prescribe

recetar

prescribe(prih-skrayb)

transitive verb

1. (to order as a remedy)

a. recetar

The doctor prescribed a cough syrup for my cough.

El médico me recetó un jarabe para la tos.

b. recomendar

The doctor prescribed avoiding strenuous activity for two weeks.

El médico le recomendó evitar las actividades vigorosas durante dos semanas.

c. prescribir

Doctors should avoid prescribing antibiotics when they aren't vital for a patient's recovery.

Los médicos deben evitar prescribir antibióticos cuando no son fundamentales para la recuperación del paciente.

2. (to dictate)

a. prescribir

The regulator has prescribed certain minimum requirements for investing in this type of investment.

El organismo regulador prescribió ciertos requisitos mínimos para invertir en este tipo de inversión.

b. ordenar

The law prescribes that children must be vaccinated.

Las leyes ordenan que los niños deben ser vacunados.

prescribe

transitive verb

1. (medicine)

a. recetar

2. (punishment, solution)

a. prescribir

in the prescribed mannerde la forma prescrita

prescribe [prɪˈskraɪb]

transitive verb

1 (lay down, order) prescribir; ordenar

in the prescribed way en conformidad con lo prescrito; prescribed books lecturas (f) obligatorias; the prescribed punishment la pena establecida or prescrita

2 [+medicine] recetar

to prescribe sth for sb prescribe sb sth [+medicine] recetar algo a algn

the doctor prescribed a course of antibiotics for me el médico me recetó antibióticos; he prescribed complete rest recomendó reposo absoluto; the prescribed dose la dosis prescrita; what do you prescribe? ¿qué me recomienda?

intransitive verb

(Med) recetar

to prescribe for sb prescribing for the elderly he had prescribed for her for years