fill in

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fill in
verbo transitivo con partícula
1rellenar (hole, space, form)
  • to f in time -> matar el tiempo
2(familiar) (inform)
  • to f somebody in (on something) -> poner a alguien al tanto (de algo)
verbo intransitivo
también:
  • to f in for somebody -> sustituir a alguien

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fill in
verb:transitive:plus_adverb
1 [+hole, gap, outline] rellenar
2 (occupy) [+time] ocupar; pasar
I had an hour to fill in before my train tenía que ocupar pasar una hora de alguna forma hasta que llegase mi tren;or "what are you doing here?" — "just filling in time" —¿qué haces aquí? —pasar el tiempo
"what are you doing here?" - "just filling in time till my flight is called" runways will be repaired by engineers assigned to fill in any craters produced by enemy attack the lecture filled in some of the gaps in his knowledge Use waterproof lip-liners, filling in with a dry lipstick Like painting by numbers, the next stage is filling in all the different colours
3 (complete) [+form] rellenar; llenar; [+details] completar; (write) [+one's name] escribir; poner
fill in the blanks in the following sentences rellenar los espacios vacíos en las siguientes frases
you can let your imagination fill in the details Congress has to fill in the details of the budget outline it presented 10 days ago I filled in the application form and sent it off fill in the coupon and send it to the address below You discuss and fill in a form concerning your state of health and medical history Fill in your answers in the space provided
4 (inform)
to fill sb in (on sth) poner a algn al corriente (de algo); Jackie will fill you in on the rest of the office procedures Jackie te pondrá al corriente de cómo funciona todo lo demás en la oficina
fill me in on what happened
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
to fill in for sb suplir a algn; sustituir a algn; can you find someone to fill in at such short notice? ¿puedes encontrar a alguien con tan poco tiempo que haga de suplente?
they can't drop everything to fill in for an absent colleague they had to get someone at the last moment to fill in for the soloist, who was ill

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