visit

la visita

visit(vih-ziht)

noun

1. (temporary stay)

a. la visita

(F)

We stayed there on our first visit to the city.

Nos alojamos allí la primera vez que visitamos la ciudad.

2. (act of going to see a person or place)

a. la visita

(F)

I had a visit from your son last week.

Tu hijo me hizo una visita la semana pasada.

3. (chat)

(United States)

a. la charla

(F)

I enjoyed the visits we used to have.

Me gustaban las charlas que teníamos antes.

transitive verb

4. (to go to see)

a. visitar (a person or place)

You should visit the Museum of Modern Art while you're in New York.

Deberías visitar el Museo de Arte Moderno cuando estés en Nueva York.

b. ir a ver (a person)

I visited my grandfather in the hospital.

Fui a ver a mi abuelo al hospital.

5.

(literary)

(to afflict)

a. abatir

He was visited with a strange sickness.

Fue abatido por una extraña enfermedad.

6.

(literary)

(to inflict)

a. infligir

Our failings will be visited on future generations.

Nuestros defectos se infligirán a las generaciones venideras.

intransitive verb

7. (to pay a visit)

a. venir de visita

When are you coming to visit?

¿Cuándo vas a venir de visita?

b. hacer una visita

I've promised my friends in China I'd visit.

Le prometí a mis amigos en China que les haría una visita.

8. (to talk socially)

(United States)

a. charlar

Visit with me for a little longer.

Charla conmigo un poco más.

visit

Noun

1. (general)

a. la visita

(F)

to pay somebody a visithacer una visita a alguien

to be on a visitestar de visita

transitive verb

2. (general)

a. visitar

intransitive verb

3. (general)

a.

to be visitingestar de visita

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visit [ˈvɪzɪt]

noun

(gen) visita (f)

to go on or make a visit to [+person, place] ir de visita a; visitar a

to pay sb a visit pay a visit to sb hacer una visita or visitar a algn; pasar a ver a algn; especially (LAm)

on a private/an official visit de or en visita privada/oficial; he was taken ill on or during a visit to Amsterdam cayó enfermo durante una visita a Amsterdam; to return a visit devolver una visita; a visit to the lavatory or toilet una visita al servicio; una visita al señor Roca (informal)

he made several visits to the toilet during the night after the sixth visit to the loo ...

transitive verb

1 (go and see) [+person] visitar; hacer una visita a; [+place] ir a; visitar

to visit the sick visitar a los enfermos; to visit a patient ir a ver a un paciente; visitar a un paciente; he never visits the doctor nunca va al médico; we're hoping to visit Tarragona esperamos poder ir a or visitar Tarragona

we had hoped to visit Medinaceli while we were there

when we first visited the town la primera vez que fuimos a or visitamos la ciudad

2 (stay with) [+person] visitar; pasar un tiempo con; (stay in) [+town, area] visitar; pasar un tiempo en;

3 (inflict, afflict)

to visit a punishment on sb castigar a algn con algo; mandar un castigo a algn; they were visited with the plague sufrieron el azote de la peste; the sins of the fathers are visited on the children los hijos sufren los pecados de los padres

As the Bible says, the sins of the fathers are visited on the children

intransitive verb

1 (make a visit) hacer una visita; (make visits) hacer visitas

they always visit when they're in town siempre nos hacen una visita cuando vienen a la ciudad; she has promised to visit next year ha prometido venir de visita el año que viene; to go visiting hacer visitas

Not too many musicians stay at the hotel anymore, although they do drop by to visit

2 (US)

to visit with sb (go and see) visitar a algn; (chat with) charlar con algn