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aprovechar (conjugate aprovechar) verbo transitivoa) ‹tiempo/espacio/talento› to make the most of;◊ dinero/tiempo bien aprovechado money/time well spent;es espacio mal aprovechado it's a waste of spaceb) ‹oportunidad› to take advantage of;◊ aprovecho la ocasión para decirles que … I would like to take this opportunity to tell you that …c) (usar) to use;◊ no tira nada, todo lo aprovecha she doesn't throw anything away, she makes use of everythingverbo intransitivo:◊ aproveché para venir a verte I thought I'd take the opportunity to come and see you;¡que aproveche! enjoy your meal, bon appétit; aprovechen ahora, que son jóvenes make the most of it now, while you're young aprovecharse verbo pronominala) (abusar) aprovecharse de algo/algn to take advantage of sth/sb, to exploit sth/sbb) (abusar sexualmente) aprovecharse de algn ‹de una mujer› to take advantage of sb;‹de un niño› to abuse sb
aprovechar
I verbo transitivo
1 to make the most of: hemos aprovechado mucho el rato, we've done a lot in a short time
2 (la situación) to take advantage of: aprovechamos la ocasión para explicarle nuestro proyecto, we seized the opportunity to explain our project to him
II verbo intransitivo ¡que aproveche!, enjoy your meal!, bon appétit! 'aprovechar' also found in these entries: Spanish: desperdiciar - excedente - jugo - máximo English: account - advantage - avail - bread - harness - milk - most - opportunity - seize - seize on - seize upon - take - waste - grab - grasp
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.