task
A. -noun
1. (=job) tarea (f)
·I had to keep the children amused, which was no easy task
·tenía que entretener a los niños, lo cual no era tarea feminineácil
·to give or set somebody the task of doing something
·pedir a somebody, someone que haga algo
a. to take somebody to task (for something) reprender or regañar a somebody, someone (por algo), llamar a somebody, someone a capítulo (por algo) formal usage
2. (=function, stated aim) cometido (m)
·it was the task of the army to maintain order
·mantener el orden era el cometido del ejército
3. (computing) tarea (f)
B. -transitive verb
·to task somebody with something
·hacer que somebody, someone se encargue de algo
C. -compound
·task force -noun (military) destacamento (m) especial (nautical) fuerza (f) expedicionaria
(=working group) grupo (m) de trabajo