comunicar
verbo:transitivo
1 (decir) [+decisión, resultado] to announce
ha comunicado su decisión de abandonar la orquesta he has announced his decision to leave the orchestra; ha sido el encargado de comunicar la noticia he was given the task of announcing the news; no pudo comunicar la situación exacta del velero he was unable to give state the yacht's exact position;o según comunicaron fuentes del gobierno according to government sources
comunicar algo a algn to inform sb of sth; una vez comunicado el hallazgo a la policía once the police had been informed of the discovery; le comunicaron su despido por carta they informed her of her dismissal by letter; cuando le comunicaron la noticia when they told her the news
comunicar a algn que to inform sb that
comunicamos a los señores pasajeros que ... we would like to inform passengers that ...
nos comunican desde Lisboa que ... we have heard from Lisbon that ...
2 (al teléfono)
¿me comunica con la dirección, por favor? could I speak to the manager, please?; could you put me through to the manager, please?
verbo:intransitivo
1 (España) [+teléfono] to be engaged
su teléfono comunicaba todo el tiempo her telephone was engaged all the time
está comunicando comunica it's engaged
verbo:pronominal
comunicarse1 (establecer comunicación) (uso recíproco) to communicate
se comunican en inglés/por fax they communicate in English/by fax; they use English/fax (to communicate); aunque no nos vemos, nos comunicamos a menudo although we don't see each other, we're often in touch in contact;o
(uso transitivo) nos comunicamos nuestras impresiones we exchanged impressions
comunicarse con algn to communicate with sb; necesitan una emisora con la que comunicarse con nosotros they need a radio to communicate with us; se comunicó telefónicamente con su esposa he spoke to his wife on the phone; en mi trabajo tengo que comunicarme con gente de muchos países my work brings me into contact with people from many different countries
2 (entenderse)
comunicarse bien con algn to connect well with sb
hay gente con la que me comunico muy bien there are some people I connect with really well; se comunica mal con sus empleados he can't communicate with his employees
