draw [drɔː] drew (past)drawn (participle:past)
noun
1 (lottery) lotería; (f) (picking of ticket) sorteo; (m)
the draw takes place on Saturday el sorteo es el sábado; it's the luck of the draw es la suerte
2 (equal score) empate; (m) (Chess) tablas; (f)
the match ended in a draw el partido terminó en empate
verb:transitive
1 (pull) [+bolt, curtains] (to close) correr; (to open) descorrer; [+caravan, trailer] tirar; jalar; (LAm)
she drew him to one side lo llevó a un lado; she drew him towards her lo atrajo hacia sí; we drew him into the plan le persuadimos para que participara en el proyecto
to draw a bowbow tensar un arco
he drew his finger along the tablefinger pasó el dedo por la superficie de la mesa
to draw one's hand over one's eyeshand pasarse la mano por los ojos
he drew his hat over his eyeshat se caló el sombrero hasta los ojos
2 (extract) [+gun, sword, confession, tooth] sacar; [+cheque] girar; [+salary] cobrar; [+number, prize] sacarse; [+trumps] arrastrar; (Cookery) [+fowl] destripar; (Med) [+boil] hacer reventar
to draw a bathbath preparar el baño
to draw bloodblood sacar sangre
to draw (a) breathbreath respirar
to draw a cardcard robar una carta
to draw comfort from sthcomfort hallar consuelo en algo
to draw inspiration from sthinspiration encontrar inspiración en algo
to draw lotslots echar suertes
to draw a smile from sbsmile arrancar una sonrisa a algn
3 (attract) [+attention, crowd, customer] atraer
their shouts drew him to the place llegó al lugar atraído por sus gritos
to feel drawn to sbfeel simpatizar con algn
he refuses to be drawnrefuses se niega a hablar de ello; se guarda de hacer comentario alguno
4 (cause) [+laughter] causar; provocar; [+applause] despertar; motivar; [+criticism] provocar
it drew no reply no hubo contestación a esto
5 (sketch) [+scene, person] dibujar; [+plan, line, circle, map] trazar; [+situation] explicar; [+character] trazar
to draw a picturepicture hacer un dibujo
to draw a picture of sb hacer un retrato de algn
to draw the line at sth
I draw the line at (doing) that a (hacer) eso no llego
verb:intransitive
1 (move)
he drew ahead of the other runnersahead se adelantó a los demás corredores
to draw to an endend llegar a su fin
the train drew into the stationinto el tren entró en la estación
the two horses drew levellevel los dos caballos se igualaron
to draw nearnear acercarse
the car drew over to the kerbover el coche se acercó a la acera
he drew to one sideside se apartó
to draw towardstowards acercarse a
