tolerar
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tolerar(
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A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb
1. (to endure)
a. to tolerate
Los vendedores a menudo tienen que tolerar a clientes enojados o irrespetuosos.Sales clerks often have to tolerate angry or rude customers.
b. to bear
Baja el volumen de la computadora. No puedo tolerar ese ruido.Turn down the computer volume. I can't bear that noise.
c. to stand
Mi jefa no tolera que le lleven la contraria.My boss cannot stand to be contradicted.
d. to put up with
Me voy. No tengo por qué tolerar esto de nadie.I'm off. I don't have to put up with this from anyone.
2. (to permit)
a. to tolerate
Yo no le tolero a un mocoso como tú que me hable así.I won't tolerate a snot-nosed kid like you speaking to me like that.
b. to let get away with
Con un niño hay que tener mano firme, y desde luego no se le puede tolerar todo.You have to be firm with kids, and you obviously can't let them get away with everything.
c. to allow
Los maestros se han propuesto no tolerar a los alumnos ningún tipo de violencia.Teachers are determined not to allow pupils to engage in any kind of violence.
3. (to respect)
a. to tolerate
Una de las primeras cosas que hay que aprender en la vida es a tolerar ideas distintas de las nuestras.One of the first things we must learn in life is to tolerate ideas that are different from our own.
4. (medicine)
a. to tolerate
De momento, la paciente tolera bien la quimioterapia.The patient has tolerated the chemotherapy well so far.
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tolerar
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb
1. (consentir aceptar)
a. to tolerate
tolerar que alguien haga algoto tolerate somebody doing something
no tolero esa actitudI won't tolerate that sort of attitude
¡cómo toleras que te hable así!how can you let him talk to you like that!
2. (aguantar)
a. to stand, to tolerate
3. (medicinas)
a. to tolerate
esta planta tolera muy bien la sequedadthis plant survives very well in dry conditions
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tolerar
transitive verb
1 (consentir) to tolerate
no se puede tolerar esto this cannot be tolerated; no tolera que digan eso he won't allow them to say that; su madre le tolera demasiado his mother lets him get away with too much
2 (aguantar) to bear; put up with
su estómago no tolera los huevos eggs don't agree with him; el cosmonauta toleró muy bien esta situación difícil the cosmonaut stood up very well to this awkward situation; el puente no tolera el peso de los tanques the bridge will not support the weight of the tanks
3 (Med) (Técnica) to tolerate
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la capacidad para entender y tolerar a las personas es
the ability to understand and tolerate people is
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Verb Conjugations for tolerar
PresentPreteriteImperfectConditionalFuture
yo
tolero
toleré
toleraba
toleraría
toleraré
tú
toleras
toleraste
tolerabas
tolerarías
tolerarás
él/ella/Ud.
tolera
toleró
toleraba
toleraría
tolerará
nosotros
toleramos
toleramos
tolerábamos
toleraríamos
toleraremos
vosotros
toleráis
tolerasteis
tolerabais
toleraríais
toleraréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.
toleran
toleraron
toleraban
tolerarían
tolerarán
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