perder
perder
transitive verb
1. to lose (dinero, objeto, amigo)
2. to waste (desperdiciar) (tiempo); to miss (oportunidad)
- no pierdas el tiempo con o en tonterías -> don't waste your time on nonsense like that
- no hay tiempo que perder -> there's no time to lose
3. to miss (tren, vuelo)
4. to lose, to leak (tener un escape de) (agua)
- ese camión va perdiendo aceite -> this lorry is losing o leaking oil
5. to be the ruin of (perjudicar)
- le pierde su pasión por el juego -> his passion for gambling is ruining him
intransitive verb
6. to lose (salir derrotado)
- no te pelees con él, que llevas las de perder -> don't get into a fight with him, you're bound to lose
7. to go downhill (empeorar)
8. to leak (tener un escape) (de agua, aceite)
also:
- echar algo a perder -> to spoil something
- echarse a perder -> to go off, to spoil (alimento)
perderse
pronomial verb1. to get lost (extraviarse)
- me he perdido -> I'm lost
- se me ha perdido el reloj -> I've lost my watch
2. to disappear (desaparecer)
- ¡piérdete! (informal) -> get lost!
3. to be wasted (desperdiciarse)
4. (desaprovechar)
- perderse algo -> to miss out on something
- ¡no te lo pierdas! -> don't miss it!
5. to be beyond salvation (por los vicios)
also:
- perderse por -> to be mad about (anhelar)
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perder [per-derr’]
article & verb transitive
1. To lose, to be deprived of something.
2. To lose, to forfeit, to suffer diminution of.
3. To lose, to squander away, to lavish, to misspend.
4. To lose, to miss, not to find.
5. To lose, to ruin (arruinar), to send, to perdition.
6. To lose, to be disappointed, not to obtain what has been wished (decaer).
7. To spoil, to mar, to damage.
8. To bet, to lay a wager.
- Perder la ocasión or el lance -> to let an opportunity slip
- Perder terreno -> to lose ground
- Perder tiempo -> (a) to lose time, or not to profit of it; (b) to labor in vain
- He perdido la costumbre -> I have got out of the habit
- No pierde nada -> he doesn't miss a thing
verb reflexive
9. (1.) To go astray, to miss one’s way.
10. To be lost (desaparecer), to be confounded, to be bewildered.
11. To forget or lose the thread of one’s subject or discourse.
12. To be spoiled (arruinarse), to be lost or given up to vice.
13. To fall into disuse, to be out of fashion.
14. To cease to be perceived by sight or hearing.
15. To run risk of losing life.
16. To love excessively.
17. To be shipwrecked. (Nautical)
18. To sustain a loss.
19. To congeal itself: applied to rivers which disappear under the earth and rise again.
20. To go on the streets (prostituirse). (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)
- Tener que perder -> to be a person of credit, to have much to lose
- Perder los estribos -> to lose patience
- Salir perdiendo -> to lose
- Ha perdido mucho en mi estimación -> he has gone down a lot in my estimation
- Echar a perder -> to spoil
- Nada se pierde con intentar -> there's no harm in trying
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Verb conjugation
| Infinitive: | perder | ||||
| gerundio: | perdiendo | ||||
| participio pasado: | perdido | ||||
| Presente | Pretérito | Imperfect | Futuro | Subjuntivo | |
| Yo Tú Ella/Él/Usted Nosotros Vosotros Ellos/Ustedes | pierdo pierdes pierde perdemos perdéis pierden | perdí perdiste perdió perdimos perdisteis perdieron | perdía perdías perdía perdíamos perdíais perdían | perderé perderás perderá perderemos perderéis perderán | pierda pierdas pierda perdamos perdáis pierdan |
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