robar

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to steal

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robar
transitive verb
1 to steal (objeto) ; to burgle (casa)
  • me han robado la moto -> my motorbike's been stolen
  • robar a alguien -> to rob somebody
  • robar el corazón a alguien -> to steal somebody's heart
  • la contabilidad me roba mucho tiempo -> doing the accounts takes up a lot of my time
2 to draw (en naipes)
3 to rob (cobrar caro)
  • en esa tienda te roban -> the prices in that shop are daylight robbery
4 (encuentro)
  • nos robaron el partido -> we were robbed

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robar [ro-bar’]
article & verb transitive
1 To rob (dueño), to plunder, to steal (objeto).
2 To abduct, to kidnap (persona).
3 To sweep away part of its banks (río).
4 To overcharge, to overreach in the sale of goods.
5 To gain another’s affections, to ingratiate oneself.
6 To diminish the color, to weaken or lower the coloring.
7 With bee-masters, to take the heed from a divided hive and put them into an empty one, by removing the honey-comb.
  • Robar algo a uno -> to steal something from somebody
  • Robar el corazón a uno -> to steal somebody's heart

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robar
verbo:transitivo
1 [+objeto, dinero] to steal; [+banco] to rob
¡nos han robado! we've been robbed!; robar algo a algn to steal sth from sb; les robaba dinero a sus compañeros de clase he was stealing money from his classmates; me han robado la cartera my wallet has been stolen; Ana le ha robado el novio Ana has stolen her boyfriend; el defensa le robó el balón the defender stole the ball off him; no quiero robarle su tiempo I don't want to take up your time; tuve que robarle horas al sueño para acabar el trabajo I had to work into the night to finish the job; robarle el corazón a algn (literario) to steal sb's heart
2 [+atención] to steal; capture; [+paciencia] to exhaust; [+tranquilidad] to destroy; take away; [+vida] to take; steal
3 (estafar) to cheat; rob
en ese negocio te han robado you've been cheated robbed in that deal;o
4 [+naipes] to take; draw
roba una carta de la baraja take draw a card from the deck;o
5 (formal) [+río, corriente] to carry away
6 (arcaico) (raptar) to kidnap; abduct
verbo:intransitivo
1 (sisar) to steal
lo cogieron robando he was caught stealing; no robarás (Biblia) thou shalt not steal; entraron a robar en mi casa they broke into my house
2 (Naipes) to take a card; draw a card

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Verb Conjugation for "robar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo robo robé robaba robaré robe
Tú robas robaste robabas robarás robes
Ella/Él/Usted roba robó robaba robará robe
Nosotros robamos robamos robábamos robaremos robemos
Vosotros robáis robasteis robabais robaréis robéis
Ellos/Ustedes roban robaron robaban robarán roben
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