declare

declarar

declararse

declare(dih-klehr)

transitive verb

1. (to affirm)

a. declarar

Stacy declared her love for Pat.

Stacy declaró su amor por Pat.

b. manifestar

George was quite confident in himself and readily declared his opinions to all within earshot.

George tenía bastante seguridad en sí mismo y manifestaba de buena gana sus opiniones a todos a su alrededor.

2. (finance)

a. anunciar

The company declared a dividend of 50 cents per share.

La empresa anunció un dividendo de 50 centavos por acción.

3. (taxation)

a. declarar

He declared his million dollar yacht as a tax deduction.

Declaró su yate de un millón de dólares como una deducción de impuestos.

4. (card games)

a. declarar

You need to declare a trick.

Debes declarar una baza.

intransitive verb

5. (to take sides)

a. declararse

He declared in favor of the new shopping center plan.

Se declaró a favor del nuevo plan del centro comercial.

b. pronunciarse

A group of protestants declared against the government in London.

Un grupo de protestantes se pronunciaron en contra del gobierno en Londres.

6. (card games)

a. declarar

Each player declares whether they are in or out.

Cada jugador declara si va o no va.

7. (politics)

(United States)

a. anunciar su candidatura

When she declared for president, she had no idea how well her campaign would do.

Cuando anunció su candidatura a la presidencia, no tenía idea de lo bien que iría la campaña.

declare

transitive verb

1. (general)

a. declarar

to declare war (on)declarar la guerra (a)

to declare somebody guilty/innocentdeclarar a alguien culpable/inocente

have you anything to declare?¿(tiene) algo que declarar?

intransitive verb

2. (general)

a.

to declare for/against somethingdeclararse a favor de/en contra de algo

3. (old-fashioned)

a.

I do declare!¡demontre!

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declare [dɪˈklɛəʳ]

transitive verb

1 [+intentions, love] declarar; [+dividend, result] anunciar

she declared that she knew nothing about it declaró or manifestó que no sabía nada al respecto; to declare war (on or against sb) declarar la guerra (a algn); to declare o.s. declararse; to declare o.s. against/in favour of sth pronunciarse or declararse en contra de/a favor de algo; he declared himself beaten se dio por vencido; to declare o.s. surprised confesar su sorpresa

2 (Economics) [+income] declarar

to declare sth to the customs declarar algo en la aduana; have you anything to declare? ¿tiene usted algo que declarar?

3 (Bridge) declarar

intransitive verb

1 (pronounce)

to declare for declare in favour of pronunciarse a favor de

2 (in exclamation)

well, I declare! ¡vaya por Dios!

3 (Bridge) declarar