- take back
- 1) (to make (someone) remember or think about (something): Meeting my old friends took me back to my childhood.) llevar de nuevo, devolver, trasladar2) (to admit that what one has said is not true: Take back what you said about my sister!) retirartake back vt: retirar (palabras, etc.)1) v + o + adv, v + adv + oa) (return) devolver*b) (repossess) llevarsec) (accept back)
she wouldn't take back the money she'd lent me — no quiso que le devolviera el dinero que me había prestado
I wonder if she'll take him back — me pregunto si aceptará que vuelva
d) (withdraw, retract) \<\<statement\>\> retirar2) v + o + adv (in time)this song takes me back! — qué recuerdos me trae esta canción!
it takes me back to my childhood — me transporta a mi niñez
VT + ADV1) (=return) [+ book, goods] devolver; [+ person] llevar (de vuelta)can you take him back home? — ¿le puedes acompañar a su casa?
2) (=accept back) [+ purchase, gift] aceptar la devolución de; [+ one's wife, husband] aceptar que vuelvathe company took him back — la compañía volvió a emplearlo or lo restituyó a su puesto
3) (=retract) [+ statement, words] retirarshe took back everything she had said about him — retiró todo lo que había dicho de él
I take it all back! — ¡retiro lo dicho!
to take back one's promise — retirar su promesa
4) (=get back, reclaim) [+ territory] retomar5) (fig) (=transport)it takes me back to my childhood — me recuerda a mi niñez
it takes you back, doesn't it? — ¡cuántos recuerdos (de los buenos tiempos)!
* * *1) v + o + adv, v + adv + oa) (return) devolver*b) (repossess) llevarsec) (accept back)she wouldn't take back the money she'd lent me — no quiso que le devolviera el dinero que me había prestado
I wonder if she'll take him back — me pregunto si aceptará que vuelva
d) (withdraw, retract) \<\<statement\>\> retirar2) v + o + adv (in time)this song takes me back! — qué recuerdos me trae esta canción!
it takes me back to my childhood — me transporta a mi niñez
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
