beber

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to drink

∗ verb

beber
transitive verb
1 to drink (líquido)
2 to lap up (absorber) (palabras, consejos) ; to draw, to acquire (sabiduría, información)
intransitive verb
3 to drink (tomar líquido)
  • beber de una fuente -> to drink from a fountain
4 to drink (tomar alcohol)
  • bebí más de la cuenta -> I had one too many
5 (brindar)
  • beber a la salud de alguien -> to drink to somebody's health
  • beber por algo -> to drink to something

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beber [bay-berr’]
article & verb transitive
1 To drink.
2 To pledge, to toast.
  • Beber a la salud de alguno -> to drink to another's health
  • Sin comerlo ni beberlo -> to suffer an injury without having had any part in the cause or motive of it
  • Beber de codos -> to drink at leisure and luxuriously
  • Beber las palabras, los acentos, los semblantes -> or las acciones a otro, to listen with the greatest care, to swallow or adopt the speech, accent, features, and actions of another
  • Beber los pensamientos a alguno -> to anticipate one's thoughts
  • Beber los vientos -> to solicit with much eagerness
  • Le quisiera beber la sangre -> I would drink his heart's blood
  • Beber como una cuba -> to drink as a fish
  • Beber en las fuentes -> to obtain information at headquarters, or first hand
  • Beber el pilón -> to believe current rumors
  • Beber los sesos -> to bewitch
  • Beber fresco -> to be tranquil

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beber
verbo:transitivo
1 [+agua, leche, cerveza] to drink
¿qué quieres (de) beber? what would you like to drink?; no bebe alcohol he doesn't drink; beber algo con la lengua to lap sth up; beber algo a sorbos to sip sth; beber algo a tragos to gulp sth; gulp sth down
2 (formal) (absorber) to drink in
bebían las palabras del orador they were drinking in the speaker's words; toda su filosofía la bebió de Platón all his philosophy comes from Plato
verbo:intransitivo
1 (gen) to drink
no debes beber y comer a la vez you shouldn't eat and drink at the same time; bebió de la botella he drank straight from the bottle
2 (beber alcohol) to drink
—¿quieres vino? —no, gracias, no bebo "would you like some wine?" — "no thanks, I don't drink"; su padre bebe muchísimo his father drinks a lot; his father is a heavy drinker; si bebes, no conduzcas don't drink and drive
beber como un cosaco to drink like a fish
3 (brindar)
beber por algo/algn to drink to sth/sb; bebimos por mi nuevo hijo we drank to my new son
salud
verbo:pronominal
beberse to drink
se bebió dos vasos de agua nos bebimos toda la caja de cerveza
bébetelo que nos vamos drink up, we're going; se lo bebió todo he drank it all (up)
sustantivo:masculino
drinking
beber agua es bueno para la salud
disfruto con el buen beber I like a (good) drink

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Verb Conjugation for "beber"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo bebo bebí bebía beberé beba
Tú bebes bebiste bebías beberás bebas
Ella/Él/Usted bebe bebió bebía beberá beba
Nosotros bebemos bebimos bebíamos beberemos bebamos
Vosotros bebéis bebisteis bebíais beberéis bebáis
Ellos/Ustedes beben bebieron bebían beberán beban
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