escribir

to write

escribir(ehs-kree-beer)

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

1. (to put in writing)

a. to write

El alumno escribió su ensayo de 20 páginas dentro de una noche.The student wrote his 20-page essay in one night.

Escribe lo que digo.Write what I say.

2. (to compose)

a. to write

Me escribió una canción de amor.He wrote me a love song.

An impersonal verb is a verb with no apparent subject (e.g. Llueve en España.).

impersonal verb

3. (to spell)

a. to write

Los nombres propios se escriben con mayúscula.Proper nouns are written with capital letters.

escribirse

A reciprocal verb is a verb that indicates that two or more subjects perform an action on each other (e.g. Ellos se abrazan.).

reciprocal verb

4. (to correspond)

a. to write to each other

Nos escribimos todos los días.We write to each other every day.

escribir

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

1. (general)

a. to write

hace mucho que no me escribeshe hasn't written to me for a long time

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

2. (general)

a. to write

todavía no ha aprendido a escribirhe still hasn't learned (how) to write

escribir a lápizto write in pencil

escribir a manoto write by hand

escribir a máquinato type

A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g. Te ves cansado.).

pronominal verb

3. (personas)

a. to write to one another

4. (palabras)

a.

se escribe con “h”it is spelled with an “h”

escribirescrito (participio_de_pasado)

transitive verb

intransitive verb

1 [+palabra, texto] to write

escribir a mano to write in longhand; escribir a máquina to type; el que esto escribe (gen) the present writer; (Prensa) this correspondent

2 (en ortografía) to spell

"voy" se escribe con "v" "voy" is spelled with a "v"; ¿cómo se escribe eso? how is that spelled?; how do you spell that?

3 [+cheque] to write out; make out

4 [+música] to compose; write

pronominal verb

escribirse

1 [+dos personas] to write to each other; correspond

2

escribirse con algn to correspond with sb; write to sb