get Meaning | BeDict

noun

Descendencia, prole

Offspring.

Examples :

"My neighbor's dog had a litter of seven gets. "

La perra de mi vecino tuvo una camada de siete cachorros.

noun

Linaje, ascendencia

Lineage.

Examples :

"My family's royal get is quite old and prestigious. "

El linaje real de mi familia es bastante antiguo y prestigioso.

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noun

Parada, bloqueo

A difficult return or block of a shot.

Examples :

"The tennis player's difficult get at the net gave the opponent a chance to win the point. "

La difícil parada del tenista en la red le dio al oponente la oportunidad de ganar el punto.

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noun

Obtención, adquisición

Something gained; an acquisition.

Examples :

"My latest get is a new cookbook; I'm excited to try the recipes. "

Mi última adquisición es un nuevo libro de cocina; estoy emocionado por probar las recetas.

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verb

Obtener, adquirir

(ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.

Examples :

"My sister got a new bicycle for her birthday. "

Mi hermana obtuvo una bicicleta nueva para su cumpleaños.

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verb

Recibir, obtener

To receive.

Examples :

"He got a severe reprimand for that."

Recibió una severa reprimenda por eso.

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verb

Tener

(in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.

Examples :

"My sister gets a new pair of shoes every year. "

Mi hermana tiene un par de zapatos nuevos cada año.

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verb

Obtener, conseguir, traer

To fetch, bring, take.

Examples :

"Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?"

¿Puedes traer mi bolso del salón, por favor?

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verb

Llegar a ser, obtener

To become, or cause oneself to become.

Examples :

"She got tired after working all day. "

Se cansó después de trabajar todo el día.

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verb

Causar, lograr

To cause to become; to bring about.

Examples :

"The new teacher's methods got the students more interested in their lessons. "

Los métodos del nuevo profesor lograron que los estudiantes se interesaran más en sus lecciones.

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verb

Hacer que, lograr que

To cause to do.

Examples :

"The teacher got the students to clean their desks. "

El profesor logró que los estudiantes limpiaran sus escritorios.

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verb

Conseguir, obtener, recibir

To cause to come or go or move.

Examples :

"I got him to his room."

Lo llevé a su habitación.

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verb

Poner, colocar

To cause to be in a certain status or position.

Examples :

"Get him here at once."

¡Tráelo aquí inmediatamente!

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verb

Adoptar, asumir, llegar a

(with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).

Examples :

"The student is trying to get into a better position in the class. "

El estudiante está tratando de llegar a una mejor posición en la clase.

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verb

Recorrer

To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.

Examples :

"to get a mile"

recorrer una milla

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verb

Empezar, comenzar

To begin (doing something or to do something).

Examples :

"After lunch we got chatting."

Después del almuerzo, empezamos a charlar.

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verb

Tomar

To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).

Examples :

"I normally get the 7:45 train."

Normalmente tomo el tren de las 7:45.

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verb

Contestar

To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).

Examples :

"My mom got the phone call from the school. "

Mi madre contestó la llamada telefónica de la escuela.

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verb

poder

(followed by infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).

Examples :

"Great. I get to clean the toilets today."

Genial. Me toca limpiar los baños hoy.

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verb

Entender

To understand. (compare get it)

Examples :

"I'm not sure I get what the teacher is saying about fractions. "

No estoy seguro de entender lo que el profesor está diciendo sobre las fracciones.

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verb

Recibir

To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).

Examples :

""You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot.""

“Te pareces a Helen Mirren.” / “Me lo dicen mucho.”

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verb

Ser

To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.

Examples :

"He got bitten by a dog."

Fue mordido por un perro.

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verb

Contraer, pillar

To become ill with or catch (a disease).

Examples :

"I went on holiday and got malaria."

Me fui de vacaciones y pillé malaria.

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verb

Engañar, pillar

To catch out, trick successfully.

Examples :

"He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time."

Sigue llamando fingiendo ser mi jefe—me pilla cada vez.

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verb

Perplejizar, desconcertar

To perplex, stump.

Examples :

"The math problem really got me; I couldn't figure it out. "

El problema de matemáticas realmente me perplejizó; no pude resolverlo.

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verb

Obtener, conseguir

To find as an answer.

Examples :

"What did you get for question four?"

¿Qué obtuviste para la pregunta cuatro?

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verb

Capturar, aprehender, tomar represalias

To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.

Examples :

"The police got the thief who stole the school's valuable computer equipment. "

La policía capturó al ladrón que robó el valioso equipo informático de la escuela.

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verb

Oír, entender

To hear completely; catch.

Examples :

"I couldn't get the teacher's instructions completely; she spoke too quickly. "

No pude entender completamente las instrucciones del profesor; hablaba demasiado rápido.

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verb

Obtener, conseguir

To getter.

Examples :

"I put the getter into the container to get the gases."

Puse el getter en el contenedor para obtener los gases.

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verb

Engendrar, procrear

To beget (of a father).

Examples :

"My grandfather got me interested in history when he told stories of his youth. "

Mi abuelo me despertó el interés por la historia cuando me contaba historias de su juventud.

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verb

Aprender, memorizar

To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.

Examples :

"My son is trying to get the multiplication tables. "

Mi hijo está tratando de aprender las tablas de multiplicar.

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verb

Creerse, darse importancia

Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.

Examples :

"Get her with her new hairdo."

Se cree mucho con su nuevo peinado.

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verb

Irse, largarse

To go, to leave; to scram.

Examples :

"The teacher said, "Get out of the classroom now!" "

El profesor dijo: "¡Lárguense del aula ahora!"

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verb

Matar, asesinar

To kill.

Examples :

"They’re coming to get you, Barbara."

Vienen a matarte, Bárbara.

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verb

Obtener, adquirir, ganar

To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.

Examples :

"The farmer got a good profit from his harvest this year. "

El agricultor obtuvo una buena ganancia de su cosecha este año.

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verb

Medir

To measure.

Examples :

"Did you get her temperature?"

¿Le tomaste la temperatura?

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noun

Tonto, idiota

A git.

Examples :

"That new student is a real git; he's always disrupting class. "

Ese nuevo estudiante es un verdadero tonto; siempre está interrumpiendo la clase.

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noun

Acta de divorcio judío

A Jewish writ of divorce.

Examples :

"The rabbi explained that the couple needed to obtain a get before they could legally divorce. "

El rabino explicó que la pareja necesitaba obtener un acta de divorcio judío antes de poder divorciarse legalmente.

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Meanings

Descendencia, prole

Examples :

"My neighbor's dog had a litter of seven gets. "

La perra de mi vecino tuvo una camada de siete cachorros.

Linaje, ascendencia

Examples :

"My family's royal get is quite old and prestigious. "

El linaje real de mi familia es bastante antiguo y prestigioso.

Parada, bloqueo

Examples :

"The tennis player's difficult get at the net gave the opponent a chance to win the point. "

La difícil parada del tenista en la red le dio al oponente la oportunidad de ganar el punto.

Obtención, adquisición

Examples :

"My latest get is a new cookbook; I'm excited to try the recipes. "

Mi última adquisición es un nuevo libro de cocina; estoy emocionado por probar las recetas.

Obtener, adquirir

Examples :

"My sister got a new bicycle for her birthday. "

Mi hermana obtuvo una bicicleta nueva para su cumpleaños.

Recibir, obtener

Examples :

"He got a severe reprimand for that."

Recibió una severa reprimenda por eso.

Tener

Examples :

"My sister gets a new pair of shoes every year. "

Mi hermana tiene un par de zapatos nuevos cada año.

Obtener, conseguir, traer

Examples :

"Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?"

¿Puedes traer mi bolso del salón, por favor?

Llegar a ser, obtener

Examples :

"She got tired after working all day. "

Se cansó después de trabajar todo el día.

Causar, lograr

Examples :

"The new teacher's methods got the students more interested in their lessons. "

Los métodos del nuevo profesor lograron que los estudiantes se interesaran más en sus lecciones.

Hacer que, lograr que

Examples :

"The teacher got the students to clean their desks. "

El profesor logró que los estudiantes limpiaran sus escritorios.

Conseguir, obtener, recibir

Examples :

"I got him to his room."

Lo llevé a su habitación.

Poner, colocar

Examples :

"Get him here at once."

¡Tráelo aquí inmediatamente!

Adoptar, asumir, llegar a

Examples :

"The student is trying to get into a better position in the class. "

El estudiante está tratando de llegar a una mejor posición en la clase.

Recorrer

Examples :

"to get a mile"

recorrer una milla

Empezar, comenzar

Examples :

"After lunch we got chatting."

Después del almuerzo, empezamos a charlar.

Tomar

Examples :

"I normally get the 7:45 train."

Normalmente tomo el tren de las 7:45.

Contestar

Examples :

"My mom got the phone call from the school. "

Mi madre contestó la llamada telefónica de la escuela.

poder

Examples :

"Great. I get to clean the toilets today."

Genial. Me toca limpiar los baños hoy.

Entender

Examples :

"I'm not sure I get what the teacher is saying about fractions. "