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prometer

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to promise

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prometer(

proh

meh

tehr

)

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

transitive verb

1. (to give one's word)

a. to promise

Prometo que estaré siempre contigo.I promise that I'll be with you forever.

2. (to predict)

a. to promise

Todos los meteorólogos prometen un día de nieve este jueves.All of the meteorologists promise there will be snow this Thursday.

b. to assure

Nuestro líder de marketing promete un aumento en ingresos este año.Our marketing lead assures an increase in revenue this year.

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

intransitive verb

3. (to have potential)

a. to be promising

Esta película promete. Ha ganado muchos premios.This movie is promising. It's won lots of awards.

prometerse

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

pronominal verb

4. (in marriage)

a. to get engaged

Se prometieron el fin de semana pasado y se casarán el mes que viene.They got engaged last weekend and will get married next month.

A reflexive verb is a verb that indicates that the subject performs an action on itself (e.g. Miguel se lava.).

reflexive verb

5. (to give one's word to oneself)

a. to promise oneself

Se prometió unas vacaciones en Hawaii después de acabar su licencia.She promised herself a vacation in Hawaii after finishing her degree.

prometer

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

transitive verb

1. (general)

a. to promise

(te) lo prometoI promise

te prometo que no mientoI promise you I'm not lying

prometer el cargoto be sworn in

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

intransitive verb

2. (tener futuro)

a. to be promising

el programa de fiestas prometethe program for the celebrations looks promising

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

pronominal verb

3. (novios)

a. to get engaged

4. (colloquial)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

se las promete muy feliceshe thinks he's got it made

prometer

transitive verb

1 (dar palabra) to promise

le han prometido unas vacaciones they've promised her a holiday; ¡te lo prometo! I promise!; prometió llevarnos al cine he promised to take us to the cinema

2 (asegurar) to assure

te prometo que se acordará de mí I can assure you he will remember me; no me verás más, te lo prometo you won't see me again, (that) I can assure you

3 (augurar) to promise

esto promete ser interesante this promises to be interesting; esto no nos promete nada bueno this does not look at all hopeful for us; this promises to be pretty bad for us

4 (Religión)

prometer hacer algo to take a vow to do sth

intransitive verb

(tener porvenir) to have promise; show promise

este jugador promete this player has o shows promise

pronominal verb

prometerse

prometerse algo to expect sth; promise o.s. sth; nos habíamos prometido algo mejor we had expected sth better

prometérselas muy felices to have high hopes

2 [+novios] to get engaged

se prometió con él en abril she got engaged to him in April

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Verb Conjugations for prometer

Present Participle: prometiendo

Past Participle: prometido

Indicative

	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Conditional	Future
yo	prometo	prometí	prometía	prometería	prometeré
tú	prometes	prometiste	prometías	prometerías	prometerás
él/ella/Ud.	promete	prometió	prometía	prometería	prometerá
nosotros	prometemos	prometimos	prometíamos	prometeríamos	prometeremos
vosotros	prometéis	prometisteis	prometíais	prometeríais	prometeréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	prometen	prometieron	prometían	prometerían	prometerán

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