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I regret to inform you that you have not been selected for the summer internship.Lamento comunicarte que no has sido seleccionado para la pasantía de este verano.

d. poner al corriente

My parents had a call from the police to inform them of what had happened with my brother.Los llamó la policía a mis padres para ponerlos al corriente de lo que había ocurrido con mi hermano.

2. (to shape)

a. informar

Living in Spain for six months informed my decision to live abroad after graduation.Vivir en España seis meses informó mi decisión de vivir en el extranjero después de graduarme.

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

3. (to give incriminating information)

a. delatar

The police persuaded him to inform on his accomplices.La policía lo convenció para que delatara a sus cómplices.

b. denunciar

The authorities taught children to inform on their parents in case of abuse.Las autoridades enseñaron a los niños a denunciar a sus padres en caso de malos tratos.

inform

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

1. (general)

a. informar or

b. reportar

keep me informed of what is happeningmanténme informado de lo que pase

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

2. (general)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

to inform on somebodydelatar a alguien

inform [ɪnˈfɔːm]

transitive verb

(give information) informar; avisar; (bring up to date) poner al corriente

to inform sb about or of sth informar a algn sobre or de algo; I am pleased to inform you that ... tengo el gusto de comunicarle que ...; keep me informed téngame or manténgame al corriente; why was I not informed? ¿por qué no me informaron or avisaron?; to inform o.s. about sth informarse sobre algo

a well informed person

well-informed

intransitive verb

soplar

to inform on or against sb delatar or denunciar a algn

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Verb Conjugations for informar

Present Participle: informando

Past Participle: informado

Indicative

	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Conditional	Future
yo	informo	informé	informaba	informaría	informaré
tú	informas	informaste	informabas	informarías	informarás
él/ella/Ud.	informa	informó	informaba	informaría	informará
nosotros	informamos	informamos	informábamos	informaríamos	informaremos
vosotros	informáis	informasteis	informabais	informaríais	informaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	informan	informaron	informaban	informarían	informarán

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