intervenir
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)An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
1. (to step in)
a. to intervene
Llegaron a las manos y tuvo que intervenir la policía.They came to blows, and the police had to intervene.
b. to get involved
No quiero intervenir en sus discusiones conyugales.I don't want to get involved in their marital arguments.
2. (military)
a. to intervene
Fue entonces cuando los Aliados decidieron intervenir.It was then that the Allies decided to intervene.
3. (to mediate)
a. to intervene
Se ha sabido que el Papa intervino en las negociaciones diplomáticas entre ambos países.It is now known that the Pope intervened in the diplomatic negotiations between the two countries.
b. to intercede
La ONG intervino ante el gobierno a favor de la liberación de los presos políticos.The NGO interceded on behalf of the political prisoners' release with the government.
a. to have a bearing
En dicha transformación intervinieron múltiples factores.Multiple factors had a bearing on that transformation.
a. to take part (in a debate or a competition)
En el debate intervendrán grandes personalidades del mundo de la política.Important political figures will take part in the debate.
b. to appear (in a show or a movie)
El actor ha intervenido en varias películas de Woody Allen.The actor has appeared in several of Woody Allen's movies.
c. to perform (in a show or a movie)
La cantante viajó ayer a Madrid, donde intervendrá en un espectáculo benéfico.The singer traveled yesterday to Madrid, where she will perform in a charity show.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
6. (medicine)
a. to operate on
Lo tuvieron que intervenir de urgencia tras sufrir un grave accidente.He had to be urgently operated on after he had a serious accident.
a. to tap
La policía intervino el teléfono del narcotraficante.The police tapped the drug trafficker's phone line.
a. to audit
El gobierno acabó por intervenir las cuentas del ayuntamiento.The government ended up auditing the town councils' accounts.
9. (to impound)
a. to seize (drugs, arms, property)
El tribunal intervino los bienes del deudor.The court seized the debtor's property.
b. to confiscate (drugs, arms, property)
La policía intervino las armas robadas.The police confiscated the stolen weapons.
c. to freeze (a bank account or property)
Hacienda intervino sus cuentas bancarias mientras era investigado por evasión fiscal.The Treasury Department froze his bank accounts while he was investigated for tax evasion.
a. to take control of
Tras el golpe, el ejército intervino los noticieros y otras fuentes de información.After the coup, the army took control of the news broadcasts and other information sources.
b. to put into administration (a firm or a bank)
El gobierno intervino la empresa para evitar su quiebra.In order to avoid the firm going bankrupt, the government put it into administration.
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