take

tomar

verb

take
[te?k]
verbo transitivo (pt took [t?k], pp taken [?te?k?n])
1 tomar, coger (grasp) , agarrar (Am)
  • to take hold of something -> agarrar algo
  • to take somebody by the arm -> tomar o coger a alguien del brazo
  • to take somebody in one's arms -> tomar o coger en brazos a alguien
  • to take the opportunity to do something -> aprovechar la oportunidad para hacer algo
2 tomar, coger (remove, steal)
  • to take something away from somebody -> quitarle algo a alguien
  • to take something out of something -> sacar algo de algo
3 soportar, aguantar (tolerate) (heat, pressure)
  • she can't take a joke -> no sabe aguantar una broma
  • I can't take (it) any more -> no lo aguanto más
4 llevar (lead, carry)
  • to take somebody home/to the station -> llevar a alguien a casa/a la estación
  • to take somebody to court -> llevar a alguien a juicio
  • to take flowers to somebody, to take somebody flowers -> llevarle flores a alguien
  • to take the dog for a walk -> sacar a pasear al perro
  • her job takes her all over the world -> su trabajo le hace viajar por todo el mundo
  • if you can get the money we'll take it from there -> si consigues el dinero, entonces veremos
5 tomar (get on) (bus, road)
  • take the first turning on the left -> gira por la primera a la izquierda
6 requerir (require) (effort, dedication, strength)
  • it took four of us to carry him -> hicimos falta cuatro para llevarlo
  • it takes courage to… -> hace falta valor para…
  • how long does it take? -> ¿cuánto tiempo lleva?
  • learning a language takes a long time -> aprender un idioma lleva mucho tiempo
  • it took me an hour to get here -> tardé una hora en llegar
  • that will take some explaining -> eso va a ser complicado de explicar
7 tomar (adopt) (precautions, measures)
  • to take legal advice -> consultar a un abogado
  • to take something as an example -> tomar algo como ejemplo
8 tomar (record) (temperature, notes)
  • to take somebody's details -> tomar los datos de alguien
9 tomar (capture) (town) ; comer(se) (chess piece)
  • to take power -> hacerse con el poder
  • to take first prize -> ganar el primer premio
10 (assume)
  • I take it that… -> supongo que…
11 aceptar (accept)
  • will you take a check? -> ¿se puede pagar con cheque?
  • I'll take the red one -> me quedo con el rojo
  • does this machine take pound coins? -> ¿esta máquina acepta monedas de una libra?
  • my car only takes diesel -> mi coche sólo funciona con gasóleo
  • this bus takes fifty passengers -> en este autobús caben cincuenta pasajeros
  • take it or leave it! -> ¡lo tomas o lo dejas!
  • to take something well/badly -> tomarse algo bien/mal
  • to take something the wrong way -> malentender algo
  • you can take it from me that… -> créeme cuando te digo que…
12 hacer (exam, subject, course)
  • he takes them for English -> les da inglés (teaches them) (británico)
13 (in phrases)
  • to take a bath -> darse un baño
  • to take drugs -> tomar drogas
  • to take fright -> asustarse
  • to be taken ill -> ponerse enfermo(a)
  • to take a look at something -> echar un vistazo a algo
  • to take a photograph of something/somebody -> hacer or sacar una fotografía a algo/alguien
  • to take a seat -> sentarse, tomar asiento
  • to take a walk -> dar un paseo
verbo intransitivo
14 prender (be successful) (fire) ; arraigar (plant cutting) ; cuajar (innovation) ; coger (dye)
sustantivo
15 toma (f) (recording) (of film, music)
16 recaudación (f) (money)
  • to be on the take (familiar) -> engordar el bolsillo

take [teik]
sustantivo
1 Toma, tomadura, acción de tomar, y la porción que se toma de una vez.
2 tomada, la porción que toma el cajista de una vez. (Imprenta)
  • Take-off -> (a) imitación burlesca, caricatura; (b) el punto donde los pies dejan el suelo al saltar
  • Take-up -> atesador, pieza que estira el hilo en las máquinas de coser al levantarse la aguja

take [teɪk] took (past)taken (participle:past)
verb:transitive
1 (remove) llevarse; (steal) robar; llevarse
who took my beer? ¿quién se ha llevado mi cerveza?; someone's taken my handbag alguien se ha llevado mi bolso; alguien me ha robado el bolso
I picked up the letter but he took it from mefrom cogí la carta pero él me la quitó
to take a book from a shelf sacar un libro de un estante; to take a passage from an author tomar un pasaje de un autor; take 37 from 121 resta 37 de 121
2 (take hold of, seize) tomar; coger; agarrar; (LAm)
she took the spade and started digging cogió la pala y empezó a excavar; I took him by the scruff of the neck le cogí por el pescuezo; let me take your case/coat permíteme tu maleta/abrigo; I'll take the blue one, please me llevaré el azul
to take sb's armarm tomar del brazo a algn
to take sb in one's arms abrazar a algn
the devil take it!devil ¡maldición!; (old-fashioned)
take five!five (informal) ¡hagan una pausa!; ¡descansen un rato!
take your partners for a waltzpartners saquen a su pareja a bailar un vals
to take sb into partnershippartnership tomar a algn como socio
please take a seatseat tome asiento, por favor
is this seat taken? ¿está ocupado este asiento?
it took me by surprisesurprise me cogió desprevenido; me pilló agarró desprevenido;or (LAm)
take ten!ten (US) (informal) ¡hagan una pausa!; ¡descansen un rato!
to take a wifewife (old-fashioned) casarse; contraer matrimonio
3 (lead, transport) llevar
to take sth to sb llevar algo a algn; I took her some flowers le llevé unas flores; her work took her to Bonn su trabajó la destinó llevó a Bonn;or
we took her to the doctordoctor la llevamos al médico
he took me home in his carhome me llevó a casa en su coche
they took me over the factoryover me mostraron la fábrica; me acompañaron en una visita a la fábrica
he took his suitcase upstairsupstairs subió su maleta
to take sb for a walkwalk llevar a algn de paseo
it took us out of our wayway nos hizo desviarnos
4 [+bus, taxi] (travel by) ir en; (at specified time) coger; tomar; especially (LAm) [+road, short cut] ir por
I took a taxi because I was late fui en taxi porque llegaba tarde; we decided to take the train decidimos ir en tren; we took the five o'clock train cogimos tomamos el tren de las cinco;or take the first on the right vaya por tome la primera calle a la derecha;or we took the wrong road nos equivocamos de camino
5 (capture) [+person] coger; agarrar; (LAm) [+town, city] tomar; (Chess) comer
to take sb hostagehostage tomar agarrar a algn como rehén;or (LAm)
to take sb prisonerprisoner tomar preso a algn
they didn't take any prisoners
6 (obtain, win) [+prize] ganar; llevarse; [+1st place] conseguir; obtener; [+trick] ganar; hacer
we took £500 today (Britain) (Comm) hoy hemos ganado 500 libras
last year we took £30,000
7 (accept, receive) [+money] aceptar; [+advice] seguir; [+news, blow] tomar; recibir; [+responsibility] asumir; [+bet] aceptar; hacer
take my advice, tell her the truth sigue mi consejo hazme caso y dile la verdad;or he took the ball full in the chest el balón le dio de lleno en el pecho; what will you take for it? ¿cuál es tu mejor precio?
he took it badlybadly le afectó mucho
London took a battering in 1941battering Londres recibió una paliza en 1941; Londres sufrió terriblemente en 1941
will you take a cheque?cheque ¿aceptaría un cheque?
he can certainly take his drinkdrink tiene buen aguante para la bebida
you must take us as you find usfind nos vas a tener que aceptar tal cual
take it from me!from ¡escucha lo que te digo!
you can take it from me that ... puedes tener la seguridad de que ...
losing is hard to takehard es difícil aceptar la derrota
it's £50, take it or leave it!leave son 50 libras, lo toma o lo deja
whisky? I can take it or leave it ¿el whisky? ni me va ni me viene
I won't take no for an answerno no hay pero que valga
I take your pointpoint entiendo lo que dices
he took a lot of punishmentpunishment le dieron muy duro
take that!that ¡toma!
8 (rent) alquilar; tomar; (buy regularly) [+newspaper] comprar; leer
we shall take a house for the summer alquilaremos una casa para el verano
9 (have room or capacity for) tener cabida para; (support weight of) aguantar
a car that takes five passengers un coche con cabida para donde caben cinco personas;or can you take two more? ¿puedes llevar dos más?; ¿caben otros dos?; it won't take any more no cabe(n) más; it takes weights up to eight tons soporta pesos hasta de ocho toneladas
10 (wear) [+clothes size] gastar; usar; (LAm) [+shoe size] calzar
what size do you take? (clothes) ¿qué talla usas?; (shoes) ¿qué número calzas?
11 (call for, require) necesitar; requerir
it took three policemen to hold him down se necesitaron tres policías para sujetarlo; it takes a lot of courage exige requiere gran valor;or it takes a brave man to do that hace falta que un hombre tenga mucho valor para hacer eso
it takes some [believing]
that will take some explainingexplaining a ver cómo explicas eso
it takes two to make a quarreltwo uno solo no puede reñir
she's got what it takeswhat tiene lo que hace falta
12 (of time)
it takes an hour to get there se tarda una hora en llegar; a letter takes four days to get there una carta tarda cuatro días en llegar allá; it will only take me five minutes solo tardo cinco minutos; the job will take a week el trabajo llevará una semana
I'll just iron this, it won't take longlong voy a planchar esto, no tardaré no me llevará mucho tiempo;or
however long it takes el tiempo que sea
it takes timetime lleva tiempo
take your time! ¡despacio!
13 (conduct) [+meeting, church service] presidir; (teach) [+course, class] enseñar; [+pupils] tomar; (study) [+course] hacer; [+subject] dar; estudiar; (undergo) [+exam, test] presentarse a; pasar
what are you taking next year? ¿qué vas a hacer estudiar el año que viene?;or the teacher who took us for economics el profesor que nos daba clase de económicas; he is not taking any more pupils at the moment en este momento no está cogiendo a más estudiantes
to take a degree indegree licenciarse en
to take (holy) ordersorders ordenarse de sacerdote
14 (record) [+sb's name, address] anotar; apuntar; [+measurements] tomar
to take notes tomar apuntes
15 (understand, assume)
I take it that ... supongo que ...; me imagino que ...; am I to take it that you refused? ¿he de suponer que te negaste?; I take her to be about 30 supongo que tiene unos 30 años; how old do you take him to be? ¿cuántos años le das?
I took him for a doctorfor lo tenía por médico; creí que era médico
what do you take me for? ¿por quién me has tomado?
I don't quite know how to take thathow no sé muy bien cómo tomarme eso
she knows how to take him
16 (consider) [+case, example] tomar
now take Ireland, for example tomemos, por ejemplo, el caso de Irlanda; pongamos como ejemplo Irlanda; let us take the example of a family with three children tomemos el ejemplo de una familia con tres hijos; take John, he never complains por ejemplo John, él nunca se queja; taking one thing with another ... considerándolo todo junto ...; considerándolo en conjunto ...
17 (put up with, endure) [+treatment, climate] aguantar; soportar
we can take it lo aguantamos soportamos todo;or
I can't take any more!more ¡no aguanto más!; ¡no soporto más!
I won't take any nonsense!nonsense ¡no quiero oír más tonterías!
18 (eat) comer; (drink) tomar
will you take sth before you go? ¿quieres tomar algo antes de irte?
to be taken three times a day a tomar tres veces al día
not to be taken (internally) para uso externo
to take drugsdrugs (narcotics) tomar drogas
he took no food for four daysfood estuvo cuatro días sin comer
don't forget to take your medicinemedicine no te olvides de tomar la medicina
he takes sugar in his teasugar toma pone azúcar en el té;or
to take a tablettablet tomar una pastilla
to take tea (with sb)tea (old-fashioned) tomar té (con algn)
how much alcohol had he taken?
19 (negotiate) [+bend] tomar; [+fence] saltar; saltar por encima de
20 (acquire)
to take against sbagainsttake a dislike to sbdislike tomar antipatía a algn
to take frightfright asustarse;at de
to be taken illill ponerse enfermo; enfermar
he took great pleasure in teasing herpleasure se regodeaba tomándole el pelo
I do not take any satisfaction in knowing that ...satisfaction no experimento satisfacción alguna sabiendo que ...
21 (Ling) [+case] regir
that verb takes the dative ese verbo rige el dativo
22
to be taken with sth/sbwith (attracted)
he's very taken with her le gusta mucho; I'm not at all taken with the idea la idea no me gusta nada no me hace gracia;or
23 (old-fashioned) (literary) (have sexual intercourse with) tener relaciones sexuales con
24 (as function verb) [+decision, holiday] tomar; [+step, walk] dar; [+trip] hacer; [+opportunity] aprovechar
to take a bathbath bañarse
to take a photographphotograph sacar una fotografía
verb:intransitive
1 (be effective) [+dye] coger; agarrar; (LAm) [+vaccination, fire] prender; [+glue] pegar
2 (Bot) [+cutting] arraigar
3 (receive)
she's all take, take, take ella mucho dame, dame, pero luego no da nada
noun
1 (Cine) toma; (f)
2 (takings) ingresos; (m) (proceeds) recaudación; (f) (US) (Comm) caja; (f) ventas del día; (f)
3
to be on the take (US) (informal) estar dispuesto a dejarse sobornar
4 (share) parte; (f) (commission) comisión; (f) tajada; (informal) (f)
5 (informal) (opinion) opinión; (f)
what's your take on the new government? ¿qué piensas de qué opinión te merece el nuevo gobierno?;or
That sort of thing gives you a different take on who you are
Both tardar and llevar can be used to translate take with time.
tardarllevartaketime
Use tardar (en + infinitive) to describe how long someone or something will take to do something. The subject of tardar is the person or thing that has to complete the activity or undergo the process:
tardarentardar
How long do letters take to get to Spain? ¿Cuánto (tiempo) tardan las cartas en llegar a España?;¿Cuántotiempotardan las cartas en llegar a España?
How much longer will it take you to do it? ¿Cuánto más vas a tardar en hacerlo?;¿Cuánto más vas a tardar en hacerlo?
It'll take us three hours to get to Douglas if we walk Tardaremos tres horas en llegar a Douglas si vamos andando;Tardaremos tres horas en llegar a Douglas si vamos andando
Use llevar to describe how long an activity, task or process takes to complete. The subject of llevar is the activity or task:
llevarllevar
The tests will take at least a month Las pruebas llevarán por lo menos un mes;Las pruebas llevarán por lo menos un mes
How long will it take? ¿Cuánto tiempo llevará?;¿Cuánto tiempo llevará?
Compare the different focus in the alternative translations of the following example:
It'll take me two more days to finish this job Me llevará dos días más terminar este trabajo, Tardaré dos días más en terminar este trabajo;Me llevará dos días más terminar este trabajoTardaré dos días más en terminar este trabajo

Verb Conjugation for "take"

Imperative
  • take
  • you take
  • he/she takes
  • we take
  • you take
  • they take
Preterite
  • I took
  • you took
  • he/she took
  • we took
  • you took
  • they took
Present Continuous
  • I am taking
  • you are taking
  • he/she is taking
  • we are taking
  • you are taking
  • they are taking
Present Perfect
  • I have taken
  • you have taken
  • he/she has taken
  • we have taken
  • you have taken
  • they have taken
Past Continuous
  • I was taking
  • you were taking
  • he/she was taking
  • we were taking
  • you were taking
  • they were taking
Past Perfect
  • I had taken
  • you had taken
  • he/she had taken
  • we had taken
  • you had taken
  • they had taken
Future
  • I will take
  • you will take
  • he/she will take
  • we will take
  • you will take
  • they will take
Future Perfect
  • I will have taken
  • you will have taken
  • he/she will have taken
  • we will have taken
  • you will have taken
  • they will have taken
Future Continuous
  • I will be taking
  • you will be taking
  • he/she will be taking
  • we will be taking
  • you will be taking
  • they will be taking
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been taking
  • you have been taking
  • he/she has been taking
  • we have been taking
  • you have been taking
  • they have been taking
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been taking
  • you will have been taking
  • he/she will have been taking
  • we will have been taking
  • you will have been taking
  • they will have been taking
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been taking
  • you had been taking
  • he/she had been taking
  • we had been taking
  • you had been taking
  • they had been taking
Paid English to Spanish translation

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