- take in
- 1) (to include: Literature takes in drama, poetry and the novel.) incluir, comprender, abarcar2) (to give (someone) shelter: He had nowhere to go, so I took him in.) recoger, dar cobijo, acoger3) (to understand and remember: I didn't take in what he said.) entender, comprender, captar, asimilar4) (to make (clothes) smaller: I lost a lot of weight, so I had to take all my clothes in.) meterle, achicar5) (to deceive or cheat: He took me in with his story.) engañar, embaucar, dar gato por liebretake in vt1) : tomarle a, achicar (un vestido, etc.)2) include: incluir, abarcar3) attend: ir ato take in a movie: ir al cine4) grasp, understand: captar, entender5) deceive: engañarSense I1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o(move indoors) \<\<chairs/toys\>\> meter (dentro), llevar para dentro, entrar (esp AmS)2)a) (give home to) \<\<orphan\>\> recoger*; \<\<lodger\>\> alojarb) (do)
she takes in washing/ironing — es lavandera, lava para afuera (CS)/es planchadora, plancha para afuera (CS)
3) (grasp, register) \<\<impressions/information/news\>\> asimilarhe didn't take in what was happening — no se dio cuenta de lo que estaba pasando
4) (make narrower) \<\<dress/waist\>\> meterle or tomarle a5) \<\<plant/roots\>\> \<\<water/nutrients\>\> asimilarSense II6) v + o + adv (deceive) engañarSense III7) v + adv + oa) (include) \<\<areas/topics\>\> incluir*, abarcar*b) (visit) visitar, incluir* (en el recorrido)VT + ADV1) (=bring in) [+ person] hacer entrar; [+ chairs, toys] recoger, meter para dentro; [+ harvest] recoger; [+ sail] desmontar2) (=give home to) [+ orphan, stray dog] acoger, recogerto take in lodgers — alquilar habitaciones
3) (=receive) [+ laundry, sewing] coger para hacer en casa4) [+ skirt, dress, waistband] achicar5) (=include, cover) [+ possibilities, cases] abarcar, incluirwe took in Florence on the way — pasamos por Florencia en el camino
to take in a movie * — ir al cine
6) (=grasp, understand) [+ situation] comprender; [+ impressions] asimilar; (visually) [+ surroundings] captarthat child takes everything in — a esa criatura no se le escapa nada
it's so incredible you can't quite take it in — es tan increíble que es difícil de asimilar
he took the situation in at a glance — comprendió la situación con una sola mirada
7) (=deceive, cheat) engañarto be taken in by appearances — dejarse engañar por las apariencias
* * *Sense I1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o(move indoors) \<\<chairs/toys\>\> meter (dentro), llevar para dentro, entrar (esp AmS)2)a) (give home to) \<\<orphan\>\> recoger*; \<\<lodger\>\> alojarb) (do)she takes in washing/ironing — es lavandera, lava para afuera (CS)/es planchadora, plancha para afuera (CS)
3) (grasp, register) \<\<impressions/information/news\>\> asimilarhe didn't take in what was happening — no se dio cuenta de lo que estaba pasando
4) (make narrower) \<\<dress/waist\>\> meterle or tomarle a5) \<\<plant/roots\>\> \<\<water/nutrients\>\> asimilarSense II6) v + o + adv (deceive) engañarSense III7) v + adv + oa) (include) \<\<areas/topics\>\> incluir*, abarcar*b) (visit) visitar, incluir* (en el recorrido)
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
