La Palabra Del Día: "aprovechar"
aprovechar
to take advantage of
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Examples
1: Si quieres aprovechar el día, levántate más temprano.
If you want to take advantage of the day, get up earlier.
2: Aprovecharon el descuento para comprar los regalos de Navidad.
They took advantage of the discount to buy Christmas presents.
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A mi esposa le gustaría aprovechar nuestro viaje a Tacoma para obtener sellos de algunos pubs en Seattle para su pasaporte de McMenamins, pero yo no creo que haya suficiente tiempo.
My wife would like to take advantage of our trip to Tacoma to obtains obtain some stamps from some pubs in Seattle for her McMenamins’ passport, but I don’t think that there will be enough time.
Ahora siendo jubilada aprovecho mi tiempo libre para estudiar español y a través de la literatura española aprovecho llegar a conocer los países de América latina.
Now being retired I take advantage of my free time to study Spanish and through Spanish literature I make use of getting to know the countries of Latin America.
I just noticed that the non native speakers are using "aprovechar" transitively. I have always done as Heidi and Caffelate and used the pronomial form "aprovecharse de."
Ej. Siempre me aprovecho de las gangas en las grandes tiendas de ropa.
I always take advantage of the bargains in the big clothing stores.
Pero se me hace que el uso transitivo es correcto también, ya que se ve como WOD. Siempre aprendo algo nuevo en SD.
Me gusta aprovechar los expertos de SD.
I like to take advantage of the SD experts.
I don't want to take advantage of you, but if you insist...
No quiero aprovecharme de ti, pero si insistes...
At the department store, people took advantage of the bargains. En los grandes almacenes, la gente aprovechó de las gangas.
Soló porque me aprovecho de cupones de ahorro de dinero no significa que soy tacaño.
Just because I take advantage of money saving coupons doesn't mean that I'm a tightwad.
Hay gente que se aprovecha de todo.
There are those who take advantage of just about everything.
Cuando están dormidos aprovecho para leer. / I take advantage of them being asleep to read.
Aprovecha ahora que no está el jefe. / Seize the chance now that the boss isn’t here.
Yo no tiro nada, intento aprovecharlo todo. / I don’t throw anything away – I try to make use of everything.
Never take advantage over your younger siblings, your mother could throw a brick at you.
Nunca se aproveche de sus hermanos menores, su madre podría lanzar un ladrillo contra usted.
Gracias, Heidi. 
A mi novio imaginario le gusta aprovechar de clima de verano por ir a pescar.
My imaginary boyfriend likes to take advantage of summer weather by going fishing.
Fideles y yo estamos aprovechando este día bonito yendo a dar una vuelta en el bosque.
Fido and I are taking advantage of this beautiful day by going for a ride in the woods.
Los padres siempre dicen a sus adolescentes que deben aprovecharse de todas las oportunidades para aprender y desarollar su mismos, pero a menudo los chicos son demasiado perezosos.
Parents always tell their teenagers that they should take advantage of all the opportunities to learn and develop themselves, but often the kids are too lazy.
Quiero aprovechar la energía solar calentar mi casa.
I want to take advantage of solar energy to heat my house.
