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enseñar

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
enseñar⇒ vtr	(instruir, educar)	teach⇒ vtr
	El profesor enseña inglés a los alumnos.
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. This year I'm teaching maths and French to primary school children.

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Additional Translations
Spanish		English
enseñar vtr	(mostrar algo)	show⇒ vtr
	Juan me enseñó su coche nuevo.
	Juan showed me his new car.
enseñar vtr	(dar ejemplo)	teach⇒, train⇒ vtr
	Mis padres me enseñaron a respetar a los demás.
	My parents taught me to respect others.

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Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
enseñar el cobre loc verb	AmL (dejar ver un defecto)	show your real self v expr
	(UK)	show your true colours v expr
	(US)	show your true colors v expr
	Parece fino y educado pero cuando abre la boca enseña el cobre, es un patán.
	He looks fine and proper, but when he opens his mouth he shows his real self; he's crude.
mostrar los dientes a alguien, enseñar los dientes a alguien loc verb	figurado, coloquial (plantar cara, amenazar)	show [sb] your teeth v expr
		square up to [sb] v expr
		get your claws out v expr
	Pablo le mostró los dientes a su hermano cuando él intentó coquetear con su novia.

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