set out

set out
1) (to start a journey: He set out to explore the countryside.) partir, salir
2) (to intend: I didn't set out to prove him wrong.) proponerse, tener la intención
set out vb salir / partir
set out vi
: salir (de viaje)
set out vt
intend: proponerse
set out
v.
encaminar v.
partir v.
1) v + adv
a) (begin journey) salir*, partir (liter or frml)
b) (begin, intend)

I didn't set out with that intention — no empecé con esa intención

to set out to + inf: I didn't set out to offend him no era mi intención ofenderlo; she had failed in what she had set out to achieve — no había logrado lo que se había propuesto

2) v + o + adv, v + adv + o
a) (expound) \<\<argument/theory\>\> exponer*
b) (display, arrange) \<\<goods\>\> exponer*; \<\<chess pieces\>\> colocar*

the children's work was set out on the tables — el trabajo de los niños estaba expuesto or dispuesto sobre las mesas

1.
VI + ADV salir, partir (esp LAm) (for para) (from de)

we set out for London at nine o'clock — salimos para Londres a las nueve

to set out in search of sth/sb — salir en busca de algo/algn

to set out to do sth — proponerse hacer algo

what are you setting out to do? — ¿qué os proponéis?, ¿cuál es vuestro objetivo?

we did not set out to do that — no teníamos esa intención al principio

2. VT + ADV
1) (=display) [+ goods] exponer
2) (=present) [+ reasons, ideas] presentar, exponer
* * *
1) v + adv
a) (begin journey) salir*, partir (liter or frml)
b) (begin, intend)

I didn't set out with that intention — no empecé con esa intención

to set out to + inf: I didn't set out to offend him no era mi intención ofenderlo; she had failed in what she had set out to achieve — no había logrado lo que se había propuesto

2) v + o + adv, v + adv + o
a) (expound) \<\<argument/theory\>\> exponer*
b) (display, arrange) \<\<goods\>\> exponer*; \<\<chess pieces\>\> colocar*

the children's work was set out on the tables — el trabajo de los niños estaba expuesto or dispuesto sobre las mesas


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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