resumir
Spanish to English
resumir
resumir(
rreh
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soo
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meer
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (to condense)
a. to summarize
La conclusión resume las ideas principales del escrito.The conclusion summarizes the main ideas of the paper.
b. to abridge
Estoy leyendo la version del libro que resumió la autora misma.I am reading the version of the book that the author abridged herself.
2. (to recapitulate)
a. to sum up
Para resumir la situación en una oración: ¡estoy endeudado hasta el cuello!To sum up the situation in one sentence: I'm up to my eyeballs in debt!
resumirse
A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g. Te ves cansado.).
3. (to become reduced to)
a. to come down to
Aquello por lo que abogamos se resume en una palabra: igualdad.What we are fighting for comes down to one word: equality.
b. to be summed up
Nuestra creencia puede resumirse en una frase: "Vive y deja vivir".Our belief can be summed up in one simple phrase: "Live and let live."
c. to boil down to
El problema se resume en la necesidad de fondos extra.The problem boils down to the need for extra funds.
4. (to transform)
a. to dissolve into
Sube el fuego y espera a que el azúcar se resuma en caramelo.Turn the heat up and wait until the sugar has dissolved into caramel.
resumirtransitive verbpronominal verb
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (abreviar)
a. to summarize
2. (discurso)
a. to sum up
A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g. Te ves cansado.).
3. (general)
a.
se resume en pocas palabrasit can be summed up in a few words
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