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- ○ vender a plazos to sell on installments ○ vender(se) to give oneself away, betray Su emoción le vendió. His emotion betrayed him.—Al hablar se vendió. When he spoke he gave himself away. ▲ to accept a bribe, sell out Le fusilaron por haberse vendido al enemigo. They shot him for having sold out to the enemy.
- veneno poison, venom.
- venenoso [adj] poisonous, venomous.
- venganza revenge, vengeance.
- vengar to avenge.
○ vengarse to take revenge. - venir [irr] to come. Viene de muy buena familia. He comes of a very good family. ▲ to fit Eso le viene muy ancho. That's too big for her. ▲ to occur No'sé como me vino esa idea. I don't know how that idea occurred to me.
○ que viene next Le veré la semana que viene. I'll see you next week. ○ venir a (followed by infinitive) to get to, end by Vino a ser presidente. He got to be president. ○ venir a menos to decline, be in reduced circumstances Con la muerte del padre esa familia vino a menos. As a result of the death of the father, that family's in reduced circumstances. ○ venir a parar to turn out, terminate ¿En qué vino a parar ese asunto? How did that matter turn out? ○ venir a pelo to be to the point Lo que dijo no venía a pelo. What he said wasn't to the point. ○ venir a ser to amount to Eso viene a ser lo mismo. That amounts to the same thing. ○ venir a tener probably have, must have Viene a tener unos cuatro mil pesos de renta al año. He must have an income of about four thousand pesos a year. ○ venir bien to suit Me vendrá muy bien una temporada en el campo. A stay in the country will suit me fine. ○ venir mal not to suit, be inconvenient for Me viene mal ir a esa hora. It isn't convenient for me to go at that hour. ○ venirse abajo, venirse a tierra to fall (through), collapse Todo aquello se vino a tierra. The whole thing fell through. - venta sale Hicimos un contrato de venta. We made a contract of sale. ▲ sales, selling Toda la venta se hacia al por mayor. All the sales were wholesale.
○ estar a la venta to be on sale. - ventaja advantage, profit; headway, lead.
○ llevar ventaja to be ahead, have a lead. - ventajoso advantageous.
- ventana window.
○ echar la casa por la ventana to put oneself out, go to a lot of expense. ○ ventanas de la nariz nostrils. - ventanilla ticket window; window (of a vehicle).
- ventilación [f] ventilation.
- ventilador [m] electric fan; ventilator.
- ventilar to air, ventilate Hay que ventilar esta habitación. This room must be aired. ▲ to settle ¿Cuándo ventila esta cuenta con el Banco? When are you going to settle this account with the bank?
- ventoso windy.
- ventura happiness; happy event. ▲ luck Tuve la ventura de encontrarlo. I had the luck to find him.
- ver [irr] to see ¿Ve Ud. bien con esas gafas? Can you see well with those glasses? ▲ to look at [Am] No me vea Ud. de esa manera. Don't look at me that way.
○ no poder ver to abhor, detest No me hables de él, no le puedo ver. Don't mention his name, I detest him. ○ no tener que ver con to have nothing to do with No tengo nada que ver con él. I have nothing to do with him. ○ ver el cielo abierto to see a great opportunity. ○ ver las estrellas to see stars (experience a sudden pain). ○ verse to meet, see each other Hace mucho tiempo que no se ven. It's been a long time since they saw each other. ▲ to find oneself, be Me vi en una mala situación. I found myself in a tough spot.—Me veo obligado a hacerlo. I'm forced (or I find myself obliged) to do it. ○ ver visiones to see things ¡Está Ud. viendo visiones! You're seeing things!
|| ¡Allá (or Ya) veremos! Time'll tell! || ¡A ver! Let's see! || Hasta más ver. See you again. - veranear to summer, spend the summer ¿Dónde veranea Ud.? Where are you spending the summer?
- veraneo (summer) vacation, summering Fuimos de veraneo a la playa. We spent the summer at the beach.
- verano summer.
- veras [f pl] reality, truth.
○ de veras in truth, really, honestly ¡Ahora va de veras! Now he's really going!—Se lo digo de veras. I'm telling you honestly. - verdad [f] truth Le ha dicho la verdad. He's told you the truth.
○ a decir verdad to tell the truth
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