bring

traer

bring(brihng)

transitive verb

1. (to take along)

a. traer

They forgot to bring the bread.

Se les olvidó traer el pan.

b. llevar

Are you going to bring sunblock to the beach?

¿Vas a llevar bloqueador a la playa?

2. (to cause)

a. traer

This is what brings misfortune to the family.

Esto es lo que trae desgracias a la familia.

b. causar

The heavy rain brought flooding to many areas.

Las lluvias fuertes causaron inundaciones en muchas zonas.

3. (to motivate)

a. poder

I couldn't bring myself to look.

No podía ni mirar.

b. no ser capaz de

She was so tired she couldn't bring herself to get out of bed.

Estaba tan cansada que no era capaz de levantarse de la cama.

4. (to yield)

a. dar

Good decisions can bring good results quickly.

Tomar buenas decisiones puede dar buenos resultados rápidamente.

5. (legal)

a. formular

They decided not to bring charges against him because of his age.

Decidieron no formularle cargos por su edad.

bring

transitive verb

1. (take)

a. traer

to bring something to somebody's attentionllamar la atención de alguien sobre algo

what brings you to London?¿qué te trae por Londres?

that brings us to my final point…esto nos lleva al último punto…

to bring something out of a boxsacar algo de una caja

to bring a child into the worldtraer al mundo a un niño

2. (law)

a.

to bring an action against somebodyinterponer una demanda or entablar un pleito contra alguien

3. (lead to, cause)

a. traer

it has brought me great happinessme ha causado gran alegría

to bring somebody (good) luck/bad lucktraer (buena) suerte/mala suerte a alguien

the announcement brought an angry reactionel anuncio produjo una reacción airada

to bring new hope to somebodyinfundir nuevas esperanzas a alguien

to bring tears to somebody's eyeshacer llorar a alguien

4. (cause to come to a particular condition)

a.

to bring something into disreputeperjudicar la reputación de or desprestigiar algo

to bring something into questionponer en duda algo

to bring something to the boilhacer que algo hierva

to bring something to an endponer fin a algo

to bring something to lightsacar algo a la luz

to bring something to mindtraer a la memoria algo

to bring oneself to do somethingresolverse a hacer algo

I couldn't bring myself to tell herno pude decírselo

5. (be sold for)

a.

the house won't bring very muchla casa no reportará mucho dinero

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bring [brɪŋ] brought (past)

transitive verb

1 [+person, object] [+news, luck etc] traer; [+person] llevar; conducir

bring it over here tráelo para acá; bring it closer acércalo; to bring sth to an end terminar con algo; to bring a matter to a conclusion concluir un asunto; llevar un asunto a su desenlace; it brought us to the verge of disaster nos llevó al borde del desastre; I was not brought into the matter at any stage no me dieron voz en este asunto en ningún momento

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2 (cause) traer

the hot weather brings storms el calor trae tormenta

to bring sth to happen

to bring influence/pressure to bear (on) ejercer influencia/presión (sobre); you bring nothing but trouble no haces más que causarme problemas; it brought tears to her eyes hizo que se le llenaran los ojos de lágrimas; this brought him to his feet esto hizo que se levantara; he brought it upon himself se lo buscó él mismo

3 (Jur) [+charge] hacer; formular; [+suit] entablar

no charges will be brought no se hará ninguna acusación; the case was brought before the judge la causa fue vista por el juez

4 (yield) [+profit etc] dar; producir

to bring a good price alcanzar un buen precio

5 (induce)

to bring sb to do sth hacer que algn haga algo; he was brought to see his error le hicieron ver su error; it brought me to realize that ... me hizo comprender que ...; he couldn't bring himself to tell her/touch it no se sentía con el valor suficiente para decírselo/tocarlo