Is it raining outside? - I don't know. Put your head out the door and see for yourself.¿Está lloviendo afuera? - No lo sé. Asoma la cabeza por la puerta y mira por ti mismo.
A word or phrase used to refer to the second person formal “usted” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g., usted).
(formal)
After you've had a good look at the artifact, put it back in the case, please.Después de examinar bien el artefacto, introdúzcalo de nuevo en su caja, por favor.
I'd rather not put you through any trouble with this, but if you could help, I'd really appreciate it.Prefiero no causarte molestia con esto, pero si pudieras ayudar, te lo agradecería.
I wouldn't put it that way exactly. I think it's more a case of his lack of maturity.No diría eso precisamente. Más bien pienso que se trata de su falta de madurez.
They put the profits for the next quarter at more than a million dollars.Se calcula que los beneficios del próximo trimestre serán más de un millón de dólares.
I'd put the total spent on infrastructure at around a half a million pesos.Estimaría que el total que se ha gastado en la infraestructura está alrededor de medio millón de pesos.
The public will get to put their questions and complaints to the board this Thursday.El público podrá presentar sus preguntas y quejas a la mesa este jueves.
For set combinations consisting of put + noun, eg put a price on, put a strain on, put an end to, put at risk, put out of business, put in touch with look up the noun. For put + adverb/preposition combinations, see also phrasal verbs.
I put a serviette by each platepuse or coloqué una servilleta junto a cada plato
put it in the drawerponlo en el cajón
she put the chairs in a circlepuso or colocó las sillas en círculo;shall I put milk in your coffee?¿te pongo leche en el café?;you haven't put any salt in itno le has puesto nada de sal;to put an advertisement in the paperponer un anuncio en el periódico;he put a coin in the slotpuso or metió or(formal) introdujo una moneda en la ranura;he put the letter in his pocketse metió la carta en el bolsillo;he put the ball in the netmetió el balón en la red;to put sb in a homeingresar a algn en una residencia
Rather than put him in hospital she cared for him at homeHe threatened to put me in hospital if I didn't tell him what he wanted to knowWhen Father was no longer able to look after himself, we had to decide whether to put him in a homeWe put the dog in kennels while we were awayThey put an announcement in the local paper thanking everyone
you should put your money in a bankdeberías poner or(formal) depositar el dinero en un banco
I put a sheet of paper into the typewriterpuse or coloqué una hoja de papel en la máquina de escribir
I put my hand into the sackmetí la mano en el saco
he put her into a taxi
he put his keys on the tablepuso or dejó las llaves en la mesa
I put some more coal on the firepuse or eché más carbón en el fuego;she put her head on my shoulderapoyó or recostó la cabeza en mi hombro;my brother put me on the trainmi hermano me dejó en el tren;to put a button on a shirtcoser un botón en una camisa
she put her head out of the windowasomó la cabeza por la ventana
he put his hand over his mouthse tapó la boca con la mano;se puso la mano en la boca
he put his head round the doorasomó la cabeza por la puerta
put it there!(handshake)¡chócala! (informal)
to put a bullet [through] sb
I put my fist through the windowrompí la ventana con el puño
she put a bullet through his headle metió una bala por la cabeza
we put the children [to] bedto put the enemy [to] flightthey had to put three men on the job
he put the shell to his earse puso or se acercó la concha al oído
he put his rucksack over the fence
put yourself in my placeponte en mi lugar
Put yourself in my place — alone in a foreign country and with no money. What would you have done?
I didn't know where to put myselfcreí que me moría de vergüenza;no sabía dónde meterme
Some [put] + noun combinations require a more specific Spanish verb. For very set combinations look up the noun.
don't try and put the [blame] on me!he put the [blame] squarely on the government
the syllabus puts a lot of emphasis on languagesel programa (de estudios) hace or pone mucho énfasis en los idiomas
I wouldn't put any faith in what he saysyo no creería lo que dice;yo no tendría ninguna confianza en lo que dice
he's putting [ideas] into their heads
you can put that idea out of your headya te puedes quitar esa idea de la cabeza
the only way I can cope is by putting all thoughts of the accident out of my headAnyone who thinks this signals a change in our policy can put such ideas out of their mind completelyyou can't put a [price] on friendshiphis mother was putting all the [responsibility] on him
this puts the responsibility on drivers to be aware of the lawesto responsabiliza a los conductores de estar enterados de la ley
his illness put a great [strain] on his familythey have put a [tax] on luxury itemsHis comments put additional pressure on the governmentThey will force schools to put more emphasis on teaching basic subjectsBe aware of the terrible strain it can put on a child when you expect the best reportsI put my trust in you and this is how you repay meto put one's trust in God
I couldn't put a [figure] on itthey are putting [pressure] on her to resignthey put no [value] on human lifehe puts a high value on his appearanceShe puts great value on his friendship
2(cause to be)poner
he put his own life [at] risk to save them
to put sb in a good/bad moodponer a algn de buen/mal humor
this puts me in a very awkward positionesto me pone or deja en una situación muy difícil;his win today puts him in second place overallla victoria de hoy le pone or coloca en segunda posición en la clasificación general;to put sb in charge of sthponer a algn a cargo de algo
to put sb [in touch with] sbMy doctor put me in touch with a psychiatrist
to put sb on a dietponer a algn a dieta or a régimen
the doctor has put me on antibioticsel doctor me ha recetado antibióticos
this is going to put them [out of] businessa knee injury put him [out of] the final
3(cause to undertake)
to put sb to sth: it put us to a lot of extra expensenos supuso muchos gastos adicionales
I don't want to put you to any troubleno quiero causarte ninguna molestia
she put him to work immediatelylo puso a trabajar en seguida
I put him [to] answering the phone
4(express)decir
I don't quite know how to put thisla verdad, no sé cómo decir esto;you can put all that in two wordstodo eso se puede decir en dos palabras
as Shakespeare puts itcomo dice Shakespeare
as the Portuguese put [it]
to put it bluntlypara decirlo claramente;hablando en plata (informal)
I find it hard to put into wordsme resulta difícil expresarlo con palabras
to put sth into Frenchtraducir algo al francés
how shall I put it?¿cómo lo diría?
let me put it this way ...digámoslo de esta manera ...;por decirlo de alguna manera ...;to put it another way, it'll save you three hourspor decirlo de otra manera, te ahorrará tres horas;try putting it another waytrata de decirlo de otra manera
to put it simplypara decirlo sencillamente
to put it [briefly]to put a text into verse
5(write)poner;escribir
what do you want me to put?¿qué quieres que ponga or escriba?
He crossed out "Screenplay" and put "Written by" insteadYou should have put a semi-colon, not a colonHe put some pretty scandalous stories in his memoirs
put your name at the top of the paperponga or escriba su nombre en la parte superior del papel;put the title in capital letterspon or escribe el título en letras mayúsculas;to put sth in writingponer algo por escrito
I've put you on the waiting listle he puesto en la lista de espera
put it on my account(Comm)cárguelo a mi cuenta
he put a line through the offending paragraphtachó el párrafo controvertido
to put one's signature to sthfirmar algo
6(invest)invertir
to put money into a companyinvertir dinero en una compañía
he put all his savings into the projectinvirtió todos sus ahorros en el proyecto;I put most of the money into sharesinvertí la mayor parte del dinero en acciones;I've put a lot of time and effort into thishe invertido un montón de tiempo y esfuerzo en esto;le he dedicado a esto mucho tiempo y esfuerzo;she has put a lot into the relationshipse ha esforzado mucho en su relación;"I'm not getting much out of this course" — "well, you're not putting much into it, are you?"—no estoy sacando mucho de este curso —tampoco es que te estés esforzando mucho, ¿no?
to put one's savings [into] marks
7(contribute)
to put sth towards sthcontribuir (con) algo hacia algo
I'll pay for the bike but you'll have to put something towards ityo pagaré la bici pero tú tienes que contribuir con algo;I'm going to put the money towards a holidayvoy a poner or guardar el dinero para unas vacaciones
8(expound, submit)[+views]expresar;exponer
this will give people an opportunity to put their viewsesto dará a la gente la oportunidad de expresar or exponer sus puntos de vista;he puts the case for a change in the lawplantea or expone argumentos a favor de un cambio en la ley;she puts a convincing casepresenta or da argumentos convincentes
she wanted to put her own casehe put the arguments for and against the projecthe put his own side of the argument very clearlyhe sat there listening as we put suggestions to him
the proposal was put before Parliamentla propuesta se presentó ante el parlamento
to put sth to sb
how will you put it to him?¿cómo se lo vas a decir or comunicar?;put it to him gentlydíselo suavemente;I put it to you that ...les sugiero que ...;to put a question to sbhacer una pregunta a algn;the chairman put the proposal to the committeeel presidente sometió la propuesta a votación en el comité;we shall have to put it to our memberstendremos que someterlo a la votación de nuestros miembros
9(estimate)
they put the loss at around £50,000calcularon or valoraron las pérdidas en unas 50.000 libras
his fortune is put at 3 billionse calcula or valora su fortuna en 3 billones;the number of dead was put at 6,000se calculó or estimó el número de muertos en 6.000
what would you put it at?
I would put him at 40diría que tiene unos 40 años
the population is put [at] 2500
some put the figure as high as 20,000algunos estiman que la cifra llega hasta 20.000
10(rank)
he put himself above the lawcreía estar por encima de la ley
I would put Joyce above Lawrence
I wouldn't put him among the greatest poetsyo no le pondría entre los más grandes poetas
we should never put money before happinessno deberíamos nunca anteponer el dinero a la felicidad
I put the needs of my children before anything elsepara mí las necesidades de mis hijos van por delante de todo lo demás or son más importantes que todo lo demás
she has always put her career firstpara ella su carrera siempre ha sido lo primero
11(set)
she put my brother against mepuso a mi hermano en contra mía
to put a watch to the right timeponer un reloj en hora
to put the words to musicponer música a la letra
12(throw)
to put the shot(Dep)lanzar el peso
13(St Ex)(offer to sell)[+stock, security]declararse vendedor de;
