admirar

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admirar
transitive verb
1to admire (personaje, obra de arte)
  • lo admiro por su honradez -> I admire his honesty
  • ser de admirar -> to be admirable
2to amaze (sorprender)
  • me admira su descaro -> I can't believe his cheek
admirarse
pronomial verb
1to be amazed
  • admirarse de algo -> to be amazed at something

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admirar [ad-me-rar’]
article & verb transitive
1To cause admiration; to marvel, to contemplate.
  • Esto admiró a todos -> this astonished everyone

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admirar
verbo:transitivo
1 (estimar) to admire
admirar algo/a algn to admire sth/sb
admira a su profesor admirar a algn por algo
lo admiran por su coraje he is admired for his courage
admiran al presidente por resolver la crisis con rapidez
sus progresos son de admirar his progress is admirable
2 (contemplar) [+cuadro, panorama] to admire
admiramos el paisaje desde la cima we admired the scenery from the top of the hill
en el museo se pueden admirar bellas pinturas
3 (formal) (asombrar) to amaze; astonish
su descaro admiró a todos everyone was amazed astonished at by his nerve;oo me admira tu ingenuidad your ingenuity amazes astonishes me;o no es de admirar que haya triunfado it's hardly surprising that she has won
verbo:pronominal
admirarse (formal) (asombrarse) to be amazed; be astonished
se admiraron de mi forma de enfocar el tema me admiré de la violencia del espectáculo se admiró de saberlo

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Verb Conjugation for "admirar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo admiro admiré admiraba admiraré admire
Tú admiras admiraste admirabas admirarás admires
Ella/Él/Usted admira admiró admiraba admirará admire
Nosotros admiramos admiramos admirábamos admiraremos admiremos
Vosotros admiráis admirasteis admirabais admiraréis admiréis
Ellos/Ustedes admiran admiraron admiraban admirarán admiren
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