A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb 1. (mathematics)
a. to subtract Ahora tienes que restarle 246 a 588. Now you have to subtract 246 from 588.
b. to take away Si a 20 le restas 15 te quedan 5. If you take 15 away from 20 you have 5 left.
2. (to discount)
a. to deduct A mi sueldo bruto le restas los impuestos y te quedas con nada. When you deduct taxes from my gross salary, you're left with nothing.
b. to take away Por último, tienes que restar los gastos de transporte de las ganancias. Lastly, you have to take the freight charges away from the profits.
3. (to make light of)
a. to minimize El que su obra sea desconocida para el público general no le resta valor. The fact that his work is unknown to the general public doesn't minimize its value.
b. to play down No deberíamos restarle importancia a casos aislados como este. We shouldn't play down the importance of isolated cases like this one.
4. (sports)
Regionalism used in Spain
(Spain) a. to return El tenista serbio restó el saque del español y se apuntó el tanto. The Serbian tennis player returned the Spaniard's service and scored a point.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb 5. (mathematics)
a. to subtract ¿Ya aprendiste a sumar y restar en el colegio? Have you already learned to add and subtract at school?
6. (to be outstanding)
a. to remain Y ahora ya solo me resta pedirles encarecidamente su colaboración. And now it only remains for me to urge you to collaborate.
b. to be left Apenas restan unas horas para la final y la lluvia persiste. There are hardly a few hours left for the final and the rain persists.
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A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb 1. (mathematics)
a. to subtract restar una cantidad de otra to subtract one figure from another
2. (disminuir)
a. restar importancia a algo to play down the importance of something
restar méritos a alguien/a algo to detract from somebody/something
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb 3. (faltar)
a. to be left sólo restan tres días only three days are left
sólo me resta agradecerles su ayuda all that remains is for me to thank you for your help
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restar
transitive verb
1 (Matemáticas) to take away; subtract réstale 10 a 24 subtract 10 from 24; take away 10 from 24; a esta cifra hay que restarle los gastos de comida you have to deduct o subtract the meals allowance from this figure
2 [+autoridad, importancia] restar autoridad a algn to take away authority from sb; le restó importancia he did not give it much importance
3 (Dep) [+pelota] to return intransitive verb
to remain; be left restan tres días para terminarse el plazo there are three days left before the closing date; ahora solo me resta hacerlo it only remains for me now to do it; all I have to do now is do it
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