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
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)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (mathematics)
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.).
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.
restar
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (mathematics)
a. to subtract
restar una cantidad de otrato subtract one figure from another
2. (disminuir)
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
restar importancia a algoto play down the importance of something
restar méritos a alguien/a algoto detract from somebody/something
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
3. (faltar)
a. to be left
sólo restan tres díasonly three days are left
sólo me resta agradecerles su ayudaall that remains is for me to thank you for your help
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