tener que estrechar. |
take [sb/sth] in,
take in [sb/sth] vtr phrasal sep | (provide a home for) | acoger⇒ vtr |
| | | albergar⇒ vtr |
| | | hospedar⇒ vtr |
| Note: Ante complemento directo de persona debe usarse la preposición «a». |
| | Bella took in a stray cat four years ago and it has lived with her ever since. |
| | Bella acogió a un gato callejero hace años, y viven juntos desde entonces. |
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Locuciones verbales
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| take pleasure in [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (enjoy) | encontrar placer en loc verb |
| | They seemed to take pleasure in my obvious discomfort. |
| | | disfrutar con vtr + prep |
| | Parecían disfrutar con mi obvia incomodidad. |
| | (figurado) | relamerse ante, relamerse con v prnl + prep |
| | Parecían relamerse ante (or: relamerse con) mi obvia incomodidad. |
| | | regodearse con v prnl + prep |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
'take in' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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