- buscar
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Multiple Entries:
buscar buscar algo
buscar (conjugate buscar) verbo transitivo 1a) (intentar encontrar) to look for;‹fama/fortuna› to seek;◊ te buscan en la portería someone is asking for you at receptionb) (en libro, lista) to look up;◊ busca el número en la guía look up the number in the directory2a) (recoger) to collect, pick up;◊ fui a buscarlo al aeropuerto (para traerlo — en coche) I went to pick him up from the airport;(— en tren, a pie) I went to meet him at the airport;◊ vengo a buscar mis cosas I've come to collect o pick up my thingsb) (conseguir) to get;◊ yo le busqué trabajo I found him a job;fue a buscar un médico/un taxi he went to get a doctor/a taxi; ¿qué buscas con eso? what are you trying to achieve by that? verbo intransitivo to look;◊ busca en el cajón look o have a look in the drawerbuscarse verbo pronominal 1 (intentar encontrar) to look for 2 ‹problemas› to ask for;◊ no quiero buscarme complicaciones/problemas I don't want any trouble;tú te lo has buscado you've brought it on yourself, it serves you right; buscársela(s) (fam): te la estás buscando you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)
buscar verbo transitivo
1 to look for
2 (en la enciclopedia, en el diccionario) to look up
3 (conseguir, traer) to fetch: ve a buscar un poco de agua, go and fetch some water
4 (recoger cosas) to collect (recoger personas) to pick up: fue a buscarme al trabajo, she picked me up from work 'buscar' also found in these entries: Spanish: acudir - condicionamiento - ir - mirar - sistema - tienta - aguja - andar - bronca - camorra - colocación - pelea - perro - recoger - refugio - trabajo - venir English: advertise - collect - dig around - down-market - expressly - fetch - fish - forage - fumble - get - go for - hunt - instrumental - kerb-crawl - look - look for - look out for - look up - meet - needle - pick - pick up - prospect - pursue - scout around - search - search for - seek - seek after - spoil for - want - afield - call - collection - court - dig - feel - ferry - go - grope - house - job - nook - scout - send - trouble - woo
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.