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read
read past tense past participle [red]
A. -transitive verb
1. [+book, poem, story, music, sign] leer
[+author] leer a
·can you read Russian?
·¿sabes leer en ruso?
·she can't read music
·no sabe leer masculineúsica
·I can't read your writing
·no entiendo tu letra, no puedo leer tu letra
·for "boon" read "bone"
·en lugar de "boon" léase "bone"
·I read "good" as "mood"
·al leer confundí "good" con "mood"
·to read something [to] somebody
·to read somebody something
·leer algo a somebody, someone
·to read something [to] o.noun.
·leer algo para nouní mismo
a. to read somebody'noun [lips] = leer los labios a somebody, someone
·read my [lips]
(figurative) feminineíjate bien en lo que digo
b. to read the [news] = leer las noticias
c. to read somebody to [sleep] = leerle a somebody, someone hasta que se quede dormido
·to read o.noun. to [sleep]
·leer hasta quedarse dormido
d. to take something as read dar algo por sentado
·to take the minutes as read
(in meeting) dar las actas por leídas
2. (especially British, Great Britain) (university)
(=study)
·to read chemistry
·estudiar química, cursar estudios de química
3. (=interpret)
[+map, meter, thermometer] leer
[+information, remarks, expression, situation] interpretar
[+person] entender
·the same information can be read in different ways
·la misma informaciónoun se puede interpretar de varias formas
·I've never been able to read him
·nunca he sido capaz de entenderle
·this is how I read the situation
·así es como yo interpreto or veo la situaciónoun
·I read the disappointment in her face
·le noté la decepciónoun en la cara
a. to read something [as] something = interpretar algo como algo
b. to read the [future] = leer or adivinar el porvenir
c. to read somebody'noun [hand] or [palm] = leerle la mano a somebody, someone
d. to read something [into] something
·you're reading too much into it
·le estánoun dando demasiada importancia
·to read into a sentence what is not there
·ver en una frase un significado que no tiene
e. to read somebody'noun [mind] or [thoughts] = leerle el pensamiento a somebody, someone, adivinar el pensamiento a somebody, someone
4. (telecommunications)
·do you read me?
·¿me oye?
·I read you loud and clear
·le oigo perfectamente
5. (=say, indicate)
[notice] decir
[thermometer, instrument] indicar, marcar
·it should read "friends" not "fiends"
·debería decir or poner "friends", no "fiends"
·the sign on the bus read "private, not in service"
·el letrero del autobúnoun decía or en el letrero del autobúnoun ponía "privado, fuera de servicio"
6. (computing) leer
B. -intransitive verb
1. [person] leer
a. to read [about] something/somebody = leer sobre or acerca de algo/somebody, someone
·I read about it in the papers
·lo leí en los periódicos
·I've read about him
·he leído sobre or acerca de él
·I'masculine reading about Napoleon
·me estoy documentando sobre Napoleónoun, estoy leyendo acerca de Napoleónoun
b. to read [aloud] = leer en voz alta
c. the reading [public] = el público que lee
d. to read [silently] = leer para nouní
e. to read [through] something = leer algo de principio a fin
·I've read through your letter very carefully
·he leído tu carta minuciosamente de principio a fin
f. to read [to] somebody
·he read to us from the Bible
·nos leyó extractos de la Biblia
·my daughter asked me to read to her
·mi hija me pidió que le leyera un libro
·I like being read to
·me gusta que me lean
·to read [to] o.noun.
·leer para nouní
g. to read between the lines leer entre líneas
2. (=give impression)
·the book reads well
·el libro está bien escrito
·it would read better if you put ...
·quedaría mejor si pusieras ...
·it reads very awkwardly
·al leerlo suena muy raro
·his article reads like an official report
·su articleículo está escrito como un informe oficial
3. (=say, indicate) decir
·the text reads as follows
·el texto dice lo siguiente
4. (=study) estudiar
a. to read for the [Bar] = estudiar Derecho (para hacerse abogado)
b. to read for a [degree] = hacer una carrera, estudiar la licenciatura
C. -noun lectura (f)
·I like a good read
·me gusta leer un buen libro
·it'noun a good read
·es un libro que se disfruta leyendo
·I was having a quiet read in the garden
·leía tranquilamente en el jardínoun
·can I have a read of your paper?
·¿puedo echarle un vistazo a tu periódico?
D. -compound
·read head -noun (computing) cabezal (m) lector
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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