1 (Teat) (Mús) [+entertainer, actor] actuar; [+musician] tocar; [+orchestra, pop group] actuar; tocar; [+singer] cantar; [+dancer] bailar; [+trained animal] hacer trucos; realizar trucos we had to perform on a temporary stage Elaine felt as if she were performing in a play when he performs he tries to become the character he is playing I'm not performing this time she would like to return to performing a professional trumpet player, who spent 40 years performing in smoky jazz clubs the place where musicians would gather to perform for the gentry he rarely performs because his hands are stiff with arthritis /the band will be performing live/ at the Market Hall on 15 April when we performed in Seville to perform [on] the violin she began performing regularly as a solo artist in the early seventies he began performing in the early fifties, singing and playing guitar he earned his living performing in clubs and pubs he remembered a teenaged ballerina he'd seen perform in the Paris Ballet now a Russian troupe gets on stage to perform /they think he will never perform again/ after this leg injury Cossack dancers performing for tourists they trained the dolphins to perform for the crowds the seals would only perform if they were rewarded with food
he performed brilliantly as Hamlet interpretó brillantemente el papel de Hamlet; se lució en el papel de Hamlet; the band will be performing live el grupo actuará tocará en concierto;or
Status Quo among other bands will perform live so instead of performing in concert halls in Vienna and Amsterdam, the orchestra found itself in high school auditoriums in Sedalia and Hannibal
and performing for us tonight on the violin is Rebecca Hunt y esta noche Rebecca Hunt nos tocará el violín
2 (respond, behave) [+vehicle, machine] responder; funcionar; [+team, athlete, horse] responder; [+investment, shares] rendir; [+metal, material] comportarse; [+worker] (be productive) rendir; (react) responder; the car was performing brilliantly a car that looks good, performs well, seldom breaks down, and can be repaired cheaply and quickly is obviously a great car I've got to get to grips with a new car, a heavier car, the way the engine performs. how's the car been performing lately? the donor heart was not performing well at all the bike also performs well off-road England performed well against France at Wembley the car is not performing properly when there's snow and ice, how's this car going to perform? he claimed that the missile did not perform properly how does the metal perform under pressure?
how did the company perform last year? ¿qué resultados dio la empresa el año pasado?
the company performed well despite the harsh economic climate
the party performed abysmally at the last election el partido obtuvo unos resultados pésimos en las últimas elecciones
when pushed, people can perform beyond their own expectations although she had never been interviewed on TV before, she performed well
he performed well at school rendía en los estudios
teachers are trained so that they will be able to perform effectively in the classroom
he did not perform very well in his exams no obtuvo muy buenos resultados en los exámenes; los exámenes no le salieron muy bien
he was not happy about the way his troops performed on the battlefield it is very important that you choose a pension fund which performs well up until yesterday, /US stock markets had performed well/ since the presidential election the Brazil Savings and Pensions Fund has been performing excellently /the shares have performed poorly/, hitting 43p earlier this year he thought state-owned industries would always perform poorly a spate of movies that opened well but then did not perform particularly well Selfridges is performing well enough despite dwindling tourists how did he perform?
our economy has been performing well recently últimamente, nuestra economía ha estado produciendo buenos resultados
3 (informal) especially (humorous) (go to toilet) [+child, dog] hacer sus menesteres her parents would sit her on the potty and wait for her to perform
4 (informal) (sexually) cumplir; (informal) is there something missing in our sexual routine? are you worried about performing? he said he couldn't perform at the point of a gun
