preciar

to appreciate

Luego comencé a crear mis propias obras de arte con pleno vigor y fui motivada a hacer lo que más preciaba.	Then I started creating my own art pieces with full vigor and was motivated to make what I cherished most.
De Fossa se preciaba de ser un compositor moderno, que escribía en un lenguaje progresista y su obra atestigua su éxito en tal sentido.	He prided himself on being a modern composer writing in a modern able, and his work would attest to the fact that he was eminently successful.
Observó que, a pesar de que Zambia se preciaba de ser una democracia multipartidista y de que tenía muchos medios de comunicación, pocos de ellos informaban o hacían análisis sobre temas políticos.	It noted that while there are many media outlets in Zambia, few engage in political reporting or analysis, even though Zambia deems itself a multi-party democracy.
Por estar navegando contra corriente nos manteníamos pegados a la línea costera, lo que permitía palpar más de cerca la magnificencia de la selva que ahora se preciaba en todo su esplendor.	Going against the current demanded to sail next to the coast line which allowed us to appreciate even more the magnificence of the rainforest which now could be admired in all of its splendor.
Y, sin embargo, la guerra que él se preciaba de haber ganado prosiguió, y el candidato opositor que osó afirmar que la invasión había fracasado lo derrotó por una mayoría aplastante.	And then the war he claimed he had won went on and on, and the guy who had dared to say the invasion was wrong defeated his party by a landslide?
Hacia el siglo XV la biblioteca poseía unos diez mil manuscritos, colocándose de este modo entre las mayores de la época, y el scriptorium se preciaba ya de una secular y reconocida actividad.	Around the fifteenth century the library had about ten thousand manuscripts, making it one of the largest of the time, and the scriptorium already had a centuries old reputation.