escribir

to write

escribir(ehs-kree-beer)

transitive verb

1. (to put in writing)

a. to write

El alumno escribió su ensayo de 20 páginas en una noche.

The student wrote his 20-page essay in one night.

Escribe lo que digo.

Write what I say.

2. (literature or music)

a. to write

Me escribió una canción de amor.

He wrote me a love song.

3. (to spell)

a. to write

Los nombres propios se escriben con mayúscula.

Proper nouns are written with capital letters.

intransitive verb

4. (to produce written words)

a. to write

Es un verdadero escándalo que algunos niños terminen el colegio sin saber leer o escribir.

It is truly shocking that some children leave school without being able to read or write.

escribirse

reciprocal verb

5. (to correspond)

a. to write to each other

Nos escribimos todos los días.

We write to each other every day.

6. (to correspond; used with "con")

a. to write to

Hace años que me escribo con un argentino que conocí cuando viajaba por Sudamérica.

I've been writing to an Argentinian for years whom I met when I was traveling around South America.

escribir

transitive verb

1. (general)

a. to write

hace mucho que no me escribeshe hasn't written to me for a long time

intransitive verb

2. (general)

a. to write

todavía no ha aprendido a escribirhe still hasn't learned (how) to write

escribir a lápizto write in pencil

escribir a manoto write by hand

escribir a máquinato type

pronominal verb

3. (personas)

a. to write to one another

4. (palabras)

a.

se escribe con “h”it is spelled with an “h”

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escribirescrito (participio_de_pasado)

transitive verb

intransitive verb

1 [+palabra, texto] to write

escribir a mano to write in longhand; escribir a máquina to type; el que esto escribe (gen) the present writer; (Prensa) this correspondent

2 (en ortografía) to spell

"voy" se escribe con "v" "voy" is spelled with a "v"; ¿cómo se escribe eso? how is that spelled?; how do you spell that?

3 [+cheque] to write out; make out

4 [+música] to compose; write

pronominal verb

escribirse

1 [+dos personas] to write to each other; correspond

2

escribirse con algn to correspond with sb; write to sb