repair
repair(
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pehr
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (to fix)
We have successfully repaired most of the damage.Hemos reparado con éxito la mayoría del daño.
b. arreglar
Today I spent the whole day repairing the roof of the garage.Hoy me pasé todo el día arreglando el tejado del garaje.
c. refaccionar (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
We repair your furniture in your home.Refaccionamos sus muebles a domicilio.
2. (to rectify)
a. reparar
I don't think that repairing a wrong done in my father's time is my duty.No pienso que sea mi deber reparar un daño que se hizo en la época de mi padre.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. la reparación (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
It will be better if you find out how much the repair will cost before you agree to it.Será mejor que averigües cuánto va a costar la reparación antes de que aceptes que la hagan.
b. el arreglo (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I'm sorry but your shoe repair will not be completed for tomorrow.Lo siento pero el arreglo de su calzado no va a estar listo para mañana.
c. la refacción (F) (Latin America)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
You can bring your appliance to our repair shop.Puede traer su electrodoméstico a nuestro taller de refacciones.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
4. (formal) (old-fashioned) (to retire; used with "to")
A word or phrase used to refer to the second person formal “usted” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g., usted).
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
a. retirarse a (to bed)
All the guests repaired to their rooms after dinner.Todos los invitados se retiraron a sus alcobas después de la cena.
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