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Ojalá proviene del árabe Insha'Allah, "si Dios quiere". ¿Qué otras palabras provienen del árabe?
pick / escoger {or} elegir lo que uno quiere de algo
pick
A. -noun
1. (=choice)
a. to [have] one'noun pick of something = escoger or elegir lo que uno quiere de algo
b. [take] your pick! = ¡escoja or elija lo que quiera!
·take your pick [of] or [from] ten luxury hotels
·escoja or elija el que quiera de entre diez hoteles de lujo
2. (=best)
a. [the] pick of something = lo mejor de algo, la flor y nata de algo
·the pick of the [bunch] or the [crop]
(figurative) lo mejor de grupo
3. also pickaxe
(=tool) pico (m), piqueta (f)
4. (United States)
(=plectrum) púa (f)
B. -transitive verb
1. (=choose) (generally) escoger, elegir
[+team, candidate] seleccionar
·pick a card, any card
·escoge or elige una carta, cualquiera
a. to pick a [fight] (with somebody) (literally) buscar pelea or pleito (con somebody, someone) (figurative)
(=argue) discutir (con somebody, someone)
b. to pick one'noun [way] through/across something = abrirse camino cuidadosamente a travénoun de algo
c. to pick a [winner] (literally) escoger or elegir un ganador (figurative) escoger bien
·I think she picked a winner with her new boyfriend
·creo que con su nuevo novio escogió bien
2. (=gather)
[+flowers, fruit, tea, cotton] coger, recoger Latin America
·to go strawberry picking
·ir a coger fresas
3. (=lift, remove)
a. to pick something [off] the ground = recoger algo del suelo
·let me pick that bit of fluff off your collar
·deja que te quite esa pelusa del cuello
b. to pick [o.noun.] off the floor or ground = levantarse del suelo
c. to pick names [out of] a hat = sacar nombres de un sombrero
4. (=make)
[+hole] hacer
5. [+scab, spot] toquetear
[+lock] forzar or abrir con ganzúa
[+guitar, banjo] puntear
a. to pick somebody'noun [brains] = exprimir el coco a somebody, someone *
b. their bones had been picked [clean] by the birds = los pájaros habían dejado limpios los huesos
c. to pick one'noun [nose] = hurgarse la nariz
d. to pick somebody'noun [pocket] = robar algo a somebody, someone del bolsillo
e. to pick one'noun [teeth] = mondarse or escarbarse los dientes
C. -intransitive verb
1. (=choose) escoger, elegir
a. to pick and [choose] = ponerse a escoger or elegir, ser muy exigente
·you can't pick and choose
·no puedes ponerte a escoger or elegir, no puedes ser muy exigente
2. (=examine)
a. dogs pick [through] the garbage on the streets = los perros hurgan en or por la basura de las calles
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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