elaborar

to produce

to make

elaborar(eh-lah-boh-rahr)

transitive verb

1. (to create)

a. to produce

Nos propusimos elaborar un vino de la mejor calidad posible.

We set out to produce a wine of the highest possible quality.

b. to make

Elaboran quesos artesanales que luego venden en el mercado.

They make artisanal cheeses and then sell them at the market.

c. to prepare

Todos nuestros platos son elaborados con ingredientes ecológicos.

All our dishes are prepared with organic ingredients.

d. to manufacture (on an industrial scale)

Nuestra empresa elabora perfumes y los comercializa.

Our company manufactures and markets perfumes.

2. (to shape)

a. to work (a material)

Los artesanos de la región elaboran la madera y el metal.

The artisans in the region work wood and metal.

3. (to conceive)

a. to devise (a strategy or a plan)

La empresa ha elaborado una revolucionaria estrategia de marketing.

The firm has devised a revolucionary marketing strategy.

b. to draw up (a budget or a project)

El gobierno elaboró un proyecto destinado a modernizar el sistema educativo.

The government drew up a project aimed at modernizing the educational system.

c. to work out (a plan)

Hemos elaborado un nuevo plan de acción.

We have worked out a new plan of action.

4. (to compose)

a. to draw up (a document or a list)

Se ha elaborado una lista de todas las opciones posibles.

A list of all the possible options has been drawn up.

b. to prepare (a report or a contract)

Nuestro departamento jurídico se encargará de elaborar el contrato de compraventa.

Our legal department will prepare the contract of sale.

c. to write (a report)

Estamos elaborando un informe sobre los residuos urbanos y su gestión.

We are writing a report on urban waste and its management.

elaborar

transitive verb

1. (producto)

a. to make, to manufacture

2. (idea)

a. to work out

3. (plan, informe)

a. to draw up

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elaborar

transitive verb

1 (fabricar) [+producto] to produce; make; [+metal, madera] to work

elaboramos todos nuestros productos con ingredientes naturales we make all our products from natural ingredients

2 (preparar) [+proyecto, plan] to draw up; prepare; [+estrategia] to devise; [+presupuesto, lista, candidatura] to draw up

cómo elaborar un plan de emergencia how to draw up o prepare an emergency plan

3 [+documento, código] to write; prepare

normas para elaborar un currículo

pronominal verb

elaborarse

un postre que se elabora con coco y azúcar a dessert that's made using coconut and sugar