identify

identify
verb
1) (to recognize as being a certain person etc: Would you be able to identify the man who robbed you?; He identified the coat as his brother's.) identificar
2) (to think of as being the same: He identifies beauty with goodness.) identificar
•
- identify with
- identify oneself with / be identified with
identify vb identificar
El pasado y participio pasado de identify se escribe identified; el gerundio se escribe identifying
identify
tr[aɪ'dentɪfaɪ]
transitive verb (pt & pp identified, ger identifying)
1 (prove or show identity of, recognize) identificar
■ she identified him as the man who had attacked her lo identificó como el hombre que la había atacado
■ he has been identified as The Fox se le ha identificado como El Zorro
■ I had to identify the body tuve que identificar el cadáver
■ she can identify a bird by its call sabe identificar un pájaro por su canto
2 (discover) descubrir, averiguar, identificar
■ they've identified the cause of the epidemic han identificado la causa de la epidemia
3 (associate) asociar (with, con), relacionar (with, con)
■ do you identify money with happiness? ¿relacionas el dinero con la felicidad?
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to identify oneself identificarse
identify [aɪ'dɛntə.faɪ] v, -fied ; -fying vt
: identificar
identify vi
to identify with : identificarse con
identify
v.
• identificar v.
aɪ'dentəfaɪ, aɪ'dentɪfaɪ
1.
-fies, -fying, -fied transitive verb
1)
a) \<\<person/species\>\> identificar*; \<\<body\>\> identificar*, reconocer*
b) \<\<problem\>\> identificar*
2) (associate, equate) identificar*

2.
v refl
a) (reveal identity)

to identify oneself — identificarse*

b) (link)

to identify oneself WITH something/somebody — asociarse con algo/alguien


3.
vi

to identify WITH somebody/something — identificarse* con alguien/algo

[aɪ'dentɪfaɪ]
1.
VT [+ person, problem] identificar

to identify o.s. — identificarse

to identify o.s. with — identificarse con

2.
VI

to identify with — identificarse con

* * *
[aɪ'dentəfaɪ, aɪ'dentɪfaɪ]
1.
-fies, -fying, -fied transitive verb
1)
a) \<\<person/species\>\> identificar*; \<\<body\>\> identificar*, reconocer*
b) \<\<problem\>\> identificar*
2) (associate, equate) identificar*

2.
v refl
a) (reveal identity)

to identify oneself — identificarse*

b) (link)

to identify oneself WITH something/somebody — asociarse con algo/alguien


3.
vi

to identify WITH somebody/something — identificarse* con alguien/algo


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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