| Principal Translations |
| write [sth]⇒ vtr | (form letters, inscribe) | escribir⇒ vtr |
| | George can write his name already. |
| | George ya puede escribir su nombre. |
| write [sth] vtr | (author: a book, etc.) (literatura) | escribir⇒ vtr |
| | (informe) | redactar⇒ vtr |
| | Elizabeth wants to write a book. |
| | Elizabeth quiere escribir un libro. |
| write [sth] vtr | (compose: a document, letter, etc.) | escribir⇒ vtr |
| | I wrote a long email and then deleted it. |
| | Escribí un correo electrónico largo y después lo eliminé. |
| write [sth] to [sb] vtr + prep | (communicate in writing) | escribirle algo a alguien vi + prep |
| | | escribir para vtr + prep |
| | I'm going to write a letter to my friend. |
| | Voy a escribirle una carta a mi amigo. |
| write to [sb] vi + prep | (send [sb] a letter, email) | escribirle a alguien vi + prep |
| | I wrote to my MP to ask her to back my campaign. |
| | Le escribí a mi diputada para pedirle que apoye mi campaña. |
| write [sb]⇒ vtr | US (send [sb] a letter, email) | escribirle a alguien vi + prep |
| | Will you write me while you're in Spain? |
| | ¿Vas a escribirme cuando estés en España? |
| write⇒ vi | (form letters) (habilidad) | escribir⇒ vi |
| | Rachel is learning to write. |
| | Raquel está aprendiendo a escribir. |
| write vi | (to express thoughts in writing) | escribir⇒ vi |
| | When I want to get things clear in my head, I write. |
| | Cuando quiero tener las cosas claras en mi cabeza, las escribo. |
| write vi | (write letters) (cartas) | escribir⇒ vi |
| | I never have time to write. |
| | Nunca tengo tiempo de escribir. |
| write vi | (write professionally) (profesión) | ser escritor loc verb |
| | Brian has always wanted to write. |
| | Brian siempre ha querido ser escritor. |
Locuciones verbales
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| write back vi phrasal | (send a written reply) (por escrito) | contestar⇒, responder⇒ vtr |
| | As a child, I sent a fan letter to my favorite singer but he never wrote back. |
| | Please write back as soon as you can. |
| | De chico, le enviaba cartas a mi cantante preferido pero él nunca me contestaba. // Por favor, contesta tan pronto como puedas. |
write [sth] down,
write down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (transcribe, put in writing) | anotar⇒ vtr |
| | | apuntar⇒ vtr |
| | | escribir⇒ vtr |
| | That was a great idea. |
| | Let's find some paper and write it down. |
| | You should write the phone number down before you forget it. |
| | ¡Eso fue una gran idea! Busquemos un papel para anotarla. |
write [sth] down,
write down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (reduce value of asset) | reducir el valor de loc verb + prep |
| | The company's assets were written down by $20m last year. |
| | El año pasado el valor de los activos de la empresa fue reducido en veinte millones de dólares. |
write [sth] in,
write in [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (inscribe [sth] inside) | anotar⇒ vtr |
| | | escribir⇒ vtr |
| | If you can solve the final crossword clue, feel free to write it in. |
| | Si puedes responder la última pista del crucigrama, puedes anotarla. |
write [sth] off,
write off [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (record as total loss) | declarar siniestro total loc verb |
| | | desgravar⇒ vtr |
| | We're going to have to write off the warehouse that burnt down. |
| | Vamos a tener que declarar siniestro total la bodega que se quemó. |
write [sb] off,
write off [sb] vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (consider a failure) | dar por perdido loc verb |
| | Even though he did so poorly on the exam, I wasn't going to write him off completely. |
| | Aun cuando le fue muy mal en el examen, no lo iba a dar por perdido completamente. |
write [sth] off,
write off [sth] vtr phrasal sep | UK, informal (car, vehicle: completely wreck) (coloquial, figurado) | fundir⇒ vtr |
| | Brian had an accident and he wrote his car off. |
| | Brian tuvo un accidente y fundió el auto. |
| | | destrozar⇒ vtr |
| | | destruir⇒ vtr |
| | Brian tuvo un accidente y destrozó el auto. |
write [sth] off,
write off [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (discount, dismiss) | ignorar⇒, descartar⇒ vtr |
| | We can certainly write off his opinion: he never knows what he's talking about! |
| | Ciertamente, podemos ignorar su opinión: nunca sabe de qué está hablando. |
| write off for [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (send, apply for [sth]) | mandar a pedir loc verb |
| | Joe wrote off for the skin cream he'd seen advertised in a magazine. |
| | Joe mandó a pedir la crema que había visto en la revista. |
| write [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | (transcribe in full) | escribir completo, escribir entero loc verb |
| | I signed my name and wrote it out in block capitals underneath. |
| | Firmé con mi nombre y debajo lo escribí completo en mayúsculas. |
write [sth] up,
write up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (write out in full) (ES) | hacer una redacción con algo, escribir una redacción con algo loc verb |
| | (CL) | hacer una composición con algo loc verb |
| | Please write up your notes from the classroom observation. |
| | Por favor, haz una redacción con las notas de tu observación de la clase. |
| | Por favor, haz una composición con las notas de tu observación de la clase. |
| | | hacer un informe con algo, redactar un informe con algo loc verb |
| | Por favor, haz un informe con las notas de tu observación de la clase. |
write [sth] up,
write up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (write a critique of) | hacer crítica de, escribir crítica de loc verb |
| | | hacer reseña de, escribir reseña de loc verb |
| | Jessica writes up movies for her school newspaper. |
| | Jessica hace críticas de películas para el periódico local. |
write [sb] up,
write up [sb] vtr phrasal sep | US (record misbehaviour) | amonestar por escrito a alguien loc verb + prep |
| | One more infraction and I will have to write you up. |
| | Si cometes otra infracción, voy a tener que amonestarte por escrito. |
Compound Forms:
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| nothing to write home about expr | figurative, informal (unremarkable) | no ser para tirar cohetes expr |
| | | no ser nada del otro mundo expr |
| | | no ser nada espectacular expr |
| | I enjoyed his last film, but this new one is nothing to write home about. |
| | Me gustó su última película, pero no es para tirar cohetes. |
rewrite [sth],
also UK: re-write [sth]⇒ vtr | (write in a revised form) | reescribir⇒ vtr |
| | | volver a escribir loc verb |
| | Please rewrite this section and don't mention the senator. |
| | Por favor reescribe esta sección y no menciones al senador. |
rewrite [sth],
also UK: re-write [sth] vtr | (write out again) | reescribir⇒ vtr |
| | | refundir⇒ vtr |
| | Tom realized that his handwriting was unreadable and rewrote the note more clearly. |
| | Tom se dio cuenta de que su letra era ilegible y reescribió la nota con letra más clara. |
rewrite,
also UK: re-write n | informal (text, manuscript: revision) | nuevo escrito adj + nm |
| | | refundición nf |
| | You'll need to do a rewrite on this part of the speech here. |
| | Necesitas hacer un nuevo escrito en esta parte del discurso. |
rewrite the rules,
also UK: re-write the rules v expr | figurative (take unconventional approach) (figurado) | reescribir las reglas loc verb |
rewrite the rules of [sth],
also UK: re-write the rules of [sth] v expr | figurative (reinvent [sth], do [sth] unconventionally) (figurado) | reescribir las reglas loc verb |
| | | reinventar las reglas loc verb |
| | The New Wave directors rewrote the rules of film. |
| | Los directores de la Nueva Ola reescribieron las reglas del cine. |
| something to write home about expr | figurative, informal (remarkable) | algo para contar expr |
| | | cosa de no creer expr |
| | Wow, what an amazing fireworks display! That was certainly something to write home about. |
| | ¡Wow, esos fuegos artificiales fueron increíbles! Fue definitivamente algo para contar. |
| write a letter v expr | (compose handwritten correspondence) | escribir cartas, escribir una carta vtr |
| | Nowadays people are more inclined to email rather than write a letter. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Hay personas que todavía prefieren escribir cartas. |
| write about [sth] vtr | (write on the subject of) | escribir sobre vtr + prep |
| | | escribir acerca de vtr + loc prep |
| | Many authors write about war. |
| | Muchos autores escribieron sobre la guerra. |
write back to [sb],
also US: write [sb] back v expr | (send a written reply to [sb]) | responder a vtr + prep |
| | | contestar a vtr + prep |
| | If I write you while I'm on holiday, will you write me back? |
| write chronicles v expr | (compose written account of [sth]) | escribir crónicas vtr |
| | Escribe crónicas para un diario de tirada nacional. |
write [sth] off as [sth],
write off [sth] as [sth] v expr | (record as total loss) | declarar algo como un siniestro total loc verb |
| | If someone owes you money and they do not pay it, you can cancel the debt and write it off as a loss for your business. |
| | Si alguien te debe dinero y no te pagan, puedes cancelar la deuda y declararlo como un siniestro total de tu negocio. |
write [sb] off as [sth],
write off [sb] as [sth] v expr | figurative, informal (consider a failure) | dar a alguien por perdido loc verb |
| | Alison's teachers had written her off as a failure. |
| | Los maestros de Alison la habían dado por perdida. |
| Write soon interj | informal, written (I hope you will write to me soon) (informal) | escribe pronto interj |
| write the book on [sth] v expr | figurative (be an expert) | redactar las normas de loc verb |
| write-down n | (procedure of making a write-down) | depreciación nf |
| write-down n | (business asset: reduction in value) (de activos) | depreciación nf |
| write-in n | US, informal (write-in candidate) | persona que no figura en la boleta pero por la cual se puede votar escribiendo su nombre nf + loc adj |
| write-in candidate n | US ([sb] voted for whose name is not on ballot) | candidato que no figura en la boleta pero por la cual se puede votar escribiendo su nombre nm + loc conj |
| write-in vote n | US (candidate not on ballot) | voto escrito por un candidato que no figura en las boletas grupo nom |
| write-off n | (finance: cancellation of bad debt) | cancelación nf |
| | | condonación nf |
| write-off n | (accounting: tax deduction) | deducción nf |
| write-off n | UK, informal ([sth]: cannot be salvaged) | desastre nm |
| | (vehículo) | siniestro total loc nom m |
| | Olga's mobile phone was a write-off after she dropped it in the bath. |
| | El móvil de Olga era un desastre después de que se le cayera en la bañera. |
| | | pérdida total nf + adj mf |
| write-off n | UK, informal (wrecked car) | cacharro nm |
| | | chatarra nf |
| | Deirdre's car was a write-off after the accident. |
| | El coche de Deirdre era un cacharro después del accidente. |
| write-up n | (written review) | crítica nf |
| | The paper called earlier because they want to do a write-up on our art gallery! |
| write-up n | (finance: increase to book value) | revalorización nf |