1 (carry out) [+duty, promise] cumplir con; [+role] desempeñar; [+order] cumplir; [+plan, task] llevar a cabo; realizar Second World War artilleryman might be called upon to fulfil a new role if they are to fulfill their role as managers they must ... he had now lost too much time to fulfil his plan of joining Howe for an assault on New York I would need a miracle to fulfill the task I had been set
2 (meet) [+condition, requirement] satisfacer; cumplir; [+need] satisfacer; [+hopes] hacer realidad the meeting with Gibson fulfilled all his hopes Whether a revamped CSCE will fulfil the great hopes that have been placed in it is another matter negotiations that have already taken place haven't fulfilled the hopes that were originally placed in them
3 (attain) [+ambition] realizar; [+potential] alcanzar Doran will never fulfil his full potential
4 (satisfy) [+person] satisfacer; llenar that job was just a stepping stone - it didn't fulfill her
to fulfil o.s. realizarse (plenamente)
I found I wasn't really fulfilling myself in this job