heredar

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to inherit

∗ verb

heredar
transitive verb
1to inherit (recibir) (dinero, rasgos)(de from)
  • heredó el abrigo de su hermano -> she inherited the coat from her brother
  • un problema heredado del gobierno anterior -> a problem inherited from the previous government
  • ha heredado la nariz de su madre -> he has his mother's nose
2to bequeath (legar) (dinero) (Mexican Spanish)
  • su madre le ha heredado la nariz -> he has his mother's nose

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heredar [ay-ray-dar’]
article & verb transitive
1To inherit, to heir (propiedad).
2To make over property to another, to be possessed by himself and his heirs or successors.
3To possess the disposition or temperament of their parents (niños).

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heredar
verbo:transitivo
1 [+dinero, tradición, problema] to inherit
heredó un título nobiliario he inherited a title; ha heredado las deudas de su padre he has inherited his father's debts
han heredado los problemas creados por los conservadores hemos heredado la pesada burocracia del sistema comunista
el rey heredó el trono en 1865 the king succeeded to the throne in 1865
2 [+rasgo] to inherit
ha heredado el pelo rubio de su madre he's inherited his mother's blond hair; he gets his blond hair from his mother
heredó la honestidad de su familia paterna ha heredado el carácter feliz de su abuela
3 [+ropa, libros] to inherit
los libros de texto que he heredado de mi hermano the textbooks I inherited from my brother; siempre hereda la ropa de su hermana mayor her clothes are always handed down from her elder sister
4 [+persona] (anticuado) to name as one's heir
5 (Latinoamérica) (legar) to leave; bequeath

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Verb Conjugation for "heredar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo heredo heredé heredaba heredaré herede
Tú heredas heredaste heredabas heredarás heredes
Ella/Él/Usted hereda heredó heredaba heredará herede
Nosotros heredamos heredamos heredábamos heredaremos heredemos
Vosotros heredáis heredasteis heredabais heredaréis heredéis
Ellos/Ustedes heredan heredaron heredaban heredarán hereden
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