traer
verbo:transitivo
1 (transportar) to bring
¿has traído el dinero? have you brought the money?; ¿me traes un vaso de agua? can you bring fetch get me a glass of water?;oo el muchacho que trae los periódicos the lad who delivers brings the newspapers;o ¿nos trae la cuenta, por favor? can we have the bill, please?; trae, ya lo arreglo yo give it to me, I'll fix it
¿me puedes traer mañana a la oficina? can you bring me to work give me a lift to work tomorrow?;o ¿qué la trae por aquí? what brings you here?
traer un hijo al mundomundo to bring a child into the world
traer buenas/malas notasnotas to get good/bad marks grades;o (EEUU)
como su madre como Dios lo trajo al mundoo as naked as the day he was born; in his birthday suit
2 (llevar encima) [+ropa] to wear; [+objeto] to carry
traía unos zapatos muy bonitos she was wearing some very nice shoes; ¿qué traes en esa bolsa? what have you got in that bag?; what are you carrying in that bag?
3 [+periódico, revista]
el periódico no trae nada sobre eso there's nothing about it in the newspaper; ¿trae alguna noticia interesante? is there any interesting news?
4 (causar) [+suerte, paz, beneficios] to bring [+recuerdos] to bring back [+consecuencias] to have
te traerá buena suerte it'll bring you good luck
el embargo trajo como consecuencia la ruina económica the embargo brought about resulted in the economic ruin;o
traer consigoconsigo to bring about
la recesión trajo consigo un aumento del paro the recession brought with it brought about an increase in unemployment;o
5 (tener)
la ausencia de noticias me trae muy inquieto the lack of news is making me very anxious; el juego lo trae perdido gambling is his ruin
6
me trae sin cuidado
me trae al fresco (familiar)
I couldn't care less; (familiar)me la trae floja (muy_familiar) I couldn't give a damn; (muy_familiar)
traer de cabeza a algn
el caso trae de cabeza a la policía local this case is proving to be a headache for local police; el horario comercial trae de cabeza a los consumidores shopping hours are a headache for consumers
traerla con algn (México) to have it in for sb; (familiar)
llevar traer a mal traer a algno [+persona] to give sb nothing but trouble; [+problema] to be the bane of sb's life
¡este hijo mío me trae a mal traer! this son of mine is really giving me a hard time!; this son of mine is (giving me) nothing but trouble!
traer y llevar a algn (molestar) to pester sb; (chismorrear) to gossip about sb
verbo:pronominal
traerse1 (tramar) to be up to
estoy seguro de que esos dos se traen algún manejo sucio I'm sure the two of them are up to something shady
2 (uso enfático) to bring
me he traído la cámara I've brought the camera; I've brought the camera with me; no se trajo al novio she didn't bring her boyfriend
