transportar

to transport

USAGE NOTE

This word may also be written "trasportar."

transportar(trahns-pohr-tahr)

transitive verb

1. (to haul)

a. to transport

Los rebeldes capturaron un camión que transportaba armas y municiones.

The rebels captured a truck that was transporting weapons and ammunition.

b. to carry

Un barco que transportaba petróleo chocó contra un iceberg y se hundió.

A ship that was carrying oil collided with an iceberg and sunk.

c. to ship

La empresa transportará la mercadería a Dinamarca la semana que viene.

The company will ship the merchandise to Denmark next week.

2. (electronics)

a. to transmit

Los cables de cobre transportan electricidad.

The copper wires transmit electricity.

3. (music)

a. to transpose

Transporté la canción a Fa para que me sea más fácil cantar.

I transposed the song to the key of F so it'll be easier for me to sing.

4.

(figurative)

(to carry away)

a. to take back

Escuché a dos alemanes hablando, lo que me transportó a los años que pasé viviendo en Berlín.

I heard two Germans talking, which took me back to the years that I spent living in Berlin.

b. to transport back

(figurative)

El olor a canela me transportó a la Navidad pasada.

The smell of cinnamon transported me back to last Christmas.

5. (to enthrall)

a. to captivate

La película era interesante y me transportó.

The movie was interesting and captivated me.

b. to mesmerize

(United States)

La hermosa música me transportó y me hizo llorar.

The beautiful music mesmerized me and brought me to tears.

c. to mesmerise (United Kingdom)

La cantante de ópera transportó a los espectadores con su bella voz.

The opera singer mesmerised the audience with her lovely voice.

transportarse

pronominal verb

6.

(figurative)

(to be captivated)

a. to be enraptured

Me transporté cuando el pianista comenzó a tocar la sonata.

I was enraptured when the pianist began playing the sonata.

b. to go into raptures

El niño se transportó cuando comenzó la película.

The child went into raptures when the movie began.

c. to be transported

(figurative)

Pamela se transportó con la música y comenzó a bailar.

Pamela was transported by the music and she began dancing.

transportar

transitive verb

1. (trasladar)

a. to transport

transportaba una maleta en cada manohe was carrying a suitcase in each hand

esta música me transporta a la infanciathis music takes me back to my childhood

2. (embelesar)

a. to captivate

pronominal verb

3. (embelesarse)

a. to go into raptures

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transportar

transitive verb

1 [+tropas, mercancías] (gen) to transport; (en barco) to ship

transportan el ganado por ferrocarril the livestock is transported by rail; el camión transportaba medicamentos the lorry was carrying medicines; el avión podrá transportar 100 pasajeros the plane will be able to carry 100 passengers; aquella música la transportaba a su adolescencia that music took her back o transported her to when she was a teenager

2 (Electricidad y Eléctronica) [+corriente] to transmit

3 (Música) to transpose

pronominal verb

transportarse (extasiarse) to be transported; be enraptured