robar

to steal

robar(rroh-bahr)

transitive verb

1. (to take unlawfully)

a. to steal

Lo han pillado robando un coche.

He has been caught stealing a car.

b. to rob

Nos robaron en la calle.

We were robbed in the street.

2. (to capture)

a. to abduct

Robaron a una niña del colegio.

A girl was abducted from the school.

b. to kidnap

Robaron al bebé de los brazos de su madre.

The baby was kidnapped from his mother's arms.

3. (to take a card)

a. to draw

Tienes que robarle cartas a tu oponente.

You have to draw cards from your opponent.

intransitive verb

4. (to enter without permission)

a. to break into

Robaron en mi apartamento la semana pasada pero no se llevaron nada.

My apartment was broken into last week but nothing was taken.

robar

transitive verb

1. (objeto)

a. to steal

2. (casa)

a. to burgle

me han robado la motomy motorbike's been stolen

robar a alguiento rob somebody

robar el corazón a alguiento steal somebody's heart

la contabilidad me roba mucho tiempodoing the accounts takes up a lot of my time

3. (en naipes)

a. to draw

4. (cobrar caro)

a. to rob

en esa tienda te robanthe prices in that shop are daylight robbery

5. (encuentro)

a.

nos robaron el partidowe were robbed

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robar

transitive verb

1 [+objeto, dinero] to steal; [+banco] to rob

¡nos han robado! we've been robbed!; robar algo a algn to steal sth from sb; les robaba dinero a sus compañeros de clase he was stealing money from his classmates; me han robado la cartera my wallet has been stolen; Ana le ha robado el novio Ana has stolen her boyfriend; el defensa le robó el balón the defender stole the ball off him; no quiero robarle su tiempo I don't want to take up your time; tuve que robarle horas al sueño para acabar el trabajo I had to work into the night to finish the job; robarle el corazón a algn to steal sb's heart

2 [+atención] to steal; capture; [+paciencia] to exhaust; [+tranquilidad] to destroy; take away; [+vida] to take; steal

3 (estafar) to cheat; rob

en ese negocio te han robado you've been cheated o robbed in that deal

4 [+naipes] to take; draw

roba una carta de la baraja take o draw a card from the deck

5 [+río, corriente] to carry away

6 (raptar) to kidnap; abduct

intransitive verb

1 (sisar) to steal

lo cogieron robando he was caught stealing; no robarás (Biblia) thou shalt not steal; entraron a robar en mi casa they broke into my house

2 (Naipes) to take a card; draw a card