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orientar
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orientar

transitive verb

1. to direct (dirigir)

mi ventana está orientada hacia el sur -> my window faces south o is south-facing

2. to give advice o guidance to (aconsejar)

3. (medidas, fondos)

orientar hacia -> to direct toward o at

orientarse

pronomial verb

1. (dirigirse) (foco)

orientarse a -> to point toward o at

2. to get one's bearings, to find one's way around (encontrar el camino)

3. (encaminarse)

orientarse hacia -> to be aiming at

orientar [o-re-en-tar’]

article & verb transitive

1. To turn a thing to the eastward.

2. To orientate, to orient, to find the petition of with regard to the cardinal points.

Orientar una vela -> (Naut.) to trim a sail

3. To guide (guiar), to direct.

Me ha orientado en la materia -> he has guided me through the subject

verb reflexive

4. To know the place which is occupied, to find one’s bearings (persona).

5. To confide the course to be taken.

orientar

verbo:transitivo

1 (situar)

orientar algo hacia o a algo to position sth to face sth; orientaron la parabólica hacia el norte they positioned the satellite dish to face north; they put the satellite dish facing north; la casa está orientada hacia el suroeste the house faces south-west; the house looks south-west

2 (enfocar) to direct

tenemos que orientar nuestros esfuerzos hacia un aumento de la productividad we must direct our efforts towards improving productivity; hay que orientar las investigaciones en otro sentido we shall have to follow a different path of enquiry; cómics orientados a un público adulto comics oriented o targeted at adult readers

3 (guiar) to guide

me ha orientado en la materia he has guided me through the subject; he has given me guidance about the subject

4 (Náutica) [+vela] to trim

verbo:pronominal

orientarse

1 (encontrar el camino) to get one's bearings

es difícil orientarse en esta ciudad it's hard to get one's bearings in this city; it's hard to find one's way around in this city

2 (tender)

su estilo se orienta hacia lo abstracto his style tends towards the abstract

Verb Conjugation for "orientar"

	Presente	Pretérito	Imperfect	Futuro	Subjuntivo
Yo	oriento	orienté	orientaba	orientaré	oriente
Tú	orientas	orientaste	orientabas	orientarás	orientes
Ella/Él/Usted	orienta	orientó	orientaba	orientará	oriente
Nosotros	orientamos	orientamos	orientábamos	orientaremos	orientemos
Vosotros	orientáis	orientasteis	orientabais	orientaréis	orientéis
Ellos/Ustedes	orientan	orientaron	orientaban	orientarán	orienten