He has served his country since he enrolled in the army when he was 19 years old.Ha servido a su patria desde que se alistó en el ejército con 19 años.
The scammer will serve a couple of years in prison before he can get probation.El estafador cumplirá un par de años en la cárcel antes de obtener la libertad condicional.
His father was a carpenter, so he served his apprenticeship in his father's studio.Su padre era carpintero, así que él hizo su aprendizaje en el taller de su padre.
Can you answer the phone, please? I'm serving a customer at the moment.¿Puedes contestar la llamada, por favor? Estoy atendiendo a un cliente ahora mismo.
I was caught cheating on my wife with another woman, so she served me with divorce papers the next day.Me pillaron engañando a mi esposa con otra mujer, así que ella me entregó los papeles del divorcio al día siguiente.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
I only have colored paper, but that will probably serve for what I need to print.Solo tengo papel de colores, pero creo que servirá para lo que necesito imprimir.
In tennis, serving doesn't need to be much harder for left-handed players.En tenis, servir no tiene por qué ser mucho más complicado para jugadores zurdos.
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
he served his country wellsirvió dignamente a la patria;prestó valiosos servicios a la patria
to serve two masters
2(be used for, be useful as)servir
that serves to explain ...eso sirve para explicar ...
the little table that served him [for] a desk
it serves its/my purposeviene al caso
it serves you rightte lo mereces;te lo tienes merecido;te está bien empleado
it served him right for being so greedyse lo mereció por ser tan glotón;le está bien empleado por glotón;if my memory serves me rightsi la memoria no me falla
to serve sb with hors d'oeuvresservir los entremeses a algn;are you being served, madam?¿le están atendiendo, señora?;dinner is servedla cena está servida;they served cod as halibuthicieron pasar bacalao por halibut;main courses are served with vegetables or saladel plato principal se sirve acompañado de verduras o ensalada
4(complete)cumplir;hacer
to serve an apprenticeshiphacer el aprendizaje
to serve ten years in the armyservir diez años en el ejército
to serve a prison sentenceserve time (in prison)cumplir una condena or una pena de cárcel
5(Jur)[+writ, summons]entregar
to serve a summons on sbentregar una citación a algn
they served her with a deportation order
6(Travel)
in towns served by this lineen las ciudades por donde pasa esta línea;these villages used to be served by busesantes en estos pueblos había servicio de autobuses
7(Cookery)(be enough for)
this recipe serves sixesta receta es (suficiente) para seis personas
8(Tennis)etc
to serve the ballservir (la bola);sacar;he served 17 double faultshizo 17 dobles faltas
intransitive verb
1[+servant, soldier]servir
he is not willing to serveno está dispuesto a ofrecer sus servicios;to serve on a committee/juryser miembro de una comisión/un jurado;to serve on the councilser concejal;to serve in parliamentser diputado
2(at mealtime)servir
shall I serve?¿sirvo?;to serve at tableservir en la mesa
3(in shop)atender
She spent six months serving in a shop
4(be useful)
to serve for or asservir de
she showed me into the front room, which served as her office
it will serveservirá para el caso;it serves to show that ...sirve para demostrar que ...
5(Tennis)sacar
noun
(Tennis)etcservicio (m);saque (m)
whose serve is it?¿quién saca?;¿de quién es el servicio?;he has a strong servetiene un servicio or saque muy fuerte
