beneficiar
transitive verb
1 (favorecer) to benefit
el acuerdo solo beneficia a las economías más desarrolladas the agreement only benefits the more developed economies; la empresa más beneficiada por esta ayuda the company which benefitted most from this aid; esta huelga no beneficia a nadie this strike is of no benefit to anyone; esa conducta no te va a beneficiar such behaviour will do you no favours o won't do you any good
el ex director beneficiaba a sus amigos mediante las adjudicaciones de obras the ex-director favoured his friends by awarding them work contracts; la lluvia beneficia al campo rain is good for the countryside
intransitive verb
to be of benefit de momento ninguna de estas técnicas beneficiará for the moment none of these techniques will be of any benefit
pronominal verb
beneficiarse1 (obtener provecho) to benefit
los bancos son los que más se benefician it's the banks that profit o benefit most; el campo es el que más se beneficia con la lluvia it's the countryside that gets most benefit from the rain; it's the countryside that benefits most from the rain
beneficiarse de algo to benefit from sth; los suscriptores se beneficiarán de esta oferta subscribers will benefit from this offer
