he's always losing thingssiempre está perdiendo las cosas;I've lost my penhe perdido el bolígrafo;I lost him in the crowdlo perdí entre la muchedumbre
2(be deprived of)perder
you've got nothing to loseno tienes nada que perder;you've nothing to lose by helping himno vas a perder nada ayudándole;what have you got to lose?¿qué tienes tú que perder?;¿qué vas a perder?;he lost £1,000 on that dealperdió 1.000 libras en ese trato;I lost my father when I was tenperdí a mi padre cuando tenía diez años;I don't want to lose youno quiero perderte
he's lost his licencele han retirado el carnet
to lose one's lifeperder la vida
to lose a patientno lograr salvar a un paciente
to lose the use of an armperder el uso de un brazo
to lose one's [voice]I can't sing - I've lost my voice because of this sore throat
the poem lost a lot in the translationel poema perdió mucho en la traducción
she's lost her figure/her looksha perdido la línea/su belleza
to lose itperder los papeles;perder el control
In a recent interview he talked about life in the spotlight of celebrity, complaining: `I've lost it, really. I throw things round the room. I might get to the stage where I actually smash up hotel rooms."For the moment the protesters seem to have lost it. They no longer have a direct line to a nation whose short-term attention has flitted off elsewhereFrench chic? Has Dior completely lost it?Lyle's game slumped like a pricked balloon. 'The bubble burst," he said yesterday. `I just lost it. I don't know whether it was the strain of playing high-level golf for long periods but I just couldn't play any more."to lose one's [temper]
English cricket has lost its wayWhy has the White House lost its way on tax and budget policy?the management appears to have lost its way and profit expectations have plungedSIMON FREEMAN draws an alarming picture of a Royal Family that has lost its waya little boy who lost his way in the forestI finally reached it (having lost my way three times)
6(waste)perder
there was not a moment to loseno había ni un momento que perder
he didn't lose any [sleep] over it
I wouldn't lose any sleep over it!¡no pierdas el sueño por ello!;¡no te preocupes por ello!
to lose no [time]
to lose no time in doing sth
she lost no time in making up her mindse decidió enseguida;no le costó nada decidirse;I lost no time in telling him exactly what I thought of himno vacilé en decirle exactamente lo que pensaba de él
the Governor lost no time in coming to the pointByelorussians didn't exactly love Poles and lost no time in turning them over to the police
7(get rid of)[+unwanted companion]deshacerse de;[+pursuers]zafarse de
try to lose him before you come to see ushe managed to lose the detective who was following him
to lose weightperder peso;adelgazar
I lost two kilosperdí or adelgacé dos kilos
8(fall behind)[+watch, clock]atrasarse
this watch loses five minutes every dayeste reloj se atrasa cinco minutos cada día
9(cause loss of)
it lost him the job/the matchle costó el puesto/el partido;le hizo perder el puesto/el partido;that deal lost me £5,000ese negocio me costó or me hizo perder 5.000 libras
that lost us the warthat mistake lost us the gamehis `drinking and bad ways" lost him his marriage and his job as a mechanic in Tampa
10(confuse)confundir
you've lost me thereahora sí que me has confundido;ahora sí que no te entiendo
proceeded to blind Jim with complex formulae which lost him completely"the 'bailes' are totally different to the 'Passarela do Samba'" - "You've lost me already," he interruptedI think we lost him somewhere along the way
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to lose o.s. in sth(a book, music, memories)ensimismarse en algo
to lose o.s. in thoughtshe would lose herself in the musicI lost myself in a bookthey lose themselves in drink and drugsshe just loses herself in the past/in her memoriesFor almost a quarter of a minute /Clayton lost himself in reverie, then blinked and said ...He fished the snapshot out between thumb and forefinger and then lost himself in contemplation of those faded features of a man and a boy
intransitive verb
1[+player, team]perder
he's losing (by) two sets to oneva perdiendo (por) dos sets a uno;they lost (by) three goals to twoperdieron (por) tres goles a dos;to lose to sbperder contra algn
they lost to the new teamChuck mckinley lost to Rod Laver of Australia in the men's singles finalsthe U.S. team lost to Australia 4-3"how did you get on?" - "we lost"
you can't loseno tienes pérdida;tienes que forzosamente salir ganando
he lost on the dealsalió perdiendo en el negocio
the story did not lose in the tellingel cuento no perdió en la narración