lose

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perder

∗ verb

lose
(pt & pp lost [lɒst])
[luːz]
verbo transitivo
1perder (accidentally)
  • you have nothing to lose -> no tienes nada que perder
  • to lose one's voice -> quedarse afónico(a)
  • he had lost interest in his work -> había perdido el interés por su trabajo
  • it loses something in translation -> al traducirlo, pierde algo
  • to be lost at sea -> desaparecer or morir en el mar
  • the joke/the irony was lost on him -> no entendió el chiste/la ironía
  • my watch loses five minutes a day -> mi reloj se atrasa cinco minutos al día
  • that mistake lost him the match -> ese error hizo que perdiera el partido
  • to lose one's way, to get lost -> perderse
  • get lost! (familiar) -> ¡lárgate!, ¡piérdete!
  • to lose one's balance -> perder el equilibrio
  • to lose sight of something/somebody -> perder algo/a alguien de vista
  • you've lost me! (familiar sentido figurado) -> no te sigo (I don't understand)
2(deliberately)
  • to lose weight -> adelgazar, perder peso
  • we lost him in the crowd -> le dimos esquinazo entre la multitud
  • she had lost herself in a book/in her work -> se quedó absorta en la lectura de un libro/en su trabajo
verbo intransitivo
3perder (in contest)
  • to lose in value -> perder valor

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lose [lus]
1Perder.
2Perder, no conseguir lo que se deseaba.
3Perder, desperdiciar, disipar, malgastar.
4Exponer a la pérdida de.
5Entregar a la ignominia o a la ruina.
6Hacer perder.
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
7Perderse, errar el camino que se llevaba o no encontrarle. (n)
8Declinar, decaer. (n)
  • To lose ground -> perder terreno
  • To lose one’s way -> perderse, no acertar con el camino que se quiere llevar
  • To lose out -> salir perdiendo
  • To lose sight of -> perder de vista
  • That stroke lost him many friends -> esa acción le hizo perder muchos amigos
  • This watch loses 2 minutes -> este reloj está 2 minutos atrasado
  • To lose to somebody -> perder contra alguien
va.

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lose [luːz] lost (past)
verb:transitive
1 (mislay, fail to find) perder
he's always losing things siempre está perdiendo las cosas; I've lost my pen he perdido el bolígrafo; I lost him in the crowd lo perdí entre la muchedumbre
2 (be deprived of) perder
you've got nothing to lose no tienes nada que perder; you've nothing to lose by helping him no vas a perder nada ayudándole; what have you got to lose? ¿qué tienes tú que perder?; ¿qué vas a perder?; he lost £1,000 on that deal perdió 1.000 libras en ese trato; I lost my father when I was ten perdí a mi padre cuando tenía diez años; I don't want to lose you no quiero perderte
he's lost his licencelicence le han retirado el carnet
to lose one's lifelife perder la vida
to lose a patientpatient no lograr salvar a un paciente
to lose the use of an armuse perder el uso de un brazo
to lose one's [voice] I can't sing - I've lost my voice because of this sore throatbecause of this sore throat
breath voice
3 (fail to keep) perder
the poem lost a lot in the translation el poema perdió mucho en la traducción
she's lost her figure/her looksfigurelooks ha perdido la línea/su belleza
to lose it (informal) perder los papeles; perder el control
In a recent interview he talked about life in the spotlight of celebrity, complaining: `I've lost it, really. I throw things round the room. I might get to the stage where I actually smash up hotel rooms." For the moment the protesters seem to have lost it. They no longer have a direct line to a nation whose short-term attention has flitted off elsewhere French chic? Has Dior completely lost it? Lyle's game slumped like a pricked balloon. 'The bubble burst," he said yesterday. `I just lost it. I don't know whether it was the strain of playing high-level golf for long periods but I just couldn't play any more." to lose one's [temper]
interest rag sight temper
4 (fail to win) [+game, war, election] perder
they lost the match
5 (miss)
to lose one's way perderse; perder el rumbo
English cricket has lost its way Why has the White House lost its way on tax and budget policy? the management appears to have lost its way and profit expectations have plunged SIMON FREEMAN draws an alarming picture of a Royal Family that has lost its way a little boy who lost his way in the forest I finally reached it (having lost my way three times)
6 (waste) perder
there was not a moment to losemoment no había ni un momento que perder
he didn't lose any [sleep] over it
I wouldn't lose any sleep over it!sleep ¡no pierdas el sueño por ello!; ¡no te preocupes por ello!
to lose no [time]
to lose no time in doing sthtime
she lost no time in making up her mind se decidió enseguida; no le costó nada decidirse; I lost no time in telling him exactly what I thought of him no vacilé en decirle exactamente lo que pensaba de él
the Governor lost no time in coming to the point Byelorussians didn't exactly love Poles and lost no time in turning them over to the police
7 (informal) (get rid of) [+unwanted companion] deshacerse de; [+pursuers] zafarse de
try to lose him before you come to see us he managed to lose the detective who was following him
to lose weightweight perder peso; adelgazar
I lost two kilos perdí adelgacé dos kilos;or
8 (fall behind) [+watch, clock] atrasarse
this watch loses five minutes every day este reloj se atrasa cinco minutos cada día
9 (cause loss of)
it lost him the job/the match le costó el puesto/el partido; le hizo perder el puesto/el partido; that deal lost me £5,000 ese negocio me costó me hizo perder 5.000 libras;or
that lost us the war that mistake lost us the game his `drinking and bad ways" lost him his marriage and his job as a mechanic in Tampa
10 (informal) (confuse) confundir
you've lost me there ahora sí que me has confundido; ahora sí que no te entiendo
proceeded to blind Jim with complex formulae which lost him completely "the 'bailes' are totally different to the 'Passarela do Samba'" - "You've lost me already," he interrupted I think we lost him somewhere along the way
11
to lose o.s. in sth (a book, music, memories) ensimismarse en algo
to lose o.s. in thought she would lose herself in the music I lost myself in a book they lose themselves in drink and drugs she just loses herself in the past/in her memories For almost a quarter of a minute /Clayton lost himself in reverie, then blinked and said ... He fished the snapshot out between thumb and forefinger and then lost himself in contemplation of those faded features of a man and a boy
verb:intransitive
1 [+player, team] perder
he's losing (by) two sets to one va perdiendo (por) dos sets a uno; they lost (by) three goals to two perdieron (por) tres goles a dos; to lose to sb perder contra algn
they lost to the new team Chuck mckinley lost to Rod Laver of Australia in the men's singles finals the U.S. team lost to Australia 4-3 "how did you get on?" - "we lost"
you can't losecan't no tienes pérdida; tienes que forzosamente salir ganando
he lost on the dealdeal salió perdiendo en el negocio
the story did not lose in the tellingtelling el cuento no perdió en la narración
it loses in translationtranslation pierde en la traducción
2 [+watch, clock] atrasarse

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Verb Conjugation for "lose"

Imperative
  • lose
  • you lose
  • he/she loses
  • we lose
  • you lose
  • they lose
Preterite
  • I lost
  • you lost
  • he/she lost
  • we lost
  • you lost
  • they lost
Present Continuous
  • I am losing
  • you are losing
  • he/she is losing
  • we are losing
  • you are losing
  • they are losing
Present Perfect
  • I have lost
  • you have lost
  • he/she has lost
  • we have lost
  • you have lost
  • they have lost
Past Continuous
  • I was losing
  • you were losing
  • he/she was losing
  • we were losing
  • you were losing
  • they were losing
Past Perfect
  • I had lost
  • you had lost
  • he/she had lost
  • we had lost
  • you had lost
  • they had lost
Future
  • I will lose
  • you will lose
  • he/she will lose
  • we will lose
  • you will lose
  • they will lose
Future Perfect
  • I will have lost
  • you will have lost
  • he/she will have lost
  • we will have lost
  • you will have lost
  • they will have lost
Future Continuous
  • I will be losing
  • you will be losing
  • he/she will be losing
  • we will be losing
  • you will be losing
  • they will be losing
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been losing
  • you have been losing
  • he/she has been losing
  • we have been losing
  • you have been losing
  • they have been losing
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been losing
  • you will have been losing
  • he/she will have been losing
  • we will have been losing
  • you will have been losing
  • they will have been losing
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been losing
  • you had been losing
  • he/she had been losing
  • we had been losing
  • you had been losing
  • they had been losing
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lo, -a
(mpl los, fpl las)
pronoun personal
1 it, pl them (complemento directo) (cosa) ; him, (f) her, pl them (persona) ; you (usted)
pronoun personal (neutro & predicado)
1 it
  • su hermana es muy guapa pero él no lo es -> his sister is very good-looking, but he isn't
  • es muy bueno aunque no lo parezca -> it's very good, even if it doesn't look it
article (neutro)
also:
  • lo antiguo me gusta más que lo moderno -> I like old things better than modern things
  • lo mejor/peor -> the best/worst part
  • no me quiere ayudar, ¡con todo lo que yo he hecho por ella! -> she doesn't want to help me ? and after all I've done for her!
  • no te imaginas lo grande que era -> you can't imagine how big it was
  • ¿y lo de la fiesta? -> what about the party, then?
  • siento lo de ayer -> I'm sorry about yesterday
  • acepté lo que me ofrecieron -> I accepted what they offered me

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lo [lyoo-ve-o’-so, sah]
pronoun
1 It: placed before or after verbs.
  • Lo tengo aquí, I have it here. Lo veo, -> see it
  • Guapa sí que lo es -> she's certainly very pretty
It is used before adjectives, when by an ellipsis they are used in a general sense, referring to a thing either masculine or feminine, singular or plural. It is used also with reference to whole sentences.
  • Lo bello -> the beautiful
  • Lo difícil -> what is difficult
  • Defiendo lo mío -> I defend what is mine
  • Lo mejor de la película -> the best part of the film
  • No saben lo aburrido que es -> they don’t know how boring it is
pronoun
1 It.
  • No lo creo -> I don’t believe it
  • No lo he visto nunca -> I’ve never seen it
pronoun
2 him.
  • No lo conozco -> I don’t know him
art "neutro".

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lo
artículo:definido
1 (con adjetivos)
el gusto por lo bello a taste for beautiful things; no me gusta lo picante I don't like spicy things
quiero lo justo
subimos a lo más alto del edificio we went right to the top of the building; lo difícil fue convencerla the difficult part was convincing her; lo difícil es que ... the difficult thing is that ...; yo defiendo lo mío I defend what is mine; la física no es lo mío physics isn't my thing; en vista de lo ocurrido in view of what has happened; sufre lo indecible she suffers terribly; lo insospechado del caso what was unsuspected about the matter; lo totalmente inesperado del descubrimiento the completely unexpected nature of the discovery; ven lo más pronto posible come as soon as you possibly can; es de lo más divertido it's so really funny;o es de lo mejor que hay en el mercado it's among the best you can get; lo mejor/peor de la película the best/worst thing about the film; lo peor fue que no pudimos entrar the worst thing was we couldn't get in
 (referido a un estilo)
construido a lo campesino built in the peasant style; viste a lo americano he dresses in the American style; he dresses like an American; un peinado a lo afro an afro hairstyle; un peinado a lo mohicano a mohican
 (con valor enfático)
no saben lo aburrido que es they don't know how boring it is; me doy cuenta de lo amables que son I realize how kind they are; sabes lo mucho que me gusta you know (just) how much I like it
2
lo dede
lo de ayer what happened yesterday; olvida lo de ayer forget what happened yesterday; forget about yesterday; lo de siempre the usual
¿qué te preguntaron en la entrevista? Lo de siempre
lo de la boda the business about the wedding; lo de Rumasa the Rumasa affair; lo de no traer dinero ya no es una excusa saying you don't have any money on you is no excuse; fui (a) lo de Pablo (S. Cone) (a casa de) I went to Pablo's place
3
lo queque
(relativo) what
lo que más me gusta es nadar what I like most is swimming; lo que digo es ... what I say is ...; repito lo que he dicho antes I repeat what I said earlier; ¡sí hombre, lo que (yo) he dicho! yes, just like I said!; toma lo que quieras take what whatever you want;o todo lo que puedas as much as whatever you can;o empezó a tocar, lo que le fastidió she began to play, which annoyed him; to his annoyance, she began to play; lo que es eso ... as for that ...; en lo que a mi concierne as far as I'm concerned
en lo que a mi [concierne], que haga lo que quiera
cuesta más de lo que creesmás de it costs more than you think
lo que pasa es que ...pasa the thing is ...
lo que seasea whatever
 (con valor intensificador)
¡lo que has tardado! how long you've taken!; you've taken so long!; ¡lo que sufre un hombre honrado! what the things an honourable man has to suffer!;o
¡lo que es saber inglés!
¡lo que cuesta vivir! the cost of living is so high!
¡lo que ves! Escribe sobre lo que ves lo más cercano, lo que ves todos los días Me encanta ver cómo admiras todo lo que ves
es lo que se dice feo he's undeniably ugly; es lo que se dice un hombre he's a real man
a lo quea (Latinoamérica) (en cuanto) as soon as
a lo que me vio me saludó as soon as he saw me he said hello
en lo que ...en whilst ...
lo
pronombre:personal
1 (refiriéndose a él) him
¿lo habéis invitado? have you invited him?; no lo conozco I don't know him; lo han despedido he's been sacked
2 (refiriéndose a usted) you
yo a usted lo conozco I know you
3 (refiriéndose a una cosa, un animal) it
no lo veo I can't see it; lo tengo aquí I have it here; voy a pensarlo I'll think about it; ¿el té lo tomas con leche? do you take milk in your tea?; no lo sabía I didn't know; lo sé I know; ya lo creo I should think so; no lo hay there isn't any
¿anarquista? ... no lo soy
¿te acuerdas de lo bien que lo pasamos? do you remember what a good time we had?; ¡con lo mal que lo pasamos! we had such an awful time!
4 (referido a un estado, cualidad)
no parece lista pero lo es she doesn't seem clever but she is; guapa sí que lo es she's certainly pretty; —¿estás cansado? —sí, lo estoy "are you tired?" — "yes, I am"

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