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"Tatuaje"proviene de una traducción erróneapor parte de unos marineros del Pacífico que quedaron fascinados con los tattoos que vieronen sus viajes.
grow / crecer
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grow
grew past tense
grown past participle
A. -intransitive verb
1. [plant, hair, person, animal] crecer
·how you've grown!
·¡cómo has crecido!
·he has grown five centimetres
·ha crecido cinco centímetros
·she'noun letting her hair grow
·se está dejando crecer el pelo, se está dejando el pelo largo
·the hair will grow back eventually
·con el tiempo le volverá a crecer el pelo
·that plant does not grow in England
·esa planta no crece or no se da en Inglaterra
·will it grow here?
·¿se puede cultivar aquí?
·to grow [to] or [into] manhood
·llegar a la edad adulta
·these sharks can grow [to] six metres
·estos tiburones pueden llegar a medir hasta seis metros
2. (=increase) (in number, amount) aumentar
·the number of unemployed has grown by more than 10,000
·el nounúmero de parados ha aumentado en masculineánoun de 10.000
·the economy continues to grow
·la economía sigue en su fase de crecimiento
·opposition grew and the government agreed to negotiate
·la oposiciónoun cobró masculineánoun fuerza y el gobierno decidió entrar en negociaciones
·the winds grew to gale force
·la intensidad del viento aumentó hasta alcanzar velocidades de temporal
·to grow [in] popularity
·ganar popularidad
·she has grown in my esteem
·se ha ganado mi estima
3. (=develop)
[friendship, love] desarrollarse
[person] madurar
·I feel I have grown immensely as a result of the experience
·siento que he madurado muchísimo como consecuencia de la experiencia
·to grow spiritually
·madurar espiritualmente
4. (with adjective)
(=become) volverse, ponerse, hacerse but often translated by intransitive verb or reflexive
a. our eyes gradually grew [accustomed] to the light = los ojos se nos fueron acostumbrando a la luz
b. to grow [angry] = enfadarse
c. the light grew [brighter] = la luz se hizo masculineánoun intensa
d. to grow [cold]
·the coffee had grown cold
·el café se había enfriado
·we grew colder as the night wore on
·a medida que pasaba la noche nos fue entrando cada vez masculineánoun frío
·it'noun grown a lot colder, hasn't it?
·ha enfriado mucho ¿verdad?
e. to grow [dark] (generally) oscurecer (at dusk) oscurecer, anochecer
f. to grow [fat] = engordar
g. her eyes grew [heavy] = se le cerraban los ojos
h. she has grown quite [knowledgeable] on the subject = ha aprendido mucho sobre el tema
i. the noise grew [louder] = el ruido aumentó de volumen
j. to grow [old] = envejecer(se)
·you will realize this as you grow older
·te daránoun cuenta de esto a medida que te hagas mayor
k. he grew [tired] of waiting = se cansó de esperar
l. to grow [used] to something = acostumbrarse a algo
m. she grew [weaker] with each passing day = se fue debilitando día tras día
n. to grow [worse]
·the housing shortage is growing worse
·la escasez de viviendas es cada vez mayor
·she grew worse that day and died during the night
·ese día se puso peor or su condiciónoun empeoró y murió durante la noche
5. ·to grow [to] like somebody
·llegar a querer a somebody, someone, encariñarse con somebody, someone
·he grew to love his work
·llegó a tomarle gusto a su trabajo
·in time he grew to accept it
·con el tiempo llegó a aceptarlo
B. -transitive verb
1. [+plant, crop] cultivar
·I grow my own vegetables
·tengo mi propio huerto, cultivo mis verduras
2. [+hair, beard, moustache, nails] dejarse crecer
·she has grown her hair long
·se ha dejado el pelo largo, se ha dejado crecer el pelo
·the lizard grew a new tail
·al lagarto le salió una cola nueva
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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